CSE Undergrad News

In order to accommodate a few events, the building will be unlocked on Saturday, 5/14, from 11am to 4:30pm.

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 1:43 PM
To: cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] High building temps

Our building system is currently not getting any cool air due to a contractor error made during a valve installation a few months back.  They are on site now, trying to solve the problem…but it’s my guess that it won’t be fixed until next week, when it gets cold and rainy again.

Apologies… hope you wore your flip flops and Bermuda shorts today.

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

—–Original Message—–

From: faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hank Levy
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 3:26 PM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; advisors@cs.washington.edu
Subject: Congratulations to Eric Arendt

Congratulations to Eric Arendt who has been selected as one of two 2010 College of Engineering Dean’s Medal winners!

hank

—-Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Borning
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 2:23 PM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] the traffic light

Hi – could someone tell me the story behind the traffic light in the

ugrad lab (and in particular the BatSignal)?  The traffic light

actually came from our UrbanSim project, where we had it connected to

monitor the state of our continuous build system …. but it’s doing

something else now!

thanks,

Alan

borning [at] cs

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The ACM Officers will be holding office hours in the ACM Lounge this week to refund all positive Coke Closet balances.  Please stop by one of the following times:

Monday: 12:30pm-4:30pm

Tuesday: 12:30pm-5:30pm

Wednesday: 11:30am-4:30pm

Thursday: 12:30pm-5:30pm

Friday: 11:30am-1:30pm and 2:30pm-5:30pm

Any positive balances at the end of the week will be lost.  If you cannot make any of the listed times, please contact acm-officers@cs.washington.edu to schedule a time to pick up your money.

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Andrew J. Ko

Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 12:06 PM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Microsoft API study

We are looking for CS students nearing graduation to participate in a study about how APIs, documentation, and online content are used to assess the feasibility of software projects. The study is being conducted by Microsoft and the UW Information School.

Each session will last 2 hours and take place on the UW campus in Sieg Hall. Participants will receive $25 for their participation.

If you are interested, contact Yann Riche for participation and details at v-yarich@microsoft.com (or by phone at 206-910-6315). Sessions will be run during the week of May 10th to May 12th.

If you have further UW-related questions about the study, you can also contact Assistant Professor Andy Ko (ajko@uw.edu).

From: faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Oren Etzioni

Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 10:25 AM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-all-grads – Email Alias; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: Fwd: Facebook to open Seattle office

Subject: Facebook to open Seattle office

In case you hadn’t already heard the news:

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/05/there-goes-the-neighborhood-facebook-to-open-seattle-office/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+Techcrunch+(TechCrunch)

There I was thinking I was such a trendsetter by moving to Seattle. But apparently other people had the same idea, because Facebook is opening an office up here, too. A handful of engineers, led by Ari Steinberg, are making the move up here to open an engineering office, says Facebook. They are looking for office space now and expect to have 30 engineers here within a year.

Also of note – Seattle-based Hadi Partovi, the cofounder of iLike and a former MySpace executive, is joining Facebook as an advisor and will help the office recruit new talent. I can imagine MySpace Seattle engineers will be working on their resumes this morning.

Two weeks ago Facebook announced the opening of an office in Austin focusing on sales and operations. Other than a small engineering team based in Tokyo this is Facebook’s first engineering office outside of their Palo Alto headquarters.

Elise Hebb

Madrona Venture Group

Hey All,

Wondering how to get in on that AWESOME RESEARCH our department is so well-known for? Looking for a great summer project? Planning on writing a senior thesis, but don’t know where to start?

Come to Research Night on May 11th. Due to the overwhelming number of attendees last Fall, this Spring we’ve split Research Night into two events:

1) Come to EEB 125 at 4:30 for a talk and a panel. Gaetano Borriello will be our faculty speaker, and will be sharing some advice from his experience advising undergrad researchers at UW. The panel will include current undergrad researchers ready to answer your questions about their experiences doing undergrad research. Refreshments will be served!

2) Come to the Atrium at 5:30 for the famous poster session. This is where grad students will be presenting posters about their work, describing their current projects, and filling you in on what undergrads can do to get involved with their research projects. This is your VERY BEST CHANCE to find a sweet project – last Spring we had 17 projects presented!

Keep in mind that this is your chance to find a project for Summer OR Fall, so make sure to plan ahead!

Justine

We are looking for CS students nearing graduation to participate in a study about how APIs, documentation, and online content are used to assess the feasibility of software projects. The study is being conducted by Microsoft and the UW Information School.

Each session will last 2 hours and take place on the UW campus in Sieg Hall. Participants will receive $25 for their participation.

If you are interested, contact Yann Riche for participation and details at v-yarich@microsoft.com (or by phone at 206-910-6315). Sessions will be run during the week of May 3rd to May 7th.

If you have further UW-related questions about the study, you can also contact Assistant Professor Andy Ko (ajko@uw.edu).

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:00 PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Alarm testing, ventilation shutdown Wed (4/28) 5am-9am- Allen Center for CSE

The alarm shop will be doing some testing of the system in the building tomorrow morning (4/28) from 5am to 8am.

The alarm will sound, the strobes will flash, the fire doors will close, the elevators will be recalled to the first floor.  There is no need to leave the building during testing.

To add to the fun, the building ventilation system will shutdown from 7:30am to 9am.  This means no air supply to the vents in offices and labs.  This will not affect cooling in the machine rooms.  It will likely be just a little warm, but certainly shouldn’t be an issue.

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

Congratulations to our new treasures Steve Geluso and Steven Rutherford!