Calendar 2018–2019
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September
Linux Workshop (Monday 2)
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Location: BB 5161.0283
IMPORTANT: There are four identical Linux workshops. If you cannot make this one there's another two on Thursday!
To make your life a little easier, we are organising a workshop for Linux. We will cover navigating the maze of Linux, getting the terminal to listen to you, and getting that C-code compiled right.
So, whether you have problems taming that Linux monster or you just want to stop by to pick up some cool tips & tricks, this is the workshop for you! Be sure to come, and bring your friends!
Linux Workshop (Monday 1)
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Location: BB 5161.0273
IMPORTANT: There are four identical Linux workshops. If you cannot make this one there's another two on Thursday!
To make your life a little easier, we are organising a workshop for Linux. We will cover navigating the maze of Linux, getting the terminal to listen to you, and getting that C-code compiled right.
So, whether you have problems taming that Linux monster or you just want to stop by to pick up some cool tips & tricks, this is the workshop for you! Be sure to come, and bring your friends!
Programming for Dummies (Wednesday)
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Location: BB 5161.0228
IMPORTANT: There are two identical Programming for Dummies Workshops. If you can't make this one, there is also one on Thursday! Also, we're not teaching you C, that's what Imperative Programming is for 
Programming for Dummies is here to help you think programmatically! In this lecture-workshop hybrid, we will discuss how programs are like Lego houses, how daily life is full of complex algorithms, and how to cut your tomatoes recursively. All this and more to help those students who have little or no experience with programming to get into the right mind frame.
PS. Note that we will only look at pseudocode - that is, no programming language specifics will be discussed.
Welcome (Back) Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
The academic year has started again, and of course we already miss drinking with our friends. So we're here to help, we have our monthly social at 't Gat van Groningen with the first 100 beers free! So make sure to be there early to take maximal advantage of this. After that we'll have beer for the low low price of €1,20 until half past 12.
Come see all your friends again and have a (free) beer with the 'tivitee on the 5th!
Linux Workshop (Thursday 2)
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Location: BB 5161.0273
IMPORTANT: There are four identical Linux workshops. If you cannot make this one there's two on Monday!
To make your life a little easier, we are organising a workshop for Linux. We will cover navigating the maze of Linux, getting the terminal to listen to you, and getting that C-code compiled right.
So, whether you have problems taming that Linux monster or you just want to stop by to pick up some cool tips & tricks, this is the workshop for you! Be sure to come, and bring your friends!
Linux Workshop (Thursday 1)
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Location: BB 5161.0228
IMPORTANT: There are four identical Linux workshops. If you cannot make this one there's two on Monday!
To make your life a little easier, we are organising a workshop for Linux. We will cover navigating the maze of Linux, getting the terminal to listen to you, and getting that C-code compiled right.
So, whether you have problems taming that Linux monster or you just want to stop by to pick up some cool tips & tricks, this is the workshop for you! Be sure to come, and bring your friends!
Programming for Dummies (Thursday)
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Location: BB 5161.0228
IMPORTANT: There are two identical Programming for Dummies Workshops. If you can't make this one, there is also one on Wednesday! Also, we're not teaching you C, that's what Imperative Programming is for
Programming for Dummies is here to help you think programmatically! In this lecture-workshop hybrid, we will discuss how programs are like Lego houses, how daily life is full of complex algorithms, and how to cut your tomatoes recursively. All this and more to help those students who have little or no experience with programming to get into the right mind frame.
PS. Note that we will only look at pseudocode - that is, no programming language specifics will be discussed.
Introductory Camp: ReWind
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Location: De Pageborg
At the start of the year it is time for something wonderful again. After the first week of lectures it is again time for the Introductory Camp! This camp is organised for all first-year students of Artificial Intelligence and Computing Science. During the weekend, you can get to know you fellow first-year students and a group of older active members of Cover. There will be games, activities, music and a lot more fun. The theme of this years' camp is "Rewind! A blast to the past". Make sure not to miss out on this great weekend filled with fun and nostalgia, where you have the opportunity to make friends for the rest of your study time! For more information and the sign up form, go to introcee.svcover.nl.
We are looking forward to meeting all of you at the camp!
General Assembly
Location: Bernoulli borg, room 289
We hereby invite you to the General Assembly on the 10th of September, 2018. The assembly starts at 17:00 in the Bernoulli borg, room 289.
Relevant documents will be made available on the website during the coming weeks. They will be final one week in advance of the assembly and will be emailed to you at that point. From then, they will also be available in the Cover room. Please read them beforehand, to make the assembly go as smoothly as possible.
We would kindly like to remind that the chairman and treasurer of every committee are expected to attend.
If you can’t attend, but still want your vote to count, please fill in the attached authorisation form and hand it over to the secretary of the board. Please use this responsibly and write down specifically how you want your vote to be used.
We hope to see you on September 10th!
Kind regards,
Board Sharp
Pool Night
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Location: Cue Action, Schuitendiep 21
Everyone survived their first few week of lectures, so it's about time that there is a chill night. The ActiviTee has organised a pool night! You don't have to be good at pooling, you can be a beginner or a pro, everyone is welcome! The first hour of pooling is free.
So sign up!
Welcome (Back) TAD+
Welcome (back)!
The second Thursday of September, we will hold the first TAD+ of the academic year!
Want to know what your fellow Cover members have been up to these past months of summer? Want to start your academic career off right by making new friends over a beer? Have an awesome vacation story to tell? Come and join us at the Cover room! There will be free snacks as well.
