CSE Undergrad News

All students must file a graduation application by the 3rd Friday of the quarter they wish to graduate. You can file up to three quarters in advance if you also want to register using graduating senior priority.

If you are wondering if you’ve filed your paperwork, go to your MyCSE page and see if there is a date in the projected graduation box on the right. If there is, you’re all set. If there isn’t, and you think you came in to file, email one of us to check on your application. If you didn’t come in and you want to graduate, you should come see us by Friday for winter graduation and before the 3rd Friday in spring for spring graduation.

If you apply to graduate by this Friday, you’ll still be able to graduate this quarter.

Applying for Graduation”: https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/graduation/

Additionally, the CSE department is participating in a campus-wide survey of graduating students. Your participation is optional. If you participate, we will complete your graduation paperwork normally, then ask a few questions about the most challenging work you completed as a student. It will only take an additional 5 minutes. To prepare for this survey, you may want to take a look at your CSE courses and spend a minute or two thinking about which one stretched your thinking the most. If you were not asked about this survey and would like to participate, please stop in to dropins or make an individual appointment, we’d love to hear from as many of you as possible.

CSE Advisors hosting appointments for graduation will be: Crystal,  Elise and Megan

Hello,

Please join the eScience Institute Monday, January 28, 4:00 pm in EEB-303.  Refreshments will be provided.

John Gennari (UW)

John Gennari, PhD, received his doctorate in Computer Science (in artificial intelligence) in 1990, and has been carrying out research in biomedical informatics since 1994, starting with the Stanford Medical Informatics group. His primary research focus is in knowledge representation and knowledge sharing. John is extensively published in the Biomedical Informatics literature, in application areas as diverse as health care guidelines, biosimulation modeling and cell-signaling pathways. Dr. Gennari joined the BHI faculty in 2002, and began working in synthetic biology in 2009 in collaboration with Herb Sauro.

Versions and Variants: Adopting engineering principles to synthetic biology

Synthetic biology is a unique interdisciplinary field that combines a deep understanding of genome-level biology, a technical ability to manipulate and synthesize genes at the wet bench, and an engineering approach to the design and development of novel constructs. As the field grows and matures, it needs to apply principles from engineering, such as standardization and modularity, to manage complexity. If synthetic biology components were standardized and modular, then researchers could access libraries of reusable components for adaptation and re-use in new designs, accelerating the pace of science. Our research group has worked over the last several years to help develop the Synthetic Biology Open Language (SBOL), a standard for sharing and reusing synthetic biology designs. In this talk, I report on several early successes with this RDF-based standard.

In addition to broad principles such as modularity, we have discovered that day-to-day research in synthetic biology would also benefit from a more specific software engineering idea: Version control management. In collaboration with Herbert Sauro’s lab, we have developed prototype tools for applying version control to the complexities of the wet-bench process of biological construction. Ultimately, we aim to create intelligent CAD tools that allow researchers to not only leverage standards and reusable libraries of components, but also to carry out intelligent component retrieval, error detection, workflow management, and other sorts of decision support for the design and assembly of new biological constructs.

Upcoming Seminars:
* February 13, 4 PM (EE303)

Gary Johnson  

Waiting for Exascale

* March 13, 4 PM (EE303)

Carlos Guestrin  (UW)

GraphLab: Making Fast Machine Learning on Big Data Accessible to Data Scientists

* April 11, 4 PM (EE303)

Barry Wark  (Physion Consulting)

TBD

* May 1, 4 PM (EE303)

Jeff Gardner  (UW)

Simulating the Universe on Google’s Exacycle Platform

* May 13, 4 PM (EE303)

Fernando Perez  (Berkeley)

TBD

Overview:
1/22: LinkedIn Tech Talk
1/23: Industry Affiliates Winter Startup Recruiting Fair
1/24: Industry Affiliates Winter Recruiting Fair
1/24: Chief Architect Tech Talk

LinkedIn Tech Talk
1/22: 6:00 – 7:15pm; EEB 105

Want to work on advanced information-retrieval algorithms, massive scalability infrastructure and storage solutions, and large-scale applications for users on web and mobile devices? Apply now. LinkedIn is looking for interns and new college graduates who want to learn, grow and work with some of the brightest technical talent in the world.

