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From: Sorawee Porncharoenwase <sorawee@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 6:52 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] UW Qualifier for the ACM ICPC 2019
To: <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>

Hi all, The UW Qualifier for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) has been scheduled! It will take place on Saturday October 26th, 9:30am in CSE 002. The top teams from UW will advance to the regional contest held November 9th at the University of Puget Sound. The top teams from around the region will qualify for the ICPC World Finals, this year in Moscow, Russia!

The contest itself is a lot of fun–you get to test your problem-solving skills on a set of algorithmic problems, eat free food, and compete for Google-sponsored prizes!

If you’re interested in learning more, I’m hosting an information meeting on Monday, October 21st at 3:30pm in CSE 674. If you’re interested, please register a team of three people here. If you’d like to compete but are looking for teammates, you can put your name here to find others. The final deadline to register is Wednesday, October 23rd at 5pm.

TLDR with important dates:

• Monday, October 21, 3:30pm in CSE 674: information meeting (optional, but recommended for people who haven’t competed before)
• Wednesday, October 23, 5pm: final deadline to register a team (link)
• Saturday, October 26, 9:30am in CSE 002: event starts

Additional information:

• To be eligible, you basically must either be born in/after 1996, or begin your undergrad study in/after 2015. See full details here.
• See tasks from last year’s regional contest here.

Finally, there’s a Facebook event for the contest! Invite your friends!
Sorawee and Victor

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From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, Oct 20, 2019 at 10:57 PM
Subject: [Ugrads] Allen School Industry Affiliates Program
To: <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, <vgrads@cs.washington.edu>

Hi CSE students;

Thanks to all of you who participated in our career fair last week – we hope you learned a lot about the companies and found interesting opportunities.   In light of this experience, I want to tell you a little about the Allen School’s Industry Affiliates Program, which we have created in large part for your benefit.

The goal of our Industry Affiliates Program is to stimulate mutually beneficial interactions between the Allen School community and the tech community: these include providing career opportunities for our students, technical exchange, collaboration, feedback on the effectiveness of our education programs, etc.

The principal benefits to companies are the opportunity to participate in our fall and winter recruiting fairs and the opportunity to participate in an annual daylong research symposium, which includes student research presentations and poster sessions.   While we charge a fee for membership in the program, this fee simply covers the expenses of running the program – e.g., the costs involved in putting on the recruiting fairs and research symposium.

The membership of a company in the Affiliates Program should not be construed as an endorsement.   As a public institution we have a particular responsibility to remain as neutral as possible in administering our program.  We have terminated (or threatened to terminate) the membership of companies for violations of our recruiting policies (policies designed to protect the interests of our students, e.g., we prohibit the use of high pressure or of “exploding offers”).  However we have not excluded companies based on their business and we do not see a coherent way to deny membership to an otherwise legitimate company: many companies, even those widely regarded as good corporate citizens, engage in some practices that some individuals may find objectionable.

We trust all of our students to learn about different companies, to be smart consumers of job offers, and to vote with their feet when deciding which companies to visit at our recruiting fairs. These are choices that you will need to make throughout your lives.

Best,

Hank

Hank Levy

Director, Paul G. Allen School

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Monday, October 21^st, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Bloomberg Bpuzzled event
Description: Bpuzzled is a puzzle competition created by Bloomberg engineers, where teams of up to four compete against each other to race to the finish! Winning team wins a trip to NYC! Dinner will be served. ** We recommend you bring a laptop **.
Location: G01-CSE2, Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering Date & Time: October 21, 2019 @ 5:30 pm.

Tuesday, October 22^nd, 4:00-6:15 p.m. and 6:15-8:30 p.m., the advising suite CSE2
Mock technical interviews
Description: RSVPs were required ahead of time. Sign up deadline is 10/18. Please refer to ugrad blog for more info.

Wednesday, October 23^rd, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., table in the Atrium (CSE1)
Google office hours
Stop by and chat with team members from Google.

Wednesday, October 23^rd, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., ECE 037
Palantir office hours
Description: RSVP required here: http://tinyurl.com/y66ww3sq. Chat with team members from Palantir. 

Wednesday, October 23^rd, 5:00-6:00 p.m., Smith Hall 102
Two Sigma’s BS/MS Meet & Greet
Description: Two Sigma’s quant researchers will be visiting UW on Wednesday, October 23rd and we are looking forward to getting to know you in a 1:1 setting at our Meet and Greet. Food and refreshments will be provided. Kindly RSVP for a spot by applying here: https://careers.twosigma.com/careers/UniversityJobDetail?jobId=6254. We hope to see you there!

Wednesday, October 23^rd, 6:00-7:15 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Tesla tech talk
Description: Join a team of engineers to learn more about what is happening at Tesla.
Location: G01-CSE2, Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering Date & Time: October 23, 2019 @ 6:00 pm.

