CSE Undergrad News

ACM Events Digest 1/27 – 1/31

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Overview:

1/28 – Startup Industry Affiliates Career Fair

1/28 – VMWare Tech Talk

1/29 – Industry Affiliates Career Fair

1/30 – Microsoft Office Hours

1/30 – Dropbox Info Session

1/30 – LinkedIn Tech Talk

Startup Industry Affiliates Career Fair

1/28; 1:30-5:00pm; Atrium

Startup companies want to recruit you!

VMWare Tech Talk: Panel Discussion

1/28; 6:00-7:30pm; EEB125

Please join us to learn from various VMware R&D team members about their roles, current projects and any insight they might be able to provide you about our company and hiring process. We will go over our technology and answer any questions you have about VMware so come on by! Free food and giveaways will be provided!

Industry Affiliates Career Fair

1/29; 1:30-5:00pm; Atrium

Established companies want to recruit you!

Microsoft Office Hours

1/30; 1:00-2:30pm; Atrium

Dropbox Info Session

1/30; 6:00-7:30pm; MGH 134

Dropbox is a great place to work Dropbox lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. We have over 200 million users across 200 countries, and we’re one of the fastest growing companies in the world. We are hoping to meet with computer science students for our internships and full time positions. https://www.dropbox.com/jobs

LinkedIn Tech Talk

1/30; 6:00-7:00pm; EEB125

January 27, 2014

User study participants needed: Interested in playing with Lego? Interested in teaching a robot?

Mike Chung

1:55 AM (12 hours ago)

to cs-ugrads

Hello everyone,

I’m looking for 30min < user study participants! The experiment is consisted of three parts:

(1) You will be building a couple (simulated) lego buildings ~20min

(2 & 3) and rating other lego buildings ~10min

We are conducting experiments through an website which I will send you the link when you send me a respond email. Let me know if you are interested.

Thank you!

Mike Chung mjyc@cs.washington.edu

January 24, 2014

Pizza Right Now In The Atrium By Redfin

Chat with Redfin Recruiters over a free pizza lunch! Right now until 1pm in the atrium!

January 22, 2014

Pizza with Redfin!

Chat with Redfin Recruiters over a free pizza lunch! Today, January 22nd 12-1pm in the atrium!

January 22, 2014

Construction at Burke Gilman and Rainier Vista

Many of you have noticed the fencing and the construction trailers near the BG at Rainier Vista. Below is a description of the project- UW is lucky to have a brilliant construction manager at the helm, Bob Dillon, who just happened to be the construction manager for the Paul G Allen Center for CSE.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Montlake Triangle Project (MTP) is a multi-agency effort consisting of three

subprojects centered around the intersection of Pacific Street and Montlake Boulevard.

The project scope includes lowering NE Pacific Place and constructing a land bridge that

will connect the Montlake Triangle and the lower Rainier Vista with a seamless pedestrian

experience. Transit patrons will access the triangle via a combination of existing

crosswalks and a new bridge across Montlake Boulevard. The MTP subprojects will be

constructed sequentially and scheduled to minimize impact to adjacent work projects.

These subprojects consist of the following elements:

• Montlake Pedestrian Bridge–Subproject 1 (SP1) – This project will provide pedestrian

and bicycle connections between the future light rail station at Husky Stadium and the

Montlake Triangle. Sound Transit is managing design and construction of this $11.4

million project.

• Rainier Vista Land Bridge–Subproject 2 (SP2) – This bridge will span Pacific Place

and connect the Montlake Triangle to Rainier Vista. The UW is managing design and

construction of this $20.8 million project.

• Rainier Vista Land Bridge Site Improvements–Subproject 3 (SP3) – This project will

provide landscaping, hard surfacing, lighting, and other site improvements from

Stevens Way through the Montlake Triangle. The UW is managing design and

construction of this $4.5 million project.

January 21, 2014

ACM Events Digest 1/20 – 1/24

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Overview:

1/21 – Tableau Tech Talk

1/22 – Pizza with Redfin

1/22 – Zillow Tech Talk

1/23 – Arista Networks Tech Talk

Tableau Tech Talk: Help People See and Understand Their Data

1/21; 6pm-7pm; EEB125

Come learn how Tableau Software is changing the big data industry by democratizing data. Similar to how desktop publishing or the spreadsheet put powerful tools into the hands of the people who needed to use them, Tableau gives people the ability to visualize and analyze their own data. Learn how doctors, scientists, programmers, and even gamers are empowered to discover their data at the speed of thought. We are on a mission to fundamentally change the way people interact with their data. Come and see.

Tableau Software is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world. Tableau makes fast analytics and visualization products that help people see and understand data of any size or format.

