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eScience Institute today, March 5, at 4:30 pm in the Bill and Melinda Gates Commons (CSE 691). Pizza at 4:15 PM.

For regular postings about talk, you should sign up for the talks list, but occasionally we will post them here.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloquia/

Please join the eScience Institute today, March 5, at 4:30 pm in the Bill and Melinda Gates  Commons (CSE 691).  Pizza at 4:15 PM.

Chris Bretherton, Professor, (UW Departments of Atmospheric Sciences and Applied Mathematics):

Big Data meets Big Models: Weather Forecasting and Climate Modeling’

Big models and big data have long been a fixture of weather and climate modeling.  Computer-generated global weather forecasts are initialized from millions of diverse observations from satellites,  weather balloons, surface weather stations, ships and buoys.  As we will describe, data assimilation,  the process of optimally blending these observations into the forecast model, is the most computationally challenging aspect of making a global forecast, and is a critical element of forecast  skill.  Climate models are like weather forecast models, but run out tens to thousands of years with  fuller treatment of earth system processes like ice, biology, and chemistry, generating enormous  archives of model output.  The international climate modeling community has evolved interesting  infrastructure and social institutions that enable a diverse community of interested users to obtain  standardized results from leading climate models developed around the world, to capture aspects of  climate modeling certainty and uncertainty and help inform decision-makers and the interested public.

Biography:

Chris Bretherton is an atmospheric scientist who studies cloud formation and turbulence and improves  how they are simulated in global climate and weather forecast models. His research includes  participating in field experiments and observational analyses, three-dimensional modeling of fluid  flow in and around fields of clouds, and understanding how clouds will respond to and feed back on  climate change. Computer code developed by his research group for simulating cloud formation by  atmospheric turbulence is used in the two leading US climate models. He was a lead author of the  Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth Assessment Report in 2013, Chair of a 2012 National Academy report entitled A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling, and a former director of  the University of Washington Program on Climate Change. In 2012, he received the Jule G. Charney  Award, one of the two highest career awards of the American Meteorological Society.

March 5, 2014

lost money

If you or someone you know lost money at the fall fest event, please contact me (Crystal) today with the exact amount and where you think you lost it.

Great event on Friday, thanks to the ACM officers and their helpers for being so well organized, and to the late volunteers who helped clean up, we really appreciate it.

Crystal

March 3, 2014

One Hour To Winterfest

Winterfest starts in an hour! Join us for food, drinks*, and games at our annual Winter event! Winter Fest is free to all local ACM chapter members, otherwise $5. Not a UW ACM member, but want to be? Bring $8 and sign up so you can get in free to all our other future events. 🙂 CSE undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff are welcome.

* Must have ID and be 21+ for alcohol.

RSVP

February 28, 2014

New way to connect with people for startups, projects

We often have students ask us how they could go about finding people from CSE who would want to join their project or from CSE students, looking to connect with people with other (business, etc) talents. Looks like UW Foster School has designed a solution. Check this out.

 

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After trying a wide variety of rather inefficient tools to help BPC teams connect with potential team members, the Buerk Center and SEBA (Science and Engineering Business Association)  partnered to develop our own UW Team Formation website! Please share this with your students, and check out the new site here: http://foster.washington.edu/teamformation. You’ll also find links on our BPC website.

 

 

To use this new tool, students first setup a profile—are you a team looking for a team member with specific skills, or someone with skills looking for a great team to join? To get set up:

 

·         Go to foster.washington.edu/teamformation

 

·         Select whether you want to sign-up as a team or an individual

 

·         Register your account information (upper-right)

 

·         Login and edit your account

 

·         All information will be reviewed and approved within a few days

 

·         Browse for teams to join or people to join your team

 

Students from any college or university in the state of Washington are invited to use this site as well—find partners on your own campus, or create a multi-campus team. However, this site is intended for student use only, and all submissions are reviewed before posting.

