Python is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It’s used for anything from simple automation scripts, to web servers, to even the vast majority of AI these days! (In fact, the script to generate this event document for the website is written in Python!) In this three-part workshop series, we’ll walk you through the basics of Python, hopefully by the end reaching a level at which you, too, could make cool little Python scripts to automate things, or even write your own AIs or web servers! Read more...

New to programming? Wondering what kind of programming languages are out there? This talk, by our general secretary Daudi, will explore the vast world of programming languages, from imperative to functional, and everywhere in between! More information to follow closer to the time, please check back!

This event is a full day workshop running from 11am to 6pm, with free pizza at lunchtime. The presenters behind this event are academics from the University of Cambridge open zetta scale lab. The event covers all the basics of Intel’s SYCL implementation, including how to get started, program structure, unified shared memory, kernels, Intel Vtune profiler, buffers & accessors and reduction operations. This workshop is being taught by academics from Cambridge university who work on zetta scale compute and have significant experience working with heterogeneous compute technologies. Read more...

On the 6th of October, HackSoc and Medieval Combat Society will be going out for a joint pub crawl! We’ll start at the White Hart at 7pm! This is a nice social event to start off the term, and while no, there is no real reason why these two societies have a joint pub crawl, it’s always a fun night. No booking required, just find us at the White Hart (29 Gregory Street, Lenton)! Read more...

Welcome to HackSoc! This will be our first event of the year, and a good taster to give you an idea of what kind of events we’ll be running throughout the year. At 4:30pm, we’ll be gathering in C33 where the committee will be giving three short-ish talks on various tech-related topics: An introduction to game development by our President A talk about bug bounties by our Cyber Security Secretary And two more, details to be confirmed The event in whole is supposed to take around two hours, finishing at approximately 6:30pm, to give you plenty of time to have dinner afterwards. Read more...

After exams have finished, HackSoc will be doing our patriotic duty and hosting a BBQ to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee (which is the day after.) This will be a great place to unwind from the stresses of exams which will have just finished! As this event is a BBQ, food and drink will be provided. If you are thinking of coming along, please can you fill out a quick form at hacksoc. Read more...

On the 28th of May, HackSoc and Medieval Combat Society will be going out for a joint pub crawl! We’ll start at the White Hart at 7pm.

Hello and welcome to our programming cafe events! This is a much more laid back event than our workshops and talks, just rock up and work on a project, and speak to other people about their projects! We’ll be encouraging people to do a brief show and tell towards the end, and you may end up spotlit in our newsletter! We will also have coffee, tea, and biscuits. The event will take place in A07, in the Computer Science Building. Read more...

We’ll be starting off the term on the 5th of May at 7PM, Computer Science A07 with an event sponsored by Intel, where we will talk about OneAPI and teach you how to use it to plot the Mandelbrot set! But what is OneAPI? It’s a toolkit for enabling accelerated heterogeneous computing that is platform and vendor agnostic. This promises to be a very interesting workshop, so be sure to come along! Read more...

Hello and welcome to our programming cafe events! This is a much more laid back event than our workshops and talks, just rock up and work on a project, and speak to other people about their projects! We’ll be encouraging people to do a brief show and tell towards the end, and you may end up spotlit in our newsletter! We will also have coffee and tea. The event will take place in the Exchange Building C33. Read more...