CSE Undergrad News

Kim Polese is a leading Silicon Valley entrepreneur and innovator. She will speak on Thursday at 3:30 in EEB 105 on “The Journey of the Entrepreneur.”  She will discuss her experiences from 25 years in Silicon Valley founding and leading groundbreaking technology projects and software companies, sharing stories from the trenches, lessons learned, and insights about what it takes for a promising technology to become an innovation that changes the world.

Ms. Polese earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biophysics from the University of California, Berkeley and studied Computer Science at the University of Washington.

Complete information here.  Please join us!

We would love to see some of your student and Faculty at AFDS. The event is taking place from June 11-14; however we suggest interested parties register soon! We are offering 50 free entries to the event to Faculty and 100 free entries to Students and they will be awarded on a first come, first serve basis.

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Get a head start on the next era of computing

Get FREE access to the premier event that is helping to usher in a new era of computing: Visit amd.com/afds and enter code STUCOMP when you register.

This is an incredible time to be a student in any area of computer science. There’s an unprecedented level of change and innovation occurring–in both hardware and software:
Tablets and mobile devices are exploding. User interfaces are becoming richer and more intuitive. Services are shifting from the desktop to the cloud. But all these trends are placing incredible demands on existing hardware and software platforms.

Heterogeneous computing is a new paradigm designed to help meet these demands. If you’ve heard of it, you’re ahead of the curve. If you haven’t, you need to catch up. Fast.

Want an edge on your peers when competing for an internship or a job? Then arm yourself with insight into heterogeneous computing, OpenCL, OpenGL, and C++ AMP.

Sound overwhelming?

Don’t worry–you can help boost your knowledge and skills in less than a week.
Attend the premier event on heterogeneous computing

AMD and others are pioneering the hardware and software platforms required to make heterogeneous computing a reality. And the momentum is building–fast. To help unite the industry and advance the skills required to take advantage of the new paradigm, AMD is hosting its second annual AMD Fusion12 Developer Summit (AFDS).

Held June 11-14, 2012 in Bellevue, Washington, AFDS provides an intense immersion into the world of heterogeneous computing and the impact it will have on a huge range of technology sectors.

Learn from the best in the industry

Want to know where this new paradigm is headed? We’ve secured some of today’s most visionary technologists to share their insights on how heterogeneous computing will affect areas like the cloud, multimedia and graphics, security, user interfaces, device capabilities, and more.

Plus, the event features nearly 100 intensive working sessions, premier demonstrations, and a chance to meet developers and representatives of the industry’s leading hardware and software companies.

Get access to AFDS for free
AMD believes so strongly in helping students get a head start in the world of heterogeneous computing that we’re offering 100 free entries to the event.* But they’re on a first come, first serve basis. Just enter code STUCOMP when you register. Please note that you must have a .edu email address and you will be required to provide proof upon entrance (a student ID) to the event that you are a full-time student at a post-secondary school.** To learn more, and access registration, visit amd.com/afds.

Sincerely,
The AFDS Team

P.S.: Remember, the number of free student scholarships is limited to 100. Register today using this code: STUCOMP

* Event entry only. Student is responsible for paying for travel, hotel, food and any other expenses.

Hey everyone,

This is a reminder that we’ll be having the annual CSE spring BBQ this Friday from 4:30 pm to 7 pm at Sylvan Grove.

This is also the last week for you to purchase T-shirts. Orders will no longer be accepted on May 20th. Get your shirts at: http://abstractionary.com/uw_cse_2012

Last, but not least, ACM-W is having their Spring canoe trip this Saturday from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. Meet in the Atrium.

Hey CSE Grads and Undergrads!
Join us for an exciting canoe and picnic trip on Saturday 5/19 10:30am to 1:30pm. Come make some new friends (grad and undergrad, men and women) while paddling on Lake Washington and we might even get to see some cute ducklings! It’ll be an adventure!!!

Meet in the atrium @10:30AM or by the WAC @10:50AM

Ready to build some web apps?! Come join Marty and other UW students in our annual hackathon sponsored by Google and Yahoo!

This year we have broken the event into two segments. We have the Lightning Round (6 hours) for those of you that don’t want to give up a whole day for the competition and a 24-hour hack for those brave/crazy enough to code the night away.

Come for free food, great prizes and a great night of coding!

So, here is the schedule:
– 5pm Kickoff
– 6pm Dinner
– 11pm Lightning round ends and presentations begin
– 11:30pm Lightning round award ceremony
– 3am What, are you still up?
– 8am Breakfast
– 12pm Lunch
– 5pm Competition ends and presentations begin
– 5:30pm Award ceremony

Rules:
– The max team size is 4 UW students
– The contest officially starts at 5pm on Friday the 11th. You can do research, but don’t start officially working on the project until the competition starts.