For the first years reading this, TAD stands for Thursday Afternoon Drinks. A TAD+ is a TAD with a special theme, in this case Welcome (Back)! The Cover room is located in the Bernoulliborg. You can find it by entering the hallway behind the big staircase at the entry.
Lustrum
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Come and join us on the lustrum of Cover.
What is a lustrum you said? Well, it's the celebration of an association's birthday every 5 years.
Since we are going to celebrate this in the most outrageous, extravagant and escalating way, we will celebrate this not for just 1 day, not just 3 days, but for a whole week!!!
We will soon start with a theme announcement somewhere soon, and from then on we will slowly leak drops of awesome information.
So hang on, it will be LEGEN...wait for it ...DARY!!!!
For more information, visit: lustrum.svcover.nl.
Bommen Berend
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Location: https://goo.gl/5M1BBR
Every year, the city of Groningen celebrates The Siege of Groningen. This was a battle that took place in 1672, between Groningen and Bernhard von Galen, bishop form Münster. The bishop has as nickname “Bommen Berend”, due to his excessive use of bombs (Dutch: bommen). They celebrate this victory on 28 August, where they eat the “Groote Maaltijd”. This meal consists of sauerkraut, the bishop’s favourite meal, and a big meatball: the “Bommen Berend Bom”.
We also would like to celebrate this day, but perhaps leaving out the sauerkraut. Therefore we hereby invite you to a battle, where we have swapped the bombs with laser guns. This battle will take place at our beloved Zernike and you can come and leave whenever you want. Don’t forget that people can play dirty, so don’t wear your nicest clothes.
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Groninger Dow Jones Party
Location: Lola
To celebrate the opening of the Lustrum, we will have a Dow Jones party at Lola on the Monday night. During this epic event at a super fancy location, prices of the drinks will fluctuate depending on the supply and demand of that specific drink. For example: if everybody drinks beer, the price of beer will go up, but the price of another drink will go down. If nobody drinks wine, the price of wine will be very low while other prices might go up. So, buy at the right time to get the best drinks for the best prices. At this activity, we will be able to do what we have always wanted to: being able to influence the prices of our own drinks.
For more information and registration, check out our website!
The Hangover
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Location: Cover Room
Yesterday we got a glimpse of how it might feel to be a stockbroker. If you did a good job, you probably had a lot of fun and perhaps are quite hungover today.
To make things a little bit better for you, we invite you to a so called "brakke brunch". We will provide tasty food and drinks so you can start the day with a smile, despite your possible hangover.
5^2 feast
Location: Cover Room
On this afternoon and evening we cordially invite you to our 5^2 feast. A magnificent dinner which will make your eyes sparkle with joy and your belly full.
5^2 feast, what's that you ask?
We will be:
- visiting 5 different locations
- from 5 different countries
- you will get a total of 5 courses
- accompanied with 5 drinks
- in just 5 hours
And all of this for 5^2 euro's!
Dresscode: slightly overdressed
Free for passe-partout platinum members
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Conference
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The initial party hype of the lustrum is over and you are ready for more productive days again? Worry not! The lustrum got you covered with exciting and educational events on Wednesday afternoon. There will be speakers and workshops that will be fun and entertaining. They will offer something new that you haven't tried before! Want to hear more about Cover's past? Or, want to learn how to win in professional debates about any topic? That and more, you will get a chance to visit on Wednesday.
The schedule for this day is now available:
13:00 History of cover Het Oog(LB 5171.0415)
13:15 DUO Het Oog(LB 5171.0415)
14:15 Lunch Cover Room
14:45 Telescope Tour Bernoulli Borg
16:30 Photoshop Workshop LB 5173.0169
17:45 Debate Workshop Het Oog(LB 5171.0415)
As the room "Het Oog" is quite hard to find, we have a route description for you.
When you enter the Linnaeusborg, take lift A (opposite of the entrance) to the fifth floor. Go to the right hallway, to lift B. Take lift B to the fourth floor, and go to the left. Congratulations, if you walk another 20 meters, you have found the room "Het Oog".
Make sure to leave 15 minutes before the activity starts in the Linnaeusborg, because it is quite a big walk!
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Viva las Vegas
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Location: Het Heerenhuis
Continuing our journey, we have arrived in the wonderful world/experience of Las Vegas. During this lovely evening activity, there will be the opportunity to visit our very own lustrum casino. You can play the best games with amazing lustrum dollars, which you will receive in exchange for your entrance ticket.
If you’ve lost all your dollars, don’t worry! You can always join a bachelorette party, get married in a lovely wedding chapel or take a nice picture with the Eiffel Tower.
Make sure you look Las Vegas worthy!
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Nature Olympics
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Location: Hoornsemeer
This day will be the birthday of Cover. Cover will become 25 years old! To celebrate this festive occasion, we will have an outdoor day at the Hoornsemeer. In the afternoon, we will have a tournament with multiple fun games at which you can win a fantastic price if you win with your team. After the tournament there will be a nice barbecue and a party. Of course, we will also take a special moment to dwell upon the fact that Cover just became 25 years old. We will see you there!
The tournament starts at 15:00, so if you wanna compete your fellow students, make sure to be in time!
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Special Dinner
Location: Huize Maas
Before ending the week with the Intergalactic Gala there is time to sit down for dinner with your Cover friends and talk about the great week we all had. During dinner we will present the best photos that have been submitted for the photo challenge and we will announce the overall winner! Next to that we will have a fun game during the dinner. Since alumni are invited to this activity, there is also time to catch up with all your friends from back in the days. After this lovely dinner we will go to the Intergalactic Gala and have a spectacular ending of this week.
