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Notice of Constitution Amendment CSSS

posted by Dina Zeng on March 22, 2022, 10:43 p.m.

Dear all,


Please review the new constitution amendments attached to this email. All changes are highlighted in green.


Thanks,

Dina Zeng

Software Systems - Computing Science Student
Simon Fraser University


Co-President @Women in Computing Science SFU

External Representative @ Software Systems Student Society

Director of Archives @ Computing Science Student Society


dhz1@sfu.ca

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CSSS Biweekly Newsletter: 11th edition

posted by Johnson Luong on March 22, 2022, 4:04 p.m.

Biweekly Computing Science Student Society (CSSS)
Newsletter: 11th edition
Welcome to the CSSS newsletter!
Here we hope to inform our students of exciting opportunities and events, while cutting down on the sheer amount of emails sent for each individual event.
We hope you will find this newsletter beneficial! If you have any suggestions, events, or simply want to contact us, you can reach me at jkl53@sfu.ca
- Johnson Luong

🎲 CSSS Board Games Night
Missed last week's board games night? Board games will be happening this week too! 🎲

We will be checking Photo ID and Vaccine Passports. Please have your ID and Vaccine Passport ready before attending the event.

Date: Friday, March 25,
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: TASC1 9204

📊 SFU Big Data Hub Hiring
SFU's Big Data Hub is looking to hire a team of Graduate and 3rd/4th year undergraduates with diverse backgrounds who are passionate about helping people explore their data.

Junior Big Data Consultants
Brief Description: Junior Consultants will work with clients to assist in project design, data collection, synthesis and analysis of information.
Job Posting Details:  https://1sfu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/sfubdi_sfu_ca/EQ4F8ou6kk9Iq3o4HWvl2WABRXKV4vsB7lvT2saLucUNYw?e=L0FRZZ

Junior Big Data Analysts
Brief Description: Junior Analysts will assist clients with data collection, design of studies and data-intensive analyses.
Job Posting Details: https://1sfu-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/sfubdi_sfu_ca/ETS5SF9ayuFJjY3hjrTY_KEBVCoFkcq9PMwP6TVzLmts0Q?e=1ZG5rk

Application Deadline: Friday, March. 25th @ 4:00pm
Questions: message sfu_bigdata@sfu.ca

🖥️ Fourth Annual Undergrad Architecture Mentoring (uArch) Workshop
 🎇 Interested in computer architecture? Applications for the Fourth Annual Undergrad Architecture Mentoring Workshop are live!

The workshop is held under the International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA 2022).

The workshop will most benefit students who will receive their degree in 2023 or 2024 and are considering graduate study.

🧰 The Workshop: 
  • Introduces students to the challenges and research opportunities in the field of computer architecture.
  • Offers networking opportunities with professors in the field of computer architecture. Last year, professors from ~40 universities were uArch mentors.
  • Provides sessions and panels with professors and current students on how to apply for and thrive in graduate school & navigate the architecture research landscape effectively.
Important Deadlines*
March 31: Application deadline
April 15: Notification to accepted applicants
June 11 – June 15: ISCA Conference and Workshops
June 12:  Main uArch Workshop

* Note that you can apply to attend in-person (in New York) or virtually. In-person grant is more selective and covers travel to New York and registration fees. The virtual grant covers just registration fees.

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/uzDeBijE7GGvZk2q7
uArch Website: https://sites.google.com/wisc.edu/uarch2022/home
ISCA Website: https://iscaconf.org/isca2022/

🖱️  The C.O.D.E Initiative Volunteering Opportunity
Looking to help change a student's learning journey? 💻 The C.O.D.E Initiative is looking for student tutor volunteers to help teach neurodiverse students learn to code in scratch, python, java, or web-dev, or more (depending on which classes you are comfortable to teach).

No experience is required and the opportunity is fully remote.

Sign up here: https://www.thecodeinitiative.ca/volunteertutor
Website: https://www.thecodeinitiative.ca/

🏫 CS Peer Tutor Hiring

 💻 The CS department is looking for CS Peer tutors for the Summer 2022 term!

The School of Computing Science is currently seeking FAS majors for peer tutoring positions for CMPT 120, CMPT 125, CMPT 225, and MACM 101 for Summer 2022. You will gain experience in instruction and skills in mentoring, communication and leadership over a commitment of 3-4 hours per week.

