CSE Undergrad News

We need some volunteers to help us during spring break, March 19th.  There will be 30 high school kids visiting our department. We have about 40 minutes to run an activity with them or show them some demos from course projects.  If you have anything you’d be willing to help us with, please email me directly: ceney@cs

Here are the times on the 19th
10:15-10:55

Crystal Eney

University of Washington – Seattle

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 at tws@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 College of Engineering scholarship application for the 2012-2013 academic year is open now. The application will close on May 1 at 5pm.

http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/scholarships.html

CSE takes scholarship applications twice per year. You should apply during this application period if:

• You are a Computer Engineering major. CSE only has a small amount of awards to give out this application cycle, given to us by the College of Engineering, which means that only CE students are eligible to receive them.
• You wish to be considered for College of Engineering awards such as Emerging Leaders, etc.: http://www.engr.washington.edu/curr_students/studentprogs/emergingleaders.html (CE and CS majors eligible, be sure to select “College of Engineering” when applying).

The bulk of the 2012-2013 CSE scholarships are awarded during the summer application period (Aug 1-Sept 1). So if you don’t fit into any of the above categories, don’t worry. You have a second chance!

Hey everyone, some of you have been noticing malformatted news emails (myself included) this can be rectified by going to the ugrad news blog, following the ‘Edit your profile’ link, going to the ‘Subscribe2’ tab and then changing your notification setting to html.

Hey CSE majors!

Don’t forget that the study abroad application for the 2012-2013 academic year is due this Friday. The CSE department has three year long one-for-one student exchanges with:

-ETH in Zurich, Switzerland
-KTH in Stockholm, Sweden
-University of Saarland in Saarbrucken, Germany

You can access the application directly here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/cseadv/49599

…Or from the CSE study abroad home page: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/beyond/exchanges.html

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From: Marcial, Laura <marcial@ad.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Subject: Undergraduate student recruitment for HCI study

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Call for Participation: Investigating Searching tasks across devices–desktop, iPad and iPod

My name is Laura Marcial. I am a Doctoral Candidate at UNC Chapel Hill working locally at UW. My dissertation research is focused on studying searching task efficiency across the current suite of devices: desktop, tablet (iPad) and mobile (iPod). We are looking for participants to help by performing searching tasks on these devices in a lab setting.

You will be asked to perform some searching tasks on a desktop computer, an iPad and an iPod. The study will take place in Room 418 of Sieg Hall on the University of Washington campus. It will consist of a single 3-4 hour session with breaks.

We are looking for undergraduate students over the age of 18 who are current iPod, iPhone or iPad users. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at marcial@unc.edu.*

Beyond the basic requirements for device experience and age, participants of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and familiarity levels with computers are encouraged to participate!

WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU $60 FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.

Sincerely,

Laura Haak Marcial
Doctoral Candidate
School of Information and Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill

*Please note that the confidentiality of your email cannot be guaranteed
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Thank you for your help!

Laura Marcial

For the third year in a row, the NSF-funded AccessComputing Alliance is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support undergraduate research students with disabilities during the summer.  Please let your undergraduate students know about these opportunities and have them fill out the application form at the website:

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/blaser/155328

Students interested in an internship should also apply to be an AccessComputing team member by filling out the application at

http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/team_app.html.

To enhance the research experience we are working in cooperation with the CRA-W DREU program where students and mentors will join that program to help enrich the research experience.

In either case, the application should be submitted before February 29, 2012.

If you have any questions please contact me or Brianna Blaser, blaser@uw.edu.

Thanks,

Richard E. Ladner

Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering

University of Washington

PI for AccessComputing

ladner@cs.washington.edu

http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/

— Note to students regarding AIT Budapest —

I am writing to encourage you to consider an extraordinary study abroad program, AIT Budapest, for students interested in computing, design, and entrepreneurship.
AIT particularly encourages and welcomes applicants from the University of Washington.  Two UW CSE students attended the program in Fall 2011.

While most AIT students are CS majors, the program welcomes all students with an interest and background in computation.  For example, students contemplating their own tech startup or with interests in application areas such as computational biology are likely to find the program compelling and rewarding.  CS majors will find that AIT offers a number of courses that are required for their major (e.g., theory of computation, algorithms, and others), making it possible to take both traditional major courses while also taking other courses that are unique to AIT.

The AIT program has a first-rate faculty including professors such as Erno Rubik (inventor of the Rubik’s Cube and recent recipient of the U.S. Outstanding Contributions to Science Education Award), an innovative curriculum including courses such as “Computer Vision for Digital Postproduction” taught by faculty affiliates from Colorfront Studios (recent recipients of an Academy Award for technical contributions), and a guest lecture series that brings prominent speakers to campus.

All classes are conducted in English on AIT’s lovely campus on the banks of the Danube River.  Students live in vibrant neighborhoods of Budapest and have ample opportunities to interact with Hungarian students and explore Hungary and the region.

AIT is small and friendly, with typical class sizes of 5-15 students.  Recent  and current U.S. AIT students have come from a variety of colleges and universities including Carleton, Dartmouth, Grinnell, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Lewis and Clark, Macalaster, Mt. Holyoke, Pomona, Princeton, Skidmore, Swarthmore, Vassar, Williams, and the University of Washington.

The program also includes a small number of Hungarian students.

Applications for Fall 2012 are due April 15.

The AIT website and application materials are available at:

www.ait-budapest.com

Prof. Ran Libeskind-Hadas (ran@cs.hmc.edu) and Prof. Michael Orrison (orrison@math.hmc.edu) at Harvey Mudd College are serving as the North American Co-Directors for AIT and are happy to answer any questions that you might have and/or put you in touch with current and former AIT students so that you can get their impressions directly.

Hello CSE majors,

Are you looking to add one additional credit to your schedule? Are you interested learning more about CSE research? Are you doing CSE research and interested in sharing your experience with other undergrads outside your research group?

Consider adding CSE 497: Undergraduate Research Seminar to your schedule. This 1 credit seminar meets once a week throughout the quarter for 50 minutes.

Registration Details: We are currently waiting for the course to be added to the time schedule. It will be under CSE 497, please look for it this evening. Note: TODAY (Monday) is the last day to add/drop without the $20 fee. If you have seen this email too late, please email ugrad-advisor and we’ll help you get registered.

Brief Course Description: This course aims to get current undergraduates interested in CSE related research topics by exposing them to projects that are currently going on in the department. Additionally, this course gives current undergrads a venue to discuss their research with other students outside of their research area.

A typical 50 minute meeting is primarily lead by a grad student or undergrad who is currently doing research. The majority of class time is devoted to the presenter talking about one primary topic with the possibility of a second. The primary discussion topic is related to their research area. Following the research discussion, further dialog and discussion will be opened up for entire class participation.

Student Responsibilities: At the end of the quarter, each student must write a single page reflection on a research area discussed that they found the most interesting and why. Additionally, students who are currently doing research are highly encouraged to sign up for a presentation, but not required.