Hello CSSS Members,

The SFU Computing Science Society is proud to present our first ever entry on the CSSS Bounty Board! Here’s what you’ll need to know:
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Name: SFU Interactive Map
Deadline: June 29th
Greetings Developers.
In order to help students learn more about our expansive campus, we are requesting that your team develop an interactive map of the Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus. This map should clearly identify all the notable buildings on the campus (MBC, West Mall Center, ASB etc.) The users of this application will be students and faculty of the university who would appreciate the help finding classrooms and other important locations on the campus. You may design this application in any way you wish. Additional features are appreciated, and entirely up to your discretion. Here are some examples:
• GPS functionality
•Room Finder
•Pinning Locations for future reference
•Additional Details for notable locations such as Images Theatre, or the Library
•Additional maps for Surrey and Vancouver Campus

You may use any programming language that you wish. The final application must be runnable on at least one of: Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS.
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The submissions will be judged on overall functionality, polish, ease of use, and all-around style. Submissions will be in the form of a github link to the project repository. You are encouraged to make use of the ample time you’re given to implement as many features as you can, and to ensure that the final result is as polished as possible. We’d prefer that you not ask about what kind of things are good to implement or how to implement them, as there is no single correct answer. Rather, it’d be best if you experiment and see for yourself what works. Inquiries regarding the rules of the contest, however are allowed. We would like to reiterate that this project should not take away from time that should be put towards schoolwork.
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Details:
• The SFU Computing Science Student Society will hold the *Bounty Board* coding contest from May 18th to June 29th. The requirements of what you will be coding will be posted at the start of the event. A second contest may be held in the future if there is enough interest.
• Participants are restricted to students of Simon Fraser University. SFU emails/student IDs of all team members will be requested on the project submission form.
• Participants are expected to follow SFU’s Academic Honesty Policy (in other words, don’t plagiarize)
• Teams of up to 5 people are allowed. Assistance from parties outside of your team are allowed, but should not make up a sizable contribution to the project.
• Projects will be submitted as a link to the project's github repository. Use of github will be required for the contest. The submission of projects will be opened two weeks before the deadline.
•  Students will be required to provide the names, SFU IDs, and other important information of team members when submitting the project for judging. No prior signup is required.
• The CSSS reserves the right to disqualify any entries that are suspected of violating the rules written above.

Prizes:

First Place:
$300 of Amazon Gift Cards, distributed evenly among team members.
A special trophy role on our discord server signifying that you were on the winning team of the Summer 2020 Bounty Board Coding Contest.

Second Place:
$150 of Amazon Gift Cards, distributed evenly among team members.

Everyone:
A personal project that you can be proud of and can put on your portfolio to impress future employers.
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We welcome you to join our community at discord.gg/sfucsss where we will be posting most of the future information regarding the contest, as well as any other content from the SFU Computing Science Student Society. You can also meet hundreds of other students who are also studying Computer Science. For any further questions, please emailcsss-doe@sfu.ca and put [CSSS Bounty Board] in the subject title, or message @Director Of Events on our discord server.

Best of luck in the contest, and in the coming semester as a whole.

John Wu, CSSS Director of Events

Hello CSSS Members,

We hope all of you are doing well during this pandemic. To abide by the gathering laws, all of our regular events for May will be happening through our Discord Server.

On May 22nd, starting at 5pm we’ll be hosting a Virtual Games Night, where we’ll be hosting Jackbox games, skribbl.io, netgames.io and Cards against Humanity. 

On May 29th, starting at 6pm, we’ll be hosting a Movie Night. We’ll be playing two movies which will be voted by the viewers on discord on the day of the event! Here are the current options for both movies:

Movie 1: Wall-E, Jojo Rabbit, Spirited Away

Movie 2: Poirot, The Invisible Men, The Others

To clarify, here are the details of the event again

[Events]

Event: Virtual Games Night

Date: Friday, May 22nd , 2020

Location: CSSS Discord using the #Room 0,  #Room 1,  #Room 2 

Starting Time: 5 PM 

Event: Movie Night

Date: Friday, May 29th, 2020

Location: CSSS Discord using the #Room 0

Starting Time: 6 PM 

As always, this event is open to everyone, so invite your friends to the CSSS Discord Server! 

For your convenience, here is a link to our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/sfucsss

We hope to see you soon

Best, 

Shiva Sanei
Assistant Director of Events | Computing Science Student Society

Hello CSSS Members,

We hope you've had an eventful first week. With the start of the new semester, the CSSS is proud to announce a new event that we will be holding over the course of the coming semester. Introducing, the CSSS Bounty Board. This will be a two month long coding contest where we will give you all a coding project to work on over the duration of the contest. You’re encouraged to work on this project as a side project to your normal schoolwork.
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Details:
• The SFU Computing Science Student Society will hold the *Bounty Board* coding contest from May 18th to June 29th. The requirements of what you will be coding will be posted at the start of the event. A second contest may be held in the future if there is enough interest.
• Participants are restricted to students of Simon Fraser University. SFU emails/student IDs of all team members will be requested on the project submission form.
• Participants are expected to follow SFU’s Academic Honesty Policy (in other words, don’t plagiarize)
• Teams of up to 5 people are allowed. Assistance from parties outside of your team are allowed, but should not make up a sizable contribution to the project.
• Projects will be submitted as a link to the project's github repository. Use of github will be required for the contest. The submission of projects will be opened two weeks before the deadline.
• The CSSS reserves the right to disqualify any entries that are suspected of violating the rules written above.
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Prizes:
First Place:
$300 of Amazon Gift Cards, distributed evenly among team members.
A special role on our discord server signifying that you were on the winning team of the Summer 2020 Bounty Board Coding Contest.

Second Place:
$150 of Amazon Gift Cards, distributed evenly among team members.

Everyone:
A personal project that you can be proud of and can put on your portfolio to impress future employers.
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We’ll decide on the winner based on overall functionality, polish, ease of use, and all-around style. We would like to reiterate that this project should not take away from time that should be dedicated towards school work. More details regarding the actual project will be posted on Monday. Until then, you are welcome to search for fellow students that you would like on your team. We invite you to join us on our main communication platform at: discord.gg/sfucsss to find group members, and to meet hundreds of other students who are also studying Computer Science. For any further questions, please email csss-doe@sfu.ca and put [CSSS Bounty Board] in the subject title, or message @Director of Events on our discord server.

Best of luck in the contest, and in the coming semester as a whole.
John Wu, CSSS Director of Events

Hi CSSS Members, 

There is a few seats left in a new CMPT 225 section that was opened recently to CS majors on the waiting list, and open enrolment for CS majors for this course will begin tomorrow at noon. 

Best,