Electrical, Computer, and Software Engineering Student Society
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| Lounge Location: | Trottier 1060 |
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The Electrical, Computer and Software Engineering Student Society (ECSESS) is a student organization in the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill. ECSESS is dedicated to improving student life and making students time in McGill Engineering as memorable as possible. ECSESS strives to provide the best for ECSE students by representing them on the department and faculty levels. We’re also committed to addressing academic concerns, organizing challenging and educational activities. We make our home in Trottier 1060. Our lounge has a foosball table, free coffee and tea, a PS4 and Xbox One and much more!
For more information, please visit our website and Facebook page.
Contents
Events
CoffeeHouse
ECSESS Coffee House is held twice a year in the EUS Common Room. Come warm up to a nice cup of coffee, have some sweets, and enjoy some of your classmates' amazing musical talents. (all acts are welcome!)
ECSESScapade
Are you looking for an internship or a full-time job? Do you want to connect with the engineering industry? ECSESS offers you the opportunity to visit some awesome companies in Canadian cities of high tech industry. Companies in the past years included Shopify, Cisco, Ciena, Alcatel Lucent, IBM and more! Usually held in February, come join us and make connections and friends along the way!
Blues Pub
Twice a year, ECSESS hosts a pub in the basement of the McConnell building, in the common room. Come enjoy a beverage and a grilled cheese, try your hand at our die games and socialize with fellow engineers and friengineers.
Code.Jam()
CodeJam is a 48-hour team-based programming competition fueled by great minds and energy drinks. McGill University's ECSESS is collaborating with some of Montreal's biggest software companies to make a challenging, real-world application problem for you to solve. The yearly website can be found at codejam.mcgilleus.ca
Banquet
Banquet is held twice a year, in a Montreal restaurant. It is a nice opportunity to wine and dine with your fellow classmates (and sometimes profs) and to finish off a semester in high spirits!
Industry and Professor Speaker Series
Curious about what your professionals and professors do? The industry and professor speaker series are a great way to discover their passions! Come hear them speak about their education, career path, research and interests.
Pancake Breakfast
Our famous pancake breakfast run several times per semester, in mornings and provides you with delicious pancakes to fuel your hustles. We sell 2 pancakes for 1$ or 5 for 2$. Chocolate and maple syrup is free, but fruits and chocolate chips are 50¢ per 2 scoops.
Lounge
The ECSESS Lounge is located on the first floor of the Trottier building (TR 1060). It is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. During those times, a member of the ECSESS Council will be hosting office hours and is available to answer questions, sell tickets for events or stamp posters so that they can be put on the Trottier bulletin boards.
Study Room Bookings
Study rooms on the fifth floor in Trottier can be booked by students. Rooms 5103, 5014, 5015, 5106, 5107 are available on bookings.mcgilleus.ca, access with a Google account. Every room comes with a conference table and a blackboard. Chalk can be requested from an ECSESS council member in the Lounge (TR 1060) at anytime between 10am-4pm. Room 5105 is the largest room and room 5103 is the smallest.
Student Council
The student council consists of an executive committee and yearly departmental representatives. The executives positions are:
- President,
- Vice President Finance,
- Vice President Internal,
- Vice President External,
- Vice President Academic Affairs,
- Vice President Administration,
- Vice President Communications,
- Vice President Technical Development.
The representatives positions consist of:
- U0 rep
- U1 EE Rep
- U1 CE Rep
- U1 SE Rep
- U2 EE Rep
- U2 CE Rep
- U2 SE Rep
- U3 EE Rep
- U3 CE Rep
- U3 SE Rep
- U4 EE Rep
- U4 CE Rep
- U4 SE Rep
History
| Position: | Name: |
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| President | Elie Elia |
| VP Finance | François-Eliott Rousseau |
| VP Internal | Dafne Culha |
| VP External | Laurie Zaccarin |
| VP Academic | Gabrielle Doucette-Poirier |
| VP Administration | Sabrina Chan |
| VP Communications | Massiva Mahamli |
| VP TechDev | Tyrone Wong |
| U0 Representative | Dina Shoham |
| U1 Electrical Engineering Representative | Nikhil Jebesh Moses |
| U1 Computer Engineering Representative | Ali Tahmasebi |
| U1 Software Engineering Representative | Amelia Cui |
| U2 Electrical Engineering Representative | Nicolas Bieber |
| U2 Computer Engineering Representative | Catherine Caron |
| U2 Software Engineering Representative | Katie Younge |
| U3 Electrical Engineering Representative | Evelyne Sanscartier |
| U3 Computer Engineering Representative | Paul Hooley |
| U3 Software Engineering Representative | Ammar Rudani |
| U4 Electrical Engineering Representative | Bogdan Dumitru |
| U4 Computer Engineering Representative | Ajay Patel |
| U4 Software Engineering Representative | Yuliya Volodina |
| Position: | Name: |
|---|---|
| President | Catherine Vanasse Grosdidier |
| VP Finance | Alex Moreau |
| VP Internal | Anna Bieber |
| VP External | Cara Zhang |
| VP Academic | Evan Laflamme |
| VP Administration | Massy Mahamli |
| VP Communications | Elie Elia |
| VP TechDev | Erick Zhao |
| U0 Representative | Dina Shoham |
| U1 Electrical Engineering Representative | Dafne Culha |
| U1 Computer Engineering Representative | Christos Cunning |
| U1 Software Engineering Representative | Emile Brulé-Champagne |
| U2 Electrical Engineering Representative | Jude Habib |
| U2 Computer Engineering Representative | Paul Hooley |
| U2 Software Engineering Representative | Spencer Handfield |
| U3 Electrical Engineering Representative | Francois-Eliott Rousseau |
| U3 Computer Engineering Representative | Michael Vaquier |
| U3 Software Engineering Representative | Raphael Di Piazza |
| U4 Electrical Engineering Representative | Mohamed Reda El Khili |
| U4 Computer Engineering Representative (Mental Health Rep) | Gabrielle Doucette-Poirier |
| U4 Software Engineering Representative | Bogdan Dumitru |
Committees
Events Committee
The events committee is an extremely low commitment, yet valuable involvement opportunity (helping with 1 event per semester)! No previous experience whatsoever is needed for a position and it's a fun opportunity to meet other ECSIES!
Positions available are
- Banquet Coord: (1 person) 🍷🥂🍾
- Campus Events Coords: (1-2 people) 🥞☕️🍕
- Blues Pubs Coord (1 person) 🍻🥪🎲
- Crawls Coord (1 person) 🏠🚶♀️🍻
CodeJam Committee
The CodeJam committee is in charge of organizing and running CodeJam. The committee is part of the VP Technical Development's portfolio. Roles include food, logistics, swag, design, and others.
Clubs
ECSESS RoboElectronics is an organization aiming to teach McGill ECSE students basic hands on electrical and electronics skills. Through weekly workshops, they teach you everything you need to know in order to build and program your own autonomous robot. What’s more, an end of semester competition will tie everything in and allow you to measure your skills against your fellow classmates. By joining ECSESS RoboElectronics, you will gain: problem solving skills, the ability to work in teams in order to accomplish a complex task and, last but not least, technical knowledge not taught in class.