CSE Undergrad News

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (www.kpcb.com), a world-leading venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley, just announced that they are now accepting applications for the 2017 KPCB Engineering Fellows Program and we’d like to share this opportunity with you.

The KPCB Fellows Program is a unique, career-defining opportunity for technical students who are interested in pursuing technology, entrepreneurship, design and startups. With a portfolio of some of the fastest growing startups companies in Silicon Valley, the program matches students to companies like Coursera, Slack, Square, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Synack for summer work experiences. Additionally, this small cohort of Fellows will gain exclusive access to events and programming with the partners at Kleiner Perkins, CEOs and executives across a variety of our portfolio companies, and other talented KPCB Fellows.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHWkqKBCH6k

Applications for the 2017 KPCB Engineering Fellows Program are open now and close September 30th, 2016.

To learn more and apply, you can visit http://www.kpcbfellows.com

• Please make sure to register for any graded 498 or ungraded 499 research you do. You can register through MyCSE. In addition, please remember to enter paid research into your MyCSE portal.

• Each student is limited to 6 graded credits of 498 research (the limit is 9 if you are doing honors). 498A is the regular graded research option, 498B is the honors option.

• If you are interested in finding a research position, keep an eye out for ACM’s Research Night! This will likely take place in November and will give you the opportunity to connect with researchers in various CSE labs.

The UW CSE Outreach Team needs to hire a student employee for the 2016-2017 academic year.  This person would become part of the CSE outreach team and would do things such as help with logistics and planning for various K-12 outreach events, work on websites, host student groups, lead various outreach activities, and do some general office work.

Hi everyone!

This week has some big events going on.  First of all, ACM-W is holding a Summer Meetup on Wednesday, May 18th, in the Atrium from 4:30 to 6pm.  This event is meant for summer interns, researchers, and FTEs, and is a great chance for you to meet people you might be working with.  If you’re interested, please fill out this survey to help connect you with people in your area, and RSVP to the FB event.

At 4:30pm on Friday, May 20th, ACM will be holding the annual Spring BBQ.  This event is bound to be super hot fiyah and will feature music, beer (21+), and food.  We will also be playing inflatable  soccer, and a few of our favorite faculty will be taking a pie to the face.  Definitely come and check it out, it’s going to be awesome.  If you’re the most wonderful kind of human (and you want some free CSE swag), you can also volunteer to help out with this event by filling out this fantastically short survey.  Setup is from ~3:30-5:00 and cleanup will be ~7:30-8:00.

Also, KRNL Labs will be holding office hours Thurs, May 19, 14:30 – 15:30 at a table in the Atrium.

Finally, we have some big news regarding ACM elections.  I’m excited to announce that the following individuals have been elected as next years officers:

Event coordinators:  Sheen Dudwadkar, Aishwarya Mandyam, and Raquel Van Hofwegen

External Relations:  Jack Armstrong

Internal Relations:  Carl Ross

Secretary:  Karishma Mandyam

Vice chair:  Mahir Kothary

Chair:  Johan Michalove

Thanks to everyone who ran this year, it was a tough competition.  I’m looking forward to seeing what next year’s officers have planned for the department.

Love,

John

Hi everyone,

The following office hours are happening this week:

• Tuesday, May 10 – Google office hours, 11:30am – 1pm, Atrium
• Thursday, May 12 – Amazon office hours, 1-2:30pm, table in the Atrium
• Thursday, May 12 – KRNL Labs office hours, 2:30-3:30pm, table in the Atrium

As usual, check out the ugrad calendar for more info.

We will also be holding ACM elections this week, so keep an eye out for an email in the next few days with a link to the voting page.

Love,

John

Please see the following research conference opportunity. Although the conference name includes “MIT,” it is available to all undergraduate students. Yoshi recommends it!

2016 IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference
November 4-6, 2016 | MIT, Cambridge MA, USA
http://ieee.scripts.mit.edu/conference

Call for Papers
Submission Deadline: September 3^rd, 2016

Envisioning a technical conference targeted towards undergraduate students all over the globe, last year, the MIT IEEE Student Branch inaugurated the IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research Technology Conference. This year we are organizing it again, with the goal that the conference will be a venue where undergraduate students can meet to present, discuss, and develop solutions to advance technology for humanity. Participants can attend a rich program with renowned speakers, technical sessions, a student design competition, exhibits, networking, and social activities, presenting a great opportunity for students to interact with leading industry experts.