We are hiring for the following positions:

• Summer 2013 Software Engineering Intern
• Software Engineer

Come find out about LinkedIn and our opportunities. We look forward to meeting you! studentcareers.linkedin.com

Industry Affiliates Winter Startup Recruiting Fair
1/23: 1:30 – 5:00pm; Atrium

Interested in working at a startup?  Come talk to our startup affiliates! Make sure you bring lots of resumes!

A list of recruiting companies may be viewed here: http://www.cs.washington.edu/industrial_affiliates/meetings/winterrecruit2013/startups/

Industry Affiliates Winter Recruiting Fair
1/24: 1:30 – 5:00pm; Atrium

What do you do the day after an afternoon of chatting with startups? Mingle with more companies, of course! Bring a fresh batch of resumes and come talk to the rest of our affiliate companies.

A list of recruiting companies may be viewed here: http://www.cs.washington.edu/industrial_affiliates/meetings/winterrecruit2013/established/

Chief Architect Tech Talk
1/24: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Chief Architect, Inc. is a leading software company developing architectural home design software products for the consumer and professional markets.

Learn About Career & Internship Opportunities with a Small, Dynamic Software Company.

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho • jobs@chiefarchitect.com

Below are more summer research opportunities for undergraduates:

i) MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP), Deadline: 1/25/13

ii) Columbia University IGERT on Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems (BioIGERT), Deadline: 2/14/13

iii) Moncrief Undergraduate Summer Internship Program at the UT Austin Institute for Computational Engineering and Science, Deadline: 2/1/13

iv) Nebraska Summer Research Program, Deadline: 2/1/13
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i) The MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) seeks to promote the value of graduate education; to improve the research enterprise through increased diversity; and to prepare and recruit the best and brightest for graduate education at MIT.

MSRP began in 1986 as an institutional effort to address the issue of underrepresentation of African Americans, Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans in engineering and science in the United States. Today, this program seeks to identify talented sophomores, juniors, and non-graduating seniors who might benefit from spending a summer on MIT’s campus, working in a research laboratory under the guidance of experienced scientists and engineers who are MIT faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students. Students who participate in this program will be better prepared and motivated to pursue advanced degrees, thereby helping to sustain a rich talent pool in critical areas of research and innovation.

For more information and to apply (Deadline is January 25th, 2013)  http://odge.mit.edu/undergraduate/msrp/

ii) The Columbia University IGERT on Optical Techniques for Actuation, Sensing, and Imaging of Biological Systems (BioIGERT), a National Science Foundation IGERT program, will support outstanding undergraduates as Summer Research Fellows for the period from June 2 through August 3, 2013. This program provides a $4000 stipend for each successful candidate and free campus housing (worth $2700) in which you are expected to reside. Those selected will have an opportunity to participate fully in the interdisciplinary research activities of the BioIGERT faculty across the Departments of Physics, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, and includes collaborative research with industry including IBM Yorktown Heights.

This is the best summer job you’ll ever have, apply now: http://www.bioigert.columbia.edu/rpu/apply.html
For details about BioIGERT, please visit: www.bioigert.columbia.edu

 
iii) The Moncrief Undergraduate Summer Internship Program at the UT Austin Institute for Computational Engineering and Science is organized to provide summer support for qualified undergraduate students of mathematics, science, and engineering to work within the Institute during the summer months.

