The College of Engineering’s scholarship application is now available online here: http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/scholarships.html#deptapp.
The deadline to apply is 5pm on Monday, April 12th. CSE is allocated two scholarships by the CoE this year, and both CS and CE majors are eligible to apply.
* Submit a YUI BSD-licensed gallery module by March 22, 2010
* Entries will be judged on usefulness, uniqueness, code quality and documentation
* Prize: JSConf 2010 conference pass + $500 gift certificate to Expedia.com for travel
* Full contest details: http://yuiblog.com/yui3gallerycontest2010/
* Some community-generated module ideas: http://yuilibrary.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=115&t=2915
YUI 3 is an JavaScript and CSS library originally developed (and still supported) by Yahoo! It powers Yahoo.com, Yahoo Search, and future versions of Yahoo Mail and other key sites. YUI addresses many of the same challenges as jQuery, but it takes a different approach — lazy-loading and sandboxing are built in to everything you do in YUI 3, making it a good choice for scalable frontend development.
The YUI 3 Gallery (http://yuilibrary.com/gallery/ ) provides a straightforward mechanism for you to contribute to this prominent open-source project, and now is a great time to make a contribution. If you submit a new module to the Gallery by March 22, 2010, under YUI’s BSD license, you may be eligible to win a ticket to one of the premier web engineering conferences, JSConf, along with $500 from Expedia to help you get there.
Contributing to the YUI 3 Gallery is easy if you know some JS and CSS. Several dozen modules already to serve as code-structure models, and there are many reasonably-scoped ideas for new modules that could be completed within a couple of weeks. The prize is fantastic — JSConf has some of the best speakers in the industry, and this year’s lineup is filled with compelling speakers. Win or lose, contributing a visible, enduring piece of code to a well-known OSS project is a fantastic learning experience and an activity that looks great on your resume going forward.
We’re thrilled to spread the word about the second annual Juicy Ideas Competition, sponsored by AdvantageWest and DigitalChalk! We hope you can pass this along to interested students in computer science and related fields.
Google is excited to support the Juicy Ideas competition again this year by hosting the winning team at company headquarters in Mountain View California in Summer 2010, where winners will also each receive an Android-powered phone.
Juicy Ideas 2010 is asking you: “What can you do with data?”
Useful data streams are published by governments, private companies, NGOs, and endless websites and we want to see how you can harness this data to benefit your community in the form of a software application. Submissions will be judged on their ability to disseminate data and benefit the community, on the usability of the application, and on the business potential of the idea.
This year’s contest is open to communities where Google operates offices or datacenters in the US, and universities within 50 km of offices are invited to participate. We’ve also invited school from last year’s Juicy Ideas to join again.
Ready? Form a team of 3-5 students at an eligible college or university.
Set? Research publicly available data, come up with a business plan for that data.
Juice! Create a software application that uses the data to benefit your community, and upload a demo video to Youtube. You’ll be judged on the app and the video.
The contest period runs through April 11 2010, so get started at www.juicyideas.com!
There’s Still Time to Enter the UW Business Plan Competition
BPC Next Steps
1. BPC Intent to Submit. If you’re going to compete, please fill this out. It is not mandatory, but highly recommended. https://catalysttools.washington.edu/webq/survey/masses/93834
2. Deadline to submit to the Competition is Wednesday, April 7 at 5 p.m. Email your 5-7 page executive summary to me (masses@uw.edu). Be sure to review the judging criteria. This is the same judging criteria that the judges use to evaluate your executive summary.
http://www.foster.washington.edu/centers/cie/Documents/BPCJudgingCriteria.pdf
Why You Should Compete
· Networking that counts – all judges are entrepreneurs, VC and angel investors, attorneys, alumni, and professional service providers – all from the Seattle entrepreneurial community.
· Teams receive skilled coaching and mentoring from judges to help get them ready for the competition and beyond.
· All plans submitted will be read by 8-10 judges and every team will receive feedback which will be aggregated and returned via email.
· Over $60,000 in seed funding is awarded to student teams. Win money to jump start your company!
Get in touch with Sarah Massey if you have questions.
Sarah
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Sarah Massey
Assistant Director and BPC Program Manager
Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
University of Washington
P: 206.685.9868 | masses@uw.edu <mailto:masses@u.washington.edu>
foster.washington.edu/cie <http://www.foster.washington.edu/cie/>
We’ll close the overload form on Wed and plan to have preliminary decisions out by late Friday. We won’t be able to add very many spaces to courses, and there is a particularly long list for 378, so if you were hoping for that course this spring, you will most likely need to plan to take it this fall. We’ll do the best we can.
NSF-Supported Summer Research for Undergraduates
The Center for Language and Speech Processing at the Johns Hopkins University is seeking outstanding members of the current junior class for a summer research workshop on language engineering from June 7 to July 30, 2010.
The 8-week workshop provides an intense intellectual environment.
Undergraduates work closely alongside more senior researchers as part of a multi-university research team, which has been assembled for the summer to attack some problem of current interest. The teams and topics for summer 2010 are described here:
http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/ws10/internship.php
We hope that this stimulating and selective experience will encourage students to pursue graduate study in human language technology, as it has been doing for many years.
