Events Sponsored by Facebook, Microsoft, Ness, Qualcomm, GreenGoose, Boeing, & Stanford Computer Forum.
Winter
Compete in the first Windward programming "code war" - a contest where each team (2-5 members each) races to solve the same problem (in this case, an AI-based challenge). Schools represented include MIT, CMU and Harvey Mudd. Put your programming talents to the test, engineer brilliant solutions, and represent your Cardinal swag with the chance to bring home some hardware. Learn more here and register your team here.
This will be the first of three LAN parties we're hosting with Low Battery this quarter. Come for Mario Kart, Brawl, Starcraft 2, TF2, Kirby, and many other awesome games! Bring your laptop and/or desktop. Got a console and projector? Bring that too. See you there!
The first hack hour of 2012. Co-sponsored by Stanford ACM and BASES at the SVI Hackspace. Come chill, code, and hack on projects and homework with an intrepid group of engineers from BloomReach led by the hackspace's Stormy Shippy who will be sponsoring free Ikes for those who RSVP!
Second of three LAN parties we're hosting with Low Battery this quarter. There will be DotA and Brawl tournaments starting at 10pm. There will be a Diablo 2 hardcore speed run starting at midnight. There will be competitive Minecraft. And of course... there will be epicness.
Interested in Windows Mobile Development? Want a chance to get a free Windows Phone? Check out this awesome workshop where Microsoft engineers will walk you through the use of Windows Dev tools to create basic Windows Mobile apps. Are you interested, but you have a Mac? No worries! Microsoft will be bringing free Windows CDs so you can get setup to dual boot into Windows.
The following Saturday, there will be a hackathon where teams will compete to make the hottest Windows Phone app.
Now that you're pumped and ready to make Windows Phone apps (courtesy of last Saturday's workshop), it's time to put your skills to the test. Form a team and compete from noon to midnight to make the best Windows Phone app. Winners will receive free phones and possibly some other goodies. Microsoft engineers will be there to answer your budding API and technology questions. There will be free copies of Windows 7 for all you Mac users out there. More details coming soon.
Tech Talks
Sponsored by Yahoo. Every Friday @ 6 PM in Gates 104.
If you want to give a tech talk, read this.
Winter
Luna Learnings: The delicate dance of abstraction and pragmatism
As simple as possible, but not simpler: Principles of software engineering for startups
Contact the ACM officers if you would like to give a 2-5 minute lightning tech talk.
Titanium: Native Mobile Applications in Javascript
Next-generation Web Technologies: HTML5 and Beyond
Building fast & scalable eventual-consistency databases
Darts, Dice, and Coins
Social Search vs. Web Search: Key Insights
Routing through the browser to defeat network censorship
3D display with depth of field
Open Sourcing Education
Engineering Facebook Events
TBD
Spring
The Coolness of Agda (a functional programming language)
Getting Started with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and PhoneGap for your mobile web apps
Finding God's Number
TDB
Social Coding 4 Good: Drupal from Issue Trackers to Email
