From Gaetano Borriello:
Clint Tseng, one of our ICTD ugrad alumni works for Socrata, btw.
From: Marina S. Martin <marina@marinamartin.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:53 PM
Subject: Startup Weekend GOV on April 27th
Hello,
I wanted to reach out to you about an upcoming event being put on by
City of Seattle, King County, and the State of Washington that I think
would be of interest to you and your students.
The first-ever Startup Weekend GOV is taking place at Seattle City
Hall on April 27-29th. Participants gather Friday evening to pitch
ideas for Web and mobile apps that integrate open government data sets
(http://data.seattle.gov, http://data.wa.gov and http://datakc.org),
improve public safety and/or generally improve the lives of Washington
residents. One Bus Away (http://onebusaway.org/) is a great example of
such an application. Everyone breaks into teams and designers,
programmers and non-technical teammates work at City Hall throughout
the weekend. On Sunday evening, every team demos their apps and a
panel of judges provides feedback. Seattle Channel will be filming the
event and government officials like WA CIO Bharat Shyam and Mayor Mike
McGinn, in addition to the city IT department, will be on hand to
answer questions and interact with teams.
Tickets are available at http://seattlegov.startupweekend.org. There
is special student pricing. The ticket includes food, snacks, and
drinks throughout the weekend in addition to event swag and unlimited
coffee.
There is also a FREE event at Seattle City Hall this Thursday, April
19th at 6pm with presentations by Google and Socrata (which powers all
the government data sets) on working with their respective APIs. Light
refreshments will be served, and there will be time for mingling with
some government officials and talking data sets afterwards. Register
(free) at http://seattlegovswgtugbootcamp.eventbrite.com/.
If you have any questions, I’d be happy to address them or connect you
with the right person. Please let me know. If you could pass word
along to your students or colleagues who might be interested in
attending, I would appreciate it. We are very interested in having
students and faculty such as yourself involved in the event if you can
make it!
Thank you,
Marina
April 19, 2012
Anyone still looking for full time or internships, you should take note of the information below.
Good morning, advisers!
The Spring Career Fair is just around the corner – next Tuesday, April 10th from 3-7pm in the Alaska Airlines Arena (Hec Ed). We’re looking forward to a great event, and appreciate your help in spreading the word to any of your students and alumni who you think might be interested in attending.
We’re also offering a ResumeFest on April 9th to help students get their resumes ready for the Fair – details are included below.
SPRING CAREER FAIR
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
3-7pm, Hec Ed Pavilion (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Open to all students and alumni!
**Who’s coming? How do I prepare?**
For a complete list of attending employers and a full-color guide with more detail, as well as great tips on how to prepare – including information on appropriate dress, how to spruce up your resume, and what to expect – visit us online at http://careers.uw.edu/Spring-Career-Fair .
Attending employers are looking to hire a variety of majors for internship, part-time or full-time career opportunities. The one thing they all have in common? They’re looking to hire Huskies.
**But my resume needs help!**
Consider coming to April 9th’s ResumeFest! – A full day devoted to helping you get your resume ready for the Fair. Resume review timeslots are available in 15 minute increments between 8:15am – 4:30pm, and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Sign-ups will begin at 8am on April 9th, and are available only in-person at the Career Center (134 Mary Gates Hall).
**Questions?**
Contact careerevents@uw.edu or 206.543.0535
April 5, 2012
There is a resume and cover letter writing workshop tonight from 7-8pm in MGH room 228. See below for more details and future events from CLUE
———- Forwarded message ———-
From:
Chelsie Doherty <
dohertychelsie@gmail.com>
The CLUE Writing Center will be hosting a series of workshops on understanding the basics of resume and cover letter writing for job/internship applications. During these workshops, we present students with strategies they should be aware of with regards to these fairly structured documents, as well as highlight the major mistakes those of us just entering the job market/looking to gain experience often make. I would greatly appreciate it if you would be so kind as to let your department’s students know via e-mail when these will be happening. The dates and locations are as follows (and both workshops take place from 7 PM–8 PM):
Monday, 4/2: MGH 228
Wednesday, 4/4: MGH 228
Thank you in advance for your assistance. If it is appropriate, I will e-mail you again soon once I know the room numbers for the subsequent workshops, as we will be doing two of these every other week during this quarter.
Sincerely,
Chelsie Doherty
—
Chelsie Doherty
Writing Center Coordinator
Center for Learning and Undergraduate Enrichment
Mary Gates Hall, University of Washington
Office: (206) 543-5755
April 4, 2012
Spring Career Fair
Date: Tuesday, April 10
Time: 3-7pm
Location: Hec Ed Pavilion (Alaska Airlines Arena)
Are you a Computer Science & Engineering major looking for a job or internship opportunity? The 2012 Spring Career Fair will be held Tuesday, April 10th from 3-7 p.m. in the HecEd Pavilion. We have more than 120 exhibitors attending seeking to fill full-time, part-time, summer and internship positions. Don’t miss this great opportunity!
Employers include Vivaki Nerve Center, Webtrends, Wipro and much more! For a full list of employers, as well as information about how to prepare and dress for this event can be found at http://careers.uw.edu/Students/Spring-Career-Fair.
The Career Center will be offering workshops on “How to Make the Most of a Career Fair,” (April 5th, 6th, 9th) and “Resume and Cover Letters” (April 6th, 9th) facilitated by The Career Center counselors in room 134 Mary Gates Hall before the Spring Career Fair. Please contact The Career Center for more information at 543-0535 or visit http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar.
Questions? Contact careerevents@uw.edu or 206.543.0535. Hope to see you at the fair!
