Friday Hacks #259 🎉
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 23 Aug, 7pm to 8pm
📍 Venue: COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🍕 Food and🧋Drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 1: Security-as-code: Building our way to better security outcomes
Despite our best efforts, we can’t hack our way to better security if we don’t solve problems at their root causes. However, long compliance checklists isn’t the way forward either. How can we apply software engineering to solve security problems? This talk will discuss various security products such as access control tooling, secure-by-default application components, and guardrails for developers. If you’re interested in both software engineering and security and wanted to learn how to use both, this is the talk for you!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Eugene Lim is building and hacking for good at Open Government Products where he solves cybersecurity problems with engineering solutions such as infrastructure as code, chaos testing, and GitOps.
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 23 Aug, 7pm to 8pm
📍 Venue: COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🍕 Food and🧋Drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 1: Security-as-code: Building our way to better security outcomes
Despite our best efforts, we can’t hack our way to better security if we don’t solve problems at their root causes. However, long compliance checklists isn’t the way forward either. How can we apply software engineering to solve security problems? This talk will discuss various security products such as access control tooling, secure-by-default application components, and guardrails for developers. If you’re interested in both software engineering and security and wanted to learn how to use both, this is the talk for you!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Eugene Lim is building and hacking for good at Open Government Products where he solves cybersecurity problems with engineering solutions such as infrastructure as code, chaos testing, and GitOps.
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Friday Hacks #259 🎉
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 23 Aug, 8pm to 9pm
📍 Venue: COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🍕 Food and🧋Drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 2: Continuations: Five minutes to learn, a lifetime to understand
The title assumes that the audience has five minutes. We will then go from there. An interactive talk which will be a lot of fun!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Olivier Danvy is interested in all aspects of programming languages, including programming and proving. A long time ago, he introduced shift and reset to a (then) completely unsuspecting world.
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 23 Aug, 8pm to 9pm
📍 Venue: COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🍕 Food and🧋Drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 2: Continuations: Five minutes to learn, a lifetime to understand
The title assumes that the audience has five minutes. We will then go from there. An interactive talk which will be a lot of fun!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Olivier Danvy is interested in all aspects of programming languages, including programming and proving. A long time ago, he introduced shift and reset to a (then) completely unsuspecting world.
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Ready to dive into the dirty work of spreading hacker culture?
Join the NUS Hackers Coreteam, and be part of the team that is empowered to make some of the most impactful hacking-related events in NUS and Singapore happen!
Click here to learn more about what we do, and for the application form! Sign ups close on 26th August.
Some common questions about joining:
What kind of candidates you are looking for?
We are looking for candidates that have an understanding of what hacking is, and are passionate about spreading hacking culture. We do not require candidates to have hacking experience/projects/skills, as long as they fulfil the condition above.
Do I need to have prior programming experience before joining?
No, we've had members whose first programming experience was in CS1010, and that's fine.
Do I need to be an SoC student to join?
No, we have coreteam members who are not from SoC! As long as you are an NUS student, you are more than welcome to apply!
Join the NUS Hackers Coreteam, and be part of the team that is empowered to make some of the most impactful hacking-related events in NUS and Singapore happen!
Click here to learn more about what we do, and for the application form! Sign ups close on 26th August.
Some common questions about joining:
What kind of candidates you are looking for?
We are looking for candidates that have an understanding of what hacking is, and are passionate about spreading hacking culture. We do not require candidates to have hacking experience/projects/skills, as long as they fulfil the condition above.
Do I need to have prior programming experience before joining?
No, we've had members whose first programming experience was in CS1010, and that's fine.
Do I need to be an SoC student to join?
No, we have coreteam members who are not from SoC! As long as you are an NUS student, you are more than welcome to apply!
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Thanks to the maintainers and everyone for coming for our first OpenHacks session today!
