Hello everyone! As midterm season comes to a close, the CCSS hopes to continue delivering on its mission to share events, opportunities, and resources for students. Here are some updates for the month of March!
CCSS Elections
The CCSS election nomination period has been extended to continue until Wednesday, March 10! This will also push back the campaigning and voting periods by 1 week. These changes are reflected on our updated Writ of Election.
If you would like to run for a position on the CCSS Board of Directors for 2021-2022, submit your nomination form by Wednesday, March 10.
Any questions regarding the elections can be directed to elections@ccss.carleton.ca by email.
Upcoming Events
Dev Club (Wednesdays at 6pm)
Dev Club meets every Wednesday at 6:00 PM EST on the CCSS Discord server. Drop by and participate in group discussions about tech, coding, and personal projects, or tune in to tech talks from guest speakers and workshops about specific topics in computer science. Keep your eyes on our social media platforms for up-to-date info on what's happening at Dev Club every week!
SCESoc x CCSS: Project Showcase (Friday, March 5 at 6pm)
SCESoc and the CCSS are collaborating this semester to bring you an epic Project Showcase Night! This "show-and-tell" event will give students the opportunity to present all sorts of projects, ranging from a piece of hardware to a new personal website to even a short story. This could be something that you have worked on for a course, on the side in your free time, or during a co-op/work term (unless the information is proprietary).If you have a project you'd like to share, please let us know by filling out the following registration form.
This event will take place on Friday, March 5 at 6:00 PM EST, on Zoom. Here is the link to attend (no sign-up necessary for non-presenters). See you there!
The Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Landscape (Wednesday, March 10 at 7pm)
For its inaugural Annual Lecture on Computer Science and Society, the School of Computer Science has invited Jeremy Clark, an associate professor at the Concordia Institute for Information Systems Engineering, to give a lecture on understanding cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. The lecture will cover the basics of the underlying technology, explore the world of decentralized finance, and showcase the groundbreaking research taking place in this area. Visit the SCS event page to read more!
This event will take place on Wednesday, March 10 at 7:00 PM EST, on Zoom. Click here to register for the lecture now!
Discord Speed Friending (Friday, March 12 at 4pm)
Speed Friending returns once again! This event will give you all a chance to meet new friends in Carleton CS and build quick bonds with them. Join a Speed Friending voice channel on our Discord server and you'll be randomly shuffled into a new group conversation every few minutes. You'll be amazed at how quickly you can find common interests with one another!
This event will take place on Friday, March 12 at 4:00 PM EST on the CCSS Discord server.
Virtual Prof Social (Friday, March 26 at 12pm)
One of the most popular recurring CCSS events is Prof Night - where we have historically invited SCS faculty to socialize with students at Mike's Place Pub on campus. Since we can't meet in-person, this year's version of the student-prof social will be taking place on Zoom! Students and faculty members will have a chance to mingle with one another in a number of breakout rooms. At regular intervals, participants will be prompted to switch rooms and continue the conversation with new faces!
This event will take place on Friday, March 26 from 12:00 to 2:00 PM EST, through Zoom. The link to attend will be shared in a separate email, so keep an eye on your inbox!
SCS Feedback Survey Report
We asked, you answered! Last term, we noticed many students struggling to adapt to the new online paradigm of learning. To help with this, we decided to collect an assortment of qualitative and quantitative feedback from you all, to share with the School of Computer Science with hopes that it could result in improvements to online course delivery. We received an overwhelming amount of feedback and support for this initiative, so thank you to everyone who responded!
The CCSS compiled all of your responses into a report that was submitted to the SCS faculty at the beginning of the Winter semester. The public version of the report has now been made available on the CCSS website! If you are interested in reading it for yourself, you can check it out here. The password can be accessed via the email you received from the School of Computer Science.