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🔥 Happening Now — Cybersecurity Division Summer Bootcamp Kickoff 🔥 Web security journey begins. 🔐

New members are stepping into the world of cybersecurity, exploring how web applications work, discovering common vulnerabilities, and building the skills needed to think like defenders and attackers alike.

 — Cyber Security Division @csec_cybersecurity @CSEC_ASTU #CSEC_ASTU #Cybersecurity #WebSecurity #SummerBootcamp #CyberDivision

🎉 Semester Closing Contest Champions 🏆 We are proud to announce the winners of the Semester Closing Contest the final Competitive Programming challenge of the semester, where teams competed through hours of intense problem-solving, strategy, and teamwork.

🥇 MAGI • Bereket Aschalew • Biruk Tadele • Remedan Jemal 🥈 Vortex • Firaol Kefeni • Milkessa Habtamu • Tofik Abdulkerim 🥉 CodeStorm • Kirubel Tassew • Mersimoi Hailu

👏 Congratulations to all winners, and heartfelt thanks to every participant for making this competition a remarkable conclusion to the semester. — Competitive Programming Division Join us: Telegram | Linkedin | Youtube #CSECASTU #SemesterClosingContest #CompetitiveProgramming #CPD #ContestChampions #ProblemSolving #ICPC #ETCPC #ProgrammingExcellence

🎉 Project Winner 🏆 We are excited to announce the winner of the Development Bootcamp Project Showcase! 🥇 Team 4 built Bootcamp Management System (BMS) — a comprehensive platform built to streamline bootcamp operations, including session management, attendance tracking, task submissions, resource sharing, feedback collection, and student progress monitoring. 🔗Demo: Link

👨‍💻 Team Members • Iman Ibrahim • Siham Yimam • Yabsira Andinet • Milkesa Taye

👏 Congratulations to Team 4 on this outstanding achievement, and a huge appreciation to all participants for their dedication, teamwork, and innovation throughout the bootcamp journey. — Development Division Join us: Telegram | Linkedin | Youtube #CSECASTU #ProjectWinner #BMS #FullStackDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #WebDevelopment

🎉Announcing the Elected Executives for 2019 E.C – CSEC ASTU 🎉 We are excited to present the newly elected executive team for CSEC ASTU 2019 E.C! These passionate and driven individuals are ready to lead our community with purpose, innovation, and dedication empowering all tech enthusiasts at ASTU to grow, collaborate, and thrive 🌟 Meet Our 2018 E.C Executives 🌟 💼 President: Milkessa Habtamu 💼 Vice President: Tofik Abdulkerim 💻 Competitive Programming Division Head: Firaol Kefeni ⚙️ Development Division Heads: Siham Kassim & Fetiya Yusuf 🧠 Capacity Building Division Head: Ibrahim Kedir 🛡 Cybersecurity Division Head: Ammar Sabit 📊 Data Science Division Head: Mikiyas Tadesse 🎙Social Media Division Head: Temkin Abdulmelik 🎉 Congratulations to all our newly elected executives! Your leadership marks a new chapter for CSEC ASTU, one filled with opportunity, collaboration, and impact 💡 @CSEC_ASTU #CSEC_ASTU #2019EC #ExecutiveTeam #Leadership #Innovation #ASTU #TechCommunity

✨ Eidul-Adha Mubarak✨ Wishing all Muslim families a blessed and peaceful Eidul Adha filled with faith, happiness, love, and countless blessings. 🌙

May this sacred occasion strengthen our hearts with gratitude, sacrifice, unity, and compassion. May Allah accept your prayers, sacrifices, and good deeds, and shower your lives with success, peace, and endless joy. 🕋

تقبل الله منا ومنكم صالح الأعمال 🤍 Eid Mubarak to everyone celebrating around the world! 🐐 👥 Join us: 🔗 LinkedIn 💬 Telegram ▶️ YouTube #CSECASTU #EidulAdha #EidMubarak #Blessings #Celebration #Community #Faith #HolidayJoy

🔥 Happening Now 🔥 Guest Speaker Session with Yohanes Fikru 🎤

Exploring game development, AI, creativity, and innovation through inspiring insights and real-world experiences from a Unity developer, studio co-founder, and tech content creator shaping impactful digital experiences.

