UTAS Technology and Computing Society

Come and join the TECH Society at our Annual General Meeting for 2021. Our meeting will be held on zoom on Thursday the 25th of March at 2pm.
This is an important meeting for the Society as this is where we will elect the new executive that will be running the Society for the year. Everyone is invited to attend, whether or not they are currently studying ICT at UTAS or want to run for an executive position.
The following positions will be available:
President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, General Representative for MITS students, General Representative for BICT students and other general representatives.
Please send us a message if you are interested in applying for a position or come along on the day.
Here is the zoom link: https://utas.zoom.us/j/89271099298

Welcome to all new and returning ICT students.
To welcome everyone back on campus heading into semester one, there will be a free BBQ for all ICT students at the top courtyard of the Centenary Building from 12pm to 1:30pm on the 18th of February. So come along and grab some free food and meet some new people going into the new year.
Registration link below.
Hope to see you all there.

This is a COVID-safe event so everyone will need to go to a COVID checkpoint before attending the event. Additionally, social distancing is required, and everyone will need to write down their details for contact tracing.

ICT Welcome Lunch A welcome lunch for ICT students to celebrate the beginning of a new semester and a new year.

Amazing opportunity for students to be involved with Microsoft. Microsoft is looking for Student Ambassadors across Australia. Student Ambassadors are campus leaders who bridge the gap between university and Microsoft. Apart from access to exclusive learning resources, events and swag, Ambassadors also get to work with Microsoft professionals to host events, workshops across Australia. This is an excellent way to get involved with the tech community and make connections at Microsoft.

The Student Ambassador program is open to all university students and is an excellent pathway to Microsoft’s other student opportunities such as placements, internships etc. To apply & learn more: https://studentambassadors.microsoft.com/

Applications for this intake closes at Nov 30, 2020.

UHack is coming soon!
UHack is a UTAS weekend-long hackathon where teams work on coming up with an innovative idea and create a business plan and pitch video. The business plans and pitch videos are then judged by a panel of judges where prizes can be won, or even the opportunity to turn your idea into reality. UHack is open to everyone, regardless of whether or not you are a student. UHack will be held fully online this year and will run from the 21st to the 23rd of August.

More information, including how to register, can be found here:

Home Free to enter with cash and prizes up for grabs, as well as mentoring from industry leaders, team-building opportunities, and the potential to turn your idea into a reality!

GovHack is coming soon
GovHack is the largest open data hackathon in the southern hemisphere which supports the creation of community-based solutions using government data. GovHack runs from the 14th to the 16th of August and is free to participate. Participants can sign up solo or in a team of up to 10 people to be creative and innovative in creating cool projects. This is a great opportunity to get some experience, network with others and win some prizes along the way.

More information can be found here -> https://govhack.org/
For information on how to sign up, click here -> https://govhack.org/howtocompete/

The 2020 Competition The GovHack 2020 Competition The Board and the International Operations Team has been closely watching the events unfolding around COVID-19 before our previous announcement last week and since then. We had previously communicated and made the decision to prioritise the…

Join us for our Annual General Meeting for 2020 at 1pm on Friday 6 March, in Study Room 1 of the Morris Miller library.

This is an important meeting for the Technology and Computing Society, as it is where we will elect the executive that will run the society for the year. Everyone is invited to attend, whether or not they are currently studying ICT at UTAS or wish to run for an executive position.

The following positions will be available:

- President
- Vice-President
- Secretary
- Treasurer
- General Representative for MITS students
- General Representative for BICT students
- other General Representatives

Please send us a message if you are interested in applying for position, or just come along on the day.

Coming soon is the National Missing Persons Hackathon 2019

On Friday 11 October, use your ethical hacking and online investigative techniques to find new leads on real missing persons cases in Australia.

Discover more about this event and book tickets:

National Missing Persons Hackathon 2019 National Missing Persons Hackathon 2019 ‘Cyber Trace a Missing Face’ What is the National Missing Persons Hackathon? The AustCyber Canberra Innovation Node has partnered with the Australian Federal Police, the National Missing Persons Coordination Centre and Trace Labs to conduct a missing perso...

Free event this Friday: Cyber Security Webinar

Join with members of industry and students for an evening of informative networking and presentation.

Spaces are limited, so ensure you register beforehand: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cyber-security-presentation-and-webinar-september-2019-tickets-73048031629

Epic Games have two free upcoming Unreal Engine sessions in Hobart, happening this week:

Getting Started in Unreal Engine
Thursday 19 August, 6:30 - 9:30 pm
Register at https://hobart-goes-unreal.eventbrite.com/

Advanced Technical Art and VFX
Friday 20 August, 6:30 - 9:30pm
Register at https://tech-art-hobart.eventbrite.com/

The getting started session is a great primer in Unreal Engine, and the Technical Art session is highly recommended to all developers as it focuses on an area that is in high demand in Australia, and not really taught in-depth in this part of the world.

Don't miss out on these valuable opportunities – register for free using the links above.

Getting Started with Unreal Engine: Hobart Getting Started with Unreal Engine You're invited to join Epic Games for Getting Started with Unreal Engine, a live training tutorial where participants will learn the basics of creating their first project in Unreal Engine. This introductory tutorial assumes participants have basic 3D game developm...