More Info: https://www.sfu.ca/computing/current-students/undergraduate-students/student-resources/1221-cs_peer_tutoring.html
Apply Here: https://coursys.sfu.ca/forms/cmpt-cs-peer-tutor-scheduling-form/
Deadline: April. 29th

🎮CSSS Halo Infinite Tournament

The SFU Computing Science Student Society (CSSS) is holding a 🎮Halo Infinite tournament on the 26th of March, with the possibility of continuing onto the next day.

📜Rules:

-Each team must consist of at least one current SFU student with a valid SFU email.
-Please ensure that everyone on your team has a Discord account.
-Non-attendance by any team member may result in disqualification, and tournament organizers get the final ruling in whether to disqualify teams for any suspected acts of cheating.
-To confirm participation, please have all team members add MegaBMcBlock (no suffix tag, ie #1234) on Xbox Live, or Steam (friend code 217666787) using the same accounts provided during registration.

🕹️ More Information:

-No input/platform restrictions. (Cross-play between Xbox and PC, with Controller and M&K inputs. Split screen on console allowed.)
-Intended to be a slightly modified single elimination bracket, but this may be changed to a round robin or other style depending on the number of teams that sign up. Maps and game types will be preselected, and the match schedule will be released and emailed to participants Friday 24th March, 2022 after team sign ups are complete.
-This tournament will use the already built in existing game modes, or slight modifications:
(1) Ranked Slayer, Ranked CTF, Ranked Oddball, and Ranked Strongholds (one starting grenade).
(2) Unmodified Tactical Slayer
(3) Attrition (one starting grenade, no motion tracker)

Date and times:
Sat, 26th March, 2022 (12PM - 3PM, 4PM - 7PM, 8PM - 11PM)
 Sun, 27th March, 2022 (12PM - 3PM, 4PM - 7PM, 8PM - 11PM)
Prizes: $25 CAD in gift cards for each member of the winning team, as well as 3 $25 CAD gift cards for 3 random non-winning players!
Sign up location: https://forms.gle/7T7BBhcihiUFHeQD9
Sign up deadline: 23th March, 2022, 11:59pm

⛰️ Join Our Event's Committee! (and help with Mountain Madness )
If you would like to help take part in the planning of events with the CSSS then you can take part in our Event's Committee. Everyone's welcome! 

If you would like to join please let our Director of Events (Argus, aosfinn#2344 on discord) know so we can give you the role to get access to the channels in our discord.

Also, if you would like to help organize/volunteer for our upcoming Mountain Madness Hackathon then please let Justin. Y (our Mountain Madness Organizer for this year) know. You can find him on discord with the tag justhelizard#1765
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2022-2023 CSSS General Elections Nominations

posted by Shariq Ahsan on March 21, 2022, 10:15 p.m.

Greetings,

The nomination period for yearly positions in the CSSS begins today, and lasts until 11:59pm on March 31st. These positions are until 2023 April. If you want to run for any of the positions below, or want to nominate someone for one of these positions, please email the election officer at csss-elections@sfu.ca with your Full Name.

The positions that you can run for are:

President

The President shall:

  • Carry out the business and upkeep of the CSSS, including the delegation of duties to other members of the Society as necessary and in accordance with this Constitution, as directed by the decisions of the membership, in order to ensure the well-being of the Society.
  • Be responsible for calling General Meetings.
  • Assume ex officio membership on all committees within the CSSS and to which the CSSS appoints representatives.
  • Act as official spokesperson and representative for the CSSS.
  • Be the official contact with the School of Computing Science and its representatives.
  • Be the official contact with the Simon Fraser Student Society and its representatives.
  • Compile a semester contact list of the executive members for the School of Computing Science and the Student Union Organizer.
  • Be responsible for monitoring all projects funded through the Society.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society's Bank Account.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Vice-President

The Vice-President shall:

  • Chair all meetings or shall share or delegate this task on direction from a General Meeting.
  • Perform public relations tasks on behalf of the CSSS in order to promote the CSSS and expand its membership.
  • Coordinate volunteers for the continued operation of the CSSS.
  • Provide a line of communication between the CSSS, graduate students, and alumni.
  • Assume the duties of the President in the event that the President is unable or unavailable to carry them out, or that the position of President becomes vacant.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society's Bank Account.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Treasurer

The Treasurer shall:

  • Maintain all financial records of the CSSS.
  • Make regular financial reports to the membership.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society's Bank Account.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Director of Resources

The Director of Resources shall:

