In this interview, we explore the intricacies and nature of moving overseas to the USA as an expat from a CSE point of view. Featuring our guest John Wiseheart, a graduate of UNSW CSE working at Candid Health, Seattle, and hosted by Michael Zheng, Dylan Hu and Leo Xu. Ask any questions in this form to John and we'll send them over! https://forms.gl…

Is Hayden Smith your lecturer this term? Doesn't matter! Hear a talk from Hayden, currently a co-founder of a start up called Pearler, who is also a lecturer AND ex-tutor that has dabbled in many subjects. He is most known for running COMP6080, the React course, and COMP1531, the groupwork course. In this podcast, we talk about uni life, startups a…

Want to listen to some 👄 talky talk 👄on the postgrad experience in CS? Rachel and Ivan try to cover these topics in a roundtable with some students studying CS as their second, or next, degree. Welcome our features, - Peter, who was in the Construction Management 📋 industry when he started a Bachelor's degree majoring in Computer Science - Rachel, …

📫📫📫 Is studying compsci right for you?📫📫📫 You're sick of your degree, or you're a high school student thinking about your future. Well, Mariya and Nat sit down with four people who've all grappled with the same question! - Rani Jiang, who ditched Information Systems 📊 to study computer science ⚙️; - Teresa Feng, who started in Computer Engineering …

Ever been interested in competitive programming but don’t know where to start?🥴 Keen to hear about what it's like taking part in some of the biggest programming competitions in the world?😱 Join Raman and Caitlyn as they delve into the ✨mysterious✨ world of competitive programming with Angus Ritossa, current president of CPMSoc, and chat about topic…

Had your fill of careers podcasts? Wanna get into philosophy but words make brain hurty? Listen in on Abby, Lesley and Sam as they tackle CSE news - headlines in computer science and technology and the ethics that underpin them. Watch us discuss:- the possibility of Elon Musk as the next big religion🛐 -the secret to immortality ⏰- cyborgs 🤖 - and p…

Our world is now becoming more and more data driven, but what do we do with it all? Enter the field of ✨data analytics✨!! In this episode of the Echo podcast, Subrat and Michael sit down with Vincey Au from Canva to discuss: - What even is data analytics??? 🙃 - The skills 🧠 you need to grind 💪 to become a data analyst - Life and culture at Canva 🎨 …

Everyone's thought about working at Google at least once in their life. But what is it like to actually work there as a 🤔 software engineer 💻? In this podcast, Mitchell and Michelle are joined by Software Engineer 🤩Eve Martin-Jones🤩, as they dive into the fascinating world of Google. Join us as we navigate through Eve's journey through internships,…

Ever wonder what happens in the lives of other amazing computer scientists? Timmy and Michelle interview computer scientist ✨ Hannah Beder ✨, who won Young Woman of the Year 2020! This podcast with Hannah aims to let us learn about her journey to get to this stage of being an accomplished computer scientist 🤯 and look further into her role as a tec…

What’s it like organising some of the biggest events for CSESoc like First Year Camp 🏕️, Pub Crawl 🍻, and Peer Mentoring 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦? How does one teach first years React and JavaScript in a week ⏰ to make a CS Electives review website? Come join Caleb and Fiona as they chat (and casually banter) with the Socials and Student Experience Directors of 202…

Come join Natalie and Fiona as they sit down with Don, the Head Engineer of Identity & Access Management at Macquarie group, to discuss the ins and outs of cybersecurity. Featured topics include: 📌From learning in academia 📚 to the realities of working in industry 🏢👔 📌The popular trends 📈arising in the future of cybersecurity 📅 📌How goated it is to…

Love playing games? 💻 🕹 Ever thought about making games as a career?📈 ⚙️ Well, Bilal Akil does both! In this industry podcast, Rani and Natalie sit down with Bilal Akil to talk about Game Development and his career path to Software Engineer at Wargaming! 🎉 They discuss: University life: undergraduate vs. masters 🔖 The differences between regular So…

