February 2018 - Announce-RedBrick - lists.redbrick.dcu.ie

26 Feb '18

Hey Everyone, Tonnes of stuff happening this week! TL;DR - SISTEM, Saturday 24th March @ The Innovation Academy - SISTEM Tickets on Sale Monday @ 11:00 - Linux Fundamentals, Wednesday LG26 @ 15:00 - HackerClub, Tuesday L101 @ 16:00 - B.Y.O.P, Thursday LG125 @ 16:00 - Google Hash Code qualification round 1st of March @ 18:30. - Redbrick are going to IrlCPC 10th March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SISTEM - Student's Inter-Society Tech & Enterprise Meetup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We're proud to announce #SISTEM tickets will go on sale on Monday 26th February at 11AM! The link for tickets will be live on the facebook event page! https://www.facebook.com/events/183840945679947/ SISTEM Website: https://sistem.redbrick.dcu.ie/ About SISTEM: SISTEM is a meetup style conference run by students, for students. We hope SISTEM helps provide a link between students and those in the world of tech and enterprise in a casual meetup environment. Redbrick DCU, DUCSS, DIT Compsoc and DU Netsoc have come together to organise the tech event of the year! Those involved in organising SISTEM are undergraduates, and they recognised the lack of an event in Ireland that targets topics in a way that doesn’t leave students with heavy eyes & boggled minds. We hope this conference helps provide a link between students and those in the world of tech and enterprise in a casual meetup environment. SISTEM will take place on the 24th of March 2018 at The Innovation Academy. The conference will start at 9:00 AM and conclude around 5:00 PM that day. During the conference, there will be speakers from an array of different companies as well as workshops and lightning talks. We have a very exciting list of speakers and workshops that will be announced shortly, as will ticket sales. Tickets will be selling at €10 per person. https://www.facebook.com/events/183840945679947/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Linux Fundamentals ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the success of our BASH talk, we are doing Redbrick by request this week! You asked for it, so here's Linux Fundamentals! Sure, you could 'cd' and 'ls' your way around the terminal for the rest of your life, but you're going to need a bit more than that. On Wednesday we will be talking to you about what a kernel is, the structure of the filesystem, and your processes. We will also be diving into a lot of important commands, covering file permissions, piping, redirection, and process management, along with a multitude of other things! Come along to LG26 on Wednesday at 15:00 to learn some Linux and eat some pizza ! https://www.facebook.com/events/121984521891527/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come along to L101 on Tuesdays at 16:00 to improve your programming skills by solving competitive programming problems. Practice makes perfect, right? https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Y.O.P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redbrick's weekly workshop, Build Your Own Projects is on again! Running in L128 on Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 this week, BYOP is a workshop focused on project-based learning, i.e applying what you already know to projects. https://www.facebook.com/events/410559502725777/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Hash Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step into the shoes of a Google engineer during Hash Code, a team programming competition that tasks students and professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with solving a Google engineering problem. Are you up for the challenge? The first round (an Online Qualification Round) is on 1st March at 18:30 CET. You can take part from anywhere you'd like, or you can participate in one of the Hash Code hubs. DCU's School of Computing is once again a Hash Code hub, providing a fun and exciting environment where teams compete side-by-side. Top scoring teams from this round will be invited to Google Dublin to compete for the title of Hash Code 2018 champion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IrlCPC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2018 Irish Collegiate Programming Competition will be held on Saturday the 10th of March in UCC. If you intend to travel down with Redbrick to IrlCPC, please emailcommittee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie as soon as possible as we can give 50% off to the first seven teams that sign up to travel with us. If you're thinking of entering, head on over to http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration to register your team! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dowling (winesnob) Redbrick Secretary 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Instagram: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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18 Feb '18