Donna Chen
Event Coordinator
(206) 543-9108 direct
chend3l@uw.edu
The Career Center
University of Washington
main: (206) 543-0535
134 Mary Gates Hall * Box 352810 * Seattle, WA 98195
http://careers.washington.edu
March 14, 2012
NetApp Tech Talk; Mon, February 27, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE 105
Join us to learn more about one of the most Innovative and GREATEST places to work!!!
Guest speakers, FREE food and giveaways!!!
Intentional Software tech talk – Making Software Intentionally; Tue, February 28, 5:30pm – 7:00pm; Commons
Intentional Software, making Software intentionally. Please join Shane Clifford, VP of Application Development for Intentional Software Corporation to learn more about the concept of “intentional software” that captures the intentions and knowledge of the users (domain) and displays it in a variety of visual projections in a structured editing environment. We are pioneering the world’s leading language workbench technology and are initially applying it to create domain specific knowledge intensive workbenches for clients with high value problems that no-one else can solve. Shane will demonstrate application of Intentional Software’s technology and methods to real world problems. Intentional Software creates and combines simple yet powerful domain specific languages that empower business and technical experts to express their knowledge and participate directly in the software creation process. Examples from vehicle design, healthcare, and other domains will be demonstrated and explained.
Winterfest; Fri, March 2, 5:30pm – 8:30pm; Atrium
Hangout with all your CSE friends this friday. Games, food, drinks.
February 27, 2012
Amazon Tech Talk; Wed Feb 22 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Come hear David Berge, Quality Assurance Manager with Kindle, talk about what it’s like to work at one of most innovative, fastest growing, tech companies.
Zillow Tech Talk; Thu Feb 23 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Zillow is a home and real estate marketplace dedicated to helping homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, landlords and property managers find and share vital information about homes, real estate and mortgages. We are transforming the way consumers make home-related decisions and connect with real estate professionals.
Smoothie Day (Sponsored by Living Social); Fri Feb 24 4:30pm – 5:30pm; Atrium
Come hang out and grab some free smoothies with your friends this Friday!
February 20, 2012
eBay Tech Talk; Mon 6pm – 7pm; EEB 125
Please join us for a tech talk, where Prasad Sriram, a Senior Software Engineer will discuss the Search Infrastructure at eBay which currently serves more than 250 million queries a day over an index of more than 200 million items. He will also explain how the current ‘Title’ based search architecture is evolving to a much more scalable one that indexes and uses both Title and Description data by default for recall and ranking. He will cover the various challenges and the interesting problems involved in building such a large-scale, low latency, distributed real-time search technology. He will also demonstrate how the Search Engine is enabling some of the key features of the site like Relevance based Ranking, Search Results Blending, Image Search and Recommendations.
Expedia Tech Talk; Wed 6pm – 730pm; EEB125
Join us for a deep dive with Aman Bhutani into the Technology driving our largest brand – Expedia Worldwide. Aman Bhutani leads the engineering team for the Expedia brand. The brand technology team focuses on the web tier of our global platform and services that offer differentiation from other brands. The Expedia technology team is at the heart of the brand’s product based growth strategy and have team members in many cities across the planet. Aman joined Expedia in 2010 after many years in financial services and consulting.
Salesforce.com Info Session; Thu 6pm – 730pm; EEB125
Salesforce.com is the global leader in Enterprise Cloud Computing and the fourth fastest growing tech company in the world. We’re one of Fortune’s 2011 “100 Best Companies to Work For”! Join us at our ACM Info Session, 2/16 to learn more about how we continue to lead our industry in Cloud Computing. Employees from our San Francisco office will review how our exciting roles that set us apart from the competition.
February 13, 2012
Facebook tech talk; Mon, February 6, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Facebook is hosting a Tech Talk at UW on Monday, February 6th. The topic of this Tech Talk is “Transitioning from UW to Facebook.” UW alums (who are now Full-Time Software Engineers), will be speaking about their experiences at Facebook, providing tips and advice for future candidates, and answering questions directly from students in a Q&A. Stop by to learn more about life at Facebook!
Microsoft info session – big app on campus; Tue, February 7, 6pm – 8pm; EE125
We are kicking off a brand new national and local competition that is challenging you to be what’s next. You’ll not only get the opportunity to earn recognition for building the next big phone app, but you’ll also get the chance to win some amazing prizes. Join us at the Info Session for your chance to learn about the Big App on Campus contest details and rules.
Pariveda tech talk; Thu, February 9, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125
Join Pariveda Solutions CTO, Brian Orrell for a conversation on mitigating the risks of Mobile Enterprise Application Platforms.
February 6, 2012
LinkedIn Tech Talk; Mon 1/30 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB125
LinkedIn connects the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful. With over 135 million members worldwide, including executives from every Fortune 500 company, LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network.
Palantir Tech Talk; Wed 2/1 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB125
January 30, 2012
Hey CSE!
The winter career fair is tomorrow, and ACM-W hosts a dinner afterwards every year for UW CSE students and ACMW members to network with companies, engineers, and recruiters. It’s an excellent event to figure out what companies you might want internships or jobs with, and what opportunities are available to you.
The event runs tomorrow, Tuesday January 24th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm. Dinner is provided (vegetarian options available), and engineers/recruiters from six companies are attending:
Facebook
Google
Microsoft
Twitter
Zynga
Each company can invite students to the event, so if you’d like to attend, talk with the representatives of these companies at the career fair and express your interest in the dinner!
ACM-W looks forward to seeing you there!
Melissa Winstanley
ACM-W Chair
January 23, 2012
