This semester STG (Student Led Tutorial Group) starts this week and you can find out the detailed schedule here.

New Concepts. New Targets.

Starting from February, 8th 2010 to April, 2nd 2010.
One session (each 90 minutes) per week.

Register now and choose the subjects.

For tutors, please access: http://www.sceclub.org/about-stg/stg-tutor/
Invitation is for scored at least an A or A- for Dean’s Listers.
Reward will be given S$15 per hour to cherish your help.

For tutees, please access: http://www.sceclub.org/about-stg/stg-tutee/
Invitation is for all School Of Computer Engineering students who has willingness to take this advantage.

Registration will be closed on 23:59, February, 3rd 2010.

For those who have registered for either tutee or tutor, it is really recommended to join STG Yahoo! Groups. Announcements and information will be immediately posted there.

Note that this program is designed to help students who would like to clear his or her doubts further after the formal teaching-learning sessions, not to replace the formal teaching-learning sessions which are still important for you.

If you have any inquiries or questions, you can first read STG General Info then ask Brian Marshal via this email address: stg@sceclub.org.

Dear SCEian,

It’s time for GEBEN once again. However this time it’s not just about goodies, we are also organizing games for you!! So don’t miss it (:

Schedule

Date: 1st-3rd February 2010
Event:

• DotA Competition
  Venue: Student Computer Room
  Time: 1pm-5pm
• FIFA on Xbox
  Venue: Student Computer Room
  Time: 11am-5pm
• Guitar Hero on Xbox
  Venue: In Front of SCE-General Office
  Time: 11am-5pm
• 10 Interesting Board Games
  Venue: In Front of SCE-General Office
  Time: 11am-5pm

Goodies

Date: 4th February 2010
Time: 11 AM onwards
Venue: Outside SCE General Office

GEBEN is an SCE custom that marks the jump of a new semester. This time around we are giving away yummy donuts and mouthwatering pizzas. And that’s not all– there are lots of goodies to take home as well.

Welcome to a new academic semester! Hope you enjoyed your holidays. As the new semester commences, Computer Engineering Club brings to you the Second-Hand Book Sale.

Seniors, you need not worry anymore about what to do with used books. And for those of you who want books, you don’t need to pay high prices for them any longer.

Schedule

Period: 18-22 January 2010 (10:00AM ~ 4:00PM).

1. Book Collection: Monday, 18 January 2010 – Tuesday, 19 January 2010
2. Book Selling: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 – Thursday, 21 January 2010
3. Money Collection: Friday, 22 January 2010

Location

Outside SCE General Office, N4

Note: for people on IA, you can come to the Student Computer Room from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on Monday, 18 January 2010 – Tuesday, 19 January 2010 to pass me your books.

Please do drop by to find the books you want!

Refresh and warm up your brain because we are going to be the potentional winner of ISRG.

The Games

1. Chinese Chess
2. International Chess
3. Othello
4. Uno Stacko
5. Scrabble
6. Blokus

Registration

Note that we only send one SCE team representative for each type of game, all applicants will be shortlisted based on First Come First Serve.

To register, send email to inge0003@ntu.edu.sg or gu0001hi@ntu.edu.sg before 15th Jan 2010.

Please indicate:

• Your Name
• Type of Game
• Matriculation Number
• Course specifically (CE/CSC/BCG/others)
• And “Registration for ISRG” as the subject

Useful Links

To train yourself, please visit:

1. International Chess and Chinese chess – www.viwawa.com
2. Blokus – www.blokus.com/online-game/
3. Scrabble – http://word-games.pogo.com/games/scrabble?guest_country=US
4. Othello – www.springfrog.com/games/othello/othello.htm

Schedule

• 18/1 – Scrabble
• 19/1 – Othello
• 20/1 – Uno Stacko
• 21/1 – Blokus
• 25/1 – Chinese Chess
• 26/1 – Chinese Chess
• 27/1 – International Chess
• 28/1 – International Chess

Last but not least, the winner will get cash voucher medals for top 3 prizes of all 6 games!

Be reminded that we’re going to have our Exam Welfare Package soon.

In case u forget or deleted the mail, here is the details:

• Date : 5th November 2009
• Time : 11.30-14.30
• Venue : In Front of SCE General Office

Bring your Matriculation Card and make sure that you come on that day since we’re also going to provide you with Free Upgrade to Windows 7. Brought to you by our Microsoft Student Partner.

Please note that we only provide you with upgrade, we will not backup your personal data. So make sure your laptop is ready for installation on that day.

For Easy Manual on How to Backup your data, you can check this link.

General Guideline

Firstly, you can download and run Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor to check whether your hardware support Windows 7.

For XP Users

(All XP version, included Vista-Basic & Vista-Home)

Since there is no direct upgrade option from Windows XP to Windows 7, you’ll have to manually back up your data before installing Windows 7. Make sure you have installers and product keys of your important softwares.

You can manually back up your data to an external media or let a software to do that for you:

1. Download Windows Easy Transfer from
   • For 32-bit Windows XP, use this link
   • For 64-bit Windows XP, use this link
   If you want to check your operating system bit number:
   1. Right click on My Computer → Properties
   2. Check the System Type value
   
   
2. Install and run Windows Easy Transfer
   You can transfer data using an Easy Transfer Cable, removable media, or across a network. You can find out the video tutorial here.

For Vista users

(Vista-Business, Vista-Professional, Vista-Ultimate)

Although you can upgrade directly to Windows 7, the best guideline recommends you to back up your data.

You can manually back up your data to an external media or let a software to do that for you:

• For 32-bit Windows Vista, use this link
• For 64-bit Windows Vista, use this link

1. Right click on My Computer → Properties
2. Check the System Type value

For more detailed guidelines on how to upgrade to Windows 7, you can download these PDFs.

• Installing Windows 7
• Upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista
• Upgrading to Windows 7 from XP

Congratulations to winners and runner-ups!

If you want to see the photos taken during the games, you can always access our photo gallery under this link.

Registration Procedure

However, if you want to participate in one of the sports during ISG, you can register by providing:

1. Full Name
2. Matric Number
3. Course and Year
4. Phone Number

and email it to respective team managers. 3-4 training sessions for each sport will be scheduled by team managers.

Team Managers

Here are the list of available sports and their team manager’s name and email address:

• Basketball – Li Ang (y090105@ntu.edu.sg)
• Table Tennis – Meng Yang (meng0021@ntu.edu.sg)
• Swimming – Nguyen Thi Minh Chau (y090016@ntu.edu.sg)
• Captain’s Ball – Zhang Haolin (zhan0318@ntu.edu.sg)
• Bowling – Ricky Jeremiah (rick0005@ntu.edu.sg)
• Netball (Female Only) – Wang Jingyan (wa0014an@ntu.edu.sg)
• Soccer (Male Only) – Ankit Agarwal (anki0011@ntu.edu.sg)
• Futsal (Female Only) – Shen Xujing (shen0098@ntu.edu.sg)
• Frisbee – Lim Boon Khai (y090006@ntu.edu.sg)
• Tennis – Pan Shu (pans0007@ntu.edu.sg)
• Badminton – Dang Nguyen Anh Khoa (y080009@ntu.edu.sg)
• Floorball (Male Only) – Wu Jiajun (wuji0017@ntu.edu.sg)
• Volleyball – Nguyen Huu Quan (ng0021an@ntu.edu.sg)