CSE Undergrad News

The Student Advisory Council (SAC) presents the first ever “CSE’s Got Talent,” a community showcase where anyone in the CSE community can share talents or hobbies that people might not know about.

We’re looking for talent in all forms–cooking, music, skateboarding, photography, poetry, and more! You can submit your talent on any medium (e.g. videos, pictures, document). 

Given COVID-19, we’ll be hosting this event in two ways:

1. Live event on Tuesday, May 26, hosted by MCs, for recordings of performance-related activities. 
2. Virtual museum for non-performance activities and to showcase what was live streamed for people who cannot make it.

Do you or someone else in CSE have a talent to show off? Nominate yourself or them at this form: https://forms.gle/eQyPvBNVA4VexrYt8 by Friday, May 8 EOD to get details on participating in the event!

Everyone who has been nominated/nominated themselves has until Friday, May 22nd to submit your talent!

Please keep an eye out for another email with more details about the livestream event.

– Student Advisory Council

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Wednesday, February 26^th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Atrium in CSE1
Tesla Networking & Resume Submission
Meet the Tesla team! They will be in the Atrium in CSE1 on Wednesday, 2/26/2020, from 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Friday, February 28^th, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., 305 in CSE1
A Day in the Life of a Project Manager
Speaker: Trevor Bloking, Senior Director of Product Management at SugarCRM
Workshop: Negotiations and Trade-offs
Location: CSE1 305

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Tuesday, February 18^th, 1:00 – 3:30 p.m., 403 (CSE1)

Salesforce AI: Office hours
Office Hours – Swing by to ask questions about our research program, get resume advice, and learn more about our roles!
RSVP >

Tuesday, February 18^th, 5:00 – 6:30 p.m., Gates Commons 691 in CSE1

Salesforce AI: NLP story contest
NLP Story Contest – Check out the world’s LARGEST open-source language model – CTRL – and demo it to write your own short stories. There will be a contest for best story and the winners will receive a prize! Pizza and swag will also be provided. Please RSVP via the link below:
RSVP >

Wednesday, February 19^th, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., Gates Commons 691 in CSE1

The Age of Data Conversation: Talking to Your Relational Data
Tech Talk by Senior Research Scientist and UW alum, Victoria Lin
Location: CSE1 Gates Commons (Room 691)
Date & Time: February 19, 2020, 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Hear from Senior Research Scientist and UW alum, Victoria Lin, on her most recent research work,and grab some bubble tea! Abstract available in the link below.

RSVP >

Thursday, February 20^th, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m., 305 in CSE1

A Day In the Life of a UX Researcher
Speaker: Kerstin Huang, UX Researcher at HighSpot
Location: CSE1 305

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Wednesday, February 5^th, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon, Atrium in CSE1
Open venture office hour
Joe Wallin (startup lawyer) of Carney Badley Spellman, and Randall Lucas (venture investor) of Voyager Capital, will resume their open venture office hour first Wednesdays at 11 am in the CSE atrium. Any school affiliates with an interest in starting or joining a startup company are welcome to join to discuss things like what it takes to form a corporation, how to raise investor capital, what kind of roles there are for CSE grads in startups, etc.

Wednesday, February 5^th, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Atrium in CSE1
Uber ATG: meet & greet
Stop by for a chance to meet our engineers in the Allen Center Atrium (CSE1). Be sure to bring your resume! We’ll have bubble tea for the first 30 students!

Wednesday, February 5^th, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Uber ATG: tech talk – Self-Driving Cars
Pre-register here: http://t.uber.com/ATGTechTalkUW

Self-driving cars have the potential to bring efficient, safe, and low-cost mobility to people around the world. At Uber ATG we’ve been working diligently to make this future a reality. We have collected millions of miles of autonomous driving data and have completed tens of thousands of passenger trips in multiple cities in the US. So, what’s the state of self-driving cars today?

This talk will explore several practical challenges in bridging the gap between the current state of the technology and viable self-driving cars of the future. We will discuss challenges in perception, prediction and labeling l that we are solving at Uber ATG, challenges we believe must be addressed before self-driving cars become a reality.

Thursday, February 6^th, 5:30 – 6:45 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Oracle tech talk
Meet Oracle engineers and hiring managers. Learn about current opportunities.

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Monday, January 27^th, 6:00-7:00 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
NVIDIA tech talk: Deep Learning for Autonomous Vehicles at NVIDIA: Challenges and Opportunities
Explore the future of AI computing in an engaging talk led by Senior Manager of Deep Learning Science of Autonomous Vehicles, Nikolai Smolyanskiy. We’ll even be raffling off a GEFORCE RTX 2080 SUPER! To pre-register visit: https://uwnvtechtalk.eventbrite.com

Tuesday, January 28^th, 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., HUB 2^nd Floor Ballroom
Established Company Recruiting Fair
The list of participating companies is available here. NOTE: We are using the Career Fair Plus for our fairs: https://app.careerfairplus.com/uw_wa. The fairs are listed under “University of Washington.”