For more information and registration, check out our website!
Intergalactic Gala
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Location: Kleintje Maas
After a delicious dinner it’s time for the last lustrumacitvity of the week, the intergalactic gala! We will finish the week in suits and ties for the gentlemen and dresses and high heels for the ladies. There will be unlimited beer, wine, soda and liquor (binnenlands gedestilleerd). With a lot of people at this activity, we want to celebrate the end of the amazing lustrum, and will make sure that this week will never be forgotten! So, suit up and join our trip to the galaxy this evening.
Ps. You’re allowed to buy a plus-one ticket for your date!
For more information and registration, check out our website!
General Assembly
Location: Cafe de Keyzer, Turftorenstraat 4, 9712 BP Groningen
We hereby invite you to the General Assembly on the 24th of September, 2018. The assembly starts at 19:00 At Cafe de Keyzer.
Relevant documents will be made available on the website during the coming weeks. They will be final one week in advance of the assembly and will be emailed to you at that point. From then, they will also be available in the Cover room. Please read them beforehand, to make the assembly go as smoothly as possible.
We would kindly like to remind that the chairman and treasurer of every committee are expected to attend.
If you can’t attend, but still want your vote to count, please fill in an authorisation form and hand it over to the secretary of the board. Please use this responsibly and write down specifically how you want your vote to be used.
We hope to see you on September 24th!
Kind regards,
Board Sharp
October
Prominent in de Tent
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Location: &ZO Nightclub, Poelestraat 53, 9711 RK Groningen
This activity is not organised by Cover.
A party for 300 people of all different kinds of study associations.
The theme is: Prominent around the world! "The party after which you've been everywhere".
Entry price is €19.99,- presale, and €23,- at the door.
Prominent in the Tent is an open bar theme party with beer, wine and sodas included in the price. See you there! Woop!
Animal Day Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
The 4th of October it is WORLD ANIMAL DAY!
We want to celebrate this with you on our social at the 3th of October. Get dressed as your favorite animal and have a beer with us. To make this celebration even better, there will be 100 free beers.
See you there!
Much Love,
The Activitee
TAD - Committee Market
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Location: Cover Room
Ever wondered how Cover is able to host so many amazing events throughout the year? It's all down to our committees. Cover has over 20 committees meaning we have something for everyone.
During this TAD, members of the committees will give a small introduction about what they do to keep Cover running.
P.s. The board will also be supplying drinks and snacks!
Introductory Camp Afterparty
Location: The Dog's Bollocks
The Introductory camp may be over, but we are not done yet! Come join us on the ninth of October for our amazing afterparty! There will be free drinks, Bloopers of our role-playing game movie and more! The theme of this night will be "When I was young I wanted to be..." so get your costumes out!
The Big AI Show - AI Challenge
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Location: Grand Theatre, Grote Markt 35, 9711 LV, Groningen
This activity is not organised by Cover.
For the first event of the IlluminaTee we are making sure that The Big AI show is free to attend for our members by paying the entrance fee. The talk will cover the challenges of AI including the benefits and drawbacks of Artificial Intelligence as well as it's applications.
The event begins at 19:30 at the Grand Theatre. Talks include the benefits, drawbacks, and challenges of data collecting; our ability to imitate human intelligence; and finding the next big hit song using neural networks. The host, Bram Douwes, has presented several shows in Groningen including "Stand van Stad" and was previously a researcher for "Zondag met Lubach".
More information about the event itself can be found at Groningen.ai.
Pumpkin Carving
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Location: Study association Mesacosa, Zwanestraat 35, 9712 CK Groningen
It's October: summer is really over now and the weather is starting to get cold and wet. Therefore we are going to do what we do best: stay inside! And what better to be doing inside in October, with Halloween around the corner, than some classic pumpkin carving? Pumpkin carving with fresh pumpkin soup and some free beers with your lovely friends from Cover of course! Join us at Mesacosa for this great activity. It costs 4 euros to join, and there are 25 spots available, so be quick!
General Assembly
Location: Bernoulliborg - 5161.0293
We hereby invite you to the General Assembly on the 18th of October, 2018. The assembly starts at 17:00 on Zernike campus.
Relevant documents will be made available soon. They will be final one week in advance of the assembly and will be emailed to you at that point. From then, they will also be available in the Cover room. Please read them beforehand, to make the assembly go as smoothly as possible.
We would kindly like to remind that the chairman and treasurer of every committee are expected to attend.
If you can’t attend, but still want your vote to count, please fill in the authorisation form, which can be found in the Cover room, and hand it over to the secretary of the board. Please use this responsibly and write down specifically how you want your vote to be used.
We hope to see you on October 18th!
Study Support Lecture: Statistics (AI & CS)
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Location: V5161.0165
Do you still have some questions about Statistics? Are some topics still unclear? Join this last unofficial lecture given by students who followed the course in the past. They will walk you through all the content of the course once more and will try to answer your remaining questions.
This will be done by helping you explore and report on the data you find, a skill that is very relevant for the exam. We will not put the main focus on R; the support session is mostly meant to help you fill in some blanks and to explain to you some important bits of the Statistics course. There will also be an opportunity to ask general Statistics (course) questions
Company Talk: Research Engineer from ASML
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Location: LB 5173.0151
Morten Bakker from ASML is visiting us to talk about his experience as an engineer. In the past he has done research on various subjects, including quantum computing. He will tell about his various research subjects and what ASML does with for example image recognition.
There will be free lunch afterwards!