@CSEC_ASTU #CSEC #GuestSpeaker #GameDevelopment #Unity #AI #TechCommunity #Innovation

🔥 Happening Now 🔥 CSEC ASTU Closing Ceremony 🎉

Celebrating a year of growth, innovation, teamwork, and achievements while honoring outstanding members, welcoming new leaders, and creating unforgettable memories together. 🔥

@CSEC_ASTU #CSECASTU #ClosingCeremony #TechCommunity #NextGeneration #LearningJourney

🍕 Adama is celebrating Bitcoin Pizza Day RIGHT NOW! 🧡

From one of the most iconic moments in Bitcoin history to a real community gathering here in Adama today we celebrate innovation, freedom, and the power of decentralized communities. Good pizza.

Great people. Bitcoin conversations. Amazing energy. Happy Bitcoin Pizza Day, Adama! 🚀 #BitcoinPizzaDay #Bitcoin #Adama #BTC

🚀 Closing Ceremony We’ve pushed commits, broken code, and survived intense grinds all semester. Now, it’s time to close the loop on an incredible year and execute our biggest transition yet. Join us as we celebrate our wins, honor our top talent, and officially pass the torch to the next generation of leaders. ✨ Ceremony Highlights:

✦ Unveiling the new 2019 E.C. Executive Team. ✦ Crowning the CPD Cup Champions & Bootcamp Top Performers. ✦ Celebrating the milestones that defined our 2018 E.C. journey. ✦ Keynotes from special guests and fun things

This day belongs to every developer, data scientist, competitive programmer, and cyber enthusiast who built this legacy.

🗓 Date: May 23, 2026 (Saturday) 🕗 Time: Starting from 8:00 LT (Afternoon) 📍 Venue: CSEC ASTU Lab 2

📣 All members are expected. Attendance is mandatory.

"Every successful execution requires a proper return statement. Let’s close this chapter and compile the future."

@CSEC_ASTU #CSECASTU #ClosingCeremony #NextGeneration #TechCommunity

🧡 Bitcoin Week DAY 2: How Bitcoin Works Yesterday we talked about how Bitcoin was started. Today we'll see how it actually works. When you send Bitcoin, no coin moves. No file transfers. What changes is a record stored across thousands of computers worldwide simultaneously. That record is the Blockchain. Here's how it works: ① You broadcast a transaction "Send 0.01 BTC to this address." The whole network sees it instantly. ② Miners compete Computers race to bundle transactions into a block by solving a hard puzzle called Proof of Work. ③ Winner adds the block First to solve it adds the block and earns new Bitcoin. That's how Bitcoin is created. not printed, but earned by math. ④ Network agrees Every node verifies the block. Valid = accepted. Fake = rejected. No single person controls this.

No bank. No middleman. Just math.

Want to go deeper? Check out this site: 🔗 Visual explainer — learnmeabitcoin.com Join us: Telegram | X #BitcoinWeek #Day2 #HowBitcoinWorks #Blockchain #Web3

🧡 Something big is coming this week. For the next 5 days, we're dedicating our feed entirely to the technology that started it all. Bitcoin. Bitcoin Week kicks off tomorrow — May 18th.

Here's how we're spending the week: Where it all started How Bitcoin actually works Bitcoin in Africa Myths busted Bitcoin Pizza Day

And we're closing it out on the most iconic day in Bitcoin history — May 22. Bitcoin Pizza Day🍕

The day 10,000 BTC bought two pizzas. The day Bitcoin became real.

Stay Decentralized in all week. — CSEC ASTU Blockchain Community Join us: Telegram | X #BitcoinWeek #Blockchain #Web3

🔥 Happening Now 🔥 Bootcamp Closing Ceremony 🎉

Celebrating the successful completion of the bootcamp journey with reflections on growth, achievements, and inspiring guest speaker sessions sharing valuable industry insights and career experiences.