TouchDevelop is a new way of developing mobile apps just ON the phone. No PC required.

You get a Windows Phone for 24 hours and your goal is to create the most awesome app using TouchDevelop.

See what others have already published at http://www.touchdevelop.com/gallery

Win Kinects, Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phones and other prizes!!! See you at the Commons (room 691)

May 4th  5pm – May 5th 6pm

Please join us on Wednesday, May 2^nd, at 3:30 p.m. in the Commons for this discussion.

Date:  May 2^nd, 3:30 p.m.

Where:  Gates Commons, Room 691

Panel members:  Glenn Kelman, CEO Redfin; Christophe Bisciglia, CEO WibiData; Dan Weld, Thomas J. Cable/WRF Professor; Alex Loddengaard, CEO MemCachier

Panel Moderator:  Oren Etzioni, WRF Entrepreneurship Professor

Why Work at a Startup?

Inspired by success stories like Google and Instagram, more UW students are now thinking about joining startups after they graduate.   Those of us in the startup world that know how amazing UW CSE graduates are — we wish we could see more UW CSE graduates in the startup space, changing the world with their creativity and passion.  On Wednesday, 5/2 at 3:30 pm in the CSE Commons, a few distinguished members of the startup community will come talk on a panel about why you should consider working at a startup.  You’ll hear from Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO; Christophe Bisciglia, WibiData CEO and UW CSE alum; Dan Weld Thomas J. Cable/WRF Professor; and Alex Loddengaard, MemCachier CEO and UW CSE Alum talk about why you should consider working for a startup.  The panel will be moderated by Oren Etzioni WRF Entrepreneurship Professor.  This panel was originally inspired by a blog post Alex wrote, “10 Facts About Working at a Startup vs. a Big Company”

Glenn Kelman

Glenn is the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate brokerage based in Seattle. Prior to joining Redfin, he was a co-founder of Plumtree Software, a Sequoia-backed, publicly traded company that created the enterprise portal software market. Glenn was raised in Seattle and was graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

Christophe Bisciglia

Christophe founded WibiData in 2010 after having founded Cloudera, the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based software and services. Prior to Cloudera, Christophe was at Google, where he developed and taught a course at the University of Washington on the MapReduce data processing model and related topics in distributed computing. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington.

Alex Loddengaard

Alex is currently a co-founder at MemCachier, a company making caching easier in the cloud.  Earlier in his career he worked for Glenn Kelman at Redfin, and for Christophe Bisciglia at Cloudera.  In addition to working at two startups, he’s also worked at larger companies including Google, Atlassian, and Northrop Grumman.

Dan Weld

Dan is the WRF/TJ Cable Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UW.  He co-founded Netbot Inc. (acquired by Excite), AdRelevance (acquired by Nielson Netratings) and Nimble Technology (acquired by Actuate). In addition, he serves as a member of Madrona’s Technology Advisory Board. At the University of Washington, Dan leads a research team applying machine-learning techniques to problems of Web search, information extraction, and adaptive user interfaces.  He earned bachelor’s degrees in both Computer Science and Biochemistry at Yale University in 1982, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1988.

Oren Etzioni

Oren Etzioni is the WRF Entrepreneurship Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UW and founder of Decide. Oren also founded Farecast, an early market leader in travel metasearch.  Farecast was acquired by Microsoft in 2008.  He was the Chief Technology Officer and board member of Go2Net Inc. (acquired by InfoSpace) and a founder of Netbot, Inc. (acquired by Excite).  At Netbot, Dr. Etzioni helped to conceive and design the web’s first major comparison-shopping agent. In 1995, he and his student Erik Selberg developed MetaCrawler, the Web’s premier Meta-search engine for several years. He also is a co-founder of Clearforest (acquired by Reuters).  He received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard University, and his MS and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

We’ll be sending out information regarding the CSE ceremony in the next day or two, but please read this if you are hoping to participate in the larger UW ceremony, or need information on cap and gown or parking, etc.

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Complete information is available at www.graduation.uw.edu.

School and Departmental celebrations

You MUST purchase parking permits through the main UW site if you want to park on campus during the CSE graduation event.