  • Be responsible for ensuring the administration of maintenance, upkeep, and smooth operation of all CSSS resources and assets, including but not limited to common room(s), technical equipment, vending machine(s), and exam files, such that these resources remain in good working order and are usable by the membership.
  • Be regularly available for the payment and acquisition of goods and assets as is necessary for the maintenance and upkeep of the Society.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society’s Bank Account.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Director of Events

The Director of Events shall:

  • Chair the Events Committee.
  • Plan, organize, and execute all CSSS sponsored events or delegate such responsibilities as necessary.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society’s Bank Account.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Assistant Director of Events

The Assistant Director of Events shall:

  • Plan, organize, and execute frequent CSSS-sponsored events and other events as directed by the Director of Events, or delegate such responsibilities as appropriate.
  • Be a signing officer of the Society, including the Society’s Bank Account.
  • tem Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Director of Communications

The Director of Communications shall:

  • Perform public relations tasks on behalf of the CSSS in order to promote the CSSS and expand its membership.
  • Provide a line of communication between the CSSS, graduate students, and alumni.
  • Maintain records of all correspondence between the Society and other organisations.
  • Oversee the Society’s social media accounts and online presence.
  • Provide assistance in the promotion of Society events and events of other entities that are of benefit to the Society.
  • Sit on the Frosh Week, OpFair, and FAS Formal Committees.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Director of Archives

The Director of Archives shall:

  • Ensure that proper notice of General Meetings is given, as specified by this Constitution.
  • Keep and reproduce both minutes of CSSS meetings and written records of all decisions, made at properly constituted meetings of the Society.
  • Make the minutes of all meetings available to the public, including the Student Union Organiser.
  • Compile semester executive, representative, and committee membership lists.
  • Post hard copies of the minutes of General Meetings near the CSSS common room(s), and distribute electronic versions of the minutes to appropriate CSSS mailing lists.
  • Maintain the records of the CSSS, including but not limited to the minutes archive, continuity reports, event summaries, Society procedures, and Society history.
  • Be able to provide guidance on the regulations and procedures of the CSSS and SFSS.
  • Write a continuity report at the end of their term for the next executive member who will fill this position.

Good luck to all the candidates!

Shariq Ahsan
General Election Officer
Simon Fraser University | CSSS


Fw: CS Diversity Award Presentations

posted by Johnson Luong on March 18, 2022, 12:32 a.m.

Hello all,


Very cool projects being presented here shortlisted for theCS Diversity Award, come check them out tomorrow from 2:00-3:20pm (zoom link in email)!


Original Email:  

Dear CS Diversity Committee Members and Supporters,

 

Please join us for the CS Diversity Award Presentations day to learn about thefive amazing student projects shortlisted for the CS Diversity Award 2022.

 

Group (1): Web Search Solution with Law Foundation of B.C.

Team Members: Ross Shen, Shruti Sharma, Gini Choi, Shara Merrill, Valerian Janjua
Advisors: Jason Lee Elliott

Learn more about the project:https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

Group (2): Community Based Rehabilitation - Hope Health Action

Team: Shashank Thanalapati, Ali Arshad, Paul Ngo, Jeffrey, Henry Ye, Ming Gong
Advisor: Brian Fraser

Learn more about the project:https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

Group (3): A Sim2Real Approach to Augment Underrepresented Data for Dynamic Emotion Expression Recognition

Team: Saba Akhyani, Mehryar Abbasi Boroujeni
Advisors: Angelica Lim, Mo Chen

Learn more about the project:https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

Group (4): Baytree App

Team Members: Shiva Sanei, Cagla Istanbulluoglu, Noel Riopel
Advisor: Brian Fraser

Learn more about the project:https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

 

Group (5): Blackfoot and Cree Revitalization project

Team: Paige Tuttosi, Michelle Cho, Sunayani Sarkar, Gurnoor Chahal, Rachel Lagasse, Danny Yu, Clare Provenzano
Advisors: Angelica Lim, Eldon Yellowhorn

Learn more about the project:https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

 

To learn more about the event and the groups, please check:

https://www.sfu.ca/computing/diversity-in-computing-science/activities/cs-diversity-project-presentations.html

 

Join Zoom Meeting Link

https://sfu.zoom.us/j/69537203354?pwd=em8rUjQ5M2hYcThGVlFObXNWbmRXZz09

 

Meeting ID: 695 3720 3354

Password: 440978

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Meeting ID: 695 3720 3354

Password: 440978

Best,

Johnson Luong
CSSS Director of Communications 

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CSSS Biweekly Newsletter: 10th edition

posted by Johnson Luong on March 9, 2022, 4:12 p.m.

