CSE Undergrad News

Hello CSE! 

Want to get more involved in the community? Apply now to be an at-large representative for the Student Advisory Council! We are currently looking for undergraduate and 5th year master students to join our team. This is a great opportunity for you to develop soft skills and shape your Allen School experience. You will have the opportunity to have a real impact on the school and represent your peers. Past events we have organized included discussion forums and industry panels.  We are looking for a diverse team and look forward to reading your application! Apply online at: https://forms.gle/Afbxb1R3oho38Fcz8

Applications close June 5th, 2019 at 11:59pm. 

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From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, May 21, 2019 at 12:05 PM
Subject: THURSDAY 1:30: Symposium on Machine Learning for Protein Design

The UW Institute for Protein Design (IPD) is hosting an afternoon (THIS THURSDAY) of talks by researchers who work in the interdisciplinary field of protein design and machine learning. CSE undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in collaborative research in the protein design field are very welcomed!   Come hear from David Baker (UW Professor and one of the world’s leading experts in protein design) and others about this research and research opportunities.

May 23, 2019, 1:30p – 4:00p

CSE2 (Zillow Commons)

Reception to follow the talks with finger foods and non-alcoholic beverages provided. Mingle with the speakers as well as current members of the Baker lab!

Speakers include:

UW professor and TED speaker David Baker, director of the IPD, who will share how his lab is leveraging decades of biophysical data to create software to design brand new biomolecules that fight cancer, degrade gluten, and act as potent vaccines.

UW Associate Professor Frank DiMaio will describe efforts in developing automated approaches to improve the molecular energy function used in Rosetta, and the development of GPU-enabled versions of basic Rosetta algorithms.

Professor Jinbo Xu, senior fellow at the Computational Institute at the University of Chicago, who will share how his team built one of the best-in-class deep-learning tools for modeling the structure of natural proteins based on information encoded in DNA.

UW PhD student, Nao Hiranuma, who will share his approach to incorporate deep learning techniques to boost the performance of the current refinement protocol in the Rosetta framework.

Thanks!

Hank

Design and Social Robotics –  Research Assistantship – HCDE

Project EMAR is looking for a motivated Undergraduate Researcher to explore design and development of a social robot during summer quarter. Open to all undergraduate students who will be enrolled in the Fall, 2019 quarter. Must be a US citizen. Preference will be given to students with experience in design, computer science, robotics, or mental health, but all are welcome to apply.

Project EMAR, is an interdisciplinary, NSF-funded project, investigating the design and development of a social robot to effectively capture adolescent stress levels. Our team is focused on creating new knowledge in the area of teen-robot interaction and values ongoing learning, collaboration, and open and clear communication. The project recognizes teens as experts in their own lives and strive to honor that expertise through participatory design and a human-centered approach.

Read more: https://blogs.uw.edu/emar/

Possible Roles and Responsibilities

• Continue development of technical and computing aspects of EMAR prototypes focusing in particular on facial and emotion recognition, voice recognition, facial features, embodiment, and personality.
• Continue design research related to haptics, sound, voice, or movement.
• Conduct small studies (usability, feasibility) using a human-centered methodology
• Conduct literature reviews, analyze data, and help prepare manuscripts for publication
• Participate in all Project EMAR team meetings (times TBD)

Qualifications

Required qualifications

• Motivated, self-starter, problem-solver, who can move projects forward with minimal direction.
• Experience working in a collaborative, interdisciplinary project team.
• Interest in improving mental health of teens.
• Demonstrated strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Understands human-centered design principles and practices for  adolescents and general audiences

Desired qualifications:

• Hands-on experience with human-centered design including conducting user research, analyzing data, and prototyping.
• Work experience with adolescents
• Experience with robotics or technology design.

Commitment and compensation:

* Summer quarter term (June 24- August 24)

* $8000 NSF stipend (will be spread over the 10 week quarter)

Applications

Please send an email including letter of interest and your CV/Resume to Elin Björling (bjorling@uw.edu) by May 30th, 2019.