Graduation vs. Commencement

Please remind students that there is a difference between signing up to officially graduate and signing up for the Commencement Ceremony.  To graduate and obtain a diploma, students need to fill out the proper paperwork from either, the Office of Graduation and Academic Records (undergraduates) or The Graduate School (graduates).  To participate in the Commencement Ceremony, students must register via the Commencement Registration/Order Form at www.graduation.uw.edu after completing their graduation paperwork.  The web form will be available from May 1 to May 20, 2012.

Names listed in the program – deadlines

The Commencement program lists the names of graduates from Summer 2011 through Spring 2012.  Note: Spring 2012 bachelor’s degree candidates must have their Application to Graduate submitted and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records by the April 13th deadline in order to have their names listed.  Master’s and doctoral degree candidates must have their Master Degree Request submitted, or Doctoral Final Exam scheduled, by April 13^th in order to have their names listed.  Summer 2012 graduates’ names will be listed in the following year’s program.  These deadlines apply only to the program.  They do not apply to participation in the ceremony itself.

Cords for College and Departmental Honors

If a student qualifies for these honors please ensure that you have submitted your Departmental Honors Invitation to the Honors Program (MGH 211 or Box 352800) by April 13, 2012.  Undergraduates will then be eligible to purchase special honor cords online when they order their caps and gowns.

Changes to Cap and Gown Pick up

Cap and gown pick up will be at the University Bookstore beginning May 22 – June 2.  Students will select their pick up dates online when placing their orders May 1 – May 20.

Thank you for your assistance in this process and I wish you all a successful graduation season!

Sara Griggs

Director

Office of Ceremonies

(206) 543-2592

Your Steps to a Great Commencement Day

CenturyLink Field – June 9, 2012

Visit www.graduation.uw.edu for complete ceremony information.

1. 1.        Eligibility:

Bachelor Candidates:  Students who earned a degree in Summer 2011, Autumn 2011, or Winter 2012, or have applied to graduate with a departmental advisor for Spring 2012 or Summer 2012 are eligible. Once the application for graduation has been completed and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records (206-543-1803), the student will be eligible to complete the Commencement Registration/Order Form.

Master’s, Doctoral or Professional Candidates: Graduates who earned their degrees in Summer 2011, Autumn 2011, or Winter 2012 or candidates who have a reasonable expectation of graduating in Spring 2012 or Summer 2012 are eligible to participate.

Names Listed in Program:  The Commencement program lists the names of graduates from Summer 2011 through Spring 2012.  Note: Spring 2012 Bachelor’s Degree candidates must have their Application to Graduate submitted and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records by the April 13th deadline in order to have their names listed. Master’s and Doctoral degree candidates must have their Master’s Degree Request submitted or Doctoral Final Exam scheduled, by April 13^th in order to have their names listed.  Summer 2012 graduates’ names will be listed in the following year’s program.  Students who do not wish to have their names listed in the program must contact the Office of the Registrar (206-543-5378) by May 1^st.

Honors: If you qualify for College or Departmental Honors, be sure you or your advisor has submitted your Departmental Honors Invitation to the Honors Program (MGH 211 or Box 352800) by April 13, 2012.  For information about baccalaureate honors visit: http://www.washington.edu/students/gencat/front/Deans_List.html.

1. 2.        Signing up and Ordering Apparel, Parking Permits, and Guest Tickets online 

Register/Place your order online:  May 1^nd – May 20^nd at www.graduation.uw.edu

Participants must register, order tickets, pre-paid parking permits (on-campus events only), and apparel no later than May 20^th via the above website.  Payment will be taken online when finalizing your order.  Visa, MasterCard, debit card, or valid checking account number will be accepted.

Apparel prices: Bachelor apparel (purchase only) – $45.00, Master’s apparel (purchase only) – $65.00, Professional apparel (rental) – $75.00, Ph.D. (rental) – $85.00.  See website for Professional/Doctoral purchase information.

Individual School/College or Departmental Ceremony participants must order via the above website by May 20^th, 2012, if your ceremony requires apparel or parking permits.  Parking permits ($14) are required for all ceremonies on campus occurring during normal parking hours or on June 9^th.  Payment will be taken online.

Travel and Parking at CenturyLink Field.

Option #1:  CenturyLink/Metro Express Parking. A package including Commencement Day parking in the Tower Garage or the Portage Bay Garage plus two roundtrip tickets on the CenturyLink/Metro Express buses will be offered to those who complete the Registration/Order Form.  The cost will be $14.   Those who purchase this package can add up to 4 more roundtrip tickets for $4.50 each.  Those who chose this option will be directed to the CenturyLink/Metro Express buses, which will run from University Way NE to 5^th and Jackson (in the tunnel) downtown, approximately two blocks from the stadium.