Study Support Lecture: Neurophysics
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Location: V5173.0151
Do you have any problems with the course Neurophysics? Do you want help in preparing these topics for your exam? During this study support session, we will discuss the physics component of Neurophysics, in order to help you with topics such as `mechanics' and help you understand the physics subjects that are relevant for your exam.
Keep note that the lecture is organized in the Linnaeusborg!
Reality Center and Geodienst Workshop
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Location: Smitsborg
The Center for Information Technology of the University houses multiple groups that support researchers in their analysis: Data Science, High Performance Computing, Visualisation and Geodienst.
During this afternoon we will get a short introduction into the capabilities of High Performance Computing and Visualisation, and a short demo of the reality center facilities. After that, the Geodienst will give us a Geographic Information Systems workshop where you will learn the basics of QGIS. You might even learn to use some tools that can help you figure out the answer to the age-old question of whether Beijum is part of Groningen!
Due to limited seating, we can only offer 15 places for this workshop so sign up soon!
Bocktober TAD
Location: Cover Room
The autumn has officially started. The leaves are falling from trees meaning that it is time for some proper autumn bock beers. We will supply the beers and some snacks for you to enjoy!
Study Support Lecture: Imperative Programming
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Location: V5161.0253
Do you have any problems with the theory of Imperative Programming? Do you want help in preparing for you exam? During this study support session, we will discuss parts of an old exam and help you understand subjects that are relevant for your exam.
During this lecture, we will also shortly deal with some topics that might need a short reminder, such as the workings of recursion, pointers, etc. There will also we the opportunity to ask questions.
Join this last unofficial lecture given by students who have passed this course in the past.
November
Study Support Lecture: Introduction to Logic (for CS)
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Location: V5161.0267
Do you fail to see the logic in Introduction to Logic, or is it not that bad but would you like to hear the explanation for models once more? Are you interested in tips on how to solve formal proofs efficiently? Or do you just need some sort of confirmation that you master the course topics? Then you should definitely attend this study support lecture.
Movember Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
It's Movember and that means it is time for some serious mustaches during the November social! Real man with mustaches drink beer, so we have 100 for free.
Let your mustache grow or fake one and have a beer with us on the Social.
See you there!
Joejoe,
The Activitee
Company Talk: Research Scientist from TNO
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Location: LB 5173.0050
Coen van Leeuwen from TNO is coming to talk about their research on a new algorithm for solving Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs), called CoCoA. These are problems where a set of distributed agents have to co-operate in order to reach a common goal. Examples of these are: selecting non-overlapping Wi-Fi channels in a neighborhood with many access points; organizing a sensor network in a hostile environment where batteries are a scarce resource; maximizing energy distribution in a wireless power transfer network without violating health norms; or co-ordination of a team of mobile search-and-rescue robots who are assigned the task of clearing an area.
Besides complete solvers that are guaranteed to find the optimal solution, there are incomplete solvers that use heuristic methods for this problem that balance solution cost with computational load and communication overhead. CoCoA is such an algorithm in which knowledge is distributed amongst neighboring agents, and assigns a value only once instead of using an iterative approach. Coen will demonstrate its performance compared to existing methods in generic abstract problems, as well as in realistic use cases.
After the talk, we will head to the Cover room to grab a few free beers with each other!
Pubquiz TAD+
Location: Cover Room
The TAD+ for this month is a pubquiz! You will group up with 2 or 3 other people and write down answers to questions from different categories. The winning team will get a prize! There will, as always, also be free snacks and drinks (until supplies last).
SNiC Conference: SingularIT
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Location: Philharmonie Haarlem, Lange Begijnestraat 11, 2011 HH Haarlem
This activity is not organised by Cover.
SingularIT is the 12th conference organised by the Stichting Nationaal Informatica Congres (Foundation National Computing Science Congress).
SingularIT takes a look at the future of technology. We aim to educate the audience about how technology and artificial intelligence will shape society, education and healthcare.
Our speakers range from scientists, entrepeneurs, activists and many more. Each of them will give a talk about how their field will be affected by technology that is smarter than humanity, be it in a positive or negative way.
There are two keynotes speakers, and in between of these are three parallel tracks of three sessions. You will be able to choose whichever talk you find the most appealing in each session.
For tickets for the SNiC, please send a mail to extern@svcover.nl or ask someone from the board in person!
LaTeX Workshop
Location: NB 5116.0303 & NB 5116.0315
Are teachers pressuring you to start working with this weird new thing called LaTeX? Are all your friends using it already but are you struggling to get into it? In this workshop we'll go over the basics so you can start happily writing your reports and papers the way you never knew you wanted to!
The LAN before time
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Location: Study Landscape (Bernoulliborg)
The annual Cover LAN has come again! Join us for a whole weekend of gaming, totally healthy snacks and an awesome competition with a surprise prize. We provide free snacks, cheap food and a travel service (for a small fee) so you can bring your whole desktop setup with you. Non-Cover members are also welcome as long as they sign up alongside a Cover member. Places are limited and much coveted. Check lanparty.svcover.nl for more information and to sign up!
PRE-Christmas social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
Our pumkins are decaying so it's time for the most wonderful time of the year! This year we start quite early with our Christmas party. However, people who put up christmas decorations early are happier, experts say. Therefore, we want to celebrate our December social in Christmas theme🎄🎄. Have a beer with us at our 🎅🎅🎅 PRE-Christmas party 🎅🎅🎅 on the 28th of November. Be aware that this is not the first Wednesday of December as it usual is. The dresscode is ugly Christmas sweater (The uglier the better).
🍺🍺🍺Santa will give 100 FREE beers so be on time🍺🍺🍺
Hope to see you there with a lovely sweater!
