Math and Computer Science Society

Slides: http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dc97qwb4_19wbn37x4w

On Thursday, May 8th, the MCS Society will be hosting a presentation on the Git Version Control System by Tom Wambold. It will be at 5PM, in UCROSS 153. Food will be provided.

Git is a version control system created by Linus Torvalds. Initially just for Linux kernel development, Git is now used for many high profile open source projects such as the X.org Server, One Laptop per
Child (OLPC) project, and the Ruby on Rails web framework [1]. The presentation will focus on how Git works, and how to use it.

Tom Plick has posted slides for his recent Combinatorial Game Theory Talk.

You can find them at -> http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~tap42/cgt-intro.pdf

Mathworks will be coming to the College of Engineering on Wednesday May 7 to run an all-day session about Matlab/Simulink. The session is open to all students and faculty, but registration is required at
www.mathworks.com/seminars/du0508.

Attendees will hear about the capabilities of the popular Matlab/Simulink software libraries, and get their questions answered by the recognized experts on the subject.

When:
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Lunch will be provided at 12:00 p.m.

Where:
Drexel University
Hill Conference Room - Lebow 240

Register:

On TUESDAY, April 29th, the MCS Society will be presenting "Test Driven Development in PHP" with the Philadelphia PHP Meetup Group. It will be at 6PM, in DISQUE 103.

On Thursday, April 10th, the Drexel MCS Society will host Tom Plick speaking on combinatorial game theory. It will take place in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM. The abstract for the talk is as follows:

Combinatorial game theory deals with two-player alternating-move games of perfect information -- board games and their ilk. For certain games, the theory offers a fast and elegant method of determining who

The Computer Science Department is initiating a regular alumni/student meet-and-greet series. This series will provide current students the opportunity to hear about the career paths of successful alumni and learn more about the computer and software industry. In many cases, the participating alumni will also be recruiting so that this forum will provide a good opportunity to hear about potential career opportunities and to network with industry representatives.

This Thursday, April 3rd, the MCS Society will be hosting a Google Pizza Party, along with elections. Come eat some pizza, care of Google, and talk about upcoming events this term. Elections will be held for all officer positions, contact the president if you are interested in running. Also, we will discuss ideas we have for future events, if you have any ideas, please share them! Students from any major are welcome, bring your friends! It will take place in University Crossings room 153 at 5PM.

This Thursday, March 13th, the MCS Society will be hosting a presentation by Chris Cera from Vuzit and Steven Welch from DreamIt Ventures. See the abstract below for more details. It will take place in UCROSS 153 at 5PM. Pizza will be provided.

All students and alumni are invited to participate in the Steinbright Career Development Center's Annual Spring Career Fair on Wednesday, April 9, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Daskalakis Athletic Center (33rd and Market Streets).

Over 220 employers will meet with interested students and job candidates to talk with them about their companies and job opportunities. Spring Career Fair participants should dress professionally and bring copies of their resumes for distribution to potential employers.

This Thursday, February 28th, the MCS Society will be hosting a talk by Walt Mankowski on Perl one-liners. It will take place in UCROSS 153 at 5PM. Food will be provided.

Perl is not only a world-class programming language but also a potent command-line tool. However, even if you already write the occasional one-liner in Perl, chances are you're not taking advantage of all the tricks and shortcuts you could be. In this tour de force of compact Perl prowess, every audience member will become a command-line ninja!

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Also, Chris Cera, the speaker for the upcoming startup company talk, would like some comments on where to focus his talk, along with some information on a new startup funding group. Please respond to his thread on the MCS forums. Thanks!