Moncrief Summer Interns work with faculty and research staff from one of ICES’ sixteen research centers and groups (full listing at: https://www.ices.utexas.edu/research/centers– groups/)
Research activities generally focus on developing modeling and simulation methods to study problems in areas such as:
energy, advanced materials, biomedical research, nanomanufacturing, and related areas that draw on applied and computational mathematics, computing, fluid mechanics, solid mechanics, mathematical physics, and biology.
Application deadline: February 1, 2013
Application instructions at: http://www.ices.utexas.edu/programs/summer-internship/
Stipend: $6,000
Dates: Jun – Aug 2013 (10 weeks)
Who should apply: Undergraduate students of mathematics, science,or engineering who are entering their junior or senior year in Fall 2013
Requirements: 3. 0 GPA; U.S. citizens or permanent residents only

iv) The Nebraska Summer Research Program is a consortium of NSF funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) and other summer research opportunities programs (SROP).

One unique feature of the Nebraska Summer Research Program is the partnership between the REU and SROP programs and the Office of Graduate Studies. Students benefit in having a community of scholars in which to learn and to share research with.

This intensive summer research experience provides mentoring and research experiences while allowing scholars to preview graduate school life. Students with a strong interest in graduate programs are particularly encouraged to apply, as are those from populations traditionally underrepresented in graduate education.

For information on individual programs go to: http://www.unl.edu/summerprogram/

Programs: Bioenergy Systems, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Nanomaterials & Nanoscience,Optics and Laser Physics, Redox Biology,Virology

Application Dates
We plan to begin accepting applications on November 14, 2012.
The priority deadline is February 1, 2013.
Complete applications are due on February 15, 2013.

Program Dates
10-week program: June 3 – August 7
8-week program: June 3 – July 26

Travel Dates
Arrival (all): Sunday, June 2
8-week program departure: Saturday, July 27
10-week program departure: Thursday, August 8

CSE Departmental Exchanges

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. Snacks will be provided!

What: CSE Direct Exchange Info Session
When: Wednesday, Jan 30 3:30-4:30pm
Where: CSE 691

Study abroad applications for CSE exchanges during the academic year 2013-2014 will be due on February 15, 2013. Questions? Contact Elise (elised@cs.washington.edu)

Engineering Study Abroad to Jordan: “Water in an Arid Land”  (Early Fall 2013)

The UW CEE department is offering a study abroad intensive short-course in water engineering (CEE498, 5 credits), which will take place on-location in Jordan during the Early Fall term (Aug 24 – Sept 21).

Following the great success of the 2012 UW-Jordan study abroad course, the CEE department is again sponsoring this study abroad (exploration seminar) course to examine water resources in an arid setting.  Water is a scarce commodity.  Jordan is ranked among the 10 most water-scarce nations in the world, and will serve as the backdrop for learning about water and wastewater treatment  in a water-scarce region.  The course focuses on the current and historic water resources in Jordan, drinking water treatment and distribution in Jordan including the impacts of elevated temperatures and desalination, treatment of concentrated wastewater including efforts for safe reuse, and plans in Jordan for meeting future challenges.  The course is designed for juniors, seniors, and graduate students in CEE; students from many other disciplines may also be interested. Financial aid is available for eligible students.

Course work is in English.  There is no language pre-requisite.

Information about last year’s program can be found at: http://courses.washington.edu/cejordan

A link to the application (deadline March 1) and full course description can be found at:

http://studyabroad.washington.edu/index.cfm?FuseAction=Programs.ViewProgram&Program_ID=11054&Type=O&sType=O

Heidi L. Gough, Ph.D., PE
Research Assistant Professor
University of Washington

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering More Hall Rm 306 Box 352700 Seattle, Washington 98195-2700 USA hgough@u.washington.edu Twitter @ProfGough (posting focused on the Jordan Study Abroad)

CEE 409/509 ENGINEERING ROME UW STUDY ABROAD EXPLORATION SEMINAR for 2013

Engineering Rome is a UW Exploration Seminar that covers Roman and Italian engineering over a range of 3,000 years from Ancient Rome to the present day. It consists of one 5-credit course, CEE 409/509 Engineering Rome, that takes place in two sessions. First, a once-per-week orientation session meets in Spring 2013 to provide background information, and program orientation. Second, an in-depth session meets in Rome, Italy at the UW Rome Center for three weeks during the 2013 Summer-Fall quarter break (28 August to 18 September 2013). To obtain credit for the course students are required to be registered for and attend both sessions.

