Events

Interested in learning what is it like to be a software engineer at Google? Join us as Googlers share day-in-the-life stories about their work and provide an inside look at what makes engineering at Google unique. Bring your questions and hear stories from Googlers! RSVP here to let us know you're coming.

Niagara Falls bus trip

Come join the Computer Science Graduate Student Association (CSGSA) on a trip to Niagara Falls!
Come see one of Canada's natural wonders, as well as hang around the amusements on Clifton Hill.

Refresher Talk - Dissecting Git

By Gaurav Sahu.

Most, if not all programmers, use Git on a daily basis. However, many of them have a superficial understanding of how it works. In this workshop, I'll give a brief introduction to Git, and how it works under the hood. Hopefully, it would bolster any future project collaborations students may have.

Refresher Talk -  /*-->*/ Intro to Generative Text Models

By Gaurav Sahu. 

Deep learning has revolutionized nearly every field of NLP. This workshop would be a gentle introduction to such methods as well as I'll discuss how to implement them in real-time using PyTorch.

Refresher Talk - Accessing Papers and More: Using the library’s services so you don’t have to pay

By Rebecca Hutchinson

Learn how to use the library’s services: accessing material, using the catalogue, interlibrary loan, making sure you don’t have to pay for papers/information. 

Refresher Talk -  /*-->*/ LaTeX made easier

By Siddhartha Sahu.

LaTeX is great in creating beautifully typeset documents. However, the workflow around LaTeX is sometimes clunky and repetitive. In this talk, I will share tips and tricks I've learned that make working with LaTeX documents, tables, and references much less painful.

Refresher Talk - Searching for a Literature Survey: Expert search methods so you don’t miss what’s important

By Rebecca Hutchinson

Learn how to execute in-depth searching techniques, reference management - great for interdisciplinary topics and when you want to find ‘everything’ that’s out there. 
 

Refresher Talk - Critical Appraisal: Evaluating sources and spotting predatory publishers/conferences

By Rebecca Hutchinson

Learn how to use a framework to assess (mainly not peer-reviewed) sources and spot predatory publishers and conferences.

Refresher Talk - Tracking Research Impact: How to calculate your h-index

By Rebecca Hutchinson

Learn how to tell your research story, calculate your h-index and create an ORCID number.

Unionization Discussion over Pizza and Wings on Jan 22nd!

The CS-GSA (Computer Science Graduate Student Association) kindly invites all its members to meet our new CS GSA representatives and discuss a recent important motion regarding unionization at the university-level GSA (Graduate Student Association). The discussion at the CS (Computer Science) department will take place on Wednesday, Jan 22nd at 4:30 PM in DC (Davis Centre) 2585 where we will offer some pizza, wings and refreshments!