CSE Undergrad News

There will be dessert in 002 this evening!

Jason Tan, UW CSE ’06, is the co-founder and CEO of Sift Science, a San Francisco startup that uses large-scale machine learning to defeat cybercrime. He’ll share lessons learned from working at three different startups and running his own, and what he wish he knew when he was an undergrad.

If you want some career advice, and/or want to learn more about applying machine learning to a real world problem, join him and Zorah Fung (UW CSE ’14, Sift Science intern) today for some yummy desserts at 7:45 pm in Lab 002!

The College of Engineering Student Advisory Council (COESAC) is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, of students who would be interested in serving on the Council for the 2014-15 academic year.  To that end, we ask that departments to circulate this call for nominations to undergraduate and graduate students in their department as soon as possible.  It would be particularly helpful if undergraduate and graduate advisors would call this opportunity to the attention of students whom they believe would be particularly effective members of this Council and encourage them to apply.

Apply here: http://tinyurl.com/COESAC2014

Deadline: October 31^st, 2014

COESAC provides a student perspective on planning and budgeting issues for the College of Engineering.  The group, which consists of approximately 12 undergraduates, 5 graduate students, and 3 at-large representatives, meets on Friday afternoons from 3:30-5:00 in the COE Dean’s conference room to discuss a broad range of issues.  During the 2013-14 academic year, COESAC submitted recommendations the Dean on issues ranging from changing the admissions model for UW COE departments to providing opportunities for multi-disciplinary capstones.  COESAC seeks to include a diverse range of student perspectives in its conversations, and to bring about tangible changes to the student experience in the College of Engineering.

The time commitment involved in serving on COESAC is significant.  The Council meets at least once a month, and will often generate its own agenda.  Students should be self-motivated to provide a student voice on issues facing the College.  The Dean will provide a charge to the Council at the beginning of the year and will come to the Council with planning questions for student input, but the Council will also be asked to identify one to two areas of need within the College and work independently on proposals for solving that need.  Applicants should ensure that they are available to meet on Friday afternoons from 3:30 to 5:00 for the duration of the academic year.  It has proved just too difficult to schedule meetings at any other time.  Dean Bragg or his designee will attend most of the Council’s meetings, except when the Council chooses to meet without him.  Although Council members are not strictly “representatives” of any particular student group (that is the role of ASUW), they are encouraged to solicit and present to the Council the views of as wide a cross-section of students as possible.

Students interested in applying to be members of COESAC for the 2014-15 academic year, should submit an application via Catalyst (above), detailing their qualifications for serving on the Council.

Councilmember Duties

Student Advisory Councilmember Terms of Service:

• Councilmembers will serve 1-year terms with 1-year reappointment possible.
• Staggered terms (i.e., some will proceed for re-appointment at end of first year. The council will ask for volunteers to serve an additional year or end terms as needed for staggered terms.
• Reappointment does not require a new application.
• Total annual commitment: minimum 35-45 hours, including meeting time, preparation for meetings, and follow-through work arising from decisions at meetings.

Meeting Schedule:

• Monthly meetings, except summer quarter (~8/year).
• Standing meeting time set annually (1.5 hours/meeting).
• Dean’s Office staff will attend meetings depending on agenda.
• The Dean or his designee will likely attend most meetings as well, depending on schedules and the agenda.

Key topics that may be addressed annually by the Student Advisory Council:

• Budget issues and planning
• Student recruitment and retention (focus on increasing diversity)
• Student engagement outside of the classroom
• Course fees
• Academic Programs (new programs and expansion of existing programs)

Questions? Contact dfeetham@uw.edu.

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Daniel Feetham

Associate Director

College of Engineering – Student Academic Services

301 Loew Hall, Box 352180

Seattle, WA 98195-2180

206.685.2426

206.543.1770 (appointments)

http://engr.washington.edu

Summary:

·       10/20: Intentional Software tech talk, 6 pm, EE125

·       10/21: IXL Learning info session, 12 pm, CSE403

·       10/21: Startup recruiting fair, 2-5:30 pm, Atrium *

·       10/21: Pitch session gong show, 6-7:30 pm, EE125

·       10/21: Desserts in 002, brought to you by Sift Science, 7:45 pm

·       10/22: VMware tech talk, 6 pm, EE125

·       10/22: LLNL tech talk, 6 pm, CSE403

·       10/23: Recruiting fair, 11 am-4 pm, Atrium and Commons *

·       10/23: Yelp tech talk, 6:30-7:30 pm, EE125

·       10/24: Groupon tech talk, 12:30-1:30 pm, CSE403

* Drop off your backpack in the ACM lounge! We will keep it safe until you come back!