Joejoe,
The Activitee🐯
FSE Career Day
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Location: Zernike - Various locations
This activity is not organised by Cover.
Have you got no clue what you want to become after graduation? Are you uncertain what
career opportunities lie in store for you, in and outside academia? Or do you want to learn
how to present yourself as a potential trainee or employee?
The FSE Career Day aims to give you a broad overview of career possibilities and to boost
your personal branding skills!
The Career Day offers:
• Interesting lectures that will help you figure out what your options are
• Workshops that enable you to determine your career goals, develop your personal
image and improve your CV and LinkedIn profile.
• An information market at which you can have a professional photo taken!
The FSE Career Day is organized mainly for (first years) master students of the faculty of
Science and Engineering, but will also be helpful for bachelor students or PhDs.
Note: first year master students have a lecture-free day scheduled!
Constitute your own Career Day program and subscribe to lectures and workshops from the 12th of november at www.rug.nl/fse/careerday.
December
Schoenzetten (Sinterklaas tradition)
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Location: Cover Room
Join this Sinterklaas tradition, where children (of all ages) leave their shoe next to the fireplace so Sinterklaas can fill it with presents and candy over night (similar to Christmas stocking). The process is very simple, just follow the following steps:
1. Wait until it's the 4th of December 2018.
2. Take your (not smelly) shoe to the Cover room or print and decorate a paper one.
3. Tag it with your name.
4. Leave it in the designated spot before 18:00.
5. Sing your favourite Sinterklaas song (if you know any).
6. Go home and have a good night of sleep.
7. Come back on the 5th of December 2018 and see what Sinterklaas brought you.
8. Shout "Thank you Sinterklaas".
9. Enjoy your present!
Don't worry if you don't have any spare shoes, you can download a template on sinterklaas.svcover.nl. There will be a prize for the best decorated shoe!
Baxbier Brewery Tour + Tasting
Location: Friesestraatweg 201 – 2a 9743 AC Groningen
Are you curious what is going on in a brewery? Then this is your chance: Join us on the tour at Gronings Baxbier brewery and beer tasting. We will have the tour first, then we will have 3 different special beers 🍺🍺. Afterwards there is time to have some more drinks.
In short:
Where 📍: Baxbier Brewery
When 🗒: 6th of December, 6:30 PM (be on time!)
What 🍻: Tour + Tasting 3 special beers 🍺🍺🍺
Fee 💸 : 6 euros
Hope to see you there!
Joejoe,
The Activitee
Meet the Researchers
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Location: BB 5161.0151
Meet the Researchers is an opportunity to engage with various researchers within the AI and CS departments. Each researcher will give a small introduction about how they got onto their field and a small presentation about their research to inspire your interest in the various fields within AI and CS. The event will conclude with a small drinks outside BB 5161.0151.
Schedule:
13:00-13:30 Dr. Jennifer Spenader
13:30-14:00 Ben Wolf (MSc.)
14:00-14:30 Dr. George Azzopardi
14:30-15:00 Dr. Michael Wilkinson
BREAK
15:30-16:00 Dr. Frank Brokken
16:00-16:30 Prof. dr. Raffaella Carloni
16:30-17:00 Prof. dr. Niels Taatgen
BORREL
Map Your AI Study Programme
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Location: BB 5161.0253
This is an opportunity for 2nd and 3rd year BSc AI students to listen to older year students about the elective courses they took. This event is done in cooperation with the Academic Advisor for AI and fellow students.
The Academic Advisor of AI will discuss the compulsory AI programme, the elective courses, the opportunity to study abroad, and more. Students will be there to share their experiences of the practical and elective courses to help you choose how you want to shape your Bachelor degree.
Trampoline extravaganza
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Location: Antillenstraat 9A Groningen
Did you always enjoy your little trampoline in the backyard? Do you have too much energy anyways? Or are you just a crazy fan of trampoline jumping?
Join the Trampoline extravaganza at Jump XL, Europe's greatest extreme fun parks. Show your tricks on the Bigairbag, use your agility on the obstacles and the extreme zone, or throw some balls at your friends in the ultimate dodgeball court.
Fee: 5 euro's, 2 euro's entrance and 3 euro's for special jumping socks. Socks are not mandatory, but you can keep the socks afterwards!
You can also bring your own jumping socks.
Location: Antillenstraat 9A Groningen
TAD Talk: Reconcept
Location: Cover Room
Startups, Snacks & Beers
What is it like to work in a startup-like environment where your work is not just cut out for you, and every day has different challenges?
Working in a startup is never straightforward, because you (try to) go where no one has gone before. What does it mean to work in a team where no one is 'just a developer' and every one is responsible for the future of the business? How do you define and hold on to a clear vision as a development team?
Jürgen Visser, founder and CTO of Reconcept, shares from experience the challenges of balancing great amounts of freedom and ever present uncertainties of a startup business.
Come join us in the Cover Room for a few free beers, some snacks and interesting insights.
General Assembly
Location: Linnaeusborg 5173.0055
We hereby invite you to the General Assembly on the 17th of December, 2018. The assembly starts at 17:00 on Zernike campus.
A General Assembly is a meeting to which every member (and only those) is invited to discuss the future and current state of the association. If you are interested in the internal affairs of Cover, come and join a discussion about events, the budget, the committees and exciting ideas. All major decisions are made at General Assemblies, so, needless to say, it is important that as many members as possible are present.
Relevant documents will be made available soon. They will be final one week in advance of the assembly and will be emailed to you then. From then, they will also be available in the Cover room. Please read them beforehand, to make the assembly go as smoothly as possible. Send relevant documents or wishes/comments to board@svcover.nl in case you want them included at the assembly.
We would kindly like to remind you that the chairman and treasurer of every committee are expected to attend. The reason is that they can explain and answer questions and discussions posed from members. If you cannot attend and are in one of the aforementioned functions, please inform the board beforehand, so we can prepare for it.
If you can’t attend, but still want your vote to count, please fill in the authorisation form, which can be found in the Cover room, and hand it over to the secretary of the board. Please use this responsibly and write down specifically how you want your vote to be used.
We hope to see you there!
Gala
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Location: News Cafe
UPDATE!:
The sign-ups for the gala are going amazing! If you still want to take advantage of the €2,50 discount for members make sure to sign up before 15.00 (19 December)! After this time you can still sign up but will have to pay full price. Please be aware that the doors will open at 22.00 and CLOSE at 23.00, so make sure to be on time!
Hope to see you all there!
With love,
the 'tivitee
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It's December and that means it's time for a most wonderful gala
Join us with your friends at the most amazing Gala of the year.
You can get your ticket for only €25,- which includes free drinks (incl. locally distilled/binnenlands gedistilleerd).
If you want to take a date who is not a member of Cover, don't be afraid, your plus one is welcome as well for €25.00
19th December SAVE THE DATE!
🌟🌟Its going to be an unforgettable, sensational and phenomenal GALA🌟🌟
joejoe,
The Activitee
In short:
What🌟: The most amazing Gala
Where 📍: News Cafe
When 🗒: 19th of December, 22:00-02:00
Fee 💸 : €25,-
January
New Years Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
After two weeks of holidays, it is time to get out of our rooms and get social again. Join us on the 9th of January at 't Gat van Groningen for a chance to greet your old friends, wish them a happy new year (if you haven't already) or maybe even make some new ones!
As always, the first 100 beers will be free.
PhD Talks
Location: Cover room (0041a)
Do you also ever wonder what PhD students do? Or are you just interested in the different kinds of research you will be able to do once you finish your masters? Maybe you are also just interested in socialising with a PhD student? Join us on Thursday the 10th for the first PhD talk, where PhD students come talk about their work. There will be some free drinks during the event as well and you can chat with the PhD'ers afterwards as well.
See you there.
Study Support Lecture: Calculus
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Location: BB 5161.0293
Getting stuck in your matrix calculations, or are you pushing your own limits trying to grasp all this 'quickmaffs'? Then come join our support lecture calculus! Here we'll go through some practice exam exercises with the whole group, and give some useful tips in preparation for the exam. Be there or B^2 !
Study Support Lecture: Signals & Systems
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Location: BB 5161.105
In this support session we will be giving examples from the five main topics; Sinusoidal Waves, Spectrums, LTI Systems, Fourier Analysis, and Z-Transformations. These examples will be taken from previous exams and tutorial exercises.
NOTE: the location has changed due to capacity issues to BB 5161.105.
Board Game Night
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Location: Grand Café Time Out
Are you bored of not playing enough board games? Abort your plans on Thursday night. All aboard the Board board game night. We might have gone a bit overboard with this message, but bored Board does board board board.
Meet with us after the TAD to go and extend the evening with board games with your friends! If you are up for a calm but fun evening, this is the right event for you. We will be at the back of Grand Café Time Out.
Study Support Lecture: Discrete Structures
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Location: BB 5161.289
Troubles with Discrete Structures? The graphs getting confusing or don't remember all your closures? Then come to this study support lecture. Where we will overview the exam material and practice the difficult problems.
Study Support Lecture: Introduction to Logic (AI)
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Location: BB 5161.289
Do you have any problems with Introduction to Logic? Do you want help in preparing for you exam? During this study support session, we will aim to discuss every topic in the course, with special attention going out to topics such as Semantics and Formal Proofs.
Join this last unofficial lecture given by students who have passed this course in the past. There will be ample opportunity to ask questions.
February
Function Discussion: Secretary
Location: Cover Room
Did you know that secretaries have to type out everything meeting' attendees are saying?
Did you know that secretaries read more mails per week than there are citizens in Vatican City?
Did you know that secretaries have more muscles in their fingers than a normal human in their entire body?
You probably did not know about these facts! This is because those are made up. If you are interested in what secretaries are actually doing, what they are responsible for, and what they are regularly messing up, come and join us to a fun and interesting event where we share experience, ideas and embarrassing moments! No matter if you are a secretary currently; if you are interested in becoming one; if you were a secretary once in your life; or, merely out of interest, you are welcome to join. Our goal is to document, to discuss and to entertain during this event!
This is our pilot event of our Function Discussions™️ series. For more information, please do not hesitate and ask the board.
Hearty Party Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
Valentine's day ❤ is coming up soon and that means love is in the air! For this special occasion, we will have our:
💛💚💜HEARTY PARTY social 💛💚💜
together with study association TW!ST. TW!ST is the study association for linguistics aka an association with a lot of girls. So be there or be square on the first Wednesday of the month February. There will be 100 free beers and also some fun Valentine-themed activities💌.
See you there!
Joejoe,
The Activitee😻, and TW!ST💕
TAD Talk: Ticketguard
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Location: Cover room
For this TAD Talk we invited Ticketguard to talk about their start-up. This start-up was co-founded by a Cover member and they are developing a system to make event tickets secure and make sure they stay at a fixed price. With this system, they offer a solution for the recent trend of buying tickets and reselling them at a higher price.
Ticketguard will tell us how they implemented their system and how they handled their recent challenges concerning scalability. Afterwards there will be room for questions and free beer and pizza!
