CSE Undergrad News

Overview:
11/5: Google Office Hours
11/6: Opscode Tech Talk
11/7: Microsoft Office Hours
11/7: Groupon Tech Talk
11/8: Zynga Office Hours
11/8: Redfin Tech Talk

Google Office Hours
11/5; 12:00pm – 1:30pm; Atrium

Opscode Tech Talk: Building Real-World Teams & Real Distributed Systems
11/6; 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB 125
Christopher Brown, CTO at Opscode, a local Seattle-based startup, will talk about his experiences hiring for, designing, and implementing large-scale services like Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Opscode Chef. He’ll cover both the technical design aspects of fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems, and the human aspects of building teams and working in small, fast-paced operations-focused environments. This will be highly interactive, with questions welcome at any time.

Opscode will be providing a taco/taco salad bar from Taco Del Mar, with both meat and vegetarian options.

Microsoft Office Hours
11/7; 1:00pm – 3:00pm; Atrium

Groupon Tech Talk: Computational Marketing with Vinayak Hedge
11/7; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125
Groupon’s VP of Engineering in Seattle, Vinayak Hedge, to talk about Groupon and one of it’s newest ventures – computational marketing!

Zynga Office Hours
11/8; 12:00pm – 3:00pm; Atrium

Redfin Tech Talk
11/8; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125

Overview:
10/22: Google Office Hours
10/22: “Startups…Seattle…You?”
10/23: Tech Talk: Working in a Startup Environment
10/23: Startup Recruiting Fair
10/25: Industry Affiliates Recruiting Fair
10/25: Intel Talk: College Grad Careers at Intel

Google Office Hours
10/22; 12:00pm – 3:00pm; Atrium

Startups…Seattle…You?
10/22; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125
Ever consider working for startup? Find out what it’s like. Come for the food and drink. Everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask. Hear first hand from successful leaders of the startup world. Questions? Contact yamamoto@cs.washington.edu

Tech Talk: Working in a Startup Environment
10/23; 2:30pm – 3:30pm; Commons

Startup Recruiting Fair
10/23; 3:30pm – 6:00pm; Atrium
Bring your resume! Come talk to companies! A list of recruiting companies may be viewed here: http://www.cs.washington.edu/industrial_affiliates/meetings/2012/recruiting_co/startups/

Industry Affiliates Recruiting Fair
10/25; 11:00am – 4:00pm; Atrium and Commons
Bring your resume and chat with recruiters from lots of companies! A list of recruiting companies may be viewed here: http://www.cs.washington.edu/industrial_affiliates/meetings/2012/recruiting_co/

Intel Talk: College Grad Careers at Intel
10/25; 5:30pm – 6:30pm; EEB 125
Representatives from the following groups will be on hand to share opportunities and experiences with you: Early SW Intern Program; Mobile Communications Group; Software and Services Group; Intel Architecture Development Group; Intel Custom Foundry; Corporate Services; Logic Technology Development; Assembly Test Manufacturing.

Please bring your resume! Raffles and food provided!! For more info on opportunities to join our Intel team, visit: intel.com/jobs or @MikeAtIntel

Overview:
10/15: Technical Interview Coaching
10/16: Qualcomm Office Hours
10/16: Microsoft Tech talk
10/17: Microsoft Office Hours
10/17: Zynga Office Hours
10/17: Qualcomm Tech Talk
10/18: Amazon Office Hours
10/18: eBay Info Session
10/18: Yelp Tech Talk
10/19-10/20: Google: 24 Hours of Good

Technical Interview Coaching:
10/15; 3:30pm – 5:30pm; Atrium
This event is a must for CSE undergrads who will be interviewing for a full-time or internship position over the next year and would benefit from a preview of the technical interview questions they will face (this should include almost all CSE ugrads!)

At this event technical interviewers from the largest local high-tech firms will meet with groups of 2-4 students. The interviewers will describe their technical interview process, give students a few sample questions, and coach students on what they look for in answers. The sessions will include sample programming questions, logic questions and puzzles. Our experts will also provide examples of what they ask in actual technical interviews and how to successfully answer to land the job.

Students will attend three individual sessions of 15 minutes each with three different company volunteers.

Qualcomm Office Hours:
10/16; 10:00am – 4:00pm; CSE 021

Microsoft Tech Talk:
10/16; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125
Come learn how you can be what’s next! Food will be provided. Bring your resume for a chance to win an Xbox/Kinect!

