CSE Undergrad News

Election season is upon us! Check out our candidates’ bios, as well as descriptions of each officer position here!

Voting will be staggered; we will determine positions in this order: Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, External Relations, Internal Relations, and Event Coordinators.

Vote for next year’s Chair: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/199747

The WebQ will close at 11PM PST on Wednesday, April 24, 2013.

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or you’re having trouble accessing the Catalyst WebQ, please contact Jennifer Apacible at apacible[at]cs[dot]washington[dot]edu.

Overview:
4/23: Microsoft Starcraft Tournament
4/25: Madrona Start Up Office Hours
4/25: Amazon Bowling/Billiards Networking Event

Microsoft Starcraft Tournament
4/23; 5:00 – 11:00pm; Atrium

Come join us for free food, lots of games, and raffles every hour!

There are two options for attending StarCraft night; 1) Tournament Player and 2) Spectator.

Please see complete details here.

Madrona Start Up Office Hours
4/25; 11:00 – 12:30pm; Atrium

Startup Office Hours is your time to come and discuss anything startup-related. Hakon Verespej, from Madrona Venture Group, will be available.

You are welcome to come and learn more about local startups, talk about a startup idea you have, get feedback on a project you’re working on, have your resume reviewed, or anything else you have on your mind.

Hakon can also be reached at hakon@madrona.com for questions regarding the office hour or anything else he can help with.

Amazon Bowling/Billiards  Networking Event
4/25; 6:30 – 8:30pm; HUB Bowling/Billiards Area

Join us for food and prizes while you network and have fun with Amazon engineers!

You could win a Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite, Amazon gift cards, and Amazon swag. Don’t miss out on the fun!

RSVP today! Questions? Contact Jennifer Apacible at apacible[at]cs…

We still need new shirt designs! If we want to place an order for shirts this year, we need your help to come up awesome ideas. We’re planning on having them in time for Spring BBQ, so tap into your creative side for some ideas. We’re looking forward to seeing what you come up with!

Submit them here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/collectit/dropbox/apacible/26757

We’ve extended the deadline for submissions to Friday, April 26, at 11:59pm. Feel free to submit more than one design.

Dear UW Techies, Startups and Entrepreneurs,

Want to know more about #STMeetup? Check out the STM Teaser Video.

You are invited to Microsoft’s StarCraft Game Night!

Event Date: Tuesday 4/23

Where: CSE Atrium

When: 5-11pm

There are two options for attending StarCraft night; 1) Tournament Player and 2) Spectator. See below for more details on the event, as well as what it means to be a tournament player and a spectator. Please note that tournament spots are EXTREMELY limited, but there will be a lot to do as a spectator.

1-      Tournament Player

a.       We are looking for players with multiple experience levels, from beginners to experts.

b.      If you are a player you need to provide your own: , keyboard, mouse, and ear buds.

c.       Player check in will begin at 4:15 PM and the final round will be played at 9:30 PM

d.      Winner of the tournament wins bragging rights and a SURFACE!

e.      You need to RSVP to Becky ( rtucker@microsoft.com) by Wednesday ( TOMORROW 4/17) at 5pm. Your confirmation of tournament spot will be confirmed by 8am on Thursday 4/18.

2-      Spectator

a.       Cheer on your friends and fellow Huskies

b.      Watch the tournament on a HUGE screen that will be up on a stage

c.       Heckle the broadcasters ( yes we are bringing in broadcasters!)

d.      Mingle with folks from the MSFT Competitive Gaming League

e.      Play XBOX or Kinect ( 4 separate stations set up across the atrium, multiple XBOX and Kinect games)

f.        Eat free food, we are going to have lots of food from Jimmy Johns and Chipotle. In addition we are working with a local bakery to have branded Starcraft cupcakes; additional snacks throughout the night as well.

g.       Spectator raffle, every hour on the hour starting at 6pm: ( Includes 2 chances to win and XBOX Kinect Bundles, Gift Cards, Sky Drive Memory, Games like Infinite Bioshock, Gears of War, etc….and many other things)

h.      Never heard of or played StarCraft? No worries, there will be a station hosted by the MSFT gaming league set up to do demos, and answer questions.

i.         Come and go as you would like….bring friends… open to everyone

j.        No need to bring a resume. This is not a recruiting event…. just a fun night sponsored by Microsoft.

Hello! I need current CSE majors to volunteer as tour guides + to share their CSE knowledge/enthusiasm at our DA Visit Day, this Thursday!

The details: Tour guides will check in at the CSE front desk at 3:45. From 4-5:30pm, tour guides work in pairs to give a 20-minute building tour three times, to three different groups. I’ll provide a list of talking points and spaces to visit. At the end, you can join us at a  reception in the atrium if you like.

No experience necessary. Just be ready to speak honestly and positively about UW CSE.

Total time commitment is 3:45 – 5:30pm, or until 6 or 6:15 if you stay for the reception.

These students and parents are very eager to talk with you about your CSE experiences, why you chose UW, what jobs and internships they can get as CSE majors, etc. Your willingness to help is highly valuable.

Email me if interested!

Raven, ravena@cs.washington.edu

Final call for ACM and ACM-W officer nominations!

You may nominate multiple people, including yourself, here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/196901

This WebQ will close today, Monday, April 15, 2013 at 5pm.

Overview:
4/18: Madrona Start Up Office Hours
4/19 – 4/20: Facebook Pacific Northwest Regional Hackathon
4/20: Google Games

Madrona Start Up Office Hours
4/18; 11:00 – 12:30pm; Atrium

Startup Office Hours is your time to come and discuss anything startup-related. Hakon Verespej, from Madrona Venture Group, will be available.

You are welcome to come and learn more about local startups, talk about a startup idea you have, get feedback on a project you’re working on, have your resume reviewed, or anything else you have on your mind.

Hakon can also be reached at hakon@madrona.com for questions regarding the office hour or anything else he can help with.

Facebook Pacific Northwest Regional Hackathon
4/19 – 4/20; 5:00pm – 5:00pm; Facebook Seattle

Join Facebook in Seattle as we stay up all night hacking, learning and having a some fun! Start brainstorming ideas & forming teams (of up to 4 people). We’ll supply the food, fun diversions, prizes, and some expert guidance in the form of our engineers. You bring your laptop, appetite, skills and ideas.

Google Games
4/20; 10:00 – 4:30pm; Google Seattle

Google Games is back and we want to know, if you have what it takes to be a superhero or maybe your skills lurk on the dark side, with your inner villain waiting to take stride? Whether you are good or evil, battle it out against other teams in trivia, puzzles, coding, word association and Lego building.

In addition to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, snacks, lunch and an event shirt will be provided to all participants and prizes for top teams.

Registration has passed. You should have received a confirmation email.

For future hackathons, we’d like to hear your preferences in dates, ideas, as well as any general suggestions or comments. Thanks!

Please fill out the survey here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/apacible/199231

If you want to change your answers after submitting, you can update them at any time.

• Tuesday April 16th, 2:00-3:30 PM
• Wednesday April 24th, 1:30-3:00 PM
• Thursday April 25th, 3:00-4:30 PM

Where:

Paul G. Allen Center room 691 (Gates Commons, 6th floor)

What:

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 2013 (A term) through Spring 2014. 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.