Thursday, October 24^th, 6:00-7:00 p.m., G01 (CSE2)
Convoy tech talk
Description: Join a team of engineers from Convoy to learn more. Food and drinks will be provided.

Friday, October 4^th, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., table in the Atrium (CSE1)
Microsoft office hours
Stop by and chat with team members from Microsoft.

Hi Allen School Fam!

We had a Stanford PhD student reach out to us asking for assistance with her research. If you’re feeling generous with your time, read on-

Are you currently searching or about to be searching for an internship or a full-time position in software engineering for next year? If so, I am interested in learning more about your search!

My name is Katie Wullert and I am a current PhD candidate in the sociology department at Stanford where I do research on the labor market. You are invited to participate in a survey examining how first-time job seekers learn to navigate the labor market. Your participation will take around 10 to 20 minutes. If you complete the survey, you will be entered into a raffle to receive one of five $20 Amazon gift cards. The raffle will be conducted on November 1^st, 2019. The drawing will be conducted by myself in Palo Alto, California. Participation in the study is not required in order to participate in the raffle. You can enter the raffle if you do not start or complete the study task. The chance of winning a prize is approximately 1 in 100. The winners will be notified immediately by email and provided with information on how to receive the prize.

If you are interested in participating, please complete this survey. If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at kwullert@stanford.edu.

If the hyperlink above is not working, you can access the survey at this address:https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_b7ubavQ1X7SO6zj.

Thank you!

Best,

Katie Wullert

PhD Candidate, Sociology

Stanford University

Hello Allen School students!

Congresswoman DelBene is holding Congressional App Challenge Appathon on Saturday, October 26th, 12pm to 8pm and Sunday, October 27th, 10am to 4pm at UW Bothell. The Congresswoman is interested if there are any computer science students who would be interested in volunteering to help be on site as mentors. Mentorship is a huge part of what makes this experience valuable for the students. Mentors are not expected to participate for the entire two days (you will be asked to help with a 2-3 hour shift on part of one of the days)

Interested in volunteering?

• Please fill-out this form and we will share it with the organizers & they will connect with you
• If you fill-out this form we expect that you are committing to being a mentor, responding in a timely manner to any emails you receive from the hackathon organizers, and representing the Allen School and UW community in an appropriate and inclusive manner.

Keep reading for more information:

The Appathon is an event for middle and high school students in participating districts to create and develop mobile applications. At the Appathon, students have the opportunity to learn about technology and what is needed to build an app from start to finish. Students form teams to successfully complete their apps, and we try to have mentorship from the local technology community to assist in problem solving. At the end of the Appathon, teams present their application to a judging panel to be considered for prizes. After the Appathon, teams will be able to submit their apps to the Congressional App Challenge.

Mentors will engage with the students as they or their groups develop an app. Mentors can assist them with their app development, help with coding platforms/languages, and give general guidance/ideas. The Appathon is open this event to students of all backgrounds, meaning that some of them may have little or no coding experience. Mentors are key to helping kids at whatever stage they’re at, to come up with an app concept and carry it through to something they can demo during their presentation. Mentors are not expected to participate for the entire two days. The office is currently working on coordinating mentors in shifts, so 2-3 hours part of one of the days would be ideal.

With a degree in CS, you can be a Software Engineer at one of the Big 4, or…. you can attend Own Your Career: Other Paths in CS and learn about the plethora of other career paths you could take!

Hosted by the CSE Student Advisory Council, Own Your Career: Other Paths in CS is your chance to learn about some of the many non-traditional opportunities you have as a future CS grad. Get inspired by speakers working at non-profits, start-ups, and more – in positions such as PM, UX and Design, and research.

Join the SAC on October 24th from 4 – 5:30pm as we bring leaders from a variety of backgrounds to speak about their experiences in choosing their career path. You will have a chance to learn and ask questions. There will also be food and drinks!

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/35Ewc3d by Monday, October 21st.

At a Glance:

This event is intended to highlight leaders in our field who deviated from the standard software engineering career path, give students a chance to explore different career opportunities and ask questions one-on-one with leaders who have successfully branched out from the typical software engineering role.

Event: Own Your Career: Other Paths in CS
Where: CSE1 Gates Commons, 6th Floor
When: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 4 – 5:30pm
RSVP by: Monday, October 21st

Contact csesac@cs.uw.edu for any questions

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Greetings, Amazing Allen School Humans!

We have over 30 industry volunteers from companies all over Seattle signed up to help conduct mock interviews happening on Tuesday, October 22nd from 4 PM – 8:30 PM! Each practice interview will consist of a 30 minute coding problem followed up by 15 minutes of feedback. This is an invaluable opportunity to get some 1:1 time with an experienced industry professional that can give you candid feedback and coaching on your current interview skills.

Sign up by 5 PM this Friday to be considered for one of the time slots: https://forms.gle/Kr5BvcMsKunVzDdN8

There will not be space for everyone that is interested. You’ll be notified Sunday evening if you’ve been assigned a time slot.