CSE Undergrad News

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From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:05 PM
Subject: THURSDAY 1:30: Symposium on Machine Learning for Protein Design

The UW Institute for Protein Design (IPD) is hosting an afternoon (THIS THURSDAY) of talks by researchers who work in the interdisciplinary field of protein design and machine learning. CSE undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in collaborative research in the protein design field are very welcomed!   Come hear from David Baker (UW Professor and one of the world’s leading experts in protein design) and others about this research and research opportunities.

May 23, 2019, 1:30p – 4:00p

CSE2 (Zillow Commons)

Reception to follow the talks with finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages provided. Mingle with the speakers as well as current members of the Baker lab!

Speakers include:

UW professor and TED speaker David Baker, director of the IPD, who will share how his lab is leveraging decades of biophysical data to create software to design brand new biomolecules that fight cancer, degrade gluten, and act as potent vaccines.

UW Associate Professor Frank DiMaio will describe efforts in developing automated approaches to improve the molecular energy function used in Rosetta, and the development of GPU-enabled versions of basic Rosetta algorithms.

Professor Jinbo Xu, senior fellow at the Computational Institute at the University of Chicago, who will share how his team built one of the best-in-class deep-learning tools for modeling the structure of natural proteins based on information encoded in DNA.

UW PhD student, Nao Hiranuma, who will share his approach to incorporate deep learning techniques to boost the performance of the current refinement protocol in the Rosetta framework.

Thanks!

Hank

Hi all!

Research night is happening again on Tuesday, 5/28 at 4:30 PM in the Amazon Auditorium in CSE2. Please RSVP here.

In addition, we will be hosting an optional coding challenge for the research night. You can complete it here. Your response will be sent to labs to help them find a good fit for their research.

ACM is committed to ensuring that all CSE events are accessible for all students and is happy to arrange disability accommodations for students (with advanced notice). Please reach out to Chloe Dolese (our ACM adviser) at cdolese@cs.washington.edu if you have any questions or requests. Please note that we occasionally may not be able to fulfill a specific request but will do the very best we can to ensure you have a positive experience at our event!

Best,
ACM

The ETS (Ecole de technologie suprieure) in Montreal, Canada is hosting
the Sixth Frederick Jelinek Memorial Summer Workshop
(https://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/19-workshop). We are seeking outstanding members of the current junior class to join a summer research workshop on language engineering from June 24 to August 3, 2019.

The 8-week workshop provides an intense intellectual environment.
Undergraduates work closely alongside senior researchers as part of a
multi-university research team, which has been assembled for the summer to attack some problem of current interest.

The teams and topics for summer 2019 include:
* Speaker Detection in Adverse Scenarios with a Single Microphone
* Distant supervision for representation learning in speech and handwriting
* Improving Translation of Informal Language
* Using Cooperative Ad-hoc Microphone Arrays for ASR
* Neural Polysynthetic Language Modeling

We hope that this stimulating and selective experience will encourage
students to pursue graduate study in human language technology, as it has
been doing for many years.

The summer workshop provides:
* An opportunity to explore an exciting new area of research
* A two-week tutorial on current speech and language technology
* Mentoring by experienced researchers
* Participation in project planning activities
* Use of cloud computing services
* A $5,600 stipend and $2,500 towards per diem expenses
* Private furnished accommodation for the duration of the workshop
* Travel expenses to and from the workshop venue

Applicants apply via a form on the workshop’s page
(http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/current). Applications should be received by Friday, March 15th, 2019. The applicant must provide the name and contact information of a faculty nominator, who will be asked to upload a recommendation letter by March 23, 2019. Please note that the application will not be considered complete until it includes both the C.V. and the letter.

The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School 2019

“Emerging Research Trends in Computer Science”
https://cmmrs.mpi-sws.org

August 6-11, 2019
Saarbruecken, Germany

Applications are requested from undergraduate students or Master’s
students in computer science, computer engineering, or a related
discipline to The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research
School. The third of this new annual series of week-long schools will
focus on emerging research trends in computer science, including
computer systems, heterogeneous architectures, machine learning and
teaching, data visualization, security and privacy, formal methods,
and programming language design. Leading researchers will engage with
attendees in their areas of expertise.

The curriculum will include lectures and interaction with faculty from
participating institutions.

The small, select group of attendees will be exposed to
state-of-the-art research in computer science, have the opportunity to
interact one-on-one with internationally leading scientists from three
of the foremost academic institutions in research and higher learning
in the US and in Europe, and network with like-minded students. They
will get a sense of what it is like to pursue an academic or
industrial research career in computer science and have a head start
when applying for graduate school.

For full consideration, applications should be received by February 7,
2019. Travel and accommodation will be covered for accepted students.

Further information about the school and how to apply can be found at
https://cmmrs.mpi-sws.org.

Hank Levy
7:35 AM (8 hours ago)
to cs-ugrads, vgrads

Prof. David Baker in Biochemisty – one of the top researchers in the world in protein design – is looking for undergraduate and 5th year CSE students with some machine learning knowledge (e.g., some familiarity with PyTorch or Tensorflow) to work on projects using deep learning in his research lab. Understanding protein design is one of the keys to understanding disease. David has worked a lot with faculty and students in CSE in the past with great results, including creation of the online game foldit. More info here:

Deep learning for protein structure prediction and design

The prediction of protein structure from amino acid sequence and the design of proteins with new structures and functions are long standing scientific challenges. Deep learning has the potential to transform these areas, as illustrated by the recent advances by Deep Mind in protein structure prediction. The Baker group in the UW Institute for Protein Design has openings for students interested in research projects in this area, the only requirement is some familiarity with Tensorflow or PyTorch. Students would work closely with graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the group with considerable domain expertise.

