CSE Undergrad News

Hey all!

REMINDER: Smoothie day is happening from 330-430pm today in the Atrium (opposite end of other atrium gathering).  It should be a good time!

Hope to see you there!

Chris

PS: Wasn’t that an awesome Affiliates Career Fair yesterday!?

PSS: Fall Fest in one week!!!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Subject: THANKS for Affiliates!!
To: Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>, Kay Beck-Benton <kbeck@cs.washington.edu>

Thanks to all of you for the phenomenal turnout for Affiliates — the
talks on Wednesday afternoon, the posters/demos on Wednesday evening,
and the job fair on Thursday.

We had more than 200 local alums join our affiliates for the
posters/demos on Wednesday evening — students from all degree
programs (bachelors, masters, professional masters, and doctorate) and
all years (I saw folks from as early as 1971 and as recent as last
year).  It was a home run evening.

Today, just about EVERY recruiter said this was the best job fair they
had attended this year — far better than Berkeley’s or Stanford’s,
for example.  Two reasons:  First, it’s just CSE (these companies want
computer scientists and computer engineers); second, UW CSE students
really knocked their socks off.

Thanks again!!

Harry S. Truman and Morris K. Udall Scholarships

The Truman and Udall Scholarships award students actively involved in leadership and service in their communities and on the UW campus.  Eligible students can receive up to $30,000 for graduate school as a Truman Scholar or up to $5,000 for undergraduate work as a Udall Scholar.  Each scholarship has a strong emphasis on the importance of leadership and commitment to public service.

Applicants for the Truman Scholarship must meet the following:

Attend an accredited college or university.

Be nominated by a Truman Faculty Representative.

Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.

Be in the upper quarter of their junior class.

Access application information URL:  https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/truman

Applicants for the Udall Scholarship must meet the following:

Must be a sophomore or junior at time of application.

Have a college GPA of a “B” or the equivalent.

Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Access application information URL:  https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/morrisundergraduate

Campus Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 2, 2010   For additional information, please contact the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards — mpitre@uw.edu .

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge and Business Plan Competition Info Session
Tuesday, November 2
Johnson Hall Auditorium 102, 6-7:30 p.m.
Thinking about competing in the EIC and/or BPC this year, but aren’t sure how it all works?  Attend this info session to learn the ins and outs of both competitions and why you should compete.  Food and refreshments provided!

Drop in earlier to hear…
Environmental Innovation Practicum:  SmartGrid – Is it “Smart enough”?
Peter Christensen (Battelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Tuesday, November 2
Johnson Hall 175, 4:30-5:50 p.m.
“Smart Grid” adds substantial IT “smarts” to bring digital intelligence, real-time communications, and control throughout the power system to operate the electricity-supply grid as never before.  This is interdisciplinary work at its best–a cutting edge discussion of how clean-tech, engineering, policy, and business models are intertwined and why it’s important to understand the implications of each.

Open to all…

This event is part of EntrepreneurWeek, which is sponsored by the UW Foster School of Business Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Science and Engineering Business Association, and UW Center for Commercialization.

Pam Tufts, Assistant Director
UW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
ptufts@uw.edu, 206-685-3813

Hey CSE Students!

To help plan your courses, CSE faculty complied a page of ‘course advice’ for specialized career paths (this is the page that was was mentioned during the pizza lunch with the chair). Linked here, this information was created by faculty and posted by the advisors, with the intention of providing you all with a better understanding of what courses will help prepare you for specific areas/fields in computer science and beyond.

As this is a new effort, please send your feedback (especially positive feedback!) about the helpfulness of this page to ugrad-advisor@cs.

Link: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/current/CourseAdvice/course_advice.html

Thanks!
CSE Undergraduate Advising

Working late in the labs? Don’t walk across campus alone! Husky NightWalk offers full-time uniformed security guards to assist students, staff, and faculty members to various locations on campus and within a one-mile radius off campus. Just call to request someone to walk with you to your dorm, apartment, or anywhere else near campus!

206-685-WALK (9255) – please put this in your phone to easily access it!

Hours: 6pm – 2m, Monday – Sunday (7 days week)

Although aiding primarily on foot, the guards have a van available for those who need it. In addition, they are equipped to help people, with proper ID, who cannot get into their offices, buildings, or vehicles. They also can assist with jump starts for dead batteries, and are extra eyes and ears in parking lots and other UW facilities.