Brainstorm with the Board: Committee Discount Proposal
Location: Cover Room
This is a discussion session for the committee discount proposal. We encourage everyone who expressed an opinion at the last General Assembly to join so they can have their input on the final proposal for the Committee Discounts.
Excursion Destinations Announcement TAD
Location: Cover Room
This year from the 26th of April till the 4th of May there will be an amazing study trip somewhere in Europe. Where, you ask? Find out at this TAD.
There will be plenty of free drinks and snacks.
Registrations will also open at this very moment. There are limited amount of spots available, so do not hesitate to sign up and secure yourself a spot at excee.svcover.nl!
Drinking games
Location: Schuitendiep 74, 9711 RG Groningen
Do you like to play games? Do you like to have drinks with your friends? Do you like to combine two great things to create an even greater thing? Come join us for drinking games at Unitas on Tuesday the 19th at 21:00. Costs will be at most 8 euros. See you there!
Lots of love and joejoe's,
The activitee.
PhD Talks
Location: Cover Room
Do you also ever wonder what PhD students do? Or are you just interested in the different kinds of research you will be able to do once you finish your masters? Maybe you are also just interested in socialising with a PhD student? Join us for the second PhD talk (this time with upgrades), where PhD students come talk about their work. There will be some free drinks during the event as well and you can chat with the PhD'ers afterwards as well.
Board Game Night
Location: Het Heerenhuis, Spilsluizen 9, 9712 NR Groningen, Netherlands
Lookie here, board game night time! Are you again bored of not playing enough board games? Abort your plans on this Tuesday evening. All aboard the Board board game night. We might have gone a bit overboard with this message, again, but bored Board does board board board.
Meet us at the Heerenhuis to play board games with your friends! If you are up for a calm but fun evening, this is the right event for you. We will be in Het Heerenhuis this time around! Fancy.
Ice skating
Location: Kardinge sports centre
We are going to ice skate at Kardinge again this year. Previous years we had a lot of fun ice skating, and we hope to make it a fun activity again. Since cold weather is slowly disappearing again, this might be your last chance to be on the ice.
The entrance fee will be €7. You bring your own skates or rent them at the location for €6.
We hope you will join us for ice skating.
The SporTee
March
[CANCELLED] Career Month Lunch Lecture: Abbey Games
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Location: LB 5173.0045
For the first lunch lecture of this year's Careermonth, the monks from Abbey Games will come to tell us about their newest game, how they built their engine and how they created their game AI. Abbey Games is an independent game studio from Utrecht, already known for a two positively reviewed titles: Reus and Renowned Explorer. Keep an eye on the calendar for updates on place and time for this interesting talk.
Carnival Social
Location: 't Gat van Groningen, Poelestraat 51
Carnival is coming to Groningen this year, so take your craziest costumes from the back of your closet and join us at the Carnival Social. To get everyone in the mood, Prins Pils will be there too, to hand out 100 free beers.
See you there!
joejoe,
The ActiviTee
For those who don't know what carnaval is, have a look here!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival_in_the_Netherlands
Beta Business Days
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Location: MartiniPlaza, Leonard Springerlaan 2, 9727 KB Groningen
This activity is not organised by Cover.
The largest career event for beta students in Groningen
The Beta Business Days 2019 takes place on the 11th and 12th of March in MartiniPlaza. This unique career event is the perfect opportunity to orientate yourself, find internships or even start your career! During this event, different activities can be attended:Business Presentations
These 50-minute long presentations are a good way to get an impression of the company and its career opportunities.Case studies
During a case, you encounter what a company actually does. You will work in a team to solve a case problem.Individual interviews
An individual meeting gives you the opportunity to speak with a company recruiter for 30 minutes. This often leads to master project internships but can also serve as a job interview.Speed dates
Meet different companies in short one-to-one talks of 9 minutes.Business Lunch
During the business lunch you will have the chance to network with employees from a company of your interest to find out more about their company climate.Business Expo
During the business expo you can visit companies at their stand and get to know them better. Not sure which companies fit your field of interest? Try our brand new company selection tool to find out!Cases, interviews, speed dates and business lunches are based on CV selection. Deadline: March 3rd. For more information about the activities and free enrollment: www.betabusinessdays.nl!
[Lunch Lecture] Dataprovider: Object Detection
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Location: LB 5174.0178
On the 13th of March, Dataprovider is coming to tell us how they use Attentive selection for fast and efficient object selection in their data. Dataprovider is a company based in Groningen that provides data insights to big parties like Paypal and Google.
We will provide free lunch afterwards!
General Assembly
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Location: BB 5161.0293
We hereby invite you to the General Assembly on the 18th of March, 2019. The assembly starts at 17:00 in BB 5161.0293.
A General Assembly is a meeting to which every member (and only those) is invited to discuss the future and current state of the association. If you are interested in the internal affairs of Cover, come and join a discussion about events, the budget, the committees and exciting ideas. All major decisions are made at General Assemblies, so, needless to say, it is important that as many members as possible are present.
Relevant documents will be made available soon. They will be final one week in advance of the assembly and will be emailed to you then. From then, they will also be available in the Cover room. Please read them beforehand, to make the assembly go as smoothly as possible. Send relevant documents or wishes/comments to board@svcover.nl in case you want them included at the assembly.
We would kindly like to remind you that the chairman and treasurer of every committee are expected to attend. The reason is that they can explain and answer questions and discussions posed from members. If you cannot attend and are in one of the aforementioned functions, please inform the board beforehand, so we can prepare for it.