We’ll be having Hackerschool tomorrow, and Friday Hacks on Friday :)
We’ll be having Hackerschool tomorrow, and Friday Hacks on Friday :)
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Hey everyone, for those who have signed up for tomorrow's Introduction to Electronic Music Production workshop, please be reminded to:
- Bring a laptop
- Bring headphones/earbuds/IEMs, wired preferred (else wireless is fine too)
- Sign up for a free BandLab account here
- (Optional) Download plugdata
See you tomorrow 👋
- Bring a laptop
- Bring headphones/earbuds/IEMs, wired preferred (else wireless is fine too)
- Sign up for a free BandLab account here
- (Optional) Download plugdata
See you tomorrow 👋
BandLab
Sign up for BandLab
The cloud platform where musicians and fans create music, collaborate, and engage with each other across the globe
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Hackers Toolbox: Virtual Machines
Welcome to the first session of Hackers Toolbox!
Hackers Toolbox are workshops we have on Tuesdays that cover skills that are essential to those in computing fields but are not usually taught by schools.
In this session we'll cover:
- What Linux is as an operating system
- What virtual machines are and why they are useful
- Installing a virtual machine and what you can do with it!
🗓 Tuesday, 27 Aug, 6:30pm to 9pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
Sign up here!
Please download Ubuntu (the latest version should be fine!), and download and install VirtualBox beforehand, because the files may be large and will take a while to download:
- VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/download#download
Please also make sure you have virtualisation enabled in your system firmware.
See you there 👋
Welcome to the first session of Hackers Toolbox!
Hackers Toolbox are workshops we have on Tuesdays that cover skills that are essential to those in computing fields but are not usually taught by schools.
In this session we'll cover:
- What Linux is as an operating system
- What virtual machines are and why they are useful
- Installing a virtual machine and what you can do with it!
🗓 Tuesday, 27 Aug, 6:30pm to 9pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
Sign up here!
Please download Ubuntu (the latest version should be fine!), and download and install VirtualBox beforehand, because the files may be large and will take a while to download:
- VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/download#download
Please also make sure you have virtualisation enabled in your system firmware.
See you there 👋
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Friday Hacks #260 🎉
🗓 Friday, 30 Aug, 7pm to 8pm
📍 COM3-01-21 (Seminar Room 12)
🍕 Food and drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 1: How I Won GovTech Singapore’s LLM Prompt Engineering Competition Then Built 3 LLM Products In 2024
Sheila is the Champion of GovTech Singapore's LLM Prompt Engineering competition, and wrote a #1 most-read article on Medium about it, amassing 100k readers in a week! This session, she unveils the top prompting strategies that led to her triumph and her self-invented prompting strategy that propelled a 30% increase in LLM product performance. Join for an insightful exploration of practical techniques to get more out of LLMs!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Sheila works as a Data Scientist & AI Engineer in the Singapore government in the field of GenAI, Time-Series Forecasting, and Deep Learning. She holds a Masters in Data Science from Columbia University, and has worked on ML in the US. In 2023, she was the Champion of GovTech Singapore's inaugural LLM Prompt Engineering competition.
🗓 Friday, 30 Aug, 7pm to 8pm
📍 COM3-01-21 (Seminar Room 12)
🍕 Food and drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here!
Talk 1: How I Won GovTech Singapore’s LLM Prompt Engineering Competition Then Built 3 LLM Products In 2024
Sheila is the Champion of GovTech Singapore's LLM Prompt Engineering competition, and wrote a #1 most-read article on Medium about it, amassing 100k readers in a week! This session, she unveils the top prompting strategies that led to her triumph and her self-invented prompting strategy that propelled a 30% increase in LLM product performance. Join for an insightful exploration of practical techniques to get more out of LLMs!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Sheila works as a Data Scientist & AI Engineer in the Singapore government in the field of GenAI, Time-Series Forecasting, and Deep Learning. She holds a Masters in Data Science from Columbia University, and has worked on ML in the US. In 2023, she was the Champion of GovTech Singapore's inaugural LLM Prompt Engineering competition.
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NUS Hackers
Ready to dive into the dirty work of spreading hacker culture? Join the NUS Hackers Coreteam, and be part of the team that is empowered to make some of the most impactful hacking-related events in NUS and Singapore happen! Click here to learn more about…
Hi everyone! We are closing NUS Hackers coreteam recruitment today at 23:59. What are you waiting for? Click here to learn more about what we do and to apply!
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Hello everyone! For OpenHack this wednesday, we will be inviting down maintainers of NUSMods and CourseRekt.
