Hello everyone, I have good news and bad news. First, I'll give you the bad news; the common room will be closed all this week for maintenance. Now, onto the good news! Apart from the offer of a free Juniper bootcamp in January, valued at $1400, this week's announce also brings news of some of the coolest Redbrick events so far: +Software Developer Q&A - Tuesday 17/11 - 5.30pm - QG21 +How I learned to stop worrying and love Assembly Language - Wednesday 18/11 - 2pm - LG25 +Intersocs Social - Thursday 19/11 - 6.30pm - The Brew Dock +Redbrick Gets the Ghost Bus - Friday 20/11 - 8.30pm - Dublin Bus Tours, O'Connell Street ============================================================= Juniper Networks Bootcamp for Students and Staff +Date: 25th - 27th January 2016 +More info: http://dcu.ie/iss/news/2015/jul/dcu-apps-news-google-hangouts.shtml ============================================================= This training event is designed for networking, engineering, and computer science students and staff with beginner/intermediate knowledge of networking. The three days of instructor-led training covers Networking Fundamentals, an Introduction to the Junos Operating System (IJOS), and Juniper Routing Essentials (JRE). The best part? Although it's valued at $1400, we're getting it absolutely free! Make sure to click the big green button on the page linked above to register your interest, and augment your CV like nobody's business. ============================================================= Software Developer Q&A +Date: Tuesday 17/11 +Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm +Location: QG21 +More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/325036291000237/ ============================================================= Come one, come all to our SWdev Q&A! Have you any burning questions about what it's like to work as a software developer? Well then this is the talk for you! We have a great line up for you folks of 6 live software developers ready for you to poke and prod with questions! We've people from Google, Metric Fire, Couchbase, parkbytext, Intercom and HEAnet! See the link above for more information about each speaker. ============================================================= How I learned to stop worrying and love Assembly Language +Date: Wednesday 18/11 +Time: 2pm - 5pm +Location: LG25 +More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1705464089685790/ ============================================================= Reverse engineering is the process of working out what a program does without access to the original source code. It is a vital part of malware analysis/exploitation investigation and an interesting hobby. This first workshop, hosted by your favourite Symantec dynamic duo Alan Neville (anev@rb) and Cathal "Sexy Frodo" Mullaney (nemo@rb), will focus on binary analysis of Windows based x86 executables, the tools necessary to reverse engineer these files and some insights and tips for reverse engineering files successfully. If you pay attention, the talk will also teach you how to get rich quick and meet Russian women in your area, so make sure to check it out! ============================================================= Intersocs Social +Date: Thursday 19/11 +Time: 6.30pm - 10pm +Location: The Brew Dock +More info: https://www.facebook.com/events/514370732059792/ ============================================================= Thursday the 19th is Intersocs Drinks night! Also known as "Interpints", "The Networking of NetSocs" or "The Endless Argument", where all the networking societies meet up with their counterparts from some of the other fine educational establishments around. Get your drinking cap on and get ready to meet some really cool people! We're heading out to The Brew Dock so we can eat and drink and network! Tag along if you want to drink nice food, meet nice drinks and eat nice people! ============================================================= Redbrick Gets the Ghost Bus +Date: Friday 20/11 +Time: 8.30pm - 10pm +Location: Dublin Bus Tours, 59 O'Connell Street Upper +More info: http://www.dublinsightseeing.ie/GhostBus/index.aspx ============================================================= In the spirit of late Halloween celebrations, #RedbrickDayout is going on the Ghost Bus this Friday! Be prepared for a night of fear and terror to match what you get when the admin realises you stole his label-maker. Message the master of spooks ~butlerx if you're interested in going! Make sure to have a nosey at our calendar and social media pages: - Twitter: @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU - Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/redbrickCalendar All the best from myself and the rest, Noah Donnelly (cac) 1st Year Computational Problem Solving & Software Development Redbrick Secretary 2015/16