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Channel | Purpose |
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#blender |
Channel for people who like blender and 3D design. If you post your project, please (if you can) post the blend file along with it so we can all learn together. |
#gratitude |
For sharing things you are thankful for. |
#hackathons |
Organise coding challenges |
#hacking |
Ethical hacking / general InfoSec stuff |
#introductions |
Introduce yourself to your new course mates |
#journal-club |
Read and discuss research papers |
#memes |
Share all the dank memes |
#music |
Off topic discussion about music |
#pets |
For a bit of furry, feathery or scaly relief |
#photography |
Share your favorite photos and view those from others |
#polyglots |
If you are into learning languages other than programming ones |
#personal-programming-projects |
A place to share, discuss, and improve personal programming projects |
#random |
A place for non-work-related flimflam, faffing, hodge-podge or jibber-jabber you'd prefer to keep out of more focused work-related channels |
#rate-my-setup |
A place to discuss computing setups |
#retrocomputing |
For those who think that modern computers are too fast. Here we can show our C64-programs, our EBCDIC-skills and ask questions about the Motorola 68000 CPU. |
#space |
Space exploration, astrophysics and astronomy (or maybe you're just a Trek-kie) |
#the-coding-club |
Learn freely by doing projects collaboratively with your peers. |
#today-i-learned |
Share briefly what you learned today |
#uol_game-jam |
Group for organising game jams |
Channel | Purpose |
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#advanceddegree |
Everything related to advanced degree(s) |
#askpreviouscohorts |
Asking previous cohorts questions related to the programme |
#bookworm |
What the great minds of this world are reading |
#bugs |
When you see a bug, report it here so we can all collectively flag it and speed up the process of cleaning up the course content |
#calculus-by-spivak |
Study group dedicated to Spivak's Calculus, 4th Edition |
#channel-discovery |
Find great new channels related to our degree |
#cloud-computing |
This is a channel for enthusiasts of GCP, AWS and Azure |
#cs-professionals |
Gathering for professionals from computer science & engineering industry |
#entrepreneurs |
A channel for entrepreneurs or wannabe entrepreneurs to collaborate and help each other |
#free-stuff |
Free stuff to share with others. How have you used your student card etc? |
#functional |
Since functional programming is becoming kind of a mandatory skill in many companies and since it is not easy to be good at it, maybe we want to share thoughts, links, ideas, know-how, blogs, presentations, designs, patterns etc. |
#general |
This channel is for workspace-wide communication and announcements. All members are in this channel. |
#hardware |
For questions, advice, reviews of all sorts of hardware. Whether you are looking to complain about video card prices, or to buy, fix, hack or just get excited about a device, here's the place. |
#html-and-css |
To discuss and questions about web development. |
#job_opportunities |
To share IT job opportunities |
#latex |
Share examples and ask questions about the LaTeX typesetting system |
#linear-algebra |
Extra-curricular activity |
#linux |
A channel for Linux related discussions |
#live-sessions |
Study in live sessions with your peers, making the most of our collective intelligence |
#maths |
To share interesting math problems |
#newbies |
Discussion about programming fundamentals, for programming newbies |
#notes |
Sharing different notes not only from uni or links to other uni open lectures |
#announcements-from-uol |
Please post any helpful conversations with SRMs or communication from UoL here. Use threads and try to keep things searchable. (Add textual descriptions). A fair warning: even though the name says official. Nothing posted here is binding in any way. Formerly #official-communications and #uol-announcements |
#open_source_collaborations |
For UoL students to collaborate together on projects they may want to use for portfolios or building future businesses |
#pair-programming |
Find partners to work with on programming problems |
#podcasts |
Listen your way to success while being entertained |
#repl |
Shaping the future of the REPL with a flow of ideas |
#resources |
Post useful learning resources here |
#reviewexchange |
For those that need a peer review to review each other |
#rpl-hcw-google-it |
For discussing Google IT professional Certificate |
#rpl-levels-5-6 |
Discussing Recognition of Prior Learning at levels 5 and 6. |
#studytips_and_tools |
Share study tips, methods, apps that might help others |
#teachyourselfcs |
Discussions related to the roadmap provided by teachyourselfcs.com, Find Resources on https://teachyourselfcs-uol.btofficiel.now.sh |
#transfer-to-on-campus |
For everyone considering transferring to an on-campus degree |
#vent |
We know that sometimes, you need to let off steam. Instead of cluttering other channels, it makes more sense to have a dedicated channel to just venting |
#webinars |
Automatic announcements for upcoming webinars |
All channels starting with #asg
for Accountable Study Groups.
Channel | Module name |
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#cm1005-intro-prog-i * |
Introduction to programming I |
#cm1010-intro-prog-ii |
Introduction to programming II |
#cm1015-computational-math |
Computational mathematics |
#cm1020-discrete-math |
Discrete mathematics |
#cm1025-fundamental-cs |
Fundamentals of computer science |
#cm1030-hcw * |
How computers work |
#cm1035-algos-data-i |
Algorithms and data structures I |
#cm1040-web-dev |
Web development |
* These modules can be skipped with automatic RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning). See the channel #rpl-hcw-google-it
and the FAQ here.
Channel | Module name |
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#cm2005-object-oriented-programming |
Object Oriented Programming |
#cm2010-software-design-development |
Software Design and Development |
#cm2015-programming-with-data |
Programming with Data |
#cm2020-agile-software-projects |
Agile Software Projects |
#cm2025-computer-security |
Computer Security |
#cm2030-graphics-programming |
Graphics Programming |
#cm2035-algos-data-ii |
Algorithms and data structures II |
#cm2040-databases-networks-web |
Databases, Networks and the Web |
Channel | Module name |
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#cm3005-data-science * |
Data Science |
#cm3010-databases-advanced-data-techniques |
Databases and Advanced Data Techniques |
#cm3015-machine-learning-and-neural-networks * |
Machine Learning and Neural Networks |
#cm3020-artificial-intelligence |
Artificial Intelligence |
#cm3025-virtual-reality |
Virtual Reality |
#cm3030-games-development |
Games Development |
#cm3035-adv-web-dev |
Advanced Web Development |
#cm3040-physical-computing-internet-of-things |
Physical Computing and the Internet of Things |
#cm3045-3d-graphics-animation |
3D Graphics and Animation |
#cm3050-mobile-development |
Mobile Development |
#cm3055-interaction-design |
Interaction Design |
#cm3060-natural-language-processing |
Natural Language Processing |
#cm3065-intelligent-signal-processing |
Intelligent Signal Processing |
#cm3070-final-project |
Final Project |
* These modules can be skipped with automatic RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning). See the FAQ here.
Channel | Specialism |
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#data_science |
Data Science |
#gamedev |
Game Development |
#iot |
Internet of Things |
#mlai |
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence |
#ux |
User Experience |
#vr |
Virtual Reality |
#web-mobile-specialism |
Web and Mobile Development |
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