🗓 Wednesday, 28 Aug, 2pm to 4pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
Please fill up this form if you are planning to come.
Some programming experience is expected.
Do also set up the the project(s) you are intending to contribute to beforehand so we have more time to code 😈
🗓 Wednesday, 28 Aug, 2pm to 4pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
Please fill up this form if you are planning to come.
Some programming experience is expected.
Do also set up the the project(s) you are intending to contribute to beforehand so we have more time to code 😈
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Hackerschool: Game Engine Essentials with Godot
🗓 Thursday, 29 Aug, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
📍COM3-01-21 (Seminar Room 12)
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
Please download Godot V4.3 here in advance. Project and asset files are coming soon!
RSVP:
HERE
Join us in this exciting collaboration with NUSGDG (Games Development Group)!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
The NUS Games Development Group is a Student Interest Group at the National University of Singapore, dedicated to getting students involved in making games. They host workshops, collaborations, game jams, and professional talks around game development!
See you there! 👋
🗓 Thursday, 29 Aug, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
📍COM3-01-21 (Seminar Room 12)
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
Please download Godot V4.3 here in advance. Project and asset files are coming soon!
RSVP:
HERE
Join us in this exciting collaboration with NUSGDG (Games Development Group)!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
The NUS Games Development Group is a Student Interest Group at the National University of Singapore, dedicated to getting students involved in making games. They host workshops, collaborations, game jams, and professional talks around game development!
See you there! 👋
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NUS Hackers
Hackerschool: Game Engine Essentials with Godot 🗓 Thursday, 29 Aug, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM 📍COM3-01-21 (Seminar Room 12) 🧁 Refreshments will be served! Please download Godot V4.3 here in advance. Project and asset files are coming soon! RSVP: HERE Join us…
Happening today at 7PM!
Before the session, please try to download the prerequisite files here: https://github.com/Brennanzuz/nus-hackers-game-engine-essentials-workshop
See you all soon!
Before the session, please try to download the prerequisite files here: https://github.com/Brennanzuz/nus-hackers-game-engine-essentials-workshop
See you all soon!
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Hackerschool: Unlock the Power of Python in Your Daily Life - A Practical Workshop
🗓 Thursday, 5 September, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
📍COM3-01-20 (Seminar Room 11)
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
💌 RSVP:
NUS
Non-NUS
📝 Interested in learning Python and applying it to simplify your daily tasks? In this hands-on workshop, you'll be able to:
• Write a Python programme that allows you to switch the contents of your clipboard to previously saved data, revolutionising the way you work and interact with your computer
• Gain the confidence and skills to start applying Python to other areas of your life, automating tasks and solving problems that were previously tedious or time-consuming!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Willie is a Year 2 Information Security student. He enjoys automating monotonous tasks with Python and takes great joy in promoting it as a culture.
See you there! 👋
🗓 Thursday, 5 September, 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
📍COM3-01-20 (Seminar Room 11)
🧁 Refreshments will be served!
💌 RSVP:
NUS
Non-NUS
📝 Interested in learning Python and applying it to simplify your daily tasks? In this hands-on workshop, you'll be able to:
• Write a Python programme that allows you to switch the contents of your clipboard to previously saved data, revolutionising the way you work and interact with your computer
• Gain the confidence and skills to start applying Python to other areas of your life, automating tasks and solving problems that were previously tedious or time-consuming!
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Willie is a Year 2 Information Security student. He enjoys automating monotonous tasks with Python and takes great joy in promoting it as a culture.
See you there! 👋
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Hackers Toolbox: LaTeX 🖋️🔥
🗓 Tuesday, 3 Sep, 6.30pm-8.30pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
Sign up here!
NUS
Non-NUS
This week, we’ll be introducing the well-known LaTeX document preparation system used widely across fields to prepare high-quality documents, papers, notes, journals, books, slides, cheatsheets, resumes, and so on. Come learn this invaluable tool that will let you create beautiful documents and impress your readers 🤩🥳
Prerequisites:
- Please have VSCode (https://code.visualstudio.com/download) installed on your system
- Also install the LaTeX Workshop extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop) into VSCode!
