CSE Undergrad News

Have you ever wondered why some startups become unicorns, while others are flops? How about why some entrepreneurs are able to consistently introduce innovative new products?  These are the kinds of questions that are explored in ENTRE 370: Introduction to Entrepreneurship.  Professor Pahnke will be teaching three sections of the course this fall, and is opening up slots in each section for Engineering majors. In the course you will learn the fundamentals about starting a technology-based business, create a term project, and connect with the entrepreneurship community at UW and in Seattle.  If you are interested and have trouble registering please email Professor Pahnke at eacox@uw.edu

Section C: M/W 3:30-5:20

Prof. Emily Pahnke is actively recruiting Engineering students to join her ENTRE 370: Introduction to Entrepreneurship course. Emily won the UW distinguished teaching award last year and has an excellent reputation among students in the Foster School. Her current research revolves around venture capital investments applied to the medical device and affective computing industries. Questions? Feel free to contact Prof. Pahnke: eacox@uw.edu.

Hello everyone!

We hope you are having a great summer. We want to let you all know that CSE Capstone Course enrollment is now open for registration.

Please visit the Capstone Course page for the link to register and more information.  Please note the Security capstone this winter will be twice the average size for a capstone (approximately 48 instead of 24).

https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/capstone

Also note that Capstone Registration will close on Sept. 5th, after that, students will register for capstones as space becomes available.

Computer Engineering students are guaranteed a capstone, CS graduating students, we will do the best we can to get you into your first or second choice.

-CSE Advising

Hi CSE majors! Still looking for something to round out your Fall schedule? Here are some more options to consider:

CSE 390P (Problem Solving with Programming) is a course designed to explore applications of programming to problem solving. Each week students will be given a problem (or problems) that should be solved using a combination of critical thinking, problem solving, and skills learned in other CSE courses.  There will occasionally be lectures on topics relevant to solving these problems.  CSE 390P is about applying your programming skills to solving novel, interesting problems.  As a side benefit, we expect the sorts of problems we give to be relevant to interviews and programming competitions. The exact content of the course may vary from quarter to quarter.

Hello, CSE majors! We have two fun new seminars for you this Autumn. Both are 1 credit, ungraded, and count as general UW electives (not toward CSE requirements).

CSE 390 E, Electronics Disassembly Seminar (sln 23372).
Meets Tues 1030-1120 in CSE 003.
Instructor: Vincent Lee
Have you ever wanted to take apart an XBox? Ever wanted to dissect a laptop but too afraid to take apart your own because you’ll lose all the screws or be too lazy to figure out how to put it back together? Then this is the seminar for you. The purpose of this seminar is literally to tear apart and disassemble electronic devices that we work with every day. We’ll break apart and look at a different device each week to explore what goes into your typical game consoles, laptops, and hard drives. The best part is we will NOT put them back together. Seminar requires weekly participation and one short presentation. No prerequisites. 1 unit. CR/NC grading. Course meets one hour a week Tuesdays at 10:30AM in CSE003.

CSE 390 A1, Android Programming Basics (sln 23377).
Meets Tues 230-320 in EEB 031.
Instructor: Sam Sudar
CSE 390X, Android Programming Basics, is a 1-credit, ungraded elective course designed to introduce students to Android programming. It is intended for students that have no prior experience with Android. Lectures will provide an overview of fundamental concepts, including Activities, Fragments, ContentProviders, AsyncTasks, Loaders, and SQLiteDatabase. It will emphasize industry standard practices, including unit testing and integration tests. The course should give students a solid foundation for using Android in future courses as well as for personal or professional projects. It will involve regular small assignments to familiarize students with the Android build environment and Android project structure. The course is modeled after the CSE 391 Unix tools class; those familiar with the structure of 391 will find the course familiar. CSE majors only. Prerequisites: CSE 331 required.

CSE 390P (Problem Solving with Programming) is a course designed to explore applications of programming to problem solving. Each week students will be given a problem (or problems) that should be solved using a combination of critical thinking, problem solving, and skills learned in other CSE courses.  There will occasionally be lectures on topics relevant to solving these problems.  CSE 390P is about applying your programming skills to solving novel, interesting problems.  As a side benefit, we expect the sorts of problems we give to be relevant to interviews and programming competitions. The exact content of the course may vary from quarter to quarter.

For more info and to register, visit: http://tinyurl.com/cse390p-16au

• Wednesday, April 6th @ 1:00-3:00 PM
• Thursday, April 14th @ 4:00-6:00 PM
• Tuesday, April 19th @ 1:00-3:00 PM
• Wednesday, April 27th @ 2:00-4:00PM
• Friday, May 6th @ 1:00-3:00 PM

Where:

Paul G. Allen Center room 691 (Gates Commons, 6th floor)

What:

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and the Animation Research Labs invite you to an information session on the Animation Production undergraduate course sequence at UW Seattle. This sequence runs from Summer 2016 (A term) through Spring 2017. The Summer course, Story Design for Computer Animation, is highly recommended but optional.

The Animation Capstone culminates in a very professional and exciting collaboratively produced digital short film, similar in process to Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks productions. Examples of previous award winning films produced in the dept will be shown and questions regarding applications and admission, etc. will be addressed. We look forward to seeing you there. Light refreshments will be served.

For questions, contact Erin Caswell at emc29@cs.washington.edu.

Welcome to Spring, CSE undergrads! This is a reminder that CSE offers free tutoring. If you’d like to join a group, we can offer tutoring for most 300-level courses and some 400s. Read the details and sign up online:

http://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/tutoring

Tutoring is limited by how many grad students volunteer, and which classes they are comfortable tutoring. We can’t always accommodate all requests.  Tutoring is a commitment: please only register if you plan to meet with your group every week.

We’ll match groups at the start of next week, so sign up by Monday morning.