Details:

Intentional Software Tech Talk

An information session by: Paul Kwiatkowski, Chief Architect, Intentional Software

Monday, 10/20 6-7 pm, EE125 Food & drinks available

Conventional software platforms treat the user’s date as a secondary concern, focusing on relatively low-level services an application may or may not use. Intentional Software is developing a platform that turns this model inside-out. Application authors must focus on precisely capturing the user’s intent and contributions, and defining projections of the user’s work as interactive UI tailored for various tasks. By conforming to this model, an application automatically acquires a rich set of high-level functionality that few companies can afford to develop themselves. Intentional is creating innovative software that will transform the way organizations collaborate to create and share ideas. Come talk to us. intentsoft.com/careers

IXL Learning Info Session

Information Session

October 21, 2014 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. CSE 403

Attend our information session to learn more about what IXL has to offer and be entered to win a kindle fire! About IXL Learning IXL Learning is an educational technology company like no other. We’re passionate about creating the best educational technology possible by developing first-of-their kind products used by millions of learners, from children to adults. People count on us to make learning as effective as it can be, and we are deeply committed to solving the real-world challenges faced by students and teachers around the planet. Positions Available • Software Engineer (multiple positions) • Product Analysts – Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Spanish & French • Product Manager • Product Designer

Startup Gong Show/Networking Event

October 21, 2014 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EE125

All startup companies invited. Short talk by Greg Gottesman, followed by opportunities to learn more about startup companies.

VMWare Tech Talk

Large Scale Distributed Systems in the Real World – Our Experience Building VMware Log Insight

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Speaker Bio: Mayank Agarwal is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at VMware. He is a member of the VMware Log Insight development team, where he has been helping with the design and implementation of their distributed systems architecture. Mayank previously worked at other groups, including at Microsoft where he helped design, implement and operate some of the critical services required to operate Microsoft’s Azure cloud infrastructure. He has authored several papers and patents in the area of parallel computing.

Yelp Tech Talk

Yelp engineer Bryan E talks about Threat Monitoring Using Open Source Tools. Abstract: Learn how Yelp uses open source tools to monitor for malicious activity and protect our machines. Bryan E. will walk through a few simple examples using an ELK stack, and show how to detect anomalies on your machine using Yelp’s recently open sourced OSX collector tool.

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/369401329892681/

Bring your CS/EE resume to enter the raffle. See you there! Read more about our engineering at engineeringblog.yelp.com and check out our recent challenge at yelp.com/dataset_challenge.

ACM is still looking for backpack check-in volunteers! If you have 30 minutes or more to spare on 10/21 or 10/23, we would appreciate your help!

Fill out the below Catalyst survey with your availability:

http://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kgoel/250452

ACM is having backpack check-in during the career fairs again! Please drop off your stuff in the ACM lounge and we will monitor it for you until you come back (make sure to bring your Husky Card so we can verify it’s you). No need to lug around heavy laptops and backpacks while you are busy talking and collecting swag!

We are also looking for volunteers to help with backpack check-in. If you have 30 minutes or more to spare on 10/21 or 10/23, we would appreciate your help! Fill out the below Catalyst survey with your availability:

http://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/kgoel/250452

CORRECTION: Location is Gugganheim 220

First time at a tech career fair? Need some resume advice? Want tips on how to stand out from the crowd and dazzle recruiters?

Have no fear… ACM is here!

We will be having a presentation tomorrow (10/16) on what you can expect at the career fairs. ACM officers Karan Goel and Grant Timmerman will offer words of wisdom on how you can be successful and land your dream internship or full-time offer. There will also be Q/A after the presentation, so be ready with your questions!

Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm, 10/16

Location: Gugganheim 220

Summary:

• Monday, 10/13, Qumulo tech talk, 6 p.m., EE125
• Tuesday, 10/14, Twitter office hours, 2 – 4 p.m., Atrium
• Tuesday, 10/14, National Desert Day with Google (Women Only), 4:30 p.m., Google Fremont (bus 31/32)
• Tuesday, 10/14, Twitter tech talk, 6 p.m., EE125
• Tuesday, 10/14, Amazon recruiting, 6:30 p.m., HUB Room 145
• Tuesday, 10/14, Facebook tech talk, 7:30 p.m., Facebook Seattle HQ (buses leaving front of CSE)
• Wednesday, 10/15, Google office hours, 1-3 p.m., Atrium
• Wednesday, 10/15, mock technical coaching, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Atrium
• Thursday, 10/16, Extrahop lunch + info session, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., CSE403
• Thursday, 10/16, Zillow tech talk, 6 p.m., EE125

