CSE Undergrad News

Pacific Rim Summer School in Global Software Development and Computer Science
July 18-30, 2010
Peking University
Beijing, China
english.pku.edu.cn
Co-sponsored by UO CIS, PKU School of Software and Microelectronics,
PKU School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, and NSF

The University of Washington is a cooperating institution for this summer program and can select up to six participants for partial financial support.  Both undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to apply.

Program Highlights

• Participating students will earn six university credits.
• Intensive lab-based class in which students are organized into small global software teams; lecture-based classes on cross-cultural communication, international computer ethics, and topics in computer science. All instruction is in English.

• Faculty team from University of Oregon and guest lecturers from Peking University, CPATHi18n Pacific Rim universities, and industry partners Intel and Microsoft.

• Targeted to junior, senior, and first year graduate students from the U.S., China, Korea, and Japan (invited from the CPATHi18n Pacific Rim Partner Institutions). This year’s program is limited to 50 students, 25 from the Pacific Northwest, and 25 from Asia.
• Acceptance will be on a competitive basis.

Students must fulfill the following minimum criteria: Completion of Introduction to Software Engineering class (such as CSE 403/503) or equivalent. Work-related experience on a team software project may suffice. Enrollment in an undergraduate or graduate degree program in computer science.  Students who graduate Spring 2010 are eligible.

Cost: The estimated cost of the program is $1600-$2000. Students selected to participate will receive an $800 grant from the University of Oregon to put toward travel and room expenses.

Important dates:

March 15:  Application and $50 fee due

April 1:  Notification of Acceptance

May 15:  $100 deposit and proof of visa, health insurance, and ticket purchase

June 15 (approx):  Orientation meeting at your university

July 17 and 30 (approx):  Fly on your own schedule to arrive at Peking University by July 18, depart July 30.

September 15:  Graduate student research paper due.

For additional information, please contact Steve Tanimoto (tanimoto@cs.washington.edu) or Larry Snyder (snyder@cs.washington.edu).

What: 2010 IEEE Humanitarian Workshop

When: Today, February 18, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:30pm

Where: EEB 125

The objective of the seminar is to create awareness among engineering students and young professionals on how they can use their skills and knowledge to aid humanitarian work. At the same time, we aim to leverage on the seminar to encourage engineers to be personally involved in humanitarian projects.

Highlights:
* Interesting Keynote Speeches
* Connect with project leaders
* Question and Answer session
* Networking
* Food provided by Jim Johns

Thank you!
Josh Scotland

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: “Marya Dominik” <maryad@u.washington.edu>
Date: Jan 21, 2010 8:04 AM
Subject: [Escience_bbl] New course on High-Performance Scientific Computing coming, Spring Quarter
To: “bb Brown Bag” <escience_bbl@u.washington.edu>

From: Randy LeVeque <rjl@uw.edu>
Date: Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Subject: New course on High-Performance Scientific Computing coming
Spring Quarter
To: amath-current@amath.washington.edu


I will be teaching a new course *Spring Quarter* 2010 on High-Performance
Scientific Computing, appropriate for advanced undergraduates and graduate
students.  It is intended to be a broad-brush survey course as described
further below, for students who have had some programming experience.

Please help spread the word about this course.  Feel free to contact me
with suggestions for the course as well, since it is still in the planning
stage.

A pdf version of this announcement suitable for posting can be found
on the webpage
  http://www.amath.washington.edu/~rjl/hpsc10.html
where there is also a pointer to the seminar on this topic we ran last spring
as a warmup to this class, which may give more idea of the intended level.

Thanks,
 Randy LeVeque

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NEW COURSE --- SPRING QUARTER 2010

Applied Mathematics 483/583
High-Performance Scientific Computing

Instructor: Prof. Randy LeVeque
Time: Spring Quarter 2010, MWF 8:30am (tentative), EDGE Classroom TBA
Webpage: http://www.amath.washington.edu/~rjl/hpsc10.html

This class will cover a selection of topics in high-performance computing
(HPC), briefly introducing many of the issues that arise when solving
large scale computational problems in science and engineering. In
particular, the following topics will be touched on:

 - Computer languages and issues affecting the choice of language, e.g.
  compiled vs. interpreted, procedural vs. object oriented.

 - Programming in Fortran 95 and Python/Sage as representative languages
  (prior programming experience in some language is a prerequisite!)

 - Computer architecture issues relevant to HPC, e.g., cache and memory
  hierarchies, shared vs. distributed memory, vector pipelines, GPUs, parallel
  computers from multicore laptops to supercomputers with 100,000+ cores.

 - Languages for parallel computing, in particular MPI and OpenMP.

 - Tools for managing large computer programs, e.g., makefiles, debuggers,
  version control systems such as Mercurial or Subversion.  Best practices for
  reproducible research.

 - Dealing with large datasets arising from computation or scientific
  observations.

 - Graphics and visualization of scientific data.

This is a lot of material to cover in one quarter.  The emphasis will
be on seeing key concepts, getting started using a variety of tools, and
becoming familiar with the documentation and online resources available
for further learning.  Homework assignments will involve using many of
these tools.  Other courses, such as CSE 524 (Parallel Algorithms), go
into more details of some aspects of this class and would be a natural
next step.