Option #2:  Park on campus in the Central Plaza or N1/N5 lots and take the local 71, 72, or 73 buses from University Way NE to downtown (5^th and Jackson).  Metro will honor U-PASSes for these routes on Commencement Day.  However, only students who purchase CenturyLink/Metro Express Parking (Option #1) will be able to ride the CenturyLink/Metro Express buses.

Option #3:  Park near CenturyLink Field. When students complete the Registration/Order Form they will be sent a link and code to obtain guaranteed pre-paid parking permits ($20) for CenturyLink Field. Special disability parking options will be available. This will be the only guaranteed parking.  Due to a Mariners game that day, parking surrounding CenturyLink Field will be very limited.  Day-of (non-prepaid) parking cannot be guaranteed and may cost $25 or more.

1. 3.        Pick-up Your Order:  May22^th – June 2^nd (students will select specific dates online) at the UW Book Store (during normal bookstore hours).

1. 4.       Come to CenturyLink Field, June 9^th, at 12:00 p.m. and celebrate!  CONGRATULATIONS!

Please join us on Wednesday, May 2^nd, at 3:30 p.m. in the Commons for this discussion.

Date:  May 2^nd, 3:30 p.m.

Where:  Gates Commons, Room 691

Panel members:  Glenn Kelman, CEO Redfin; Christophe Bisciglia, CEO WibiData; Dan Weld, Thomas J. Cable/WRF Professor; Alex Loddengaard, CEO MemCachier

Panel Moderator:  Oren Etzioni, WRF Entrepreneurship Professor

Why Work at a Startup?

Inspired by success stories like Google and Instagram, more UW students are now thinking about joining startups after they graduate.   Those of us in the startup world that know how amazing UW CSE graduates are — we wish we could see more UW CSE graduates in the startup space, changing the world with their creativity and passion.  On Wednesday, 5/2 at 3:30 pm in the CSE Commons, a few distinguished members of the startup community will come talk on a panel about why you should consider working at a startup.  You’ll hear from Glenn Kelman, Redfin CEO; Christophe Bisciglia, WibiData CEO and UW CSE alum; Dan Weld Thomas J. Cable/WRF Professor; and Alex Loddengaard, MemCachier CEO and UW CSE Alum talk about why you should consider working for a startup.  The panel will be moderated by Oren Etzioni WRF Entrepreneurship Professor.  This panel was originally inspired by a blog post Alex wrote, “10 Facts About Working at a Startup vs. a Big Company”

Glenn Kelman

Glenn is the CEO of Redfin, an online real estate brokerage based in Seattle. Prior to joining Redfin, he was a co-founder of Plumtree Software, a Sequoia-backed, publicly traded company that created the enterprise portal software market. Glenn was raised in Seattle and was graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

Christophe Bisciglia

Christophe founded WibiData in 2010 after having founded Cloudera, the leading provider of Apache Hadoop-based software and services. Prior to Cloudera, Christophe was at Google, where he developed and taught a course at the University of Washington on the MapReduce data processing model and related topics in distributed computing. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Washington.

Alex Loddengaard

Alex is currently a co-founder at MemCachier, a company making caching easier in the cloud.  Earlier in his career he worked for Glenn Kelman at Redfin, and for Christophe Bisciglia at Cloudera.  In addition to working at two startups, he’s also worked at larger companies including Google, Atlassian, and Northrop Grumman.

Dan Weld

Dan is the WRF/TJ Cable Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UW.  He co-founded Netbot Inc. (acquired by Excite), AdRelevance (acquired by Nielson Netratings) and Nimble Technology (acquired by Actuate). In addition, he serves as a member of Madrona’s Technology Advisory Board. At the University of Washington, Dan leads a research team applying machine-learning techniques to problems of Web search, information extraction, and adaptive user interfaces.  He earned bachelor’s degrees in both Computer Science and Biochemistry at Yale University in 1982, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1988.

Oren Etzioni

Oren Etzioni is the WRF Entrepreneurship Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UW and founder of Decide. Oren also founded Farecast, an early market leader in travel metasearch.  Farecast was acquired by Microsoft in 2008.  He was the Chief Technology Officer and board member of Go2Net Inc. (acquired by InfoSpace) and a founder of Netbot, Inc. (acquired by Excite).  At Netbot, Dr. Etzioni helped to conceive and design the web’s first major comparison-shopping agent. In 1995, he and his student Erik Selberg developed MetaCrawler, the Web’s premier Meta-search engine for several years. He also is a co-founder of Clearforest (acquired by Reuters).  He received his undergraduate degree in computer science from Harvard University, and his MS and Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

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