— Data Science Division @CSEC_ASTU #CSEC #DataScience #Bootcamp #ClosingCeremony #TechCommunity #LearningJourney

🚨 Last Call — Don’t Miss Out! We’ve planned an exciting and well-crafted CodeLeague Round 2 experience for you and you don’t want to miss it. ⏳ Today is the final day to register, and we only have a few spots left. Secure your place now before it’s gone. 🔗 https://luma.com/qcwohlw5

🎉 Announcement: Top 10 performers of the CSEC ASTU Cybersecurity Division Entrance CTF 2026 🏆

Congratulations to the top performers of this year’s Entrance CTF competition who have been accepted into the CSEC ASTU Cybersecurity Division:

🥇 Aeon 🥈 cyberchef00 🥉 mrkal 4. ivar 5. z3r0d4y 6. Natnael Tariku 7. CoderLA 8. maramawit 9. yeab_12 10. salim mohammed

👏 A huge shoutout to all participants who took part in the Entrance CTF and showcased their cybersecurity and problem solving skills throughout the competition.

We are also excited to invite the Top 10 performers and all participants who received an official email to our Kickoff Program. 📅 Date: Friday, May 15th ⏰ Time: 2:30 PM LT 📍 Venue: 508, ROOM 10 All participants should check their email for important updates and further information. Stay tuned for more exciting workshops, CTFs, and cybersecurity activities ahead! 🔐 Join us: @csec_cybersecurity @CSEC_ASTU #CSEC #ASTU #Cybersecurity #CTF #EntranceCTF

🔥 Sunday Tech Talk 🔥 How AI Creates Reality (GANs)

Imagine an art forger and a detective locked in a game. The forger tries to paint a fake masterpiece, and the detective tries to spot the flaws. They keep competing-the forger getting better at faking and the detective getting better at spotting-until the forgery is indistinguishable from the real thing.

This is the core of a GAN (Generative Adversarial Network). It’s two AI models "fighting" to reach perfection: The Generator (Forger): Creates fake data from scratch. The Discriminator (Detective): Learns to tell real from fake.

See the results yourself: thispersondoesnotexist.com : Every time you refresh, a GAN generates a hyper-realistic human face. None of these people are real.

artbreeder.com : Use GANs to "breed" and create entirely new characters, landscapes, and portraits.

By competing against itself, AI has moved beyond just analyzing data-it has learned how to create it. If you could train a GAN on any dataset to create something brand new, what would it be? 🎨 Drop your ideas in the comments and let’s discuss! — Data Science Division Join us: Telegram | Linkedin | Youtube #CSEC_ASTU #Techcommunity #Learning #GANs #AI #Datascience

📢 Update: CodeLeague Ethiopia Programming Rescheduled Due to potential upcoming road closures on ግንቦት 1 | May 9 around Lideta, CodeLeague Ethiopia 2026 has been rescheduled to next week, ግንቦት 8 | May 16, 2026, to ensure a smooth and accessible experience for all participants. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your understanding. We look forward to seeing you all next week!

🔥 Happening Now 🔥 ML Pipelines, Integration, and the Capstone Mini-Project.

From raw data to production-ready systems, this is where theory meets the real world.

— Data Science Division @CSEC_ASTU #CSEC_ASTU #DataScience #MachineLearning #MLOps #TechCommunity #Innovation

🏆Rumors are saying Massive Prize Pool are about to be Revealed! 😆 We are excited to announce an upgraded prize pool to make the competition even more rewarding. Here is what is up for grabs: 🥇 1st Place: 25,000 ETB 🥈 2nd Place: 15,000 ETB 🥉 3rd Place: 10,000 ETB 🏅 4th Place: 7,000 ETB 🏅 5th Place: 5,000 ETB 🏅 6th – 15th Place: 1,000 ETB each ⚡️ First-Solver Bounty: Be the first to solve a problem and instantly win 1,000 ETB for that specific problem! See you on May 9th come ready to do hard things! #CodeLeagueEthiopia #ALXEthiopia #ALXAfrica #LifeAtALX #DoHardThings #CompetitiveProgramming #DSA #ProblemSolving #TechCommunity