See you there 👋
🗓 Tuesday, 3 Sep, 6.30pm-8.30pm
📍 COM3-01-21, Seminar Room 12
Sign up here!
NUS
Non-NUS
This week, we’ll be introducing the well-known LaTeX document preparation system used widely across fields to prepare high-quality documents, papers, notes, journals, books, slides, cheatsheets, resumes, and so on. Come learn this invaluable tool that will let you create beautiful documents and impress your readers 🤩🥳
Prerequisites:
- Please have VSCode (https://code.visualstudio.com/download) installed on your system
- Also install the LaTeX Workshop extension (https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=James-Yu.latex-workshop) into VSCode!
See you there 👋
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Friday Hacks #261 🎉
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 6 Sep, 7pm
📍 Venue: COM1-02-12, Seminar Room 3
🍕 Food and🧋drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here
Talk 1: Accessibility Testing with Purple AI
Discover how GovTech developers champion digital inclusivity and empower users using Purple A11y, an open-source automated web accessibility testing tool. Learn to leverage this customisable tool to scan sites for accessibility issues, enabling you to find and fix problems, and improve access for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to digital services. Developed by GovTech's Accessibility (A11y) team, Purple A11y supports software development teams building inclusive products from the outset.
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Zui Young is a DevOps and Quality Engineer at GovTech Singapore. He believes in the power of technology to improve people's lives. He is passionate about DevOps, cybersecurity and e-accessibilty domains. He has a wide experience in developing software, from building monolith to serverless architechture applications.
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 6 Sep, 7pm
📍 Venue: COM1-02-12, Seminar Room 3
🍕 Food and🧋drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here
Talk 1: Accessibility Testing with Purple AI
Discover how GovTech developers champion digital inclusivity and empower users using Purple A11y, an open-source automated web accessibility testing tool. Learn to leverage this customisable tool to scan sites for accessibility issues, enabling you to find and fix problems, and improve access for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to digital services. Developed by GovTech's Accessibility (A11y) team, Purple A11y supports software development teams building inclusive products from the outset.
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Zui Young is a DevOps and Quality Engineer at GovTech Singapore. He believes in the power of technology to improve people's lives. He is passionate about DevOps, cybersecurity and e-accessibilty domains. He has a wide experience in developing software, from building monolith to serverless architechture applications.
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Friday Hacks #261 🎉
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 6 Sep, 7pm
📍 Venue: COM1-02-12, Seminar Room 3
🍕 Food and🧋drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here
Talk 2: AutoCAD's Journey to the Web
This talk will describe how AutoCAD's legacy code base was migrated to the Web using Emscripten and WebAssembly. Attendees can expect to hear about the various challenges that come with this migration and the various approaches taken to overcome them.
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Kevin Cheung is a developer with the AutoCAD team and is passionate about generating innovative solutions through the use of cutting-edge technologies. He is currently working on Machine Learning and WebAssembly.
🗓 Date/Time: Friday, 6 Sep, 7pm
📍 Venue: COM1-02-12, Seminar Room 3
🍕 Food and🧋drinks will be served!
RSVP:
Here
Talk 2: AutoCAD's Journey to the Web
This talk will describe how AutoCAD's legacy code base was migrated to the Web using Emscripten and WebAssembly. Attendees can expect to hear about the various challenges that come with this migration and the various approaches taken to overcome them.
🎤 Speaker Profile 🎤
Kevin Cheung is a developer with the AutoCAD team and is passionate about generating innovative solutions through the use of cutting-edge technologies. He is currently working on Machine Learning and WebAssembly.
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For this week’s OpenHack session (tomorrow!!), the maintainers of NUSMods will be coming down!
🗓 Wednesday, 4 Sep, 2pm to 4pm
📍 COM3-01-22, Seminar Room 13
Please fill up this form if you are planning to come.
Some programming experience is expected. Do also set up the the project(s) you are intending to contribute to beforehand!
🗓 Wednesday, 4 Sep, 2pm to 4pm
📍 COM3-01-22, Seminar Room 13
Please fill up this form if you are planning to come.
Some programming experience is expected. Do also set up the the project(s) you are intending to contribute to beforehand!
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