Ever wanted to join a startup, but didn’t know where to start? 😅 Ever considered taking on non-engineering roles, but been too afraid to step outside your comfort zone? 🤷🏻‍♀️ In this industry episode, Mariya and Archit talk to Shannon Scott, Product Director at Australian Fintech 💸 startup ✨ Airwallex! ✨ Previously, Shannon has also worked at Palan…

Mariya and Amanda chat with ✨ Sasha Vassar ✨, CSE lecturer and the new lecturer for COMP1511 Intro to Programming at UNSW! As well as being an experienced computer scientist, Sasha also holds a doctorate 🎓 in Education, so they pick her brain about teaching, learning and computer science. They discuss: * What it’s like teaching 👩‍🏫 Computer Science…

Chasing a career in data engineering? 📈⚙️ Wondering if it’s right for you? Or have no idea what data engineering even is? 😅 In this industry episode, Keith and Amanda sit down with Nicholas Lambourne, a Data Engineer at Canva 😎 and part time UNSW honours student 📚, to discuss his experiences, including: The perks and challenges 💎 of working as a da…

Ever stared at the UNSW Handbook for hours 🤔 trying to figure out what subjects you need to take? Ever wished that there was a simple and even aesthetic ✨ way of planning your degree? That’s exactly what Hayes, James and Vincent thought when they decided to create ✨Circles✨, the People’s Choice winner of the 2020 CSESoc Personal Projects Competitio…

The transition from high school to university can be pretty confusing 😅, but what if you combined that with the intimidating transition from moving to a different and unfamiliar city 🏙 (or country) for university? 😳 In the first episode of the ‘Student Life’ series, Mitchell (from Newcastle) sits down with students who did just that: Jack (Cessnock…

How do you market 📈 and create content 🎬 for one of the biggest student societies at UNSW? 😳 It turns out CSESoc in fact isn’t all magic 😮 and is run by sleep-deprived CSE students like you and me! 🤯 The Getting to Know CSESoc series aims to demystify what the directors and exec do ✍️ and to get to know them a little better. In the 4th episode, Kei…

In this ✨ exciting episode ✨ of Echo, Raathan and Sunny sit down with 🚨UNSW CSE Head of School 🚨 Aaron Quigley 💪! They discuss: His love for teaching 🧑‍🏫 and his passion for Computer Science 💻 What it’s like having been an academic 🧠 at universities all over the globe 🌎 What it’s like chairing international research conferences 🎙 His thoughts on in…

When was the first computer 💻 built? And who wrote the first computer program? 🤔 The✨ History of Computing✨ series is here to uncover how we got from punchcards to complex tech we study today! Join Alex and Keith as they explore the life and legacy of the first pioneers 🤓 of computer science, and dive into the mechanical marvels ⚙️ they envisioned.…

Subrat and Shane chat to the lecturer of the infamous Advanced Operating Systems course at UNSW, ✨ Gernot Heiser ✨! In an episode packed with brain 🧠 bending topics, they dive into not just lecturing, but also his decorated research career, as Gernot discusses: Being the FIRST team in the world 🌏 to formally prove the security 🔒 of an operating sys…

To mark the end of Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈, we’ve gathered LGBTQ+ computer scientists and software engineers to celebrate 🥳 and have an unfiltered discussion about what it means to be queer in the computer science field! Angeni and Fiona sit down with ✨ Alex Hope (Security Engineer @ Atlassian), ✨ Emma Krantz (Lead Software Engineer @ Data61), ✨ Blake Mor…

Ever wondered why you’ve never seen CSESoc’s Arc Delegate in person 🤔?? Kai is one of thousands of international students currently stranded in another country as COVID 🦠 has wrecked all plans of overseas travel ✈️🚫. Ryan and Angeni have an honest conversation with Kai about current life as an international student, spilling the tea ☕️ on everythin…

