CSE Undergrad News

Have a great summer! o(≧∇≦o)(o≧∇≦)o

-Jennifer Apacible

From Ed Lazowska:

FANTASTIC article.  Many many thanks to all of those who participated!!!!!

http://www.geekwire.com/2012/computer-science-class-2012-headed-excites-technology/

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[….] I think the System folks will be
interested. Students can enjoy a 50% discount by entering “Students50”
at EventBrite.

Seattle Entrepreneurship Club is proud to announce the visit of Mr.
Zhan Wang, VP of Baidu.com, to Bellevue City Hall on June 6th, 2012.
Event agenda:

1. China’s internet growth trend and internet user behavior analysis.
2. Summary of Baidu’s innovative services and products.
3. Baidu’s strategy in regards to helping US advertisers target
Chinese customers.

Details of this event can be found at:

http://wangzhan.eventbrite.com/

Thanks,

Sam
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Hey everyone,

T-shirts are in.

I’ll be sitting at the acm office in the lounge today from 3pm – late.

Alternatively I am also planing to hold t-shirt office hours next Tuesday from 11am – 5pm.

Tim

Dear Students,

I hope this email finds you well. As we have done in the past two years, we are working with a third party vendor to gather feedback from engineering and computer science college students regarding their perception of Yahoo! and I’m hoping that you won’t mind please sending this out to your students and any relevant email lists.

We’re offering a $10 Amazon.com gift card to the first 30 survey respondents at our key schools. The survey takes approximately 15 minutes to complete and the student will receive the gift card electronically in 3-4 weeks.

All of your students’ responses are confidential and anonymous.

To begin the survey, please click here:

http://survey.confirmit.com/wix5/p2064010539.aspx

Thank you and best regards,
Marlou Del Barrio
University College Recruiter at Yahoo!

We would be grateful if you could please circulate this information to your colleagues and students.   Please note the deadline for the McNair Application is May 30, 2012 by 5:00pm

Printable PDF of McNair Applications are online:

http://depts.washington.edu/uwmcnair/McNair%20Application%202012-2013g.pdf

You are invited to apply for the McNair Scholar Program.  The Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program prepares undergraduates for doctoral study through involvement in research and scholarly activities.  For more information please go to: http://depts.washington.edu/uwmcnair/description.htm

In order to apply for the McNair Program, you must meet the following eligibility criteria, set by the U.S. Department of Education. Because this is a federally funded program, these are strict requirements.

To be eligible, you:

• must be a U.S. citizen or U.S. permanent resident
• must be a low-income student who is also a first-generation col lege student (for detailed descriptions, click on the links); or
  must be a member of a group that is underrepresented in graduate education (African American, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hispanic/Latino, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander)
• must be currently enrolled as an undergraduate in a degree program at the UW¹
• must have completed 36 credits by the time of initial entry into the program
• must have at least one year remaining before graduation (i.e., if you are graduating within the year, you are not eligible for the program)
• must have a minimum cumulative GPA of: 2.8 (sophomores), 3.0 (juniors), 3.2 (seniors)
• must have STRONG desire to attain a Ph.D.

¹Post-baccalaureate students and students who already have one bachelors degree are not eligible for the program.
²Students whose career goals include a medical (MD) or other professional degree (JD, MBA, PharmD, etc.) are not eligible for the program.

http://depts.washington.edu/uwmcnair/eligible.htm

Subject: Paid participants wanted for software engineering user study

You are invited to evaluate a tool for verifying the absence of bugs in software.

Participants will spend 2-3 hours using a software verification tool, and answering a questionnaire. Each participant will be given a $35 Amazon gift certificate. The study will take place at the Paul Allen Center at the University of Washington.

If you are over 18 and have completed CSE 331 (or its equivalent), you may be eligible to participate. The risks associated with study are consistent with the risks of regular computer use, including but not limited to: ergonomic risk, and possible frustration when learning and performing the computer task.

This study is being conducted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle campus. Your participation in this research is voluntary, and you are free to refuse to participate or quit the experiment at any time.

If you have questions about the research or are interested in participating, please contact Todd Schiller by email attws@cs.washington.edu. The University of Washington Human Subjects Division requires us to inform you that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information sent by email.

The UW CSE ACM Teaching Award is given each year to a faculty member elected by the undergraduate majors in the department. The ACM Chapter is proud to organize this process and to recognize some of our outstanding teachers.

Please fill out this short survey to nominate a professor for the ACM Teaching Award.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/timjv/167332