 

Best,

 

Amy

 

Amy Sallin
Assistant Director
Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business

tel 206.685.9868  |   asallin@uw.edu
Dempsey Hall 227, Box 353223, Seattle, WA 98195
startup.washington.edu

February 28, 2014

Making Sense of Data online course from Google (no credit)

From: Marion Daly [mailto:mariondaly@google.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2014 4:39 PM
To: Kay Beck-Benton; Hank Levy; Ed Lazowska
Subject: Making Sense of Data – Online course for students/faculty

 

Hi folks,

I wanted to share with you a new online course that Google just launched, Making Sense of Data. This self-paced course introduces tools and techniques to structure, visualize and analyze information. It’s intended for anybody who works with data on a daily basis, including students, and who wants to learn more about how to apply that information to practical problems.

 

Making Sense of Data runs from March 18 – April 4, 2014. Visit g.co/datasense to learn more and register.

 

Please feel free to share with any students or faculty you think might be interested.

 

Thanks!

Marion


Additional context for students/faculty

 

Benefits of Use:

 

·         Course participants will learn about the basics of data, Fusion Tables, and data analysis techniques that can be used to gain insight, communicate ideas, or help make decisions.

 

·         In this course, participants will learn about the following:

 

o    The basics of data, including the structure and organization of data

 

o    The steps of the data process, including preparing, analyzing, and applying data

 

o    How to create and use Google Fusion Tables

 

o    Organize, summarize, and create charts from data

 

o    Different data analysis techniques and when to use them

 

Logistics and Requirements:

 

·         Registration opens: 2/25/2014

 

·         Course begins: 3/18/2014

 

·         Course ends: 4/4/2014

 

·         Sign up link: datasense.withgoogle.com. [g.co/datasense]

 

  • Time commitment: Approximately 10-15 hours

Marion Daly Specialist, Tech University Programs – West – GooglSeattle | 650-669-7594 | google.com/students

February 28, 2014

Reminder to please add internships for summer and spring quarter paid research to MyCSE

A new note for those participating in paid research. We need all students pursuing research for pay to fill out their information on the research tab in MyCSE: https://norfolk.cs.washington.edu/mycse   

at the start of spring quarter.  If you are doing paid research this quarter, please email me your name, project title, hours/week you’re working for winter so I can add it to our statistics.

We are required to report on stats that include students pursuing paid research in addition to students receiving credit.

Additionally, if you know where you will be working this summer, it’s crucial for us to have accurate statistics on where our students are getting internships and how many of you are getting internships. Please fill out the co-ops, internships tab in MyCSE: https://norfolk.cs.washington.edu/mycse with your information. If there are jobs on there from your original CSE application that are not CSE related, please remove those or contact me with questions.

Crystal Eney

Director of Student Services

CSE Advising

February 28, 2014

Winterfest Today!

Be sure to come to Winterfest today, February 28th, at 5:30-8:30 pm in the Atrium! Join us for food, drinks*, and games at our annual Winter event! Winterfest is free to all local ACM chapter members, otherwise $5. Not a UW ACM member, but want to be? Bring $8 and sign up so you can get in free to all our other future events. 🙂 CSE undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff are welcome.

February 28, 2014

Winterfest is Coming! (Tomorrow!!)

Winterfest is coming tomorrow, Friday February 28th 5:30-8:30 PM in the Atrium! Join us for food, drinks*, and games at our annual Winter event! Winter Fest is free to all local ACM chapter members, otherwise $5. Not a UW ACM member, but want to be? Bring $8 and sign up so you can get in free to all our other future events. 🙂 CSE undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and staff are welcome.

* Must have ID and be 21+ for alcohol.

When: Friday February 28th 5:30 – 8:30 PM

What: Winterfest!!!

