Women in Computer Science - Toronto Metropolitan University

🔨Built-in Function of the Day: C strcat() 🔨

The strcat() function concatenates the destination string and the source string, and the result is stored in the destination string. It is defined in the string.h header file.

We did not expect tickets for CSCUxWiCS Game Night to sell out so fast! So we've added MORE TICKETS and changes to the event!

1. The event will be at ENG LG 06
2. The time of the event has changed to 6-8PM
3. More prizes have been added

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cscuxwics-game-night-tickets-317373882827

⭐ WE ARE HIRING ⭐

Apply using the link in our bio if you would like to be apart of our 2022-2023 team! The deadline to apply is Monday, April 30th , 2022 at 11:59 PM.

Join us and WiCS for a GAME NIGHT on April 14th 5-7 PM just before the year ends (Location TBA)!

Attendees will get to play GAMES, meet FRIENDS, receive FREE FOOD, and a chance to win raffle PRIZES! Make sure to sign up in bio as spots are LIMITED and tickets will be CHECKED!

Games: Cup Pong, Jackbox, Codenames, Mafia, Jenga, Checkers, Uno, Cards
4 Prizes, 4 Winners: Keyboard (Keychron K2 ~ $100), Headphones (Sennheiser HD 400S ~ $90), $25 Amazon Giftcard, and 1-month Discord Nitro
Food: Subway, Pizza, and a Drink

🔗 Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cscuxwics-game-night-tickets-317373882827

📰 Tech News: New Haptic Device Communicates Emotion with Nearly 80% Accuracy of Human Touch 📰

With the spread of the omicron variant, not everyone can or is eager to travel for the winter break. But what if virtual touch could bring you assurance that you were not alone?

At the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, computer scientist and roboticist Heather Culbertson has been exploring various methods to simulate touch. As part of a new study, Culbertson a senior author on this study, along with researchers at Stanford, her alma mater, wanted to see if two companions (platonic or romantic), could communicate and express care and emotion remotely.

Read more, visit techxplore.com/news/2021-12-haptic-device-emotion-accuracy-human.html

🔨 Built-in Function of the Day: Java's toString() 🔨

The toString() returns the value given to it in string format. Any object than this method is applied on, will then be returned as a string object.
10"

Syntax: public int compareTo(String anotherString)

Integer number=10;

System.out.println(number.toString());

Output:

💼 Success Story: Tu Youyou 💼

Tu Youyou is a pharmaceutical chemist whose research has saved millions of lives. After years of studying medicinal plants and ancient texts on traditional Chinese treatments, Youyou and her team discovered artemisinin, a compound that is presently the first line of defense against malaria. In 2015, she and two colleagues were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, making her the first Chinese woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the first Chinese Nobel laureate of this category.

🔨 Built-in Function of the Day: SQL Server's IIF() 🔨

The IIF() function returns a value if a condition is true, or another value if a condition is false.

Syntax: IIF(condition, value_if_true, value_if_false)

Example:
SELECT IIF(500

📰 Tech News: Teaching AI to See Depth in Photographs and Paintings 📰

Researchers in SFU's Computational Photography Lab hope to give computers a visual advantage that we humans take for granted—the ability to see depth in photographs. While humans naturally can determine how close or far objects are from a single point of view, like a photograph or a painting, it's a challenge for computers—but one they may soon overcome. Researchers recently published their work improving a process called monocular depth estimation, a technique that teaches computers how to see depth using machine learning.

Read more, visit techxplore.com/news/2021-08-ai-depth.html

🔨 Built-in Function of the Day: Java's compareTo() 🔨

The compareTo() method compares two strings alphabetically. It returns
- 0 if the string is equal to the other string,
- a negative number if the string is less than the other string,
- or a positive number if the string is greater than the other string

Syntax: public int compareTo(String anotherString)

Example:
String myStr1 = “A”;
String myStr2 = “B”;
System.out.println(myStr1.compareTo(myStr2));

Output:
-1 // because A is less than B lexicographically

💼 Success Story: Achia Khaleda Nila 💼

Achia Khaleda Nila is a computer engineer and has worked in the IT industry for more than 15 years. While working as a junior software engineer she came across very few female peers and was frequently the only girl in a classroom. In 2013, Nila founded Women in Digital, a social enterprise that is designed to showcase the work of female creators and increase female visibility on digital platforms. Her organization has trained over 10,000 women in Bangladesh.