What does it take to get your personal project to the next level and turn it into a startup? Sunny and Rosanna talk to recent Peter Farrell Cup runner-up ✨Jason Yu✨, who has done just that with his startup VidUp AI. He tells us: What technologies he uses to turn text into AI-generated videos, Why it’s so important to keep in close contact with your…

Ever started a massive project only to get stuck, feel intimidated and give up? Can you develop your skills with smaller, less complicated projects instead? In this Personal Projects Showcase, Angeni and Julian talk to 2018 CSESoc Co-Pres, ex-Google intern and current Canva graduate Alli Murray. She tells us: Why smaller projects can be more useful…

Ever thought about joining a startup? Or even better, founding one of your own? Raathan and Joyce ask Beste Onay, UNSW Founders Program Manager, for her tips and tricks on what it takes to turn your idea into a business, craft the perfect pitch, and run a successful startup! Timestamps 00:34 Intro to UNSW Founders 02:01 Personal experience with Fou…

What goes into lecturing some of CSE's biggest courses? While also co-founding a startup on the side? Raathan and Sunny get unprecedented insights from UNSW lecturer Hayden Smith as they get a firsthand account of his journey from high school in rural NSW to leading the record-breaking Sunswift team at uni, and now lecturing while working on his ow…

How did Selina help build an augmented reality education app that landed 2nd place at the 2020 CSESoc Hackathon AND come 1st place in her very first hackathon ever? Angeni and Julian chat with Selina to answer these questions and more in the latest Personal Projects Showcase! With hackathons being more collaborative than your average personal proje…

For this Industry Podcast we’re talking to Alex Hope, a Red Team Security Engineer at Atlassian! Alex had no idea they would go into cybersecurity while at uni, but has gone on to be behind some infamous hacks, including Operation Luigi and finding Tony Abbott’s passport number. In this chat, they introduce us to the exciting world of hacking that’…

In this Echo episode Raathan and Sunny sit down with COMP1511 lecturer/Tik Tok celebrity/CSE BNOC Marc Chee! They discuss whether computing and teaching was something Marc always wanted to get into, Marc’s opinions on how CSE has been taught at UNSW has changed over the years, whether COMP courses should have a stronger emphasis on soft skills, whe…

CSESoc Media’s annual Round Table episode! Join Raathan, Sunny, Paul, Angeni, and Ryan as they discuss their first year university experiences, their preconceptions about uni life, how to make friends, and advice for incoming first years. Then for the second half of the episode, they reflect on their time as members of the Media subcommittee, why t…

Interested in a Front-End Engineering position at Canva? Vee Ciputra is a Front End Engineer at Canva who is currently in her last year of Software Engineering at the University of Auckland (UoA)! Vee started out as a Front-End intern at Canva, before getting an offer for a graduate role in April this year. Ryan and Arsham discuss the recruitment p…

In this episode of the personal project series, Angeni and Julian sit down with former CSE student and ex-CSESoc co-president, Adam Tizzone. Even though he’s recently graduated, Adam has still been actively involved in CSESoc as the project lead for the CSESoc Jobs Board. Adam shares his experiences of working on a student-led software project from…

Since the 2021 Director Applications are closing in a week, we've invited some 2020 Directors and the new 2021 Executive Team to sit down and answer some questions the community has sent in! We'll be covering things like the challenges and most rewarding things about being a CSESoc Director, as well as things that we're looking for for the new Dire…

With Exec elections coming up soon, for the third episode of the Getting to Know CSESoc series, Ryan sits down with Co-Presidents Shane and Tammy! They reflect upon the year gone by, their favourite things CSESoc has accomplished this year and what it’s been like running the society during COVID-19. They also chat about the rewarding and challengin…

From Hopper, a classroom queueing platform used across the CSE school, to GDB Tools and Valgrind, which help students decipher their debugging programs, our next Project Showcase guest has worked on an impressive range of projects that make the day-to-day life of a CSE student a little bit easier. Join Angeni and Julian as they chat with CSESoc’s v…