The conference theme is “Meet Innovative Technology”, and the six focus technical tracks are:

1. Machine Learning and Cloud Computing
2. Biological and Biomedical Engineering and Technology
3. Robotics and Automation Technology
4. Communication and Security
5. Wearable Technology
6. Innovative Technologies X-Track

Authors may submit content in the form of a Technical Paper, Poster, or Lightning Talk.
To submit: https://ieee-r1-studentconference.myreviewroom.com

All submissions must be written in English. Paper submissions must be no longer than 4 pages with minimum font of 10 point, single-spaced, and submissions may include figures, illustrations, and graphs. Abstract submissions for poster and lightning talk are limited to 500 words.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Submission will be online, with deadline September 3^rd, 2016. Notification of acceptance will be sent via email by September 24, 2016.

A conference proceeding of all the accepted papers that have been presented at the conference may be published, and included in the IEEE Xplore. Electronic and online media containing all accepted submissions will be distributed to all registered attendees.

Student Accommodation:
IEEE MIT Student Branch can arrange MIT student volunteers to host visiting student attendees at the MIT resident hall. This is only available for non-MIT Students and it is free.

Please join the mailing list (MIT-Conference@ieee.org) for more information and updates on the submission, technical program, registration, and accommodation.

For inquiries, please email: ieee-ucc-chairs@mit.edu Alice Zhan (Chair), Helen Zhou (Vice Chair)

Best Regards,
Soon Wan : )

Interested in pursuing a PhD in CSE? Join us on Wednesday, May 4th from 4:30 – 5:30pm in the Gates Commons for an information session featuring CSE faculty and grad student panelists.

Panelists will cover topics such as:
-Why do a PhD anyway?
-What kind of research experience do you need?
-How do you ask for letters of recommendations and how do you make sure those letters are strong?
-How many schools should you apply to? How do you choose what schools?
-And any other questions you may have!

Questions? Contact Maggie Ryan, maggiem@cs.washington.edu

Interested in pursuing a PhD in CSE? Join us on Wednesday, May 4th from 4:30 – 5:30pm in the Gates Commons for an information session featuring CSE faculty and grad student panelists.

Panelists will cover topics such as:
-Why do a PhD anyway?
-What kind of research experience do you need?
-How do you ask for letters of recommendations and how do you make sure those letters are strong?
-How many schools should you apply to? How do you choose what schools?
-And any other questions you may have!

Questions? Contact Maggie Ryan, maggiem@cs.washington.edu

We encourage you to sign this petition about offering CS in public schools

The following was authored by Brian Mosley and originally published in the Computing Research Policy Blog.

America’s top CEOs, state governors, and education leaders joined forces this morning to ask Congress to support computer science in K-12 schools. In an open letter, the leaders called on Congress to increase support for local school districts and jurisdictions for K-12 computer science education. There is also a Change.org petition, so the public can weigh in with their support. This letter is an effort that has been led by the Computer Science Education Coalition, which we wrote about when it launched in March, and Code.org.

In the letter, the signatories identify many of the compelling reasons that more support is needed. It also includes an announcement of $48 million in new commitments by the letter’s signers, which will be added to the contributions of other “private donors (who) have collectively committed tens of millions of dollars to solving this problem.” This money will go to boosting computer science education nationwide.

The list of signers is itself quite impressive. Over half (27) the nation’s governors, both Democrats and Republicans, have signed on. As well, a diverse collection of CEOs, from Microsoft to Walmart to DuPont, have lent their support, signaling how important this issue is, not just to the high tech sector but to the modern economy as a whole. Hadi Partovi, CEO of Code.org, makes this point well: “It used to be that computer science and technology were about tech companies in California…at this point, there’s not a single industry or a single state you can look at where the field and the market isn’t being changed by technology.” There are also a wide cross-section of the nation’s K-12 educators, from the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education to Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District, and computer science education leaders, such as the CEO of NCWIT and the President & CEO of NAACP. This is a bipartisan and cross-cutting issue.

This is an unprecedented letter and effort, which is becoming a recurring theme for CS education this year. When President Obama announced his CS for All initiative in January, the CS community was given a great opportunity to step up, and we accepted the challenge. Though we are still under a difficult Federal budget environment, which is not favorable for new programs, hopefully this letter will move the needle in Congress. At the very least, it’s an excellent arrow for the CS community to have in its quiver.

Hi everyone,

This week we have a few events going on, as usual check out the ugrad calendar for more info.

• Wednesday, April 27 – Whitepages Study Session (feat. Babak and probably other people), 6 – 7:30pm, CSE 403
  • Reps from Whitepages are coming out to answer any questions you might have (food and swag included)
• Thursday, April 28 – Amazon office hours, 1-2:30 p.m. table in the Atrium
• Thursday, April 28 – KRNL Labs office hours, 2:30-3:30 p.m. table in the Atrium

Love,

John