Questions? Want to apply online? www.microsoft.com/university

Microsoft Office Hours:
10/17; 10:00am – 12:00pm; Atrium

Zynga Office Hours:
10/17; 12:30pm – 3:30pm; Atrium

Qualcomm Tech Talk
10/17; 5:30pm – 7:00pm; EEB 125
Join us for a Tech Talk on 10/17 from 5:30pm-7:00pm in EE125. Director of Engineering, Marcello Lioy will be presenting to us on AllJoyn. Bring your resume, there will be lots of food and giveaways.

www.qualcomm.com/careers

Amazn Office Hours
10/18; 12:00pm – 1:30pm; Atrium

eBay Info Session:
10/18; 4:00pm – 5:00pm; HUB 145
We are actively hiring for full-time positions — come listen, watch and learn what eBay Inc. has to offer.

Max Stepin, Senior Director of Engineering at eBay Max manages the eBay Development team working on shipping features. These features include delivery times estimates, and cross-border shipping.

Before eBay, Max worked for 11 years at Microsoft in operating systems and online services. Peggy MacDonald, Product Manager with eBay Peggy has been working on eBay mobile apps since 2008 when the iPhone app first launched.

Yelp Tech Talk:
10/18; 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125
Yelp is holding a tech talk about our latest search projects, and you’re invited! Join our fb group, invite your friends, and bring your resume for our iPad raffle!

Come hear Jim, Yelp Software Engineer extraordinaire, talk about Data Visualization here at Yelp! We’re catering free dinner from Taste of India; rated 4 stars on yelp.com FMI: http://www.facebook.com/events/420812351311668/

Google: 24 Hours of Good
10/19 – 10/20; 5:00pm – 5:00pm (24 hours); Google Fremont Office
Sign up has closed. This is a reminder for anyone who has signed up for the 24 Hours of Good hackathon!

Overview:
10/8: Google Office Hours
10/8: LinkedIn Tech Talk
10/9: Amazon Networking Lunch
10/9: Microsoft Office Hours
10/9: Resume Review Roundtable
10/10: Expedia Tech Talk
10/11: EMC Isilon Tech Talk
10/12: Adobe Taco Truck

Google Office Hours:
Oct 8; 12:00pm – 1:30pm; Atrium

LinkedIn Tech Talk:
Oct 8; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125
Want to work on advanced information-retrieval algorithms, massive scalability infrastructure and storage solutions, and large-scale applications for users on web and mobile devices? Apply now. LinkedIn is looking for interns and new college graduates who want to learn, grow and work with some of the brightest technical talent in the world.

Amazon Networking Lunch:
Oct 9; 11:30am – 1:00pm; Atrium
Come network with software developers and recruiters about what it’s like to work at one of most innovative, fastest growing, tech companies.

Pizza and beverages will be served! Bring your resume!

Microsoft Office Hours:
Oct 9; 1:00pm – 3:00pm; Atrium

Resume Review Roundtable:
Oct 9; 3:00pm – 5:00pm; Atrium
High-tech HR reps and engineers from Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and several other local high-tech companies will be on hand to review your resumes and provide tips to make them stand out. Your resume is a vital part of your internship or full-time job search so all CSE undergraduates are urged to attend.

No RSVP is needed. Students can arrive anytime between 3:00 and 5:30 pm. Each individual review session lasts between 15 and 20 minutes. After the first review students can opt to go to a second and third review. Two or three reviews are recommended to get a good cross section of advice. Make sure to bring at least three resumes or resume drafts!

Expedia Tech Talk – Choose Your Adventure:
Oct 10; 6:00pm – 7:00pm; EEB 125
Come get your geek on learn more about Expedia’s technologies and why we’re the global leader in online travel.

What’s in it for you? Free food, sweet giveaways, cool topics, and a chance to learn about our job opportunities.

EMC Isilon Tech Talk:
Oct 11; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125

Adobe Taco Truck:
Oct 12; 11:30am – 1:00pm
Come grab a taco, courtesy of Adobe! They’ll be parked in front of the CSE building.

All engineering students are welcome to join us for a roundtable discussion about engineering internships and co-ops.

WHO:  Engineering students who have just completed their co-op or internship

WHAT:  Learn about how students got their job, what it was like, tips for you to get your internship or co-op job

WHEN:  Wednesday, October 4, 2012; 3:30-4:20pm

WHERE:  Mechanical Engineering Building, Room 259

Questions?  Ask me:  wieman@uw.edu

Ana Wieman
Engineering Co-op & Internship Program
Wieman (at) uw (dot) edu * 206-685-1789 * 330 Loew Hall

Welcome to Autumn quarter! Please check out all of the events for this coming week.