Pizza with Redfin

1/22; 12pm-1pm; Atrium

Chat with Redfin Recruiters over free lunch.

Zillow Tech Talk: You and Zillow

1/22; 6pm-7:15pm; EEB105

YOU, ZILLOW & CHIPOTLE Tech Talk, Wednesday, January 22, 6:00pm Room EEB105

Zillow runs the largest real estate web site in the United States. We also have the most popular real estate apps on smart phones and tablets– with 25 apps available across iPhone, iPad, Android Phones & Tablets, Windows Phone and Blackberry devices. In this session you will learn what it takes to build web and mobile technologies to scale up to handle tens of millions of users viewing information on hundreds of millions of homes each month.

Arista Networks Tech Talk

1/23; 5:30pm-6:45pm; EEB125

If CSE351,333, and 451 had a baby….it would work at Arista. Dinner and more info: EEB125, 5:30 p.m., January 23

January 20, 2014

ACM Career Fair Backpack Check In – Volunteers Needed!

Hi everyone! UW ACM will allow you to store your backpacks during the career fairs next week (1/28 and 1/29). Backpacks will be kept in the ACM lounge, with volunteers managing storage/retrieval and at least an officer overseer.

We need at least 2 people staffed at all times, so we need as many people to help as possible to sign up! If we don’t have enough volunteers, we will not be able to organize the backpack check in. Sign up for all times you are available, we will select a shift for you.

https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/chrisapa/223864

It will close on Monday, January 27th at 12:00 pm noon. The privacy settings is set to all current CSE undergrads.

We will send out emails to people who respond to the survey to confirm their shift(s) on Jan 27th.

If you have any questions, please email Chris Apacible at chrisapa@cs

January 19, 2014

CSE Study Abroad Info Session – Tues Jan 21 3:30-4:30

Want to get away? Want to get 400-level CSE credit while doing so? Consider studying abroad through one of our direct exchange programs: https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/exchanges

The CSE department has one-for-one student exchanges with:
-ETH in Zurich, Switzerland
-KTH in Stockholm, Sweden
-Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany

We will be hosting an info session to tell you more about these three programs. Faculty and students who have visited each school will be on-hand to share their experiences.

What: CSE Direct Exchange Info Session
When: Tuesday, Jan 21 3:30-4:30pm
Where: CSE 305

Study abroad applications for CSE exchanges during the academic year 2014-2015 will be due on February 17, 2014. Questions? Contact Elise (elised@cs.washington.edu) or Raven (ravena@cs.washington.edu).

January 16, 2014

Study water engineering in Jordan for 1 month – new information sessions scheduled

An invitation to participate in the Engineering Jordan study abroad exploration seminar 2014, from Professor Heidi Gough…

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Interested in Study Abroad? Interested in water and the environment in an International context? The CEE department is offering the study abroad course, “CEE 497 / CEE 598: ENGINEERING JORDAN, WATER IN AN ARID LAND” in late August/Early September.

Students learn about the cycle of water engineering from water resource to wastewater reuse in the backdrop of one of the most water-poor nations in the world, The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Students in the course live and study side-by-side with students from the Jordan University of Science and Engineering. This will be the third year in which this class has been offered and it has been getting rave reviews from past students. Space is limited. Applications to enroll must be submitted by March 1.

This is a unique opportunity and is one of only a few engineering study abroad opportunities sponsored by the College of Engineering.

Want to know more? Come meet Dr. Heidi Gough, who leads this study abroad, during the following office hours specially for those interested in this study abroad.

More Hall Room 301

Wednesday January 22 12:30 to 1:30PM

Thursday February 6 11AM-12PM

Tuesday February 11 11AM-12PM

Heidi L. Gough, PE, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Washington @ProfGough

hgough@uw.edu

January 15, 2014

AdMob Challenge

I wanted to loop UW students in on something called the AdMob Challenge. There was a recent announcement made via a Google Students post about this which you can read about in more detail via the link, but basically AdMob is the name of a Google platform that helps app developers monetize their apps. The AdMob team is trying to build tech student awareness (especially to those who are already creating their own apps) by creating this challenge.

Students form teams of 1-5 and create an App. They have until March 31st to submit their apps. Winning teams get prizes, and the grand prize is a trip to Mountain View, CA.

This challenge could be particularly good for students who already have an internship with another company this summer but are still interested in Google. I’ve attached a one-sheeter about the challenge and you can feel free to copy and share the G+ post as you wish.

It would be great if you could let your students know about this challenge. You can direct students to the official site, where they can register and get all the info.

Let me know if you have any questions!

Cheers,

Marion

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

January 14, 2014