CSE Undergrad News

Hey everyone,

Welcome back to UW!  We hope you had a restful summer and we look forward to seeing you all in the next few weeks (well, maybe not all at the same time!) but soon.

Blogs:

A few advising notes to kick-off the new year. Remember that you can login to the CSE ugrad news site and set your preferences for the types of messages you want to see. We try to make sure it’s all CSE related, but if it’s loosely related, I mark it miscellaneous in case you want to filter.

Overloading:

Also, please note that if you are trying to get into a CSE majors’ course, just attend this week and add your name to the overload form. We’ll do our best to get everyone in by Friday (or at least have a game plan by then on how to help you).

Advising staff additions:

You may have heard we are expanding the ugrad population. Well, that’s true, and with that comes an expansion of our staff too.  Please welcome to the advising team Jenifer Pesicka.  She will begin meeting with pre-majors and then add current majors to her repertoire. She will be sitting in a lot with Raven, Elise and me during our meetings this next month, so please introduce yourself when you meet her.

Additionally, if you’ve been here for two years (maybe you should be graduating soon….) but you may also remember Megan Reardon. She is back in CSE this fall helping with some K-12 outreach initiatives and will also be helping with some advising email and appointments as well.

And finally, we are really trying to step up our ‘online advising’ presence, so stay tuned for more information on that.

Okay, more later, but I wanted to get this out there sooner rather than later.

-CSE advising

Crystal, Raven, Elise, Jenifer and Megan

Jeff Bilmes bilmes@ee.washington.edu	11:08 AM (57 minutes ago)
to cs-ugrads

I am looking to hire two undergraduates for two separate research
positions in machine learning and big data.

The first position involves computer vision and big data. The student
must have a background in web-design and also ideally some experience
with Amazon Turk. We intend to create an interactive website where the
workers can view and select images from a set of images in an
interactive manner. This would require some server level application
design, like asp.net or it’s equivalents along with using the amazon
turk API. There is also opportunity to participate in the underlying
research involving big data and machine learning, with the goal of a
submission to a top-tier computer vision conference.

The second position is for research involving big time-series data, in
particular speech utterances. You will join a team of two graduate
students and two professors on a project that involves new methods to
improve speech recognition accuracy and computational feasibility. We
will be investigating a number of advanced machine learning methods,
and the end goal is, like the above, a number of conference and
journal publications.

Both positions offer a great chance to get involved in exciting new
research. If you are interested in either of these positions, please
send email to:

Prof. Jeff Bilmes <bilmes+ugrad@uw.edu>

Please do the following:
1) indicate which position you are interested in in the subject
by including keyword either “vision”, “time series”, or “both”
2) Attach your resume
3) Attach a copy of your academic transcript

The positions will remain open until filled.

• Environmental challenges and opportunities linked to cleantech.
• How to translate an idea into an actual device/product/company (including intellectual property protection)
• Market assessment (who would be the customer for this product or service?)

• Local/national venture capital and angel firms now focused on cleantech endeavors, and other opportunities/resources at UW.

Thinking about applying to graduate school? Wondering how to get started – and how in the world to write a person statement that reflects your goals and experience? The UW Graduate School is offering a two-credit course in autumn quarter on Preparing for Graduate Education.

The course is taught by Matt McGarrity of the Department of Communication. In it, students will learn how to craft an effective application package for graduate school, including how to:

• Write a personal statement that best represents you
• Create a winning resume/CV
• Ask for great letters of recommendation
• Work on research
• Work with faculty
• Understand graduate school coursework

For more info: http://www.grad.washington.edu/discover/preparing-for-grad-school.shtml

Subject: Raise our Voice, Register to Vote!

Hi,

My name is Marc Walsh and I am the campus organizer with WashPIRG, the statewide, student directed, student funded advocacy organization. Our top priority this semester is to raise our voices by registering thousands of us young people to vote.

Register right now at studentvote.org to raise your voice!

On the website are simple instructions for how to register online, or to print out and mail in a voter registration form.

I suggest registering at your campus address, to make the actual process of voting much easier.

You should re-register at studentvote.org if:
1. You have changed your address any time in the last 2 years
2. You have never registered at your campus address
3. You have changed your name
4. You have never registered since turning 18

WashPIRG also offers volunteer and internship opportunities. If you would like to volunteer or intern for course credit, helping others raise their voices by voting, visit washpirgstudents.org/internships.

Thanks, and have a great day!

