HackSoc

Events

Hacker Round Robin

For our first event of the year, we will be bringing back an old favorite - Hacker Round Robin! Hackers (that’s you!) are challenged to build a simple project HOWEVER! every 10 minutes you will have to move to another computer (and another project!). The only thing you will have to look at is the last person’s code. Hopefully by the end of this we have a bunch of fully functioning projects (and not a mess! Read more...

Film Night

For our last event of the year, we will be watching Lego Batman in LT1! Make sure to bring lots of snacks :D

Advent of Code workshop

Join us for a workshop focusing on Advent of code! Advent of Code is a series of programming challenges run during December. We will be running through some advice for the challenges and some examples. It’s not too late to start! We have a leaderboard this year, which you can join via the code 4270229-ecb4b4a5.

Lightning Talks

Lightning talks is our annual (nearly) end of term event, where anyone can give a 5 minute talk on any topic they’d like. It will be taking place in the upstairs function room at the Rose & Crown. The evening is not limited to tech, last year we had talks on type theory, FNAF lore, and actual lightning! If you’d like to give a talk - please get in touch via this form. Read more...

Personal Project Showcase

Our personal project showcase is the perfect time to show off anything you’ve been working on (no matter how big or small), and it’s a great chance to get inspiration for your next project! We are looking forward to seeing what you bring :)

Lecture Slide Karaoke w/ PhysSoc!

Our second installment of the much-loved lecture slide karaoke! But this time with PhysSoc! We promise there is no actual singing (unless you want to). In lecture slide karaoke, should you wish to present, you will be given a lecture slide deck you have never seen and you will be presenting it as if you are the lecturer! If you aren’t comfortable to present, feel free to ask the “lecturer” really annoying questions! Read more...

Build Yourself a Lean

Our second speaker event of the year! 3rd year student & friend of the FP lab, Sam Toth, will be giving a talk about how to make your own proof engine!

Halloween Scratchathon

Our second annual Scratchathon (trademark pending). We will be running a mini hackathon where you can compete in pairs or alone to create something halloween themed in scratch! The winner gets a special discord role and bragging rights.

HackNotts 25!!

Our biggest event of the year! HackNotts is our annual hackathon hosted in the computer science building, and this year we are putting on our biggest one yet - a medieval fantasy themed 25 hours with over £1,000 in prizes to be won! Make sure to pick up your free ticket from our website!