Please utilize this service, and encourage your friends to do so!

Hello fellow CSE-majors,

It’s another one of those crazy unpredictable event filled weeks!!!  Here’s what’s on the menu:

1.) Cisco Info Session, TODAY, 6-7pm, EE125

“Welcome to the Human Network Cisco is more than just routers. Dinner will be served plus a FLIP Video Raffle.”  Internship and job info. For more information, please visit www.cisco.com/go/universityjobs.

2.) UW CSE Affiliates Dinner, Thursday, The Atrium, October 28, 9am – 3pm

This is UW CSE’s exclusive, amazing, renowned career fair and recruitment event.  There are going to be SOOO many companies, there will be something for everyone.  You can’t miss this.  Dress nice to make a good impression.  Bring lots of copies of your resume.  Also dont forget to upload your resume prior to the fair. Go to https://www.aftercollege.com/career-networks/university-of-washington/department-of-computer-science-and-engineering/ (Just go to “Sign Up” at the top of the page and follow the steps.)

3.) Smoothie Day, Friday, October 29th, 330-430, CSE Atrium

We make smoothies out of yummy ingredients.  Quick, easy, tasty, and social way to welcome the weekend! A 2$ donation is greatly appreciated!

4.) ACM Local Programming Competition, Saturday October 30th, 10am-230pm, CSE 002 and CSE 006

This is organized by Stuart Reges and Marty Stepp.  This Saturday is a preliminary competition to determine 3 teams to represent UW CSE at the regional competition at University of Oregon on Saturday, November 13.  The programming languages available to use include C, C++, and Java.  I believe the teams are of three people each, start looking for teammates now! Information on team sign ups and official details will go out soon!  This is a fantastic contest to be a part of (a resume entry? especially if you make it to the next round!).  There will be free lunch and goodies sponsored by Google and/or Facebook.  Don’t be discouraged if you are new to the department, you only need to be familiar with one language (we hope you didn’t forget 142/143).  No preparation is necessary, just form a team and show up! More details soon..

For the Future

5.) Tech Talks, Tuesday 11/2, Facebook, Thursday 11/4, Amazon

6.) ACM Fall Fest, Friday November 5th, 5-9pm, More details soon!

7.) Research Night, Wednesday November 10th, 430-7pm
Enjoy the Events!!!

Chris Raastad

ACM Internal Relations

Every year, Google searches the globe looking for highly technical, passionate, and motivated new grads for the Google Associate Product Manager program. The APM program is an elite two-year rotational program, consisting of two one-year rotations, designed for top recent computer science graduates who are interested in exploring product development and leadership opportunities. This select group is given access to unparalleled resources within Google to define new products, work closely with creative and prolific engineers, interact with executives to influence the business, and develop both personally and professionally.

For more information about the role please see: http://www.google.com/jobs/students/us/technical/associate-product-manager-new-grad-north-america-locations/

What: Coffee Chat with a Google APM!
Where: Paul G. Allen Computer Science Building (details will be mailed out individually)
When: Friday, October 29th

Sounds great, how do I sign up?: Please submit your resume and transcripts to uw-apm-recruiting@google.com, by Wednesday, October 27th.  Since we have limited spots available, we will inform you by Thursday, October 28th if you’ve been selected for a coffee chat.

From Professor Richard Ladner:

Dear Undergraduates,

In winter quarter 2011 the Accessibility Capstone Design Course will be offered for the second time.  Please see the web page

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/cse481h/10wi/

to view the previous offering of the course.  The offering this time will be similar, but the projects will be new.  You should also look at the KOMO TV story about the course to give you an idea what students did last year.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/87737592.html

Again, in 2011, students will design, implement, and test smart phone accessibility applications on the Android platform.

In preparation for the class there will be a one-month non-credit short course starting the week of November 8^th at a time to be determined.  The short course will cover Android development and an introduction to access technology for people with disabilities.  Students in the short course will be able to keep an Android phone over the holiday to become more familiar with the development environment.  There will also be some reading to prepare for the class. The short course is not a requirement, but is highly recommended.

Please fill out the catalyst questionnaire below by November 1st if you are interested in this capstone design course.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/ladner/114582

Thank you,

Richard Ladner

Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering