Hi all,
If you haven’t looked at the Calendar we have ALOT of tech talks in the next few weeks, so here they are in one big reminder. But before that,
0.) WINTERFEST!!!!
Event: Winterfest Social Event
Date: Friday, February 18th, 6pm-9pm
Place: The Atrium!
Cost: Free for ACM members, $6 for everyone else
This will be equally, if not more, exciting than Fallfest! There will be a better proportion of free food, alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, video games, lots of board games, a dance floor, and a great atmosphere to hang out! Look for the theme on the posters soon to go up! If you have any other suggestions for activities or other suggestions contact an ACM officer (we have heard the call for Kinects, and we are working on it!).
Also, if anyone would like to volunteer to set up, take down, or run a table for fall fest send the acm officers a message and we’ll get back to you (their email is acm-officers at cs…) We’ll contact you closer to the event with more details.
And now the tech talks…
1.) Redfin Info Session
When: Tue, February 8, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Where: Atrium
Redfin is a great new start up based right here in Seattle taking over the e-Real Estate busines. Their CEO is a great guy, these are great people! http://www.redfin.com/about/college-recruiting
2.)Google tech talk
When: Wednesday, February 9th, 6pm-8pm
Where: EE105
Description: Have you ever imagined applying your education, research, and experience to benefit millions of people around the world? There are many opportunities for Google engineers to make immediate impact and work on real problems. Our engineers are also encouraged to make contributions to the computer science community through a variety of professional development activities, such as attending conferences, publishing papers, open source, and more. Come and hear local engineers Charlie Reis and Atul Adya briefly talk about how they have done this at Google. See details below. When: Wednesday, February 9, from 6-8 PM Where: 105 Sign up for this event by RSVP’ing here. (RSVPing helps us know how many people to order food for, but everyone is welcome!) Charlie will share his experience with research opportunities at Google, specifically on the Chrome team. He’ll talk about chances to write papers and serve on program committees, as well as how research at Google can differ from other labs, such as shipping experimental projects to millions of users. Charlie Reis is a Software Engineer on the Google Chrome team. He finished his PhD at UW CSE in 2009, working with Steve Gribble and Hank Levy. His research interests focus on improving the reliability and security of web browsers for running modern web applications. Atul will share his perspective on systems research at Google and it with his experience in other labs/product groups. In particular, he will discuss how research and publications in infrastructure systems happens at Google. He will also share his opinion on the Google culture and why Google continues to be exciting place for graduate students. Atul Adya is a Software Engineer at Google leading a team building a large-scale notifications system. Prior to Google, Atul worked at Microsoft Research (on a distributed file system called Farsite) and in Microsoft product groups (Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Live Mesh) in the areas of distributed systems, databases, file systems, object-relational systems and wireless systems. Earlier at the MIT Computer Science Laboratory, he worked on the Thor persistent object store in the areas of weak consistency, transactions, and object caching. Atul received his B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and his S.M. and PhD degrees with Prof. Barbara Liskov from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research interests span a broad range of systems including distributed systems, storage systems, databases, operating systems, and wireless systems. Please check out our job opportunities at www.google.com/students/eng and complete this form to receive announcements about future job opportunities, scholarships, and programs. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. We look forward to meeting you!
Jessica Einfeld University Programs Google Inc.
3.)Yelp info session
When: Thursday, February 10th, 5:30pm – 7:00pm
Where: CSE Atrium
Yelp is an awesome mid-sized start up based out of downtown San Francisco. They specialize in local search, peer reviews, a great website, and mobile apps. Check them out at www.yelp.com or their careers page http://www.yelp.com/careers?jvi=oyXeVfwo,Job.
4.) VMWare Infosessios
Tuesday February 15th, 5:30pm–6:30pm
WhereAtrium
Description: We can’t virtualize YOU, so consider joining our team today! VMware maintains a deep connection to its academic roots. We recognize that today’s students are tomorrow’s trailblazers and appreciate the opportunity to benefit from your fresh perspective while sharing our experience with you. VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in cloud infrastructure, delivers customer-proven virtualization solutions that significantly reduce IT complexity. VMware accelerates an organization’s transition to cloud computing, while preserving existing IT investments and enabling more efficient, agile service delivery without compromising control. Come hang out and get a download of VMware, FREE Food and Drinks!
VMware Campus Relations — jobs.vmware.com
5.) RIM Tech Talk
When: Wed, February 16, 6:00pm 7:30pm
Where: Atrium or EE
RIM=Research in Motion. They’re a well known company with lots of new ideas coming out! Check it out: http://www.rim.com/careers/students/
And then there is Winterfest, February 18th, 6-9pm.
Chris & UW ACM Officers
