NUS Students’ Computing Club is co-organising with Byteworks, the Singapore distributor of Kaspersky security products, to host a security titled “Taking Responsibility for the Internet”, conducted by Mr Eugene Kaspersky himself. The talk will be opened to the public and people from other tertiary institutes and all over Singapore (invited via SCS, Singapore Computing Society). Kaspersky Labs will also be using this event to give out the prizes for the “Annual Kaspersky Lab IT Security Student Conference” as well. Here is the details of the event:

Event: Taking Responsibility for the Internet, a talk by Mr Eugene Kaspersky
Date / Time: 13 October 2009 / 16.00 - 17.00 pm
Venue: LT15
Registration: Online

The event started off with a ‘Guess the Cheezels’ Contest, where students were to guess the number of packets of Cheezels that were mounted outside Seminar Room 1. Following that was the SoC Mama Shop free snacks give-away. A variety of snacks was up for grabs, and SoC-ians felt that they were back to childhood all over again! Not forgetting the geeks we are, Kaspersky Labs was also invited to distribute the license keys for their latest antivirus software.

SoC Night, the finale night that marks the end of the exciting week, received overwhelming response from over 200 students. It was collaboration between CompClub, CISAA and SoC External Relations (previously known as Corporate Communication), and we were honoured to have Mr Oliver Tian, President of the Computer and Information Science Alumni Association, as the guest-of-honour of the night. We were honoured to also have the alumni speakers to speak to the students. After a series of fun-filled activities, participants were treated to a sumptuous buffer dinner proudly sponsored by SoC External Relations.

The night was concluded with a Lucky Draw segment, where eleven prizes worth over $1000 were given out to lucky participants, as well as prize presentation ceremony for the ‘SoC Moments’ Photography Competition and ‘Guess the Cheezels’ Contest.

Goodies that were included in the packs include perishable food items, stationeries, Gatsby facial products and magazines. One mentionable gift is the folded cranes that were made for students as a good luck charm for their exams.

In addition to just providing the welfare packs, we also set up a refreshment area for the students. We introduced the event with the aim of providing the students with food to keep them energetic while they are studying hard. This is our way of showing we care. There were snacks as well as drinks, and even cup noodles available at the refreshment area. It was a huge success as we managed to clear almost all our food in the end. The Main Committee also took the effort to distribute the refreshments to students personally.

Overall, the event was a huge success and we received lots of positive feedback at the end of it.

Computing Club has contacted DBS whether they can setup an ATM near COM1 premises and they have replied that they will look into it.

Thanks & Regards,
Tan Wen Jie
Vice-President (External)
11th Management Committee
NUS Students’ Computing Club

The sample questions for yesterday’s CS1102 mock PE can be found here.

I wish you the best for your upcoming PE!

Thanks & Regards,
Tan Wen Jie
Vice-President (External)
11th Management Committee
NUS Students’ Computing Club
A Constituent Club of NUS Students’ Union

During the mid-term examination week, NUS Students’ Computing Club worked with professors to make available recorded webcasts for lectures that week. We believe that this move will help students to better focus on their examinations while stay on track for newer materials at the same time. By initiating this, students will be able to catch up easily from the lectures they might have left early on.

Your feedback will be invaluable in improving this initiative when we implement it again. We kindly request for your assistance in completing the survey at the following url.

Due to the well response to last semester’s CS1101 mock PE, NUS Students’ Computing Club is back again to conduct a mock CS1102x/y/z/c practical exam to better prepare students for the upcoming PE!

Venue: COM1 Programming Labs 1 – 4
Date/Time: 25th March 2009, 6pm
Format of PE: Openbook

See you there !

Regards,
Tan Wen Jie
Vice-President (External)
11th Management Committee
NUS Students’ Computing Club
A Constituent Club of NUS Students’ Union

Please click on the following link to view the summary.

http://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~compclub/11thMC/deansDialogue_report_21Jan.pdf

We sincerely thank the student body for volunteering your invaluable feedback, putting the school and the club in a better position to understand your needs across many areas of concern. Let’s continue to maintain this healthy exchange of ideas and input.

Congratulations to Simy! She is Ms Glamorous for the Geek vs Glam pageant during the recent NUSSU Bash ‘09! Thanks to everyone who supported her!

Little-Known Fact: Simy is CompClub’s Assistant Finance Director. A job, that is not quite as glamourous as her win!

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