Computer Science Graduate Society

Hi everybody! We will have our welcome back party for Winter 2010 on Thursday Feb 4 at 4:30 pm. Stay tuned for more infromation to come.

The CSGRC meeting for January has been scheduled for Friday January 29 at 1:00 pm.

We've had a fun summer this year. The volleyball tournament officially became an annual event with the second tournament in July. Pictures of the tournament are up in the photo gallery. In August we did the fourth annual golf tournament. It was a cold day with the threat of rain, but we made it through the day without getting wet.

Chilling Before Golf

Thank you to everyone who came out to our summer events and made them such a blast. We hope to see people continue to come out for seminars and parties in the Fall term. Keep your eyes open for details on the September party.

Ken Teaching Golf

It's nearly the end of the semester! To celebrate, CSGS will be organizing an end of year party next Thursday, April 2 from 4:30pm onwards in ICT516. There will be free pizza and pop. We hope to see everyone there!

WHAT: CSGS End of Year Party
WHEN: Thursday, April 2, 4:30pm
WHERE: ICT516

Just a reminder that Earth Hour happens this weekend. You can do your part by making sure the lights in your lab, your computer monitor, and other non-essential electrical items in your lab/office is switched off throughout this weekend. More information on Earth Hour can be found here:

http://www.voteearth2009.org/home/

Every little bit counts!

The Computer Science Graduate Society and Jo-Anne Andre are hosting a thesis writing workshop for computer science graduate students. It is an excellent chance to buff up your writing skills. It covers grammar and strong sentence structure. It is useful for writing and editing papers or your thesis. The workshop will show examples of both strong and weak writing, while offering tips for improvement.

Refreshments will be provided.

WHAT: Thesis Writing Workshop with Jo-Anne Andre
WHEN: February 26, 2009 at 12:00 pm
WHERE: MS 319

All computer science graduate students are invited for this event!

"Why Copyright? The Fight for Canada's Digital Future"

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
7:30 p.m.
RDC Arts Centre, Main Stage

Dr. Geist teaches law at the University of Ottawa. There he is the Canada Research Chair of Internet and E-commerce Law.

Geist has written a variety of articles and government reports on the internet and law. He is a regular columnist as well in newspapers such as the Toronto Star, Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun. Dr. Geist's work also involves serving on the Privacy Commissioner of Canada's Expert Advisory Board and maintaining the website http://www.privacyinfo.ca, a leading privacy law resource. He has also served on many other boards for internet and IT law organizations.

Dr. Geist has won many awards over the years, and his work is well respected among colleagues, the government and those in the internet and law industry.

If anyone is interested you can purchase tickets through Ticketmaster
* Call (403) 340-4455

CSGS is organizing a skating night at the Olympic Oval, on Friday, Feb 13. The plan is to meet at the Oval at 7pm, skate for a bit, and head back to ICT around 8:30 for some hot chocolate and snacks! Admission is free for students, and you can either bring your own skates, or rent some in the Oval itself. Do try and join us!

Thank you all for your generous support of the CSGS Foodbank Drive 2008.

We were able to collect close to 300 items of food for the Campus Foodbank and they were very thankful for our donation. This is the 6th year running the Foodbank Drive and we are happy that we've had such a great response over the years.

So without further ado: This year's champion lab and winners of the soup-can cup is the Programming Languages Lab with 289 points!

This is Programming Languages' second time to take home the cup and they are the first ever repeat champions.

We would also like to thank the iCIS Lab who came in second with 167 points and the iLab who came in third with 92 points.

We will give out the Soup Can Cup during today's CSGS New Year's Party (in ICT 516 at 4pm).

Our biggest thanks to everyone and our congratulations to the Programming Languages Lab.

Tyson Kendon
for the CSGS Executive

The CSGS will be holding a welcome back party on Thursday, 22nd Jan at 4pm. Come by and catch up with fellow graduate students, and welcome the January intakes, while enjoying some tasty treats! We hope to see everyone there!

WHAT: CSGS Welcome Back Party
WHERE: ICT 516
WHEN: Thursday, 22nd Jan at 4pm