Hey Everyone, With Week 3 looming and Semester 1 in full swing, we have some great talks coming up this week! After the huge success of Clubs and Socs last week with lots of brand new members, we hope to see you all there. The events coming up this week are: "Bug Bounties - Cad é an Scéal?” - CG03 - 06/10/15 17:00 AIB DataHack & MAME Consoles - LG25 - 07/10/2015 14:00 Redbrick, GamesSoc and Game Dev Fresher’s Ball - The Slipper - 07/10/2015 20:00 ================================= "Bug Bounties - Cad é an Scéal?" +Speaker: Ciarán McNally (https://securit.ie <https://securit.ie/>) +Date: Tuesday 06/10/15. +Time: 17:00 +Location: CG03 (Henry Grattan Building) ================================= Newly appointed application security engineer at bugcrowd, independent security consultant, former Redbrick admin and general security badass Ciarán McNally is coming to talk about bug bounties. What are they? Why should you do them? Bug bounties provide an excellent opportunity to sharpen your pentesting skills. maK's talk will give tips and insights into getting started with Bug Bounties. Ciaran will share creative but effective attack methodologies, real-world examples and tooling advice. For more info on Ciarán's consultancy check out https://securit.ie <https://securit.ie/> =================================== DataHack & Data Science at AIB ~~followed by~~ Helpdesk Talk: How to build a MAME Console +Date: Wednesday 07/10/2015. +Time: 14:00 - 17:00 +Location: LG25 =================================== AIB will be talking about the applications of data analytics and how information is collected and processed. The talk will be focused on the technologies that the Data Innovation team at AIB use daily. This talk will also give us some information on the upcoming DataHack event which consists of a 'Hackathon' and 'Datathon' on the 7th November there are promises of fantastic prizes as well. This presentation will be followed by a practical workshop by the Helpdesk team: Cian (butlerx) and Cormac (pints). The lads will be talking about MAME Consoles (http://min.ie/263c2csJ <http://min.ie/263c2csJ>). Want to turn a Raspberry Pi or an old computer into a retro games console? Come along and find out how! =================================== Redbrick, GamesSoc and Game Development Society Fresher’s Ball +Date: Wednesday 07/10/2015 +Time: 20:00 - Late +Location: The Slipper, 125 Ballymun Road =================================== Redbrick, GamesSoc and Game Development Society will be hosting our annual Fresher’s Ball on Wednesday the 7th this week. This is a great opportunity to get to know the Committees, and make friends with members both new and old, so come along, bring a few friends and let’s have some fun! =================================== Register for Google OpenHouse 2015 +Date: Friday 09/10/2015. +Time: 9am +Location: https://goo.gl/IMXW6q <https://goo.gl/IMXW6q> =================================== Event: https://events.withgoogle.com/google-tech-ireland-open-house-2015/ <https://events.withgoogle.com/google-tech-ireland-open-house-2015/> Redbrick went along to the Google Open house event last year, it was a huge success. We met other computing societies and like minded people and learned a lot about Engineering at Google as well as learning CV tips and about the various bursaries and programs Google run. Signups for the event close this Friday (9/10/2015). The Open House is aimed at 1st and 2nd Years primarily. The Event itself is on Friday 6/11/2015 from 14:00 - 19:00. It will be held in Gordon House on Barrow St. http://min.ie/KVdSLW9i <http://min.ie/KVdSLW9i> ========================= EGM +Date: Wednesday 14/10/15. +Time: 2pm +Location: CG03 ========================= It's that time of year again where we look to expand our ranks of the committee. You'll have a say in the day to day running of the society. Committee positions available +Secretary +Events officer +First Year Rep If you want any information on the role or have questions email committee@redbrick.dcu.ie <mailto:committee@redbrick.dcu.ie> =========================================== PyCon +Date: Sat&Sun 24/10 - 25/10/2015. +Location: Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Dublin +Website: https://python.ie/pycon-2015/ <https://python.ie/pycon-2015/> +Tickets: €40 (preliminary) =========================================== PyCon is the largest annual gathering of the Irish Python community. The conference will bring together Irish talent and world class leaders in the Python community for a fun, informative and friendly event. Saturday and Sunday will consist of talks, tutorials, workshops, open-spaces and sprints. We are hoping to organise a group to attend PyCon, so please get in touch with the committee if you're interested in attending. You can email events@redbrick.dcu.ie <mailto:events@redbrick.dcu.ie> or get in touch on IRC. Don't forget to keep an eye on our social media pages and our Calendar: - Twitter: @RedbrickDCU - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick <https://www.facebook.com/dcuredbrick> - Snapchat: RedbrickDCU - Calendar: http://tinyurl.com/redbrickCalendar <http://tinyurl.com/redbrickCalendar> All the best from myself & the Committee, Cormac Smartt 1st Year Electronic & Computer Engineering Redbrick Helpdesk 2015/16 DCU Engineering Society Webmaster 2015/16 Tel: +353 86 3627557