Program Content

This program relies on its proximity to over 3,000 years of cutting-edge engineering in the heart of Rome. It provides engineering students or those interested in engineering a unique international and historical perspective on the engineering practice and its contributions to society. Rome is one of the richest sites in the world for exploring engineering through the ages from ancient Roman aqueducts, to Baroque basilicas, to modern subways, to sustainable life in a massive modern city. Students, will interact with local experts on Roman cities, archeology, construction, infrastructure and sustainability. Students will develop skills that allow them to analyze and evaluate civil infrastructure of all ages. Skills will be put to practice with classroom engineering analysis, expert lectures, and site visits guided by Roman experts in the engineering aspects of these sites (both modern and ancient).

Who Can Take the Class

Anyone enrolled at the University of Washington. The class is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. You do not need to be a Civil and Environmental Engineering major, or even an Engineering major. You just need an interest in the subject. Keep in mind that we will be doing engineering analysis in the class so that type of activity should be something you are okay with doing and able to do. If you have had math education up to, but not including, calculus you should be just fine.

Information sessions are scheduled:

• Thursday, January 17^th, 4-5 p.m. in More Hall room 225
• Friday, February 1^st, 3-4 p.m. in More Hall (room TBD)

Course website: http://bit.ly/engineeringrome (it is a UW Catalyst Common View page)

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/engineeringrome (LIKE this to keep up to date on happenings)

E-mail: ask Professor Steve Muench at: stmuench@uw.edu

If you are interested, do this now (in no particular order):

1.       Come to an information session (not required but highly encouraged).

2.       Go to the course website and read up on the details for this course.

3.       Apply for the course online (http://bit.ly/engineeringromeapply)

4.       LIKE Engineering Rome on Facebook – this keeps you in contact with any breaking news regarding the program. It also lets me know who is interested in the course.

5.       E-mail me (Steve Muench) if you have any questions at all.

Cheers and best wishes for Winter Quarter 2013!

Steve Muench
Associate Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mailbox 352700
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
206.616.1259
www.greenroads.org

Honors Study Abroad Programs

A reminder that all CSE undergraduates are urged to take advantage of the Resume Review Workshop in the CSE Atrium on Wednesday, January 16 between 3:00 and 6:00 pm.

This workshop is designed to allow you to gather tips from the experts to turn your resume drafts into documents that will help land your dream job or internship.

All you need to attend is a few copies of your resume–anything from a rough draft to almost-finished product is fine.  Show up anytime between 3:00 and 5:45 pm (plan on 15-20 minutes per review) to share your resume with up to three HR or technical interview experts from Google, Microsoft, amazon, whitepages, Pariveda, and Tableau Software.  These experts will provide resume advice to get your resume in great shape for the Winter recruiting fair on January 23 and 24.

Start off your week by grabbing some Google swag from the ACM Lounge!

There are tshirts (S-XL), snuggies (blue/red/green), umbrellas, android wind up toys, android keychains, whiteboard markers, whiteboard stickers, and android/chrome watches.

Available while supplies last.

Overview:
1/14: Twitter Tech Talk
1/15: Facebook Tech Talk
1/16: Resume Review Round Table
1/17: Ooyala Tech Talk

Twitter Tech Talk: Personalization and Recommender Systems at Twitter
1/14: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 125

Jake Mannix is the Tech Lead of the User Interest Modeling team. He will discuss the state of personalization technology and recommender systems at Twitter, covering topic classification and topical interest/authority graph analysis, training rankers for personalizing content, and the Who To Follow account recommender.

Facebook Tech Talk: Crush your Coding Interview
1/15: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Want to get some inside info on how to crush your coding interviews this winter and spring? Facebook is hosting a presentation on campus that will cover some awesome ways to prepare for interviews with any company.

