CSE Undergrad News

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From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Daniel Halperin
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 1:53 PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List
Cc: uw-systems – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Android apps for SCIENCE

Some friends of mine at CMU have developed an Android app that measures some aspects of WiFi use as it relates to location. For those of you who care about your privacy (hopefully, all of you!) the application

“automatically remembers the location where you had internet access through WiFi and maps [them] so that you can look them up later. The application is developed as part of a research project. We do not collect any information that identifies our users.”

(Dan’s note: unless you consider WiFi names, IP addresses+timestamps, etc. as identifying).

The QR-code to scan to get the app is here: http://wifimap.cmcl.cs.cmu.edu/

Please help out with the conducting of SCIENCE!

Thanks,

Dan

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From: faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Oren Etzioni
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 8:44 AM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Cc: faculty – Mailing List; ‘Linden Rhoads’; ‘Connie Bourassa-Shaw’; ‘Ron Howell’
Subject: DEMO opportunity with a short fuse. [if you are starting a company]

http://demo.venturebeat.com/2010/04/22/demo-seattle-pitch-madrona-venture-group/

Oren

(in my capacity as WRF Entrepreneurship Professor)

—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:47 PM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] UW CSE “News” RSS and Twitter feeds

Just a reminder, yet again, to sign up for RSS or Twitter feeds of UW

CSE News posts.

There have been a half dozen pretty interesting posts in the past four days.

You can subscribe at the bottom of the left-hand column at

http://news.cs.washington.edu/.

fyi

From: GIAN BRUNO [mailto:gbruno@u.washington.edu]
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2010 9:23 AM
To: Dowell Eugenio; Crystal Eney; Judith W. Clark
Subject: HCDE 418 this summer

Hello all,

I wanted to let you know that we are offering one of our HCI courses this summer, HCDE 418 (User Experience Designing). This is also offered in the autumn, but we will likely not be able to give any seats to non-HCDE students come fall, due to increase in enrollments. If your students are interested in the course, please encourage them to take HCDE 418 this summer.

Cheers,

Gian

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and the Animation Research Labs invite you to an information session on the Animation Production undergraduate course sequence at UW Seattle. This sequence runs from Summer 2010(A term) through Spring 2011. The Summer course Story Design for Computer Animation, is highly recommended but optional.

The Animation Capstone culminates in a very professional and exciting collaboratively produced digital short film, similar in process to Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks productions.  Examples of previous award winning films produced in the dept will be shown and questions regarding applications and admission, etc. will be addressed. We look forward to seeing you there.

Light refreshments will be served.

What:

Animation Capstone Series Information Session

When:

Monday April 26th, 2:00-4:00 PM

Thursday May 6th, 2:00-4:00 PM *

Tuesday May 11th, 2:00-4:00 PM

Where:

Paul G. Allen Center for CS&E room 691 (Gates Commons)

* please note that the Thursday May 6th session will not be held in room 691 but in room 674 on the same floor (the “Irish Room”)

Questions?

Contact:

Barbara Mones, AP Program Director ( mones@cs.washington.edu)

Robert Forsberg ( dybbek@cs.washington.edu)

From: Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 1:53 PM
To: cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: It’s stuffy in the building

I know!  It’s warm everywhere!  Campus cooling turns on every year sometime in May….a date somebody has decided when it gets warm in Seattle. On these rare warm days before that magical date, we suffer a little bit of heat in the offices and labs.

Fortunately (or not, depending on how you look at it) tomorrow the weather returns to the familiar… rain and temps in the 50’s.

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

The University of Washington recently approved changes that could have an effect your graduation requirements. Please read this email thoroughly. If you already have a degree application on file with the University, you can go by the old rules, anyone else must go by the rules we list here.

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UW offers a few types of degrees, including Bachelor’s of Science and Bachelor’s of Arts. One additional type of degree is a “named” degree, where the major is listed on the diploma as part of the degree title – for example: Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering.

Degrees granted in the College of Arts & Sciences are all titled “Bachelor of Arts” or “Bachelor of Science;” the major is not listed on the diploma.  In the College of Engineering, all degrees are “named” degrees: “Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.”

The University has just approved the following policy change: if a student pursues two majors of the same name and type (for example: “Bachelor of Science” with a math major, and “Bachelor of Science” with a computer science major), the student may now only receive one degree with a Double Major. Students can no longer earn a Double Degree with two majors of the same type (ex: two BS degrees, even in different colleges).

If a student pursues two majors of different types or names (for example, a “Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering” and a “Bachelors of Science” in math), the student must still pursue a Double Degree. This has not changed.

For most of you that means:

CS + another BS in the College of Arts and Sciences: Double Major, not a Double Degree

CS + EE, BioE, or any other Engineering: still a Double Degree, since all engineering degrees are “named” degrees, meaning the major is listed on the diploma

CE + anything else: a Double Degree, since (again) Computer Engineering is part of the degree name.

Let us know if you have questions.

CSE Advising: Crystal, Megan and Raven

—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:09 PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Vote for OneBusAway!

Brian Ferris’s OneBusAway has been named one of five finalists in the

“Best Non-Profit Startup” category of the 2010 Seattle 2.0 Awards:

http://www.seattle20.com/blog/Start-Voting-The-Finalists-of-the-Seattle-2-0-Awards.aspx

>From here on out, it’s a popularity contest.  Please vote early and often:

http://www.seattle20.com/awards/vote.aspx

(You can vote for only a single category if you want.  It appears that

you might be able to vote multiple times, too.  Hey, if it was good

enough for Computer Engineer Barbie, it’s good enough for Brian.)

We will be holding a general meeting today where you can meet the amazing nominees for next years officer positions.  Come learn about the positions and the nominees ideas for how to make UW CSE even better!

The meeting is today at 1:30 in the ACM Lounge.  (Snacks will be provided) Hope to see you there!

P.S. Sorry for the short notice!