Prior programming experience is required, at the level of CSE 142,
AMath 301, or AMath 481/581.  Students should be comfortable installing
software on their own computers and/or using ssh for remote access
to linux machines.  Assistance and documentation will be available
(including an introduction to linux/unix), but students averse to
exploring new software and overcoming the frustrations that typically
accompany this will probably not enjoy the class.

Some background in linear algebra at the level of Math 308 or AMath
352 is recommended.  Linear algebra is the basis for much of scientific
computing and we will study examples related to matrix multiplication
and solving linear systems in particular.

-- 
Marya Dominik
Administrative Specialist
eScience Institute
Box 359562
UW Tower O2-153
206.221.0778

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Just as a heads up, stat 391 the stat for CSE majors course is likely moving to T/TH 1230-220 for spring quarter. Right now it’s listed as meeting M, T, W, and Th.

Keep checking the time schedule for the change to become official. We’ll let you know if we hear of anything different.

Please join three of Seattle’s top startups to learn more about the technology powering their businesses

Come and hear from one of the most exciting, high-tech, high-growth companies in the greater Puget Sound Area! Apptio builds winning products for Fortune 1000 customers using the latest Java technologies and engineering conventions in a SaaS business model. The Apptio solution is a truly next-generation in-memory data analytics system built upon an advanced compute grid infrastructure. Our solution enables technology professionals and executives to manage the business of technology by focusing on optimizing costs and delivering value.

Appature solves some of the most challenging problems in one of the fastest growing sectors today. In particular, they are making strides in helping healthcare marketers optimize their data, take immediate action on that data, and derive real-time and actionable insight on everything they do.  From online email marketing to offline trade shows, Appature helps marketers get the most out of their marketing dollars.

Social Gold leads the virtual goods industry as one of the most widely used payments and virtual currency platform on the web. We not only build a highly available transaction processing platform, we also help games and companies build their virtual economies. Ranging from price elasticity in a low marginal cost of goods to measuring and controlling inflation — the problems we solve help game developers build powerful, engaging and high revenue experiences.

Tuesday, February 16          5:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Atrium in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering

Food will be provided

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Microsoft Tech Fest

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2010

Location: Paul G. Allen Center, Atrium

Tech Demos: 6-8pm

Grab some food, meet Microsoft teams, play with our demos, ask questions, and get your geek on!

Stop by for a chance to win great prizes including an HD Zune!

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Attend an on-campus (UW Seattle) session to learn more about the company
culture and available employment or internship opportunities. Open to all.

Most of these employers will be accepting resumes for on-campus interviews,
via HuskyJobs!

For event details and RSVP see your HuskyJobs account
www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/students/
RSVP not required, but recommended. All events on the UW Seattle Campus.

THIS WEEK
Tuesday   2/9/10  5:30  PM  PepsiCo – QTG Sales  134 Mary Gates  FT  All Majors
Tuesday   2/9/10  5:00  PM  W.L. Gore  HUB 200B  Intern  Eng/Tech
Wednesday 2/10/10  5:30  PM  Clean Power Research  134 Mary Gates  FT/Intern  Eng/Tech
Thursday  2/11/10  5:30 PM    Goldman-Sachs 134 Mary Gates  Intern  All Majors

UPCOMING
2/17/10  1:30  PM  MarketBridge  Off campus  Intern  All Majors
2/17/10  5:30  PM  Philips Electronics 134 Mary Gates FT/Intern  Bus/Eng
2/24/10  5:30  PM  FactSet Research  134 Mary Gates  FT Bus/Eng
2/24/10  7:30  PM  MIT Lincoln Labs  HUB Room 209A  FT/Intern Eng/Tech
2/26/10  4:30  PM  Help, Learn and Discover  HUB 200C  Volunteer/  All

UW STUDENT EXCHANGES IN EUROPE (these are separate from the CSE exchanges to Switzerland, Sweden and Germany.)

Application Deadline Extended

The application deadline for UW Student Exchanges in Europe has been extended to FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12 (and MARCH 1 for exchanges in Scandinavia).  UW Exchanges provide students with access to a wide range of subjects and courses at UW partner universities around the world. Participants pay an exchange fee equal to regular UW tuition and no tuition to the host university; UW Financial Aid and scholarships apply. Students also receive regular UW credit for all coursework completed and can study at the partner university for one semester or an academic year. Instruction is often in the language of the host country, but many partner universities also offer courses designed for foreign students and/or courses taught in English.

A list of European partner universities appears below this note. For more information about these exchanges and other study abroad opportunities available to UW students, please visit the International Programs & Exchanges (IPE) office in 459 Schmitz Hall (10am-4pm, M-F) and/or the IPE website: http://ipeweb.admin.washington.edu/

Exchange application instructions and forms are available via:

http://ipeweb.admin.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Abroad.ViewLink&Parent_ID=F4A3AAEE-19B9-EDAB-F43414B9970BDF86&Link_ID=F4A7EE26-19B9-EDAB-F4163DA071FC8201&Expand=F4A3AAEE-19B9-EDAB-F43414B9970BDF86

The 2010-2011 exchange application deadline has been extended for the following UW partner universities:

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