Where: Atrium

RSVP

February 27, 2014

Study Abroad opportunities

Just a reminder that there are a lot of fun study-abroad opportunities that you can apply for through UW and other programs. Here is one for Ireland, but you can also apply for other UW programs here:    http://studyabroad.washington.edu/

 
On behalf of Bridge Education Abroad Institute (BEAI), I am writing to you today to inform you about our summer program in Ireland. Our institute plans short programs all across the world, to provide students with unique opportunities to experience different political cultures while strengthening their leadership and diplomacy skills. Our programs draw a diverse group of students together from all over the world to discuss pressing global issues while exchange cultural values. In a rapidly globalizing world, we believe these experiences are invaluable to the success of students in the global job market.

 

For the summer of 2014, we have one program scheduled in Dublin, Ireland during the dates August 6th – August 16th, 2014. This program will include lectures from experienced professors and guest speakers from all over the globe, including the United States of America. A few of our professors include:

·  Professor Dr. Leonardo Baccini – Author and assistant professor at London School of Economics

 

·  Professor Dr. Pablo Hernandez-Lagoz- Assistant. Professor at New York University

o    PHD from UC Berkeley

·  Professor Dr. Melanie Hoewer- Professor at University College Dublin

o    Deputy Director, Institute for British Irish Studies

·  Professor Dr. Peter Admirand- Professor at Dublin City University

o    PHD from Trinity College

o    Masters at Georgetown and Boston University

The students will enrich their knowledge of Ireland’s history, international politics, and economics while also enjoying travel to famous and historic places. We also encourage students to get to know one another and share cultural values through planned social events.

 

·          A tour of parliament

·         Field trips to Belfast, Northern Ireland

·         City of Limerick

·         Cliffs of Moher (Ireland’s most popular attraction) and more

Even with the summer close at hand, there are still plenty of students still figuring out their plans for the upcoming break. We hope you will consider recognition of our institute as an option for your students who are looking for international opportunities. We would greatly appreciate if you can pass the information about our program on to your students. If you believe you have students at your university that would be interested in this unique opportunity, please inform them to contact us via info@beainstitute.org

 

Thank you very much for your support, and to find more information about our program, you may visit www.beainstitute.org/beai/ireland

 

Sincerely,

Ben Doherty
Ben.Doherty@beainstitute.org
http://facebook.com/BEAinstitute

February 26, 2014

TEDx event May 3rd, looking for speakers respond by March 13th

Computer Science and Engineering department,

                Do you think you might have an interesting story or an innovative idea? As luck would have it, you may have an opportunity to share it! The University of Washington is hosting the annual TEDx event on May 3rd, an independently held event associated with TED. Our theme this year is “Transcend with TED”, and we are in the process of selecting  featured speakers for the event: incredible individuals who are changing the way we think, feel, and act around a specific topic. TEDx is searching far and wide in  the UW, Seattle, and greater Washington community for the Pacific Northwest’s most innovative, creative, and original minds. We’re looking for inspirational people with powerful messages to share, and we absolutely believe it could be you.

Due to the vast ingenuity of TEDx speaker applicants, we will be holding interviews near the end of this search to finalize our speakers. This can be somewhat of a competitive process, but TEDx would be thrilled and honored if you joined us for an interview! Please consider collaborating with us in promoting TED’s vision of spreading transformative and positive ideas across the world.

If you think you might be interested, please send a brief pitch to Michelle Auster at tedxuofw@uw.edu introducing yourself and your ‘idea worth spreading.’ Please send your response by March 13th. Or, if you know someone you believe would make a great candidate, please forward this email along. Students, faculty and professionals alike are encouraged to apply.  Any questions you have may also be directed to this email. Even if it is only an inkling of an idea, we want to hear what you have to say!

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Michelle Auster

Committee Lead – Speaker Selection

TEDx University of Washington

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Thank you very much for your time.

Kyle Nelson

Speaker Selection Committee

TEDx University of Washington

Yifan Xiao, Austin Vu, Jamie Tan

TEDxUofW Curators | Transcend with TEDx

February 26, 2014

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