Overview:
10/1: VMWare Tea Time
10/1: VMWare Tech Talk: The Software-Defined Datacenter
10/2: Microsoft Office Hours
10/2: Tableau Software Tech Talk: Data Analysis for Humans
10/3: Employer Panel
10/4: Amazon Office Hours
10/4: Palantir + Linux Puzzlehunt

ACM-W VMWare Tea Time:
Oct 1; 3:00pm – 4:30pm; CSE 403
Come drink tea, eat snacks, and chat with VMWare at ACM-W’s first Tea Time of the Year! Tea Times are casual, so come when you are available and stay for as long as you like.

VMWare Tech Talk: The Software-Defined Datacenter
Oct 1; 5:45pm – 7:20pm; EEB 125
At VMware, we are pursuing a vision of the Software-Defined Datacenter (SDDC) where the infrastructure, including compute, storage, and networking, has been virtualized and fully automated by software. The promise of the SDDC is to enable IT organizations to deliver services with greater agility, lower cost, and increased reliability. This talk will cover the concepts behind the SDDC, and explore some of the technologies we are developing (e.g., storage and high availability) that underpin this vision.

Microsoft Office Hours
Oct 2; 1:00pm – 3:00pm; Atrium

Tableau Software Tech Talk: Data Analysis for Humans
Oct 2; 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EEB 125
At Tableau, our mission is to help people “see and understand data”. This talk will cover the challenges of making data useful, from building a new analytical engine from the ground up to creating a new language for data analysis to building world-class user experiences that let a wide variety of people ask and answer questions of their data.

Employer Panel
Oct 3; 5:30pm – 6:30pm; EEB 105
All CSE undergraduates who plan on pursuing an internship or full-time employment in 2012-13 should attend our CSE sponsored Employer Panel. The Employer Panel will be the first in a series of highly recommended CSE career events designed to prepare our CSE undergraduates for the recruiting process.

The Employer Panel event will feature a panel of HR reps and recent CSE graduates from local software companies who will provide details on what to expect from employers in the coming months so you can take the steps to land the job of your dreams. Attendee questions are very much encouraged. You should leave this event with a better understanding of the timing and direction of your upcoming job search.

Amazon Office Hours
Oct 4; 12:00pm – 1:30pm; Atrium

Palantir + Linux Puzzlehunt
Oct 4; 6:00pm – 9:00pm; EEB 125
Bring your laptop! Food: Chutney’s Bistro provided.
1st place: Nexus 7 Tablet; 2nd place: $50 Amazon gift card
Questions? Email: linux-puzzle@palantir.com

Twelve days, five forms of renewable energy, action-packed adventures, cultural immersion and memories for a lifetime …

The GREEN Educational Adventure Program gives motivated students a chance to travel to Costa Rica, the epicenter of renewable energy and sustainability, to gain a hands-on educational experience while enjoying the rich culture and helping change the world. Get a sneak preview of the program on our website: www.thegreenprogram.com. (more…)

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

NetApp Tech Talk; Mon, February 27, 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE 105

Join us to learn more about one of the most Innovative and GREATEST places to work!!!

Guest speakers, FREE food and giveaways!!!

Intentional Software tech talk – Making Software Intentionally; Tue, February 28, 5:30pm – 7:00pm; Commons

Intentional Software, making Software intentionally. Please join Shane Clifford, VP of Application Development for Intentional Software Corporation to learn more about the concept of “intentional software” that captures the intentions and knowledge of the users (domain) and displays it in a variety of visual projections in a structured editing environment. We are pioneering the world’s leading language workbench technology and are initially applying it to create domain specific knowledge intensive workbenches for clients with high value problems that no-one else can solve. Shane will demonstrate application of Intentional Software’s technology and methods to real world problems. Intentional Software creates and combines simple yet powerful domain specific languages that empower business and technical experts to express their knowledge and participate directly in the software creation process. Examples from vehicle design, healthcare, and other domains will be demonstrated and explained.

Winterfest; Fri, March 2, 5:30pm – 8:30pm; Atrium

Hangout with all your CSE friends this friday. Games, food, drinks.

Amazon Tech Talk; Wed Feb 22 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125

Come hear David Berge, Quality Assurance Manager with Kindle, talk about what it’s like to work at one of most innovative, fastest growing, tech companies.

Zillow Tech Talk; Thu Feb 23 6:00pm – 7:30pm; EE125

Zillow is a home and real estate marketplace dedicated to helping homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, real estate agents, mortgage professionals, landlords and property managers find and share vital information about homes, real estate and mortgages. We are transforming the way consumers make home-related decisions and connect with real estate professionals.

Smoothie Day (Sponsored by Living Social); Fri Feb 24 4:30pm – 5:30pm; Atrium

Come hang out and grab some free smoothies with your friends this Friday!