CSE Undergrad News

Don’t forget! Join us for some free smoothies and a movie afterwards! We’ll be watching Up.

Wind down on this Friday afternoon by joining us in the Atrium at 3:00pm. We’ll head to EEB 045 afterwards for the movie.

Overview:
2/11: a16z Tech Talk
2/12: Microsoft Tech Talk
2/13: Hulu Tech Talk
2/14: Google Office Hours
2/14: Amazon Programming Contest
2/15: ACM Smoothie Day & Movie Night

a16z Tech Talk (Ft. Julep)
2/11; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125

Join in our tech talk with founders and key engineers from Julep. Come engage in an interactive session to learn about their backgrounds, challenges faced at startups, and the technology around their product! Dessert will be provided.

RSVP: jessica@a16z.com

Microsoft Tech Talk
2/12; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Tech Talk by Ales Holecek, Corporate Vice President leading the Windows Developer Experience

Get the insider’s view of developing Windows 8. Learn about industry and competitive trends and how they shaped Microsoft’s decision making throughout the development process. You will see how these decisions are reflected in the platform all the way down to the API level.

Ales Holecek joined Microsoft in 2006. He is leading a team responsible for the Windows App Platform. Prior to that he was a Distinguished Engineer and the Director of Development for the Windows Experience for Windows 7.

Enjoy free food and bring your resume for a chance to win an Xbox/Kinect Bundle and a Surface!

Hulu Tech Talk
2/13; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125

Google Office Hours
2/14; 12:00 – 1:00pm; Atrium

Amazon Programming Competition
2/14; 6:00 – 9:00pm; Atrium

Prizes:
1st = $200 Amazon Gift Card
2nd= $100 Amazon Gift Card
3rd= $50 Amazon Gift Card

Sign Up Here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/191550

Sample Problems, Rules, What to Bring can be found at: http://programmingcontest.net/

Limited to 50 participants so register soon!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Jennifer Apacible at apacible[at]cs[dot]washington[dot]edu.

ACM Smoothie Day & Movie Night
2/15; 3:00 – 6:00pm; Atrium & EEB 045

Join ACM for some free smoothies to end your week! Afterwards, we’ll be watching Up.

Thank you to everyone who responded to our movie suggestions survey. If you have any other suggestions for the future, please let us know! We’ll be looking through the list of all submissions before each movie night.

Survey Link: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/191898

ACM is planning some upcoming movie nights and we’d like to hear what you want to watch!

Please submit your suggestions here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/191898

My name is Arash Namvar and I am one of the three co-curators for the
University of Washington’s TEDx conference; TEDxUofW. If you are unfamiliar
with TEDx: TEDx are independently organized events-where communities and
individuals have the opportunity to stimulate dialogue through TED-like
experiences. We hope to bring our own TEDx experience with the “Elements of
Transition”; this year’s theme for TEDxUofW set to take place on April 20th
2013. We are excited to open a forum to the University of Washington
students and community about discovering identities, proactive communities,
and how they shape the world.

TEDxUofW is a TEDx licensee and an independently organized community event.
We are looking for volunteers for our event. Right now, we are looking for
long-term volunteers in Registration Manager, Sponsorship Manager,
Volunteer Manager, Event Day Managers, Speaker Selection Manager, Web
Developer, Social Media Manager, Production Manager, Graphic Design
Manager, Photographer, and Production Technician.

We at TEDxUofW are reaching out to a select group of organizations that are
committed to the power of ideas to support our TEDx event. We felt the
Association for Computing Machinery would contribute to creating a memorable and unique
TEDxUofW atmosphere.

Feel free to reach me directly at tedxuofw@uw.edu if you have any questions
or would like to get more involved in TEDxUofW.

Warmly,

Arash Namvar

Overview:
2/5: Isilon Tech Talk
2/6: eBay Tech Talk
2/7: Zillow Tech Talk

Isilon Tech Talk
2/5; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

EMC Isilon will be coming to UW! Jason Behmer, EMC Isilon Software Engineer and UW Alum, will lead a tech talk about High Performance File Systems and answer your questions about engineering careers with EMC in Seattle. Brilliant engineering discussion with a side of pepperoni. Join us!

eBay Tech Talk: Algorithmic Game Theory of eBay’s Buyer-Seller Matching
2/6; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125

Speaker: Kamal Jain, Distinguished Research Scientist

Kamal is a scientist interested in the interface of technology and business innovation. He earned his doctorate from Georgia Tech in 2000 in areas consisting of computer science, mathematics, & operation research. He is well known in both academic community and technology industry. He has published 75+ research papers in top notch conferences and journals. One of his papers inspired a book on iterative methods in algorithms. He has also published 100+ patents, a third of which have already been granted. He enjoys mentoring. He has mentored dozens of PhD students, most of whom are now at top universities & companies.

Zillow Tech Talk
2/7; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Please join David Beitel, CTO, and Garrett McAuliffe, VP, as they talk about Zillow’s technology.

David Beitel – Chief Technology Officer As CTO, David manages the Technical Engineering team and is responsible for all website, mobile and internal product development, corporate IT, and datacenter operations. One of the initial members of the Expedia team, David held many leadership roles in product development during his 10-year tenure there. Before his Expedia years, David worked at Microsoft in the handheld computing group. David earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and a master’s of engineering degree in computer science from Cornell University.

Garrett McAuliffe – Vice President – Engineering Garrett joined Zillow in 2005 and currently leads the Mobile Technology strategy for Zillow. He’s worked in the Consumer Internet space as a technology leader for companies like Expedia, Inc. and Microsoft. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Irvine in Computer Science.

Zillow’s mission is to empower people to make smart home-related decisions.

Overview:
1/28: VMware Open House
1/28: Google Tech Talk: Inside Google X
1/29: Redfin Tech Talk: Where Ideas Come From
1/30: Mock Technical Interviews
1/31: Amazon Tech Talk

VMware Open House
1/28; 3:00 – 5:00pm; Seattle office

Attention CS students! Please join us for an open house at VMware’s local Seattle office!

Interested in checking out VMware’s Seattle location? If so, sign up for an opportunity to meet with a few of our R & D leaders and Seattle employees on-site and learn more about our full-time and intern opportunities for students. Interested in meeting with us?

You must have RSVP’d to this event by January 24. Note: you will need to arrange your own transportation/carpool to our location.

Google Tech Talk: Inside Google X
1/28; 6:00 – 7:30pm; EEB 125

UW CSE Ph.D. alum Adrien Treuille, a faculty member at Carnegie Mellon on leave at Google X, will begin by providing an overview of activities at Google X.

Nick Hobbs, a graduate of Olin College and a PM at Google X, will discuss the Driverless Car Project.

Plan on roughly 60 minutes of presentation and 30 minutes of Q&A.

RSVP here to ensure we order enough food: http://news.cs.washington.edu/2013/01/16/google-x-talks-at-uw-cse-january-28-6-p-m/

Redfin Tech Talk: Where Ideas Come From
1/29; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Every new company starts with one thing: an idea. how do you build an idea that’s sustainable and marketable enough to become a successful business?

Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman is coming to discuss how to plant the seed that will grow a thriving company. With useful tips for starting your own business and unlikely suggestions for drumming up ideas, you’ll learn how to tell the difference between total genius and total flop, so you know when to go all-in or walk away.

Glenn founded Plumtree Software in 1997, staying through its 2002 IPO. He now runs Redfin, one of Seattle’s premier pre-IPO consumer internet companies with $7 billion in real estate sales. His essays have appeared in the New York Times, TechCrunch and The Wall Street Journal; he was featured on “60 Minutes” and “Today.”

Everyone is welcome. Sushi provided. redfin.com/college

Mock Technical Interviews
1/30; 6:00 – 8:15pm; Atrium

Mock technical interviews afford students the opportunity to participate in a one-on-one simulated interview. Engineers, hiring managers, and other technical employees of local software companies conduct the technical interviews which consist of whiteboard questions, problem solving puzzles and coding questions.

Interviews last 30 minutes with an additional 10 minutes allotted for interviewers to give the students honest feedback on how they did and what they can do to improve their technical interview success.

Amazon Tech Talk: Amazon.com Personalization: Item to Item Collaborative Filtering
1/31: 6:00 – 7:15pm; EEB 105

Brent Smith- SDE Sr. Manager and Director of Personalization

Amazon is hiring Software Development Engineers for: Internships, Co-ops, and Full-time

We’ll be giving away Amazon swag and free food!

SIGCSE is still looking for student volunteers for this year’s conference.  This would be a good time to sign up if you’re interested and haven’t done so yet.

Hal

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Steven Huss-Lederman <huss@beloit.edu>
Date: Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 12:40 PM
Subject: Seeking SIGCSE 2013 student volunteers
To: SIGCSE-announce@listserv.acm.org

A reminder that all CSE undergraduates are urged to take advantage of the Resume Review Workshop in the CSE Atrium on Wednesday, January 16 between 3:00 and 6:00 pm.

This workshop is designed to allow you to gather tips from the experts to turn your resume drafts into documents that will help land your dream job or internship.

All you need to attend is a few copies of your resume–anything from a rough draft to almost-finished product is fine.  Show up anytime between 3:00 and 5:45 pm (plan on 15-20 minutes per review) to share your resume with up to three HR or technical interview experts from Google, Microsoft, amazon, whitepages, Pariveda, and Tableau Software.  These experts will provide resume advice to get your resume in great shape for the Winter recruiting fair on January 23 and 24.

Overview:
1/14: Twitter Tech Talk
1/15: Facebook Tech Talk
1/16: Resume Review Round Table
1/17: Ooyala Tech Talk

Twitter Tech Talk: Personalization and Recommender Systems at Twitter
1/14: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125

Jake Mannix is the Tech Lead of the User Interest Modeling team. He will discuss the state of personalization technology and recommender systems at Twitter, covering topic classification and topical interest/authority graph analysis, training rankers for personalizing content, and the Who To Follow account recommender.

Facebook Tech Talk: Crush your Coding Interview
1/15: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Want to get some inside info on how to crush your coding interviews this winter and spring? Facebook is hosting a presentation on campus that will cover some awesome ways to prepare for interviews with any company.

This talk will be given by Facebook Software Engineers (and UW Alums!). Dinner and SWAG will be provided – see you there!

Please RSVP to this link and check out all of the details: www.facebook.com/crushyourcodinginterview

Resume Review Round Table
1/16: 3:00 – 6:00pm; Atrium

In this workshop, HR reps and recruiters (or other people within companies who screen résumés or serve as the first or second-line reviewers) sit with small groups of CSE students for 15-20 minutes per group and critique resumes, offer suggestions and help them refine the way they present themselves on paper. It is a chance for students to get honest feedback about what’s working and what’s not, and to see examples from other students to help them craft a résumé that really works.

Ooyala Tech Talk
1/17: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

All are welcome!