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IBM Extreme Blue Internship Application Deadline Extended
Posted on 5th February 2008Extreme Blue is IBM's summer internship programme which combines top undergraduate technical and business talent to develop and commercialise emerging technologies from IBM's internal portfolios. The internship programme runs at IBM Hursley, near Winchester and the interns work in small project teams of 4 that include business and technical students, along with IBM mentors from various disciplines and divisions. As an Extreme Blue student, you'll face the challenge of making a real impact in the industry. I...
Society AGM
Posted on 4th February 2008The Society will be holding its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday 6th February to elect next year's Exec.
The meeting will be held in R0.03/4 starting at 18:00. A list of candidates will made available shortly. Members can vote by proxy (closing on Wednesday 14:00) or in person at the meeting.
If you need more details email exec@uwcs.co.uk
Special General Meeting
Posted on 28th January 2008The Exec will be holding a special general meeting for members on Wednesday 30th January (details are in the events page). The meeting is being held to discuss the future direction of the Society and to plan the Exec structure for the next academic year. Contributions from all members are welcome including views on splitting the Society, changing its focus to be more academic/game oriented or other issues which affect membership.
Come along and be part of the decision making process. Immediately after the...
IBM Extreme Blue Internship
Posted on 20th January 2008Extreme Blue is IBM's summer internship programme which combines top undergraduate technical and business talent to develop and commercialise emerging technologies from IBMâs internal portfolios. The internship programme runs at IBM Hursley, near Winchester and the interns work in small project teams of 4 that include business and technical students, along with IBM mentors from various disciplines and divisions. As an Extreme Blue student, you'll face the challenge of making a real impact in the industry....
Guest Lecture: How we built the world's fastest web server (and what we did next)
Posted on 20th January 2008Zeus Technology is a Cambridge-based software company, working mainly in application traffic management. This technical talk from two members of the development team will cover some of the design and implementation challenges encountered during the company's history. Migrating to The Graduate afterwards.
Newsletter for 11 January 2008
Posted on 11th January 2008All,
Welcome to back to Warwick. We all hope you have a relaxed Christmas
break and a New Year's you can't remember! We're about to kick off the
CompSoc 2008 year with the events below.
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This week:
- Friday, 20:00, DCS, Gaming Session
- Monday 14th, 19:30, Phantom Coach, Pub Social
- Friday 18th, 20:00, LIB1/2, LAN-1 of 2008
(Please see: http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/all for updated list)
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- Th...
Happy New Year
Posted on 9th January 2008Welcome back after the Christmas break. For any refreshers, just a reminder of compsoc's events: We have pub socials on Mondays, WUGLUG on Wednesdays and Gaming on Fridays. If you have not been before, don't worry, we don't bite. Don't forget to sign up to the LAN in week 2!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
The Compsoc Exec.
Exec Minutes: 5th December 2007
Posted on 5th December 2007*Present* mullet,Brad,Monk,Azurit,Nat20,George,Si,Bruce,Lucy,OddBloke,JcO
h5. 1. Refresher's Fayre
The Society must complete a form to get a stand.
ACTION: Brad/Mullet - to remove accounts from old members
ACTION: Si to complete Refresher's Fayre sheet.
ACTION: Mullet to check for large IBM poster in his office
ACTION: George to print out mini-posters for Fayre (100 A4 = 400 A6)
ACTION: Benji/Exec to email poster to Exec list (for new Exec'ers)
ACTION: Si to check supplies of IBM freebies for stand.
h5....
Newsletter for 3 December 2007
Posted on 3rd December 2007Hi All,
Its the very last week of term! We'd like to wish you all a very
relaxing break for Christmas and hope to see as many of you as possible
in the New Year!
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This week:
- Monday, 18:30, Pub Social, Phantom Coach
- Wednesday, 15:00-16:00, DCS, Exec Meeting
- Wednesday, 19:00, A0.23 Social Studies, WUGLUG Meeting
- Friday, 19:00-20:00, The Graduate, Pre-Gaming Social
- Friday, 20:00-04:00, DCS, Gaming
(Please see: http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/all...
Week 9
Posted on 26th November 2007In addition to our usual weekly events, we have two specialities this week:
This Wednesday sees an exciting talk from IBM, entitled "Virtualise Everything and Save the Planet!", its at 2pm in L4. Full details can be found on the "events":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/863 page.
This Friday the Computing Society holds its annual Christmas Meal signups are availible "online":http://www.uwcs.co.uk/society/events/details/865 .