Activities

Week review

This week we had the Board Interest Night where you could chill out with the board and ask them questions about what it's like to do a board year. We had good fun and people got a lot of questions answered. I hope it helped all attendees in making a choice about being a board member in the future.

We also kicked of this season of Study Support Sessions with Advanced Logic on Wednesday. Make sure to check below to see for which courses there are still study supports coming up to make sure you pass all your exams!

-Kevin

Study Support: Program Correctness

Tuesday 3rd of April, 15:00 till 17:00, BB 5161.0222

Trouble with Program Correctness? Can't seem to find the invariant? Then come to this support lecture, where we will practice for the exam. We will try to give you a different insight.

Blacklight Neon Party

Wednesday 4th of April, 21:30, 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51

The exams are getting close, and what's better during these stressful weeks than to relax and have a beer with your friends? Be sure to wear a white t-shirt that doesn't need to stay clean, we will provide neon paint!

Study Support: Algorithms & Data Structures in C

Tuesday 10th of April, 14:30 till 16:30, BB 5161.0267

Struggling to understand how to structure your data? Come to the support session for ADinC where we will take you through as many exam questions as possible.

Brainstorm with the board - Long Term Plan

Monday 16th of April, 17:00, Cover room

As discussed during the GA, we are in the process of forming a Long Term Plan and we need your help! The current plan needs to be tuned and elaborated, so come voice your idea's for Cover. Tell us your vision for Cover in 5 years. Tell us what you think is important to focus on the next 3 to 5 years.

The current proposal can be find here (Note that you need to be logged in on the Cover website to view it)

[CAREER] Interactive excursion HTG

Wednesday 18th of April, 13:00 till 18:00

Departure from Zernike 13:00. Return Zernike 18:00 Cover will take care of transportation.

On the 18th of April we will travel to Delfzijl for a excursion to HTG. The company organizes an inhouseday for Cover so you can get into contact with the young professionals that are working in IT-solutions. Next to that you've got the chance to show your talent in a challenging case about the Microsoft HoloLens. We'll end the day with drinks.

At this moment there are 60 people working at different locations in the EU and Middle East, focusing on implementing new technologies to realize the planned growth and development of HTG. One of the current technologies worked on is the Microsoft Hololens, which can greatly improve the logistic processes. Do you want to do a project on augmented reality? HTG is looking for people willing to do a thesis on the HoloLens.

Next to that, HTG is one of the first companies that have implemented the AutoStore in logistics. In this process there are 42 robots working together to collect orders. Of course we will have a look at this in Delfzijl!

During the day we will discuss: - Tools used for predictive analysis. - The AutoStore used to realize B2B2C-orders - Development of the HoloLens-application to optimize orderpicking. - The infrastructure- and applicationenvironment - The organization and activities of the IT-division - Possibilities of an internship or traineeship at HTG

Deadline subscribing: 11 April. Subscribe for this activity here

LA LA LAN

Friday 20th of April 17:00 till Sunday 22nd of April 13:00, Study Landscape (Bernoulliborg)

Do you like games? Do you like binging on them for an entire weekend?

Of course you do and we have just the thing for you: A LAN party going on for a full weekend! Come and join us at the 2018 version of everyone’s favorite event. You can bring your own computer yourself or pay a small fee to make use of the transport service to carry your desktop PCs. Alternatively, just use the consoles in the Cover room to crush fellow Cover members in whatever game you want to play. Sign up and snacks are free, and we will order dinner (also free once you pay for it). If this wasn’t enough to lure you in, we will also be organizing an adrenaline-filled tournament with amazing prizes.

Sign up form coming soon!

[Dutch only] Career in education information day

Monday 23rd of April, 17:00 till 19:30

This activity is not organised by Cover. Twijfel jij over een carrière in het onderwijs? Wil je eventueel de educatieminor of -master doen? Kom dan op maandag 23 april van 17:00 tot 19:30 naar de Educatievoorlichtingsseminar. Deze vindt plaats op het Zernike (Nijenborgh, Groningen) en is bedoeld om studenten van de Faculty of Science and Engineering of ruimtelijke wetenschappen te informeren over de educatiemaster en een carrière in het onderwijs.

Schrijf je in via het online registratieformulier. Hopelijk tot dan!

Programma: 17:00 - 17:15: Inloop 17:15 - 17:20: Opening en introductie sprekers 17:20 - 18:00: Meerdere praatjes van docenten 18:00 - 18:10: Voorlichting docent worden 18:10 - 18:15: Master student deelt ervaringen 18:15 - 18:45: Paneldiscussie 18:45 - 19:30: Afsluitende borrel

Announcements

Announcements by the board

• Good luck with your exams!

Beta Business Days board

Apply now for Beta Business Days board 18/19 Do you want to experience the excitement of organizing the biggest career event for technical students in Groningen? Do you want to develop your soft skills and boost your CV while having a great time? Apply now for the Beta Business Days board 2018/2019!

• Part-time function
• Great way to boost your CV
• Fantastic year

Send your motivation letter and CV to info@betabusinessdays.nl before the 15th of April.

DisCover

"The editors of the new Cover magazine, DisCover, need help from international students. We are collecting short stories and anedotes about what the Netherlands is like when you just arrive to study here. Go to: weirddutchthings.svcover.nl and leave a reaction on things that are weird about the Netherlands!"

Job vacancy

I am looking for a master student with good programming skills (Proficiency: SQL, Django Python) and an interest in data processing. I promise puzzle and payment! Could you please pass this call on to potential candidates?

Challenge: Within the PAT project master students are now and will be in the future annotating documents with an online annotation system. The export of this system with annotations of different types and complexity (e.g., various annotated elements and annotated relations between these elements) need to be compared and rated. Please contact me if you think you can provide a tool that can present the annotation data in a format that allows comparisons between annotators.

Contact: Ielka van der Sluis i.f.van.der.sluis@rug.nl

Looking for committee members!

See the website for a complete overview of committees that are looking for members! If you want to apply for a committee please email intern@svcover.nl to let her know you're interested. A resume or motivation is optional, so feel free to just tell her you're interested!

PubliciTee

Have you seen the awesome posters for Cover activities? They were created by PubliciTee members! The PubliciTee is a creative committee which designs posters and sometimes other promotional material. Will you create the next good poster?

StudCee

The StudCee organises study support activities for all AI and CS students. You probably went to one of our lectures (if you haven’t, you totally should!!). Anyways, because some older members are leaving, we’re looking for fresh blood! So if you enjoy helping others, want to enrich your college experience, and enjoy good food/cooking, then let us know! You’re free to join a meeting to see what we’re all about.

LCDee

Do you want to organize a LAN, a crash and compile or other programming or gaming related activities? Join the LCDee!

PhotoCee

Do you enjoys the photos on the website? Do feel like you could do better? Then join the PhotoCee and prove what you're worth! Send in the best selfie you can produce and shoot your way onto the website!