About york.pub
Bringing the CS department and CS students together through collaborative events and projects, allowing all CS societies to work together and collectively share better resources and equipment.
Bringing the CS department and CS students together through collaborative events and projects, allowing all CS societies to work together and collectively share better resources and equipment.
york.pub is a groundbreaking collaborative project that unites all Computer Science societies at the University of York. We create a space for all CS students, regardless of their background or interests, fostering collaboration and resource sharing across the entire department.
No other subject at the University of York currently operates in this collaborative manner. We're pioneering a new way for academic societies to work together, share resources, and create stronger communities.
York.pub started this year with a simple newsletter - a way to better communicate all the events each society was organizing. What began as a communication tool has evolved into something much bigger.
Thanks to a grant from YuFund and using HackSoc's own membership funds, we installed our Freeman and Atwood servers in summer 2025. This infrastructure represents our commitment to sustainability and efficiency.
These are the founding members who established york.pub.
Additional societies interact with and use our infrastructure, though not as official members of the core project.
High-performance server for collaborative projects and events with GPU for AI learning, operates in HA fashion with Atwood via CEPH
High-performance server for collaborative projects and events, operates in HA fashion with Freeman via CEPH
Virtualization and server management using Proxmox VE operating on a 50gbps fibre link
Vaultwarden, Mobilizon and FOSS solutions
Our server consolidation project reduced our power usage while improving computational resources - condensing what previously required 5 separate systems into just 2 efficient servers.
We are proud members of YorkSU (York Students Union), while the CS department operates as part of the University structure. All our societies are officially affiliated with the University of York Students Union.
For any questions or issues, please contact the emails listed in our Contact Us section on the Get Involved page, or reach out to society heads via the YorkSU website.