This talk will be given by Facebook Software Engineers (and UW Alums!). Dinner and SWAG will be provided – see you there!

Please RSVP to this link and check out all of the details: www.facebook.com/crushyourcodinginterview

Resume Review Round Table
1/16: 3:00 – 6:00pm; Atrium

In this workshop, HR reps and recruiters (or other people within companies who screen résumés or serve as the first or second-line reviewers) sit with small groups of CSE students for 15-20 minutes per group and critique resumes, offer suggestions and help them refine the way they present themselves on paper. It is a chance for students to get honest feedback about what’s working and what’s not, and to see examples from other students to help them craft a résumé that really works.

Ooyala Tech Talk
1/17: 6:00 – 7:00pm; EEB 105

Hi UW CSE Freshmen/Sophomore!  Google is ramping up to get students to
apply for our Freshmen/Sophomore specific programs.  Last year, we had
UW Students participate in both Freshmen Engineering Practicum AND
Android Camp!  We want more UW representation, please apply early!

Freshman Engineering Practicum -Freshmen only. Due 2/1.
What is it:  Freshman Engineering Practicum is a 12 week internship
program at our Google Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.  The program
includes three main components:  a software project, skills-based
training, and professional development.

Who should apply:  Current freshmen majoring, or intending to major in
Computer Science or Electrical and Computer Engineering. Students who
are a member of a group that is historically underrepresented in the
technology industry are encouraged to apply.

What you need in order to apply:
• Complete online application (personal information and uploading your resume)
• Complete 3 short essay questions

To apply:  Please visit this site for more information and to apply
today! The deadline to apply is February 1, 2013. Applications will be
reviewed on a rolling basis and we encourage you to apply early. If
you have any questions, feel free to contact me at yinner@google.com
and also, you can contact the FEP team: fep@google.com.

Android Camp -Freshmen/Sophomore. Due: 3/17
What is it:  Android Camp is a week long program at our Google
Headquarters in Mountain View, CA which features interactive and
collaborative Android curriculum.  Participants will learn how to
build Android applications from scratch!
Who should apply:  Current freshmen or sophomores who are majoring in
Computer Science or a related field and who have proficiency (1-2
years experience) programming in Java and who have little to no
experience programming in Android.
To Apply:  Please visit google.com/students/androidcamp for more
information and to apply.  Applications open January 22nd and the
deadline to apply is March 17th.  If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact us at android-camp-questions@google.com

New Program!! Chrome Academy -Freshmen/Sophomore. Due 3/17
What is it:  Chrome Academy is a week long program at our Google
Headquarters in Mountain View, CA.  Program participants will learn
how to conceptualize and build mobile and Chrome applications.
Who should apply:  Current freshmen or sophomores who are majoring in
Computer Science or a related field and who have proficiency (1-2
years experience) programming in Javascript, CSS, and HTML.
To Apply:  Please visit google.com/students/chromeacademy for more
information and to apply.  Applications open January 22nd and the
deadline to apply is March 17th.  If you have any questions, please
feel free to contact us at chrome-academy-questions@google.com

I represent the Viterbi School of Engineering’s graduate program and would like to introduce you and your students to the 2013 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) at the University of Southern California.

Students completing their Junior year have an opportunity to spend summer break working alongside USC’s world-class faculty on cutting-edge research in engineering and computer science. They will make new friends, gain valuable research experience, and receive a stipend for living expenses in Los Angeles!

To learn more about this opportunity including program dates, research areas, information sessions, and other details, I encourage your students to visit our SURE webpage.

Applicants to the Summer Research program should be outstanding undergraduate students in engineering or computer science who will begin their senior year in fall 2013 and must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. or Canada.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions you may have. We look forward to connecting with your students!

Best regards,

Laura Hartman
Director, Graduate & International Recruitment
USC Viterbi School of Engineering