If you can’t attend, but still want your vote to count, please fill in the authorisation form, which can be found in the Cover room, and hand it over to the secretary of the board. Please use this responsibly and write down specifically how you want your vote to be used.
We hope to see you on March 18th!
[Lunch Lecture] DUO: Information Security
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Location: Kempkensberg 12, 9722 TB, Groningen
You might know DUO from the student loans they provide for (Dutch) students. But it turns out ome DUO does a lot more! As the executive educational government agency they get us our diploma's, keep a register of all educational organisations in our country and handle the assimilation examination for immigrants. Because of this they work with a lot of confidential information, which is why they are very much focusing on information security. And this is exactly the topic they want to tell us more about!
Tuesday 19th of March we will go to DUO together and visit the 24th floor of the building for a lecture by two information security experts. There will be a lot of room for input and discussion. Afterwards they will provide a free lunch for you!
If you want to participate, please sign up for this activity below. Note that we will leave from the Cover room at 10.15 to cycle there. Of course you can also go to DUO yourselves, we expect everyone to be there 10.45. If you have a car and are willing to drive other people there, you can indicate this in the sign-up form. Nice for people who don't have a bike!
Board Information Session
Location: BB 5161.0041b
It is time to look for a new board for next academic year. This board is going to be the governance level of the whole study association of Cover. That is a lot of responsibility and a big time commitment. If you like to get to know more about it, join our Board Information Session on Wednesday! We will tell many interesting things you might not have known about the board before. We will also give you a briefing about the various jobs and functions within the board. This way, you can get an impression of what a board year entails and if you feel ready for the job yourself!
GeoTAD - Working with Geodata
Location: Cover Room
The Geodienst is a department within the RUG's Centre for Information Technology working with geodata. They provide support for students and staff with geodata, geographic information systems, performing spatial analysis and solving spatial problems. Some of their recent projects have included the Portable Antiques of the Netherlands which archives objects found by the public with metal detectors. They are also working on creating indoor maps of buildings and intricate navigation systems for small distances.
During the TAD, the Geodienst will talk about how they work with geodata and how you can get involved. Time to boldly geo where no one else has gone before: the GeoTAD!
Internationalisation Activity: Escape Room
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Location: Escape Hunt, Het Hout 1, 9723 AS Groningen
Do you like solving puzzles? And can you keep a clear head when you need to solve them to get out of a locked room? Then join our internationalisation activity this year, because we're going to an escape room! Sign-ups will open Thursday March 14, at 17:00 (during the TAD). There are only 30 spots, so be quick!
Afterwards we will go to Pizzeria Italia for a free pizza/pasta and drink. We would love to see you there!
Yearbook 17-18 Release
Location: Cover room (0041a)
On this Monday, we present another yearbook that is out of time, but not out of touch! We'll bring you back to the year 2017-2018; where a sharp board started making a yearbook, heroes fought villains, and Cover went to the states!
To really get in the mood of '17-'18 there will be a short quiz on that fabulous year with a prize for you to claim!
Two down, one to go...
[Lunch Case] ING: Data Analytics
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Location: LB 5174.0178
For the last activity in the career month, ING is organizing a case about data analytics. We all know ING as a big international bank based The Netherlands, but they are also very technology oriented. The case will be about finding fraudulent transactions in a large dataset. If you want to join you just need a little bit of python knowledge and a laptop. It will be from 11:00 to 13:00 after which we will enjoy lunch together with the organizers. Let us know if you are coming by signing up or going to the facebook event and putting yourself on 'going'. See you there!
Support Lecture Program Correctness
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Location: 5161.0041B
No matter how long you search you can't find that invariant? going round in circles trying to make some recurrence functions? Come to our support lecture where we will be going through a past exam and helping you get through those proofs!
Support Lecture Advanced Logic
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Location: 5111.0080
Having trouble with your logic rules? Is P suddenly not P anymore? It's absurd! Fortunately, the StudCee is here to provide study support! So please join our lecture where we'll recap the material, and try to answer your questions.
April
Support Lecture General Linguistics
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Location: 5161.0222
Having issues with your syntax? Or your semantics? The StudCee is here to provide a support lecture General Linguistics! Here we'll recap the essential topics, and answer your any questions you may have.
Staff Lunch & Quiz
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Location: Cover Room
Do you know your professors? Do the professors know you? Are you a Cover history buff? Do you know your way around the FSE? If you are confident and resounding "yes" to all these questions come to the Cover Room for lunch and win the quiz!
For our next staff event, we will be providing lunch (as always) and a quiz to test both you and the staff on their knowledge of the faculty, Cover, computers, AI, and a whole lot more. Who knows more? Who can win? Who gets the prize?
April Social
Location: '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? An exam can be done twice, our April social can't!
As always, the first 100 beers will be free.
See you there!
Joejoe,
The Activitee
Support Lecture Algorithms & Datastructures in C
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Location: 5114.0004
Struggling with those pesky pointers? Can't figure out your priority queues? We're here to help with a brand new support lecture! We'll be going through some past exams, answering some multiple choice questions and practicing some code. so get in line! (or queue).
Member Weekend
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Location: De Elzenbeam, Heeg
Do you want a relaxing weekend with games, laughter, drinks and fun?
Then join us on the 12th of April at this year's Member weekend, this year we will go to the Elzenbeam in Heeg where we will stay for a full weekend.
Excursion to Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest
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This year the ExCee is going to the beautiful cities Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest! This nine-day trip wil be filled with cultural sightseeing, interesting company/university visits and fun activities. Come join us and sign up at excee.svcover.nl!
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