In the second episode of the Getting to Know CSESoc series, Ryan and Jen sit down with CompClub directors Liv and Tim! CompClub is one of the most unique CSESoc portfolios - they run computing workshops for keen high school students and recruit mentor volunteers from the CSESoc community! They talk about what it’s like teaching high school students…

In this exciting episode of the Echo podcast, Ryan and Raathan sit down with Canva Global Lead and Product Leader, Laura Haines! Having started out as a Software Engineer at JP Morgan, and then as a Product Manager at numerous companies before coming to Canva, Laura shares her wisdom on finding one’s career path! They discuss what it’s like working…

In this episode of Echo, join Paul and Arsham as they talk to Daphne Shen, who's currently working at the LiDAR startup Baraja as the Chief of Staff to the CTO! They'll be discussing her study and work experience, delving into her past venture V-KAIWA, as well as chatting about her current role at Baraja! Music by Octopus Orange…

In this episode of Echo, Angeni and Julian are joined by Hoya Lee from the Workshops Subcommittee to discuss his personal programming projects including a coronavirus tracking app and a course review website. They discuss the inspiration behind the projects, how he learnt the skills required and finish up with some advice for others wanting to get …

The first episode of the Getting to Know CSESoc series! Creative is the newest portfolio to join the CSESoc Team this year, and Ryan and Jen sit down with Elizabeth Zhong and Jiamin Guo to get their take on being the first-ever creative directors. They chat about what it’s like running a subcommittee, some of their creative hobbies and their favour…

This episode, join Kai and Ryan as they head into Appian's Sydney office to have a chat about Appian with Solution Engineer Kevin Huang and Principal Consultant Miaad Hussain and other UNSW graduates! They'll be talking about how they got into Appian, what exactly it is that Appian does, the culture, the benefits, and what the recruitment process i…

Get ready for part two of our thesis series! In this week's episode Aditi and Clarence sit down with Oliver Dolk, the 2019 CSESoc Workshops Director, who recently completed his thesis. He'll be giving us the down-low on completing a thesis at UNSW. This episode covers any questions you might have from choosing your thesis topic and supervisor to wh…

In this week's episode, join Tommy, Jennifer, Riz and Clarence as they discuss their experiences doing CSE at UNSW! They'll be talking about their expectations coming into Uni, the realities, their mistakes, and the things they've learned as they make their way through uni life! Editor's Note: This was meant to be a video podcast, but due to techni…

In this week's episode Kaiqi sits down with Hui Wu, the 2019 CSE Thesis Coordinator. He has received a BE and ME from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and has a PhD from the National University of Singapore. He has extensive professional experience, but today, he'll be chatting to us about everything thesis-related: Why it's important…

In this week's episode Clarence and Aditi sit down with Conway Ying, a previous CSESoc Careers Director in his final year of university to discuss his journey to becoming a co-founder of the mobile fundraising app Yoinki. Guests: Conway Ying: [conway.ying@yoinki.com] Show Notes: Yoinki: [https://yoinki.com/] Natural Scientific Calculator App: [http…

Mark and Ryan investigate the multinational law enforcement effort involving the worlds biggest dark web markets.By csesoc

We catch up with Jake Bloom, former CSESoc Co-President now serving aces in San Fran. Check out what he's been up to since his days dressed up as a giant thong, from career to living overseas, he drops some great advice and shows us how to live life in full Bloom.By csesoc

In this week’s episode, we delve into the life of two prominent figures of the CSE faculty John Andrew Shepherd (Jas) and Andrew John Taylor, both senior lecturers at UNSW. Listen as they discuss their motivations and path into teaching as well as getting a little more insight about who they are outside of the lecture theatre.…

If you've ever dreamed of leading and introducing the overall technical vision for a solution, in this episode Ryan and Clarence sit down with James Murphy to share his insight and journey into his role as a Solutions Architect at Dropbox.By csesoc