Events Archive: Spring 2018

Sound: From microphones to speakers and everything inbetween

| 6:00 PM EDT | MC 4041

The CSC will be hosting a Prof Talk by Richard Mann.

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The CSC will be hosting a Prof Talk by Richard Mann.

When you hit record on your phone how is the sound recorded? Air pressure changes come to a microphone, which converts electricity to voltage. The analog signal is digitized by an analog to digital converter (ADC), and finally stored as a digital file in memory. For playback, the process is reversed, and output to head phones or a (tiny) speaker.

In a loud room does your phone distort? Can you hear the sound clearly? Phones are getting better. But what is needed to achieve professional quality sound recording?

Capture the Flag

| 6:00 PM EDT | STC 0010

Test your programming, web, networking, and trivia skills in this computer security themed contest. Learn how to reverse engineer, crack codes, find flaws in websites, and use security tools.

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Test your programming, web, networking, and trivia skills in this computer security themed contest. Learn how to reverse engineer, crack codes, find flaws in websites, and use security tools.

Play as an individual, a team of up to three, or join a team at the event.

Bring your laptops, have fun, win prizes!

Run by Capture The Flag Club in partnership with CACR and the CS Club.

See http://ctf.uwaterloo.ca/ for more info!

Alt-Tab

| 6:00 PM EDT | MC 4058

Come hear 10-15 minutes talks from CSC members on a variety of topics.

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Come hear 10-15 minutes talks from CSC members on a variety of topics. Currently planned talks include:

  • Abstract Machines, what a PL person thinks a computer looks like!
  • Rendering with Signed Distance Fields
  • Strength, weaknesses, and applications of genetic algorithms

Interested in talking? Email djauhar@edu.uwaterloo.ca with your title and a short abstract.

CSC and WiCS Go Outside

| 6:00 PM EDT | Laurel Creek Firepit

Come join us for a bonfire outside at the Laurel Creek firepit (across Ring. Rd. from EV3) with fellow CSC and WiCS members. Smores and snacks will be provided.

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Come join us for a bonfire outside at the Laurel Creek firepit (across Ring. Rd. from EV3) with fellow CSC and WiCS members. Smores and snacks will be provided.

The firepit we will be using is in the bottom right of this map.

Code Party 0

| 6:30 PM EDT | STC 0020

The CS Club is hosting our first Code Party of the term from 6:30pm until \~9:30pm in STC 0020!Come code with us, eat some food, do some things.

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The CS Club is hosting our first Code Party of the term from 6:30pm until ~9:30pm in STC 0020!

Come code with us, eat some food, do some things.

Personal projects you want to work on? Homework projects you need to finish? Or want some time to explore some new technology and chat about it? You can join us at Code Party 0 and do it, with great company and great food.

Come any time after 6:30pm.