The summer workshop provides:
* An opportunity to explore an exciting new area of research
* A two-week tutorial on current speech and language technology
* Mentoring by an experienced researcher
* Participation in project planning activities
* Use of a computing cluster and personal workstation
* A $5,000 stipend and $2,520 towards per diem expenses
* Private furnished accommodation for the duration of the workshop
* Travel expenses to and from the workshop venue
Initial applications should be received by FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 2009, and should include the name of a faculty nominator who would be willing to serve as a reference if asked. Apply online here:
http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/ws10/internship.php
Applicants are evaluated only on relevant skills, employment experience, past academic record, and the strength of letters of recommendation. No limitation is placed on the undergraduate major. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
From Marlo Anderson in Dept of Aeroautics & Astronautics:
I am pleased to announce that we will be offering a new, 1-credit seminar course in Spring Quarter, titled “Law for Engineers.” It is designated AA498A/598F, and will be open to all undergraduate and graduate students. The class will meet Mondays at 3:30 PM in Guggenheim 218, beginning April 5 and ending May 24 (8 lectures), and will be graded C/NC.
The lectures will be presented by Joel Lohrmeyer, an alumnus of our department (BSAA 2002, MSAA 2004), who received his JD from the Oregon School of Law in 2008. The course description and Joel’s biography are attached.
An add code is required to enroll in this class. Please send an email to Marlo Anderson marlo@aa.washington.edu along with your student number if you wish to register or you have any questions.
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Overview:
Engineering and legal principles govern most everything in our society today. This course examines and explains the practical application of the law to engineering, and assists the engineer in industry, higher education, and life. Topics focus on intellectual property law, business and contract law, tort law, and engineering ethics. Discussions explore patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, specifically what they are, how to obtain them, how to use them, and how to lose them. Additionally, the class considers how businesses are started and governed, product liability law, and the ethical duties an engineer owes to an employer and the public. This course is applicable to all engineering disciplines.
Hey everyone,
As you surely know, one of the things UWACM is known for is its
awesome t-shirts. We’d like to offer new designs next quarter at
Springfest, but we can’t do this without your help!
What we want: T-shirt designs.
How you can participate: Submit your design in Adobe Illustrator .ai
format by sending us a link to it at acm-officers@cs.
What’s in it for you: Fame! And glory! Oh, and a free t-shirt of
your design, if it’s chosen for printing.
Deadline: April 9.
You can see some of the past submissions
at the following URL, for inspiration:
http://flatline.cs.washington.edu/orgs/acm/t-shirts/past-submissions/
As soon as we receive all the entries, voting will open on which ones
will be printed and offered at Springfest.
We’re looking forward to seeing your designs! 🙂
EDIT: We will accept SVGs, as well as raster
formats at at least 300dpi in at least 8.5 X 11. Also, please limit designs to 3 colors or less.
In Winter quarter, students from CSE 490 and HCDE 419 (HCI) worked together on
projects designed to build technologies for resource constrained environments;
they are presenting the results of their projects and prototypes at a poster
session in the Allen Center Atrium on Tuesday 3/16 from 4:30-6:30. In spring
quarter these projects will continue as CS capstone projects with HCDE students
enrolling in a research group to participate in user testing and evaluation
stages of the projects.
There are seven projects currently underway, and we invite students who are
interested in any of these to enroll in either CSE 490D or HCDE 496 (with Prof.
Kolko) to join as the prototypes developed in Winter are fully developed and
implemented in Spring.
Although there will be a course meeting time (based on schedules of those
enrolled), that meeting time will only be used a few times during the quarter
for presentations. Most of the instruction will occur through individual
project teams’ group meetings with the instructor(s).
Please contact either Ruth Anderson at rea@cs.washington.edu or Beth Kolko at
bkolko@uw.edu if you have any questions!
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OneBusAway
The Onebus Away project presents an opportunity to build on a widely
used, open-source system and gain experience working on a project that
has the potential to greatly improve the lives of bus riders by
providing them more independence in trip planning through expanded
search queries and user accounts.
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Nonlinear ODK
NODK will allow doctors to collect data in novel ways throughout the
world. Combining mobile and cloud technologies, you will contribute
to a live open source project while gaining marketable skills. Your
work will directly improve healthcare provision in the developing world.
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Food Bank
Build a software package for non-profit organizations that facilitates
donation management. Primary features include data tracking and
reporting, and communication tools such as letter templates. Apply
your skills in web development, database construction and mining and
UI design.
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Ultrasound
The Portable Ultrasound Group invites you to join us as we work to
develop a low-cost, easy-to-use, portable ultrasound device for
midwives in the developing world. This project will involve UI
development, image analysis, and controlling peripheral devices. We
are working in collaboration with Dr. Rob Nathan, a radiologist
involved in the Portable Maternal Ultrasound Initiative.
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Education
In many elementary school classrooms there are far more students than
computers. We are trying to utilize a system called Multilearn to
allow multiple students to use one computer through the use of
individual keypads. We are working to expand Multilearn to different
subjects and skill levels by creating a java framework for teacher
input of problems. We also want to provide teachers, parents, and
students with feedback of students’ performance through data
presentation.
To find out more about MultiLearn go to:
http://change.washington.edu/projects/multilearn
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MDPhone
The ubiquitous nature of mobile technology is becoming increasingly
apparent in the 21st century. However, the spread of medical
treatment and healthcare in many developing regions is limited and
scarce. MDPhone attempts to bridge this gap by utilizing smart phones
and mobile medical instruments to help diagnose patients in remote
regions lacking medical staff. The platform is built on open data kit
(ODK), a collection of tools for collecting, aggregating, and
visualizing data.
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Ridesharing
Pick up a rider, or pick up a ride as you make your way to the UW
campus. Save money on campus parking (carpool rates are much cheaper
than SOV), and share gas expenses. This group is building an
application using a variety of technologies and features that will
make ridesharing and carpooling with strangers a quick, simple, and
safe experience. Join this group and work with GPS, Facebook
integration, mobile and web development, and user research.
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