Hi everyone,

Welcome to 2011! My name is James Alexander and I am president of the Sydney University I.T. Society for 2011. For those of you who are returning members, a big welcome back. For those of you who are new to SUITS I hope you have a great year and make sure to get involved at one of our many events this semester.

SUITS is one of the largest student-run I.T. societies in Australia and whether your an I.T. student or an Arts student, taking part in our events will help you get more out of your time at Sydney. Many of our past members are doing their PhD’s in Computer Science at the University, some are abroad at world renowned Universities like Berkeley, while others are working for Google and some of the top firms in Asia-pacific region. University of Sydney has the largest clubs and societies program in the southern hemisphere and taking part in it will greatly enrich your experience at the University.

This semester we are running lots of events. Our weekly Hack Sessions are where students and lecturers present on topical subjects in I.T. and Computer Science. From an overview of Artificial Intelligence to tutorials on CCS3 its a great weekly tech talk. We’re currently looking for presenters so if there is something you have experience in and think other people will enjoy, please do consider presenting. Also on this semester is our weekly BBQ which is our most popular event. As you have probably heard, $1 all-you-can-eat; best BBQ on campus is not a bad deal and it helps bring out students and researchers into a common area to meet and talk. If you’re wearing one of our new T-Shirts you get a free drink which means by the end of the year you’ll be ‘making’ money! Our social nights will be on Wednesday nights with our first social night this Wednesday from 6pm, followed by a first years meet-and-greet in week 2 and then a drinks night in week 3.

If your studying I.T. I highly recommend getting involved as it will greatly help you in making decisions about subjects as well as when you get stuck doing assignments. In the end, University should be enjoyable and SUITS is here to help make that happen. Hope to see you this week!

James Alexander
President 2011
SUITS
president AT suits.org.au

Welcome back to Uni this week. Hope everyone had a restful vacation. Moving straight back into things, its a packed week for SUITS with out weekly BBQ, Atlassian Site Visits, and another Hack Session.

With the new exec coming in, we would love to hear from you on what we can do for the new year. If you have any suggestions, email us at: suits@it.usyd.edu.au

For this weeks Hack Session: Professor Judy Kay presents some of the leading research being conducted at USYD in the fields of surface computing and a demo of the much talked about Tabletop being developed in SIT.

When: Tuesday 1-2PM
Where: SIT Lab 117

Have a great week,

SUITS Exec

Week 3 (Already!)

Week 3 is upon us and so are the first batch assignments and SUITS Events!

This week there are two great careers events with our major sponsor Commonwealth Bank hosting an information evening this Tuesday at their CBD office and Deloitte hosting a careers workshop in SIT during Wednesday Lunchtime!

Also we have our first Drinks night of the semester at Hermans followed by our very own events manager warming up main stage at Snowball!

Have a great week 3!

SUITS Exec

SUITS Drinks Night and Snowball

What’s Snowball? The USU 2nd biggest event of the year! This year sees an electic mix of artists from Australia and overseas with SUITS Events Manager, Jamie Tek, warming up mainstage!

So come to SUITS Drinks night from 6pm at Hermans before we head off to Snowball!

Yes, FREE DRINKS for SUITS Memebers!

SUITS Hack Sessions Starts week 4 – Poll

Thats right SUITS Hack sessions will start from week 4! Every Tuesday, but what time would you like it to be? Vote here!

This Thursday, we have two very big events on. Our weekly BBQ will be happening outside the School of IT as usual from 12:30 until 1:30.

Come back at night at 6pm we’ll be having drinks at Manning Bar and a lot of fun. At around 6:30pm the Sydney Uni Band Comp will start up so stick around to enjoy it.

Hi Everyone!

Today’s BBQ is still on! As always $2 ACCESS/$3 Other with Unlimited Sausages, Bread, Sauce and one Drink.

See you there!