Marc
—
Marc Walsh
WashPIRG Lead Organizer
marc@washpirgstudents.org
317-696-6649

___________________________________________

You can also access the King County Registration page:

http://www.kingcounty.gov/elections/registration.aspx

rom: Andrew Davidson <adavid7@uw.edu>

FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) is a nonprofit that runs robotics competitions for K-12 students around the world. Founded by inventor and entrepreneur Dean Kamen, FIRST’s mission is to “transform our culture by creating a world where science and technology are celebrated and where young people dream of becoming science and technology leaders.”

This robotics program is wildly successful at getting kids engaged and excited about learning in science and technology. Kamen’s idea is that STEM fields should have heroes and role models that are just as captivating in our society to kids as sports and pop culture.

Kids work in teams to design, build, and deploy robots in tournaments. At the high school level, they build, code, test, manage projects, do fund-raising, marketing, and bring their creations to an arena competition. Imagine the excitement of a Husky game, but all about engineering. If you’ve been involved at all, you probably understand. If not, why not check it out this year? It is tons of fun.

The Washington chapter of FIRST (firstwa.org), one of the largest and most successful in the country, is looking for key volunteers to help organize events this season. If you are interested, more info is here: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/pnw-first/message/3049. Guaranteed good times!

Thanks.

.andy (Coach, FRC Team 4180, Roosevelt HS)

• Andrew Davidson

  Senior Lecturer, Human-Centered Design & Engineering

  Director, HCDE Educational Laboratories

+ University of Washington

  adavid7@uw.edu

From Oren Etzioni

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: UW Center for Commercialization <uwc4c@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Subject: [Faculty] [C4C Tools] 5 Commercialization Resources You’re Probably Not Using
To: faculty@engr.washington.edu

Whether you’re new to C4C or an experienced user, there are great resources that you may have overlooked or forgotten, and new offerings that you should know about. Here are five worth considering.

Free Consultations to Discuss Your Research Discovery or Innovation Ready to talk to someone about your concept? Even if you’re at the very earliest stages of discovery, we’re happy to meet with you. Our team of knowledgeable technology managers is devoted entirely to researcher relationships and support—from the first steps of exploration through the entire path to market. You can ask your technology manager for help with analyzing markets, identifying customers, and introductions to industry experts. Call 206.543.3970 to schedule a consultation, or complete the online request. Money for Your Commercialization Project Your invention may be exceptionally promising, but it takes more than the promise of the future to translate into a business venture. You need money. C4C’s New Ventures Group can help you find the money to build your prototype, test your concept, and scale production. An array of funds can bankroll important research across “the gap” from the lab to a viable business, including the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS), Coulter, Commercialization Gap Fund (CGF), Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF), and the W Fund. Let us help you navigate the options and keep your project moving forward. Contact your technology manager directly, or call 206.543.3970 to get started. Patent Hotline Got questions about IP? We’ve got answers. Call us at 206.616.8776 to talk about: What’s patentable? Who owns patent rights? What’s the application process? How can I get a provisional patent in a hurry? With four patent agents on staff plus a copyright and trademark specialist, we are a great resource for you. Even before your research is ready to disclose, we can review documentation of your results and begin providing guidance on the best IP strategy. A New Way to Disseminate Your Research If you do not have the time or interest to actively pursue commercialization via licensing or launching a start-up, C4C offers a new way to get your ideas in front of audiences who can benefit. C4C’s Training Xchange is a program that can help you disseminate your programs, tools, or interventions and increase the visibility and impact of your research findings. We help design effective training materials and programs, market and promote them, handle materials production and registration, and provide outcome data about usage. Training Xchange’s experienced staff makes training highly effective and easy. Learn more or email with any questions. A Place to Grow Your Start-up What better place to launch your business than right here at UW? C4C’s New Ventures Facility (NVF) at Fluke Hall is a fantastic place to work alongside other UW entrepreneurial teams and get the support you need to solve common business challenges. NVF is dedicated space for translational research and early-stage business development of technologies en route to commercialization. UW start-up teams get office and/or lab space and share office equipment, meeting rooms, and Internet access, and they can participate in CEO roundtables, networking, and other useful training events. To learn more about how our New Ventures Group can help you find a new home, please contact Maren Ohaks, associate director of New Ventures at mohaks@uw.edu or 206.685.5591.

We put some posts up recently that our new students may not have seen, such as 311 possibly not being offered this winter. Please read the blog posts for the last week or two if you think you may have missed something. We just added all current students to the list and removed students who had graduated (except current 5th year masters students)

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