In your cover letter, please address the following:

1. How has your academic background and previous experience prepared you for this opportunity?
2. What experience or knowledge do you have with human-centered design?
3. What is your approach to problem solving?

Hello! The BS/MS application is now open.

A couple of notes about the application:

• We will contact your faculty recommenders after the application closes. You should talk to them in advance, but do not need to coordinate the actual recommendation process.
• You may not find a person you want to use as a reference in the drop down menu. If that is the case, it may be that:

1. 1. They are a graduate student with whom you have been doing research. In that case, we generally encourage them to work with their faculty adviser to submit on their behalf. Please let us know if this is problematic. Graduate students who have taught courses are fine to have as references and should be on there.
   2. They may be a guest lecturer. In that case, if we still have contact with them we will try to include them.  Contact us with questions.
   3. They may be affiliate faculty and may not be in our system yet. Let us know and I’ll have it updated.
   4. They may be totally unaffiliated with CSE. If you would still like to use them as references, please email Jen.

The application is linked from the BS/MS application page: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/bsms/application

Here are the timelines for this application cycle:

May 20 – June 9th: Application Open
June 9th 11:59pm: Application Deadline
Decisions emailed early July

Questions? Email Jen <jenifer@cs.uw.edu>

Hi CSE!

Hi CSE!

We’re back with another exciting panel dinner, our Pathway to Internship Success event! Come hear from fellow students and find out what you should and shouldn’t do while interning. Our panel will cover both on- and off-season internships at different sized companies and of various positions. Whether you will be starting your first internship or third, come learn about tips and tricks that can help you to maximize the resources and opportunities available to you.

Date: May 22nd (Wednesday) @5 – 6:30 pm

Location: Gates Commons- 6th floor at CSE1

Hi all!

Research night is happening again on Tuesday, 5/28 at 4:30 PM in the Amazon Auditorium in CSE2. Please RSVP here.

In addition, we will be hosting an optional coding challenge for the research night. You can complete it here. Your response will be sent to labs to help them find a good fit for their research.

ACM is committed to ensuring that all CSE events are accessible for all students and is happy to arrange disability accommodations for students (with advanced notice). Please reach out to Chloe Dolese (our ACM adviser) at cdolese@cs.washington.edu if you have any questions or requests. Please note that we occasionally may not be able to fulfill a specific request but will do the very best we can to ensure you have a positive experience at our event!

Best,
ACM

Impact++ is a project-based RSO that matches computer science/ technically-inclined students with meaningful projects that work towards social good. We get projects from Microsoft Hack For Good, local non-profits and other community members with social impact tech projects. We also put on the first Impact Innovation Challenge earlier this month.

We are recruiting members for the 2019-2020 academic year! If you want to hone your programming skills while working on projects that make an impact on our community, or if you want to help our leadership team coordinate more events throughout the year, we want to talk to you!

Come learn more about us, and introduce yourself!

We are hosting two information sessions this month:

• May 20, 5:30-6:30pm in Gates G01

• May 21, 5:30-6:30p in Gates G01

RSVP here so we can know who is coming. Both sessions are identical, so just come to one.

If you absolutely can’t attend either info session, but are still interested in joining the club, send us an email at udubimpact@gmail.com.

Looking forward to meeting you!

-The Impact++ Team

Course Description:

Join us to learn about prison while studying inside a prison! Honors 230B (5 cr., summer B term) is centered around a series of classes to be held at the Twin Rivers Unit of the Monroe Correctional Complex (about 45 minutes outside of Seattle, transportation provided); this is a medium-security prison unit for men. We will meet with a group of student-inmates, working on a series of projects based on topics developed by the men there. Topics will include Virtual Reality in the prison setting (we are collaborating with the UW’s Reality Lab on this); educational access (especially library access) in prison; and voting and other citizenship rights. We will be at the prison every Wednesday during B term, departing from the HUB around 11:00 am and arriving back at about 5:00 pm.