Contact David Baker at dabaker@uw.edu.

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We are recruiting exceptionally talented undergraduate scholars to our Bruins-In-Genomics (B.I.G.) Summer Research Program held at UCLA. B.I.G. Summer is an 8-week full-time immersion program for undergraduates interested in learning about Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Genomics — and developing some of the skill-sets that are critical for 21st century Biological and Biomedical Research, and Precision Medicine.

We are now accepting applications to the fifth annual B.I.G. Summer Research Program, to be held June 24 to August 16, 2019, at UCLA. Next summer’s program offers introductory workshops in bioinformatic methods for genomics and computational biology followed by in depth, hands-on training in one of UCLA’s many participating laboratories. Areas of research include:

• Biomedical Genetics and Genomics

• Neurogenetics

• Cancer genetics

• Population Genetics

• Microbiome analysis

• Immunology

• Host pathogen interactions

• Ecosystem modeling

In addition, B.I.G. Summer offers career development workshops, graduate school preparations, and networking opportunities for undergraduates interested in quantitative and computational biology.

Fellowships are available that cover stipends of $400 to $5000, on-campus housing, and travel to and from Los Angeles.

Please spread the word among colleagues and undergraduate students! If you know an undergraduate who is thinking about a career in computational biology, please encourage them to apply by forwarding this email and the attached PDF. In addition, we would be grateful if your department could post a printed copy of the flyer in an area where undergraduate programs are displayed.

JUNE 24 TO AUGUST 16, 2019
APPLICATION DEADLINE: February 4, 2019 at 5:00PM PST

For more information on upcoming and past B.I.G. Summer programs, please visit our webpage:
https://qcb.ucla.edu/big-summer/

Hello CSE undergraduates!

ACM’s Research Night is here and will be held on Tuesday, November 27th (ECE [formerly EEB] 105) and Thursday, November 29th (ECE 125) from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.  

At Research Night, you can expect:

• To learn about research in the Allen School and the benefits of participating in research
• A keynote speech from a distinguished researcher/professor
• Lightning talks from various labs
• Lab tours
• Potential research opportunities

Note that the two nights are identical — please attend only one of the two nights.

If you have any questions, please contact us at acm-officers@cs.washington.edu.

We hope to see you at Research Night!

Join an experimental and  multi-disciplinary Directed Research Group, led by Prof. Daniela Rosner (HCDE) and Prof. Megan Finn (iSchool):

https://www.hcde.washington.edu/research/rosner#troubled-words-au18

Troubled Worlds: Rethinking Computing in the Age of Climate Change 

This yearlong, weekly, reading and research group seeks to understand the role of computing tools and infrastructures in climate change along three central axes. First, we consider environmental histories of the internet and the impact of the development of information technologies on the environment. Second, we examine the environmental cost of computing within late capitalist economies with a particular focus on eWaste and air pollution. In particular, we ask: where does the material substrate of computing systems (e.g., handheld devices, the internet) come from and go to? In addressing this question, we also necessarily consider how the environmental impact of computing is distributed across local and global scales. Third, we evaluate policy and governance frameworks and radical interventions to mitigate computing’s impact on climate. To help us examine different approaches, we plan to draw on campus experts in climate change.

Brief Schedule

Fall quarter will be devoted to reading broadly and understanding existing ongoing work in this area.

Winter quarter will be dedicated to digging deeper into topics of interest to research group members and formulating research projects.

Spring quarter will focus on executing the research projects.

Required Experience

We’ve aimed the group’s content at doctoral level students, but we are happy to consider applications from undergraduate and masters students who have taken research methods classes and/or feel comfortable reading peer-reviewed academic research.

Required Availability

Register for 1 to 2 credits for fall quarter. Indicate availability for additional quarters (not required).

Meet for 2 hours each week.

Work 4 to 6 hours each week outside of meetings.

How to Apply

Space is limited. We encourage students to apply to this research group with the expectation of continuing across the year. Please email organizer Professor Megan Finn (megfinn@uw.edu) and Professor Daniela Rosner (dkrosner@uw.edu) with the following information indicating eligibility.In your introductory email, please include the following:

Confirmation that you meet the availability requirements.

A few paragraphs describing your experience relevant to the required experiences outlined above.

Best regards,

Isabel Carrera Zamanillo

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Specialist
UW College of the Environment

1492 NE Boat St, Suite 210B
Seattle, WA 98105
micz@uw.edu

Dear students!

This year the Allen School will send students to both the Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing and Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing. Funding from CSE will include airfare, hotel (shared), and conference registration. Along with sending both undergraduate and graduate students to the conferences for personal and professional development, the Allen School is sponsoring booths for PhD student recruitment.

Read on to learn more about each conference and to apply for funding to attend!

ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing
September 19-22, 2018 — Orlando, FL
Apply for Allen School TAPIA funding by Wednesday June 27

The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to:

• Celebrate the diversity that exists in computing;
• Connect with others with common backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, and gender so as to create communities that extend beyond the conference;
• Obtain advice from and make contacts with computing leaders in academia and industry;
• Be inspired by great presentations and conversations with leaders with common backgrounds.

The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
September 26-28 — Houston, TX
Apply for Allen School GRACE HOPPER funding by Wednesday June 27

Grace Hopper is the largest gathering of technical women in the world, an exciting celebration of diversity in tech, and a fantastic academic and professional opportunity. GHC features professional and personal development workshops, a career fair, social activities, and research presentations. Past attendees have generally found GHC incredibly valuable for connecting with peers and industry, exploring grad school, and feeling inspired in their CS work.

Please apply for either conference funding by Wednesday June 27, 2018. We will notify those selected to attend by Friday June 29th.

-Raven & Elise