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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 industry vs academia 🤔
The research he’s done on Human Computer Interaction 👀
His 5 year plan for UNSW CSE 💖 and what he wants to achieve as Head of School 🔥🎓

NB: Please note that this episode was recorded in late 2020 for context for some of the discussion.

Timestamps:

00:00 Origins in computer science
15:09 Experiences in academia vs industry around the world
21:04 Philosophy as the CSE Head of School
30:08 Research in human computer interaction
37:05 Chairing international conferences
45:49 Transitioning to teaching online
58:32 Teaching ENGG1811
1:14:54 Future of programming
1:17:05 Advice for students

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Echo

Talking with Lecturers: Aaron Quigley (CSE Head of School)

Echo

published 4 years ago

MP3•Episode home

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 industry vs academia 🤔
The research he’s done on Human Computer Interaction 👀
His 5 year plan for UNSW CSE 💖 and what he wants to achieve as Head of School 🔥🎓

NB: Please note that this episode was recorded in late 2020 for context for some of the discussion.

Timestamps:

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4 years ago1:31:13

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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 Morris (Student @ UNSW), and ✨ Aaron Quigley (CSE Head of School @ UNSW) to unpack their diverse experiences, and discuss: Coming out and choosing to be out 🌈 Navigating both overt hostility and subtle discrimination 🤔 What workplaces and universities can do to be inclusive 🤗, and Which video game 🎮 ?? sparked the moment of realisation 🙊 AND for the very first time, this podcast is also available as video!! See the video here https://youtu.be/yjhXxX27jd0 Timestamps 02:30 Computer Science culture and the LGBTQ+ community 12:57 Coming out 23:40 Creating change 52:45 Being out at work and uni 1:00:45 Dealing with discrimination 1:20:25 How can people be good allies? 1:24:25 Advice…

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Stories from a Stranded International Student w/ Kaiqi Liang 59:54

4 years ago59:54

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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 everything including: 😔 What it feels like to be away from friends for such a long time, 🏫 How he still stays involved with societies and uni culture, and 🎮 Which online game he never 🙅 wants to play again Timestamps 01:12 How Kai was stranded overseas 04:14 Life in Australia (before COVID) 09:36 Life in China now 15:05 Studying online 16:51 Being involved in uni societies 33:02 Internships and interviews online 39:38 Tutoring online 49:35 Balancing responsibilities 55:11 Kai’s final advice…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Jason Yu 51:50

4 years ago51:50

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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 users, and How COVID actually helped his project come to life! Check out VidUp for yourself here! https://www.vidup.ai/ Timestamps 2:16 What is VidUp? 5:04 Role at the startup 6:38 Where did the idea come from? 8:47 How did you get it started? 18:12 What tools and tech do you use? 35:28 Advice 48:53 Future plans…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Alli Murray 49:24

4 years ago49:24

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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 than ambitious ones How she uses projects to learn new programming languages and technology The difference between internship projects and personal projects Why her favourite personal project was a Perl program?? Timestamps 04:30 Why start a personal project? 10:44 How to approach self-learning 13:54 A Peer Mentor-Mentee allocation program 17:53 Internship projects vs personal projects 23:10 Coming up with ideas 24:44 Learning at uni vs self-learning 37:23 Future plans 39:08 Advice 41:24 Navigating degree changes…

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Startups, Pitching and More w/ Beste Onay 31:06

4 years ago31:06

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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 Founders 03:14 What makes a successful startup? 06:27 What makes a good pitch? 16:40 Why should students join a startup? 23:18 Advice for starting a business…

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Talking with Lecturers: Hayden Smith 1:59:17

4 years ago1:59:17

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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 own company! 0:00:49 Getting into computer programming 0:07:13 Time at uni 0:21:30 Working at Microsoft 0:39:53 Co-founding a startup 1:13:39 Lecturing at UNSW 1:52:45 Managing time 1:55:04 Advice for listeners…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Selina Chua 50:54

4 years ago50:54

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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 project, she tells us how she gets stuff done with her team under high pressure situations, learns new concepts in short timeframes, and most importantly - her tips for any students curious to try their own! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:30 CSESoc Hackathon: building an AR education app 11:27 Building the frontend 24:30 Managing time in a hackathon 31:34 Main takeaways from undertaking the project 33:35 Freelancer Hackathon 39:37 Advice for students jumping into a hackathon 42:23 Building skills from each hackathon 46:10 Future plans!…

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How I Hack Tony Abbott and Atlassian w/ Alex Hope 1:44:25

