GDG Ekiti State University

About Google I/O: Google I/O  is an annual  s oftware developer-focused conference held by Google in San Francisco, California. Google I/O features highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on building web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Chrome, Chrome OS, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more. Google I/O was started in 2008. The " I " and " O " stand for input/output, and " I nnovation in the  O pen". The format of the event is similar to that of the Google Developer Day. Google I/O Extended 2015 (Ekiti State University)  is directed towards creating a network of software developers (Web and Mobile), by  gathering the ones we have in the GDG Chapter of our University, and bringing in more developers across the University (which span across Computer-Science, Mathematics Science and Engineering) to come and learn and view Google featuring its newest technologies. Some short...

      Apply now to join AdCamp 2015 | Applications now open until the 3rd of May Google's Student Programs for Europe, the Middle East and Africa   Hello Olalere Solomon, Want to take part in a 3-day all-expenses-paid Google student program? Available to visit a Google office  from the 2nd to the 4th of September 2015 ? Interested in non-technical career opportunities in the digital industry? Excited to develop your sales and digital marketing skills? This is your chance! AdCamp 2015 will take place  from the 2nd to 4th of September at Google's office in Dublin, Ireland and Wroclaw, Poland  (participants will be allocated at Google's discretion). To find out about the AdCamp program, check out this  video . To see if you qualify to join, please review the selection criteria, application process and logistics below. Applications close on the  3rd of May 2015 , so please send in your AdCamp application now by completing this  fo...

culled from Google Student's Blog Registration for the 12th annual Code Jam is now open ! This year, the competition is adding a new track to the contest that’s designed to give students more real life examples of the work they would be doing as engineers. The new track, Distributed Code Jam (DCJ), will consist of algorithmic problems that are similar to the original Code Jam. But in order to solve for them, competitors will be required to program in a distributed environment.  According to Onufry Wojtaszczyk, a Google Software Engineer and one of the main creators behind DCJ, this new track will challenge experienced engineers and help teach students the skills they’ll need to work at a company like Google.  “Most of my programming skills before I joined Google came from programming contests, and it served me really well at Google. However, the one thing that programming contests didn’t prepare me for were the distributed computations that become obvious once you work at...