The math department is offering weekly talks on oombinatorics, and invited CSE majors to attend. Option to register for one credit!

Combinatorics is one of the most active and growing areas of research in mathematics today. It has application in fields as diverse as computing science, optimization, biology, physics, probability, algebra, and geometry. This spring quarter we are again offering a pre-seminar in combinatorics for undergraduates. (Non-undergrads are also welcome to attend.)  (more…)

Hello!

I’m looking for a motivated student (or two) who is interested in
working on programming language VM environment that will be deployed
on millions of computers ( https://seattle.cs.washington.edu ). This
environment is currently being used in networking and distributed systems
classes at universities around the world (including at UW!).   We currently
have a base of well over one thousand computers and expect the number
of computers using this environment to more than double in the next six
months.   This is an excellent opportunity to work on a very visible project.

There are a huge number of interesting subprojects that a student
could work on.   Here are a few example projects (but we are open to
suggestions):

Advanced networking support — Better support for clients behind
Network Address Translators (NAT), IPv6 support, and improved DHCP
support.

Enhancements for mobile devices — Increased portability to mobile
devices, and location services for mobile devices.

Website development especially involving web mashups, XMLRPC,
and web design.

Educational support — Creating example course materials, improving the
user interface of tools, and answering student questions.

Tor project support — TCP over UDP and donation as a hidden service.

Quality assurance — Reading administrator logs on remote systems,
release testing, and automatic control of test farms.

Improved library support — Implementing / porting libraries to our framework.

Benchmarking — Predicting how long it will take a program to run on a
piece of hardware.

Resource allocation — Providing dynamic assurances about the
resources consumed on a specific piece of hardware.

As I mentioned before, these are only a few of the potential
subprojects that we’re interested in students working on.   If you
have your own project ideas we’d be keen to hear about them!

The benefits of doing research in our group:
* Work experience for your resume  —   Applicants with a background
in building real software are highly sought after in industry.
Working on a “production” research project gives you that experience
without needing to commute to work.

* Team environment    —   Almost all of the work in our lab is done in
teams of 2-4 undergrads.   This helps to provide a supportive working
environment and allows students to accomplish more impressive things
in a shorter period of time.

* Research experience   —   One goal of the work is to spread
awareness by publishing in top conferences.   If you are interested in
graduate school, this will help tremendously.

* Course credit or pay   —   Students will receive course credit
or pay in most circumstances.

* Letter of recommendation   —   Letters of recommendation about
research experience (Joe built an application used on millions of
computers) are often more reflective of skills than a letter based on
classroom interaction (Joe got a 3.8 in my class).

An applicant must have:

* Strong programming skills
* Self-motivation

I have had the privilege to work with many talented students,
including three who won awards and/or fellowships for research.   All
of the undergraduates that I have worked with for more than one year
were hired by their first choice in industry.   Our lab currently is
working with more than 10 talented undergraduates, including two who
are working towards an honor’s thesis.

We’re most interested in applicants who have a CS GPA >= 3.5 and
either have taken 3 CS courses or have prior work experience.
Applicants also should have at least 1 year until graduation.
If you are interested in learning more about our project, please send
an email to justinc@cs.washington.edu with the following information
(you need not list more an a few sentences for any item):

* Name
* Previous / Expected Degrees w/ CS and Math GPA
* Scholarships / Awards
* Expected graduation date
* Known programming languages / libraries and level of expertise
* Operating System familiarity (i.e. RedHat Linux administrator for 3
years, Windows user for 10 years)
* Work experience
* Any other skills I should know about
* The coolest project you’ve worked on
* Would you like pay / credit / volunteer?
* Email address you’d like to be contacted at

Thanks,
Justin

From the Human-Centered Design & Engineering department (formerly TC): “The first several sections of TC 231 had MANY no-shows and very few folks asking to be added to the waitlist. The course has a policy of dropping students that don’t attend all of the first week’s classes. This means, students who want to take TC 231 should go to class; there is a high chance they will be added from the waitlist.”

This also means that if you were one of those no-shows, HCDE plans to drop you from the course. If you didn’t go to TC 231 today and want to keep the course, you should contact the HCDE adviser.