5 years ago1:44:25

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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’s more accessible than you think, as we find out what they do on the job, how they got into the industry (and how you can too!), and what happened after the world found out about the Tony Abbott hack. Check out links to Alex's blog on the CSESoc Media website: media.csesoc.org.au/alex-atlassian/ 2:04 - The journey into cyber security 10:43 - Advice for students wanting to get into cyber security 13:00 - A tangent about lock-picking 14:38 - Working in cyber security at Atlassian 47:46 - Hacking Tony Abbott 67:17 - Alex's second favourite hack 69:47 - Wi-Fi hacking 78:05 - Hacking and blogging about it 88:32 - Bonus content :)…

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Talking with Lecturers: Marc Chee 1:43:57

5 years ago1:43:57

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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, whether all CSE students fall into the anti-social geek stereotype, and more! Timestamps: 0:46 Was CSE something you always wanted to get into? 7:55 Are all CSE students anti-social geeks? 18:42 Handwriting vs Typing 27:42 American, Japanese, and European Games 32:50 Tech Corporations: Making profit vs making the world a better place 42:03 How different is CSE taught today compared to when you were in uni? 53:30 Marc gushing over CSE Tutors and general COMP1511 discussion 77:55 Was teaching something you always wanted to do? 86:40 Internships 89:17 Do you think COMP courses should focus more on soft skills? 100:39 What’s the best piece of advice you’ve been given?…

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“What I wish I knew as a First Year” + Media Retrospective - Round Table 2020 1:50:15

5 years ago1:50:15

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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 they chose to join Media, their favourite projects, what’s the deal between the Media and Marketing portfolios, and Media’s place in CSESoc for future years to come.…

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Front-End Engineering at Canva w/ Vee Ciputra 59:13

5 years ago59:13

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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 process, what it was like interning at Canva, and how she found doing an internship away from her home in Auckland! Vee also co-founded the Developers Society at UoA and discusses the process of building a society from the ground up.…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Adam Tizzone 48:29

5 years ago48:29

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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 inception to completion, as well as the most important things he's learnt along the way. We’re always on the lookout for more student projects, so if you’ve got something exciting to feature, you can get in touch with us through the email on the CSESoc Media page.…

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2021 Director Application Q&A 49:15

5 years ago49:15

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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 Directors in 2021! Applications close at 11:59PM on the 10th of November.…

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Convos with the Co-Presidents! - Getting to Know CSESoc Ep#3 1:04:14

5 years ago1:04:14

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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 challenging aspects of being Co-Presidents as well as giving some advice for next year’s exec team! As always to test how well they know each other, we play a game of ‘How well do you know your fellow co-director?’ (or in this case co-president!)…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Tom Kunc 1:01:49

5 years ago1:01:49

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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 very own Grievance Officer Tom Kunc, to find out what motivates him, his advice for students looking to start their own projects (including perhaps an invitation into his DMs!), and whether Hopper might have anything to do with Minecraft.…

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Chatting with CompClub! - Getting to Know CSESoc Ep#2 54:38

5 years ago54:38

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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 to code, the lessons and experiences learnt from running these workshops, and some their favourite CSESoc memories - from peer mentoring to first-year camp and road trips! As always we put to the test how well the two co-directors know each other in a game of ‘How well do you know your fellow co-director?’…

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Canva: Finding your Career Path and Niche w/ Laura Haines 51:55

5 years ago51:55

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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 at Canva, the transition from Engineering to Product Management, as well as what it’s been like working across the globe!…

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The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Joining a Startup w/ Daphne Shen 1:06:57

5 years ago1:06:57

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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…

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Personal Project Showcase w/ Hoya Lee 37:40

5 years ago37:40

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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 started on their own projects. Links to Hoya's Projects discussed in the episode: Corona Virus App: www.covidau.com Course Review Website: https://course-review-f733b.firebaseapp.com/…

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Chilling with Creative! - Getting to Know CSESoc Ep#1 57:19

5 years ago57:19

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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 favourite CSESoc memories (plus much more)! The episode also ends with a quick (and potentially revealing) quiz to test ‘How well do you know your fellow co-director?’.…

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Yappin with Appian w/ Kevin Huang & Miaad Hussain 48:10

5 years ago48:10

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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 is! Music credits to Octopus Orange…

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Thesis Rundown Pt 2 w/ Oliver Dolk 54:50

6 years ago54:50

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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 what to expect throughout the entire process. Music by Octopus Orange…

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Round Table - First Year Retrospective 1:31:16

6 years ago1:31:16

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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 technical issues, we were unable to release it as a video. Keep posted for more at a later date!…

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Thesis Rundown Pt 1 w/ Hui Wu 35:47

6 years ago35:47