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Announcements of committees

ExCie: Budapest

Date: Saturday 19 April till Monday 28 April
Location: Budapest

Have you always wondered where Rubik's Cubes come from? Are you looking for a week full of fun, universities, companies and more? Join the ExCie this April for a trip to Budapest!

Apart from cheap food and drinks, the nice baths and the state house opera, we'll also visit Prezi, the John von Neumann institute of Informatics and much more.

For more info, please check our website. Registration is possible from 8 January till 5 February, so register soon!

StudCie: Git-workshop

Date: Thursday 30 January
Time: 13.00
Location: V5161.0273

Have you always wanted to have a nice overview of all your coding projects? Not having six different test.c files in your directory, just because you wanted to try something out? Then attend this workshop, which will teach you about the ease and comfort of Git. Git is a distributed revision control and source code management (SCM) system. It keeps track of everything you have coded and allows you to retrieve older versions of your code. Every Git working directory is a full-fledged repository with complete history and full version tracking capabilities, not dependent on network access or a central server.

During this workshop you will learn the basics of Git and how to use them for your projects.

If you have any questions or remarks, feel free to e-mail studcie@svcover.nl.

StudCie: Trip To Bremen

Date: Thursday 6 February till Saturday 8 February
Location: Bremen

The StudCie is organizing a trip to Bremen in February! For the low price of €49,95 you will be taken to Bremen (Germany).

First of all you will visit ATLAS ELEKTRONIK, a company specialized in naval warfare. Due to the increase in unmanned vehicles, this company needs CS and AI to create state-of-the-art technology.

The second day we'll visit the university where you get to see what kind of research they do in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

The final day we travel back to Groningen, but before we do we are going to visit the Universum. A wonderful place that explains scientific marvels in a fun and interactive manner.

Interested? Then sign up on our website! Be sure to do this before the deadline, which is the 25th of January.

Actie: Pool tournament

Date: Thursday 30 January
Time: 22:00
Location: Cue Action (Schuitendiep 21)

It's been a while, but here it is again, the pool tournament! Try to win the cup by defeating everyone with a game of pool. If you're not that competitive or if you can't play pool that well, you are welcome too of course! We'll see you there!

LanCie: looking for new members!

Would you like to organize an event where all Cover-members that like gaming come to relax and game with each other for an whole weekend? Maybe the LanCie would be a nice committee for you.

If you are interested, you can contact Davey Schilling (intern@svcover.nl) and he will give you more information.

FotoCie: Photo Contest

Deadline: Friday 31 January
Time: 23:59
Location: fotowedstrijd@svcover.nl

The Cover Photo Contest has started! This means that you can win the photo trophy by submitting an inspiring photo to fotowedstrijd@svcover.nl, with the theme 'OCD' or 'Under your bed'. You can participate in both categories. So: grab your camera, take that awesome picture and send it to fotowedstrijd@svcover.nl! Additional information can be found on the Cover site.

MeisCie: Valentine's dinner

Date: Thursday 13 February
Time: 19:00
Location: Cantina Mexicana (Vismarkt 50)

Valentine's day is the day to expres your love to the one you secretly admire. It is also the day for couples to celebrate being together. This year the MeisCie is organizing an event to start your valentine's day in style. The evening before valentine's day we'll have a special dinner. For only 15,50 euro you get a three course tapas dinner, a popsicle and a drink. Don't be afraid of the word tapas, there'll be enough food so you won't leave hungry. When we're finished eating, there'll be an auction. The money we raise with this auction, will be spend on a discount on the drinks we get afterwards. When you want to join us, note that there is a dress code. We expect you to dress decently. A smoking is not necessary, but a suit or at least a blazer would be appropriate. And for the women: just pick your nicest dress. Don't forget, valentine's day is a day for singles. If you don't have a date that's no problem at all. If you have a boy- or girl friend or maybe a date you can bring him/her with you, even if he/she is not a Cover member! More information will be available on the Cover site soon.

Announcements of the board

SNiC: Exa-IT

Date: Wednesday 19 February
Location: Hilversum

The SNiC is an annually organised Dutch Computing Science symposium. This years SNiC has been organised by students from Leiden and will be about the subject of big data, one of the current hot topics in CS research. How does Google show the answer to your search query within a second? During the day, different aspects of big data will be discussed: finance, social media and communication. For more info, please check the website.

Tickets are sold by the Cover board for the price of €7,50 and include lunch, dinner and the bus-trip to Hilversum. Please note that the symposium will be held in Dutch!

Bètadag

The study associations of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences are organizing a programme for 3th grade middle school pupils. They have to choose the subjects for their specialization for the next 3 years, and we are trying to make them enthusiastic for choosing a beta-oriented specialization. The programme is called Bètadag and will take place at February 7th. First, there will be short lectures about the different courses at our faculty. After that, several demo's are scheduled.

Would you like to support a group of pupils during the day? Please contact the board (bestuur@svcover.nl).

College Carrousel

Do you want to earn some extra money by making students in their forth year of high school enthusiastic about out faculty? We can use your help at the College Carrousel 2014! 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 and 10 april busses full of kids will arrive that need to be accompanied during this days. For helping us an afternoon, we will give you 15 euros. For a whole day, you get 35 euros! It is also possible to help multiple afternoons or days. There are a couple of different jobs available, like guiding a group or give a short presentation in Science Linx. When you are interested, just send an e-mail to the board and we will send you more information. Unfortunately for the international students, it is required for the College Carrousel to speak Dutch.

To cancel your registration to this mailing list please send an e-mail to administratie@svcover.nl.


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