Please join us this spring quarter, Wednesdays 9:30-10:20, for interesting talks and exciting field trips!

More info: http://www.cs.washington.edu/590w

This spring quarter CSE 590 W, Computers and Disabilities, will have a series of guest speakers from outside academia who will talk about their experiences with accessible technology in the real world.

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Dear Students,

AfterCollege is funding four $500 scholarships, exclusively for students seeking a bachelors, masters, or doctorates in the field of engineering or computer science. This scholarship will be given four times annually, and the first scholarship deadline is coming up on Tuesday, March 31st!

You can find all the details and download the application by visiting the link below:

http://www.aftercollege.com/content/article/aftercollege_engineering_student_scholarship/

Good luck, and please let your friends know about this opportunity.

Best,
The AfterCollege Team

From the Office of Merit Scholarships:

Are you currently a junior, senior, recent graduate or graduate student looking for a fully-funded study-abroad experience during the 2010-11 academic year? Consider the Fulbright US Student Program (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html). This program is designed to give students, artists, and other professionals opportunities to pursue research, graduate study or English teaching experience in over 155 nations worldwide.

The application cycle for the 2010-2011 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2009. The campus deadline for applications is September 23, 2009.

To be eligible, you must be:

1)      A U.S. citizen,

• International students interested in the Fulbright Program must apply through the binational Fulbright Commissions/Foundations or U.S. Embassies. These offices process all Foreign Student Program applications. Additional information is available at: http://www.foreign.fulbrightonline.org/home.html.

2)      A graduating senior or hold a B.S./B.A. degree, master’s or doctoral degree candidate, or a young professional or artist,

3)      Thinking of studying, teaching or conducting research abroad, and

4)      In good health.

Attend an upcoming information session to learn about the Fulbright U.S. Student program and how to apply:

• Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Sieg Hall Auditorium, room 134
• Wednesday, April 22, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m., Sieg Hall Auditorium, room 134

Please RSVP for one of these sessions, and register your interest in applying for the Fulbright at: http://catalysttools.washington.edu/survey/scholarq/36305.

PROGRAM DETAILS

• Awards grants to U.S. citizens in all fields of study.
• Awards approximately 1,500 grants for travel to over 155 countries worldwide.
• Offers one academic year of study, research, or teaching assistantship experience. Projects may include university course work, independent library or field research, or professional training in the arts.
• Preference is given to candidates who have not had extensive recent experience abroad (excluding undergraduate study abroad) in the country of application.

Fulbright Program Advisors AT UW:

· For graduate students:

Helene Obradovich, helene@u.washington.edu, 302 Loew Hall
Marilyn Gray, megray@u.washington.edu, 315 Loew Hall

· For undergraduate students or recently graduated students:

Robin Chang, robinc@u.washington.edu, 120 Mary Gates Hall

Mona Pitre-Collins, mpitre@u.washington.edu, 120 Mary Gates Hall

Barbara Liskov receives the Turing Award (a.k.a. the “Nobel Prize of computing”) for “building the pervasive computer system designs that power daily life.” Read about her work with programming languages here:

http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2009/03/10/top_prize_in_computing_goes_to_mit_professor/

Ed shares this New York Times article on Cloudera, a start-up announced Monday and founded in party by CSE alum Christophe Bisciglia (far left in photo):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/technology/business-computing/17cloud.html

Google is committed to helping the innovators of the future make the most of their talents by providing scholarships and networking retreats for computer science students.   Scholarship opportunities have varying application due dates.  Please visit www.google.com/jobs/scholarships for more details.

A 10-week Research Experience for Undergrads (REU) is available this summer in Eugene, OR. Read on for details …

“We are looking to hire two undergraduate research assistants for ten weeks during the
summer of 2009. The students will work with Prof. Eugene Zhang and possibly one of
his graduate students on an ongoing research project in the area of computer graphics,
scientific visualization, and geometry modeling. This is an opportunity to learn a bit
about research. It pays about as well as most student jobs, and looks very good on your resume. It is intended for students who are considering the possibility of going to grad school.

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