Biweekly Computing Science Student Society (CSSS)
Newsletter: 10th edition
Welcome to the CSSS newsletter!
Here we hope to inform our students of exciting opportunities and events, while cutting down on the sheer amount of emails sent for each individual event.
We hope you will find this newsletter beneficial! If you have any suggestions, events, or simply want to contact us, you can reach me at jkl53@sfu.ca
- Johnson Luong

🎲 CSSS Board Games Night
Missed last week's board games night? Don't fret, come join us this week for some board games! 🎲

We will be checking Photo ID and Vaccine Passports. Please have your ID and Vaccine Passport ready before attending the event.

Date: Friday, March 11,
Time: 5:00pm-8:30pm
Location: TASC1 9204

🎓 Outstanding Teaching Assisstant Award
CS Students - Nominate your favorite TA! 🏫

This award recognizes exceptional TAs in the School of Computing Science for their outstanding work in teaching and performing other TA duties. Up to 10% of CS TAs, chosen by the Teaching Assistant Awards committee at the end of each term, will receive the award.

Any student taking a CS course can submit one or more nominations to the Teaching Assistant Awards committee 
The nomination should describe, in at least two sentences, the nominee’s contributions to one or more of the criteria:

1) Overall quality of teaching
2) Mastery of the subject area and ability to motivate students
3) Ability to develop course materials that promote learning (e.g. website, tutorials, assignment and exam questions)
4) Capacity to create engaging, inclusive learning environments and promote critical thinking.
5) Consistency, timeliness, and integrity in evaluating students 

Any questions or concerns about the award can be directed to cs-outstanding-tas@sfu.ca.

Date: Submit nominations by end of May to cs-outstanding-tas@sfu.ca.

⚡ SFU Surge is Hiring!
Come join the team that brought you SFU's biggest hackathon: Stormhacks!

SFU Surge is currently hiring for the following positions:
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Director of Technology
Marketing Coordinator
Events Coordinator
Social Media Coordinator
Visual Design Coordinator
Merchandise Coordinator 
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Application Deadline:  March. 18, 2022
Apply Here: https://lnk.bio/sfusurge

📊 Data Science Meetings
The Data Science Student Society (DSSS) wants to do an analysis of salaries to have a better understanding of median salary by industry (especially ours) and test the hypothesis of the gender wage gap in different fields. The current project will boost your confidence in Data Science skills, and be a great addition to your resume!
 
This would be the perfect opportunity if you want to learn or get hands-on practice for Data Analysis, Data Processing, in conjugation with communicating your finding to a team by working on a big dataset of over 60k entries. The implementation would be handled in Python while certain tasks could be done using other tools such as R, Tableau, Excel if that is what you want to work with.

If this sounds interesting come drop by!

Date: March. 12 2022 (and subsequent Saturdays)
Time: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Zoom link: https://bit.ly/DSSSzoomroom
DSSS Discord: https://discord.gg/uZahEXHMVy
 

💻 WinHacks 2022

WinHacks is a 36 hour online hackathon brought to you by the University of Windsor.

Participants will get the chance to form teams of 1-4 members and bring a project to life. Come for mentorship, learn about job opportunities, and get some cool swag!

Date: March 25-27, 2022
Register: http://apply.winhacks.ca
Learn More: https://winhacks.ca/

Discord: https://discord.gg/xUV9yBqjH4

😷 Covid 19 Rapid Tests on Campus 

Get your Rapid Tests! 💉

All students currently attending in-person learning on campus are eligible for one free test kit containing five rapid tests.

Students must present valid SFU identification in order to receive a test kit, and must be present in person to receive a test kit.

Pick up times
Burnaby: Mon-Fri (10-4:pm), SFU Bookstore in Maggie Benston Centre (MBC2100) 
Surrey: Mon-Fri (10-12pm or 1-4pm), Document Solutions (SRYC2590) 
Vancouver: Mon-Fri (10-4pm), Harbour Centre (HC1100

⛰️ Join Our Event's Committee! (and help with Mountain Madness )
If you would like to help take part in the planning of events with the CSSS then you can take part in our Event's Committee. Everyone's welcome! 

If you would like to join please let our Director of Events (Argus, aosfinn#2344 on discord) know so we can give you the role to get access to the channels in our discord.

Also, if you would like to help organize/volunteer for our upcoming Mountain Madness Hackathon then please let Justin. Y (our Mountain Madness Organizer for this year) know. You can find him on discord with the tag justhelizard#1765
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