Details:

Qumolo Tech Talk

What are the toughest problems facing enterprise storage and data management? Join us for free food, cool people, and an informative talk by Qumulo’s VP of Engineering, Neal Fachan October 13th, 6 pm in EE125

Google National Desert Day (Women Only)

Women in CS, come for cupcakes and fun with women @ Google
There is limited space so sign up now! Women have priority and the extra slots are given to men.
RSVP at: goo.gl/sFDBKS

Buses 31&32 take almost directly to the office

Event on Facebook

Twitter Tech Talk

Founded in 2006, Twitter has grown quickly since its inception. With this growth, we’ve collaborated to ensure that our code base is clean and scalable. Leslie Miley, Mgr. of Product Safety Engineering, will discuss what we’ve learned from scaling the Twitter code base and dive into techniques we are using to mitigate introducing risk and unnecessary complexity into a fast moving code base that serves millions of users daily. Tuesday, October 14, 2014 6-7pm EE 125 Free Food and Swag Meet with Engineers and Campus Recruiter #TwitterAtUW

Amazon Recruiting

Bits UW, Ascend UW, and UW American Marketing Association are hosting one of the biggest and most influential companies in Seattle as Amazon comes to campus Tuesday, October 14th. Amazon employees and recruiters will be on hand from various backgrounds talking about opportunities for all majors!

Event on Facebook

Facebook Tech Talk

Please join us for a technical talk by Shu Wu, software engineer on timeless infrastructure! More details provided when you RSVP. RSVP at facebook.com/events/508652065937591

Mock Technical Coaching

Receive inside tips on interviewing from local software company recruiters. CSE undergraduates who will be interviewing for a full-time or internship position over the next year will benefit from this preview of the technical interview questions they will face.

ExtraHop Lunch

1. free pizza and binary 12th man t-shirts

2. learn about working for a hot startup

3. wear t-shirt the next week at the recruiting fair for a chance to wine a goPro

Zillow Tech Talk

YOU, ZILLOW & CHIPOTLE + iPad Giveaway! Tech Talk, Thursday, October 16, 6:00pm Room EEB125

Zillow runs the largest real estate web site in the United States. We also have the most popular real estate apps on smart phones and tablets– with 25 apps available across iPhone, iPad, Android Phones & Tablets, Windows Phone and Blackberry devices. In this session you will learn what it takes to build web and mobile technologies to scale up to handle tens of millions of users viewing information on hundreds of millions of homes each month.

The ACM Programming Contest (ICPC qualifier) is this Saturday, October 11th. There is still a little bit of time to register as a team of three, or as an individual — we’re going to close registration tonight at midnight. No experience needed, and Google is providing lunch!

We are looking for volunteers to help out with the Career Fair (10/21 and 10/23) and Fall Fest (11/7). If you are interested in volunteering at one or both of these events please email acm-officers@cs.washington.edu

Time commitments are flexible and we can work with your schedule!

You will be compensated with karma points, eternal gratitude from your fellow undergrads, and love from the ACM officers 🙂

Summary:

10/6 – Resume review workshop, 2:30-5:30 p.m., Atrium

10/7 – Amazon tech talk: How Amazon Uses Big Data to Delight Our Customers, 6-7 p.m., EE125

10/8 – Google office hours, 1-3 p.m., Atrium

10/8 – Nike tech talk, 5:30-7:30 p.m., EE125

10/9 – EMC Isilon tech talk, 5:45-7:15 p.m., EE125

Details:

10/6 Resume Review Workshop 

HR reps and engineers from all the major local software employers will be on hand to review CSE undergraduate resumes and provide tips to make them and you stand out.

10/7 Amazon Tech Talk

How Amazon Uses Big Data to Delight Our Customers” by Robert Simmering, Software Development Manager

Amazon is hiring Software Development Engineers for: Internships, Co-ops, and Full-time We’ll be giving away Amazon swag and free food!

10/8 Nike Tech Talk

*Food will be provided* Be there. RSVP at http://nike.avature.net/college?tags=UWcdt2014

As always, dress is Nike casual

10/9 EMC Isilon Tech Talk

EMC Isilon Tech Talk Speaker: Avi Bhandari – Software Engineer. Food/Drinks provided

EMC Isilon builds the world’s largest, fastest filesystem using clustered computing development in both the kernel and userspace, delivering a proprietary distributed filesystem on top of FreeBSD. Learn how you can solve challenging problems in scalability, help drive cloud computing and storage to new levels, and work where you can make a difference. Visit me.emc.com, or email Alex.Brynza@Isilon.com to learn more about our opportunities.