Wednesday, January 29^th, 1:00 – 4:30 p.m., Atrium in CSE1
Startup/Smaller Company Recruiting Fair
The list of participating companies is available here.

Wednesday, January 29^th, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Apple tech talk: A Deeper Dive – AI/ML tech talk
Apple Tech Talks feature senior technologists sharing the background and details of the work they do with their teams at Apple.
RSVP here.
Please create a profile at jobs.apple.com before the event, and bring multiple copies of your resume. Questions? Email uwashington@apple.com.

Thursday, January 30^th, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Lyceum (HUB)
Apple Engineering Networking Event
Meet Apple hiring managers and recruiters. Learn about internship opportunities.
RSVP here.
Please create a profile at jobs.apple.com before the event, and bring multiple copies of your resume. Questions? Email uwashington@apple.com.

Our first Ugrad Lunch with the new Director of the Allen School, Magda Balazinska will be next Tuesday the 21st from noon to 1 in the Zillow Commons (4th floor of the Gates Center).  This event is open to all current CSE undergraduates.  Please RSVP by this Thursday (using your CSE google account) so we can get a count for food.  There will be pizza and lots of time to ask our new director questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

Are you looking for a cup of coffee or tea to get you through a busy day? Do you want to meet new people in CSE? Enjoy some coffee + tea + snacks, and unwind with your peers!

January 24th: 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM, at CSE2 Atrium

February 7th: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, at CSE2 Atrium

February 14th: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, at CSE2 Atrium

March 6th: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, at CSE2 Atrium

Please RSVP (so we can order more food and coffee!): https://bit.ly/2SGHxM7

– Student Advisory Council

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Monday, November 18^th, 5:30-6:30 p.m., DEM 002
Girls Who Code College Loops Speaker Event
Girls Who Code College Loops is hosting a great opportunity for students to hear what it’s like to be in industry as a software engineer! UW GWC College Loops club will have an event on November18th from 5:30 – 6:20 p.m. in DEM 002. We will have Amazon engineers come and talk to us about their experiences being women engineers in the tech field. Please come join us!

Thursday, November 21^st, 11 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., table in the Atrium (CSE1)
Amazon office hours
Meet our Amazon Software Development Engineers and ask questions about what it’s like working as an engineer at Amazon. https://amazonatuw2019.splashthat.com

Thursday, November 21^st, 5:30-7:00 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Google tech talk for u(w)grads
RSVP: https://goo.gle/techtalk4ugrads
Join us to learn about some of the cool projects happening at Google! Tech Talks are a chance to learn about a day-in-the life of a Google engineer, followed by Q&A, as well as information about Google’s application process, timeline, and other FAQs.

From: GWC College Loops <uwcollegeloops@gmail.com>
Subject: Girls Who Code College Loops Speaker Event

Girls Who Code College Loops is hosting a great opportunity for students to hear what it’s like to be in industry as a software engineer!

UW GWC College Loops club will have an event on November 18th from 5:30 – 6:20 p.m in DEM 002. We will have Amazon engineers come and talk to us about their experiences being women engineers in the tech field. Please come join us!

UW GWC College Loops Officer Team

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Wednesday, November 6^th, 11 a.m. – 12:00 noon, table in the Atrium (CSE1)
Open venture office hours
Joe Wallin (startup lawyer) of Carney Badley Spellman, and Randall Lucas (venture investor) of Voyager Capital, will resume their open venture office hour first Wednesdays at 11 am in the CSE atrium. Any school affiliates with an interest in starting or joining a startup company are welcome to join to discuss things like what it takes to form a corporation, how to raise investor capital, what kind of roles there are for CSE grads in startups, etc.

Wednesday, November 6^th, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., table in the Atrium (CSE1)
Google office hours
Stop by and chat with team members from Google.

Wednesday, November 6^th, 5:30-6:30 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Zillow tech talk: Building a Charity Auction Using Modern Technologies

RSVP: Zillow.Events/UWTechTalk

Date: November 30 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm
Location: Gates Center, G01-CSE2

Speakers: Learn how two Software Engineers used Serverless Framework, Elasticsearch, API Gateway and Authentication/Authorization to develop a fun project and raise money for charity.They’ll also discuss their work on Zillow Offers, a new way for consumers to sell their home. Food provided!

Wednesday, November 7^th, 1:00-2:30 p.m., 305 (CSE1)
Samsung Uventure – Internship Competition Information Session
Description: The purpose of the Uventure program is to facilitate the discovery of new ideas to drive disruptive innovation. Based on the input from eligible university students submitted via the Uventure process, Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center will offer select students the opportunity to pursue development of their ideas through a 2020 summer internship program. Top 3 Teams (up to 3 students per team) will win:

• Offer to join Samsung as 2020 summer interns plus a $1,000 cash prize*
• Samsung mentorship, resources and reasonable monetary budget to execute your idea during the internship
• Expenses-paid trip in April, prior to internship, to visit Samsung’s office in San Jose and present your idea to the SSIC Engineering team at an Award Event
• Note: *Cash prize is given per team and internship offers are extended to each team member