Hey Everyone, Boy, have we got a lot going on at the moment! TL;DR - SISTEM, Saturday 24th March @ The Innovation Academy - BASH: Seizing the Memes of Production, Wednesday LG26 @ 15:00 - HackerClub, Tuesday L101 @ 16:00 - B.Y.O.P, Thursday LG125 @ 16:00 - Google Hash Code qualification round 1st of March @ 18:30. - Redbrick is going to IrlCPC! 10th March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SISTEM - Student's Inter-Society Tech & Enterprise Meetup ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SISTEM is a meetup style conference run by students, for students. We hope SISTEM helps provide a link between students and those in the world of tech and enterprise in a casual meetup environment. Redbrick DCU, DUCSS, DIT Compsoc and DU Netsoc have come together to organise the tech event of the year! Those involved in organising SISTEM are undergraduates, and they recognised the lack of an event in Ireland that targets topics in a way that doesn’t leave students with heavy eyes & boggled minds. We hope this conference helps provide a link between students and those in the world of tech and enterprise in a casual meetup environment. SISTEM will take place on the 24th of March 2018 at The Innovation Academy. The conference will start at 9:00 AM and conclude around 5:00 PM that day. During the conference, there will be speakers from an array of different companies as well as workshops and lightning talks. We have a very exciting list of speakers and workshops that will be announced shortly, as will ticket sales. Tickets will be selling at €10 per person. https://www.facebook.com/events/183840945679947/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/183840945679947/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BASH: Seizing the Memes of Production ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bash is a scripting language widely used for automating day-to-day tasks, like backups, software updates, and email alerts. However, we think we can do better. Come on down to LG26 at 3pm sharp on Wednesday the 21st for a workshop where we build our own meme generator script! We'll cover conditions, I/O redirection, and all the other things that go into serving up a spicy meme. https://www.facebook.com/events/1619231874829047/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/1619231874829047/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come along to L101 on Tuesdays at 16:00 to improve your programming skills by solving competitive programming problems. Practice makes perfect, right? https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Y.O.P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redbrick's weekly workshop, Build Your Own Projects is on again! Running in L128 on Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 this week, BYOP is a workshop focused on project-based learning, i.e applying what you already know to projects. https://www.facebook.com/events/410559502725777/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/410559502725777/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Hash Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step into the shoes of a Google engineer during Hash Code, a team programming competition that tasks students and professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with solving a Google engineering problem. Are you up for the challenge? The first round (an Online Qualification Round) is on 1st March at 18:30 CET. You can take part from anywhere you'd like, or you can participate in one of the Hash Code hubs. DCU's School of Computing is once again a Hash Code hub, providing a fun and exciting environment where teams compete side-by-side. Top scoring teams from this round will be invited to Google Dublin to compete for the title of Hash Code 2018 champion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IrlCPC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2018 Irish Collegiate Programming Competition will be held on Saturday the 10th of March in UCC. If you intend to travel down with Redbrick to IrlCPC, please emailcommittee(a)redbrick.dcu.ie (mailto:committee@redbrick.dcu.ie) as soon as possible as we can give 50% off to the first seven teams that sign up to travel with us. If you're thinking of entering, head on over to http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration (http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration) to register your team! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clíodhna Harrison (~thegirl) Redbrick Helpdesk 2017 - 2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick (https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick) Instagram: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie (https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie/)

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12 Feb '18

Hey Everyone, We have some events on this week to get you through your exam results! TL;DR - Interpints, Friday Alfie Byrne's by Galway Bay Brewery @ 19:00 - Automate & Chill, Wednesday LG26 @ 15:00 - HackerClub, Tuesday L101 @ 16:00 - B.Y.O.P, Thursday LG125 @ 16:00 - Google Hash Code qualification round 1st of March @ 18:30. - Redbrick are going to IrlCPC 10th March ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Interpints ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This coming Friday (16th of February) is Interpints! Interpints is a somewhat cool name for a bunch of the networking societies around the city getting together and mingling to their herts content over a few drinks. Everyone is welcome to come, it's always fun to meet new like-minded people and an inter-society event is the perfect place to do it! Societies present at interpints: Redbrick, DU Netsoc, DIT CompSoc, and DUCSS. We hope to meet up in Alfie Byrne's at around 7:00pm on Friday. See you then! https://www.facebook.com/events/194581361289170/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Automate & Chill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No plans for Valentine's Day yet? Rather eat pizza and find out how to make your life a little less hectic? Well then LG26 is where you need to be at 15:00 on Wednesday the 14th my friend! Over the past few months, some of the current Redbrick committee members have found ways to automate certain aspects of their roles. On Wednesday we look at what they've done and how you can apply it to your own jobs. No one likes having to do the same thing over and over again, so come along to LG26 on Wednesday at 15:00 and start eliminating the tedious day-to-day tasks from your life! https://www.facebook.com/events/189345721824940/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Finding programming hard? At a point where you are too afraid to ask for help? Never fear - HackerClub is here! Come along to L101 on Tuesdays at 16:00 to improve your programming skills by solving competitive programming problems. Practice makes perfect right? People who attended HackerClub last semester improved more and more with each passing week, but most of all, they became increasingly confident in their code. HackerClub is run by people who know how chaotic it is as a newbie programmer, so this kind of development and growth is very important to us. Pop along to L101 at or indeed between 16:00 to 18:00 on a Tuesday this semester Rest assured that Redbrick will be there to help out! https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Y.O.P ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Redbrick's brand new weekly workshop, Build Your Own Projects! Running in L128 on Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 this week, BYOP is a workshop focused on project based learning, i.e applying what you already know to projects. Along the way you will show you some handy tools you can use to enhance and improve your projects. So have a brainstorm and then come on down on Thursday and pick up some new skills as you build! https://www.facebook.com/events/410559502725777/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Hash Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step into the shoes of a Google engineer during Hash Code, a team programming competition that tasks students and professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with solving a Google engineering problem. Are you up for the challenge? The first round (an Online Qualification Round) is on 1st March at 18:30 CET. You can take part from anywhere you'd like, or you can participate in one of the Hash Code hubs. DCU's School of Computing is once again a Hash Code hub, providing a fun and exciting environment where teams compete side-by-side. Top scoring teams from this round will be invited to Google Dublin to compete for the title of Hash Code 2018 champion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IrlCPC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2018 Irish Collegiate Programming Competition will be held on Saturday the 10th of March in UCC. If you intend to travel down with Redbrick to IrlCPC, please respond s soon as possible as we can give 50% off to the first seven teams that sign up to travel with us. If you're thinking of entering, head on over to http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration to register your team! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chris Dowling (winesnob) Redbrick Secretary 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick Instagram: RedbrickDCU Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie

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05 Feb '18

Hello all, Week two is here. If that has you feeling somewhat lethargic, then we have a few events/workshops to help liven up your week! TL;DR - Google Hash Code qualification round 1st March @ 18:30. - Rebrick are going to IrlCPC 10th March - HackerClub, Tuesday L101 @ 16:00. - Reintroduction to Redbrick, Wednesday LG26 @ 15:00. - B.Y.O.P, Thursday LG125 @ 16:00 - FOSDEM 2018 talks at https://video.fosdem.org/2018/ (https://video.fosdem.org/2018/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Google Hash Code ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Step into the shoes of a Google engineer during Hash Code, a team programming competition that tasks students and professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa with solving a Google engineering problem. Are you up for the challenge? The first round (an Online Qualification Round) is on 1st March at 18:30 CET. You can take part from anywhere you'd like, or you can participate in one of the Hash Code hubs. DCU's School of Computing is once again a Hash Code hub, providing a fun and exciting environment where teams compete side-by-side. Top scoring teams from this round will be invited to Google Dublin to compete for the title of Hash Code 2018 champion. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IrlCPC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2018 Irish Collegiate Programming Competition will be held on Saturday the 10th of March. If you intend to travel down with Redbrick to IrlCPC, please respond s soon as possible as we can give 50% off to the first seven teams that sign up to travel with us. If you're thinking of entering, head on over to http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration (http://acm.ucc.ie/node/add/registration) to register your team! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HackerClub ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Come down to L101 on Tuesday at 16:00 for HackerClub. Here we help you improve your problem solving and programming in a series of competitive programmig workshops.. Whether you've attended a HackerClub session before or not make sure you come along on Tuesday at 16:00 so you can start making HackerClub a staple of your weekly college diet! https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/?event_time_id=219722621921… (https://www.facebook.com/events/219722591921142/?event_time_id=219722621921…) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reintroduction to Redbrick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unfortunately, our previously scheduled talk for the 7th of February needs to be reorganized for another Wednesday later this semester. But never fear, we still have a great Wednesday talk! As the academic year progresses, you end up with a number of people who missed some of the more important and fundamental Redbrick talks. This one is for all the new faces, and for those not so new faces that need a friendly reintroduction to what Redbrick does, along with a crash course in how to become a part of the not so elite IRC squad. Come along to LG26 on Wednesday at 15:00 and catch up on all the action! https://www.facebook.com/events/587073878359328/ (https://www.facebook.com/events/587073878359328/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B.Y.O.P (Build Your Own Projects) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our brand new weekly workshop is back! Running in L125 on Thursday from 16:00 to 18:00 this week, B.Y.O.P is a workshop focused on project based learning, i.e applying what you already know to projects. Along the way you will show you some handy tools you can use to enhance and improve your projects. So come on down on Thursday if you want to improve your software development skill-set! https://www.facebook.com/events/1766529560309030/?event_time_id=17665295903… (https://www.facebook.com/events/1766529560309030/?event_time_id=17665295903…) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOSDEM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Last but not least, for all those who ate and slept regularly this weekend, and thus as a result couldn't make it to FOSDEM, videos of some of the talks have already been made available already at https://video.fosdem.org/2018/ (https://video.fosdem.org/2018/) Also a big shout out to the traveling members who flew back into Dublin airport late last night. Hope you all enjoy your lectures today! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James McDermott (~mctastic) Redbrick Events Officer 2017-2018 s o c i a l m e d i a Twitter: @RedbrickDCU Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick (https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick) Snapchat: RedbrickDCU Instagram: @redbrickdcu Events: https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie (https://events.redbrick.dcu.ie)

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