CSE Undergrad News

We are pleased to announce the launch of the new Washington State Opportunity Scholarship. It  helps low- and middle-income Washington State residents earn bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and health care. The application period is March 1 through April 16, 2012.

More info: http://www.waopportunityscholarship.org/document.doc?id=419

If you have any questions about the scholarship, please email info@waopportunityscholarship.org or call 877-899-5002.

Thank you very much for helping get the word out about this exciting new scholarship.

Steve Thorndill
Director, Scholarship Services
College Success Foundation

Hey folks,

Just a reminder that if you are a junior and plan to apply to the BS/MS 5th year master’s program, you need to finish all required 300 level courses by the end of spring quarter, and ideally be through one 400, or an additional 300 level CSE course.

We’ll have an information session early in spring quarter to help you plan. The application will open towards the end of spring and close right at the end of the quarter, so spring grades will be considered during the admission meeting.

Crystal

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From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:58 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Excellent short talk videos on “computer science futures” topics
To: Faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, Staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, eScience team <escience-team@u.washington.edu>, Escience_bbl <Escience_bbl@u.washington.edu>

Videos have now been posted from last month’s “NITRD Symposium” – excellent short (15-minute) talks by people like Jeannette Wing, Sebastian Thrun, Stefan Savage, Shwetak Patel, Beth Mynatt, Vint Cerf, Kathy Yelick, Al Gore.  (And don’t inadvertently skip the one by Tom Lange just because the title looks boring – it’s a really interesting talk about things like using CFD to model the aerodynamics of Pringles and the flow of p**p through Pampers.)

The web page is here:  http://www.cra.org/ccc/nitrdsymposium.php

A blog post describing the Symposium is here:  http://www.cccblog.org/2012/03/14/ccc-launches-nitrd-symposium-websitevideos-slides-written-summaries-of-talks-all-available/

Spring Career Fair

Date: Tuesday, April 10

Time:  3-7pm

Location: Hec Ed Pavilion (Alaska Airlines Arena)

Are you a Computer Science & Engineering major looking for a job or internship opportunity? The 2012 Spring Career Fair will be held Tuesday, April 10th from 3-7 p.m. in the HecEd Pavilion. We have more than 120 exhibitors attending seeking to fill full-time, part-time, summer and internship positions. Don’t miss this great opportunity!

Employers include Vivaki Nerve Center, Webtrends, Wipro and much more!  For a full list of employers, as well as information about how to prepare and dress for this event can be found at http://careers.uw.edu/Students/Spring-Career-Fair.

The Career Center will be offering workshops on “How to Make the Most of a Career Fair,” (April 5^th, 6^th, 9^th) and “Resume and Cover Letters” (April 6^th, 9^th) facilitated by The Career Center counselors in room 134 Mary Gates Hall before the Spring Career Fair. Please contact The Career Center for more information at 543-0535 or visit http://careers.washington.edu/Calendar.

Questions?  Contact careerevents@uw.edu or 206.543.0535.  Hope to see you at the fair!

Donna Chen
Event Coordinator
(206) 543-9108 direct
chend3l@uw.edu

The Career Center
University of Washington
main: (206) 543-0535
134 Mary Gates Hall * Box 352810 * Seattle, WA 98195

http://careers.washington.edu

Now in its 15th year, the Business Plan Competition is designed to bring interdisciplinary teams of students together to promote student start-up ideas and venture creation. Any degree-seeking college or university student in the state of Washington can submit his/her 5- to 7-page executive summary to the Competition.

Ninety-five student teams have received funding to date, many of which are still going strong, including: Contour, Epic Seats, Krochet Kids, Stockbox Grocers, NanoString Technologies, Cadence Biomedical, Brass Media, and Impel Neuropharma, just to name a few.

The competition takes place in April and May, and the deadline to enter is Tuesday, April 3, 2012.

Top Reasons to Enter the 2012 UW Business Plan Competition!

• Make serious headway on that great idea you’ve been tossing around for months (or years!).  In seven weeks you’ll refine everything from your executive summary and quick pitch to your full business plan and investor pitch.

• Gain visibility from the community–nearly 400 members of the Seattle entrepreneurial and investment community are involved in judging and coaching our competition.

• Build your network.  Think about who can help you move forward.  The judges are all from the wider Northwest entrepreneurial ecosystem.

• Get feedback.  All submissions to the competition will be read by 8 to 10 judges, and every team will receive feedback, which will be aggregated and returned via email.

• Receive skilled coaching and mentoring from judges to prepare you for the competition (and beyond).

• Win money to jump start your company!  The Grand Prize is $25,000, and a total of $60,000 will be awarded to student teams in the competition.

• Apply for additional funding and coaching after the competition through the Herbert B. Jones Milestone Achievement Awards and Foster Accelerator. We have an additional $130,000 to award to teams after the competition. Teams will also receive expert coaching and mentorship as part of the program. Students graduating in June 2012 are encouraged to apply for this program.

Business Plan Competition Next Steps

1.       Intent to Submit

BPC Early Registration Deadline: If you’re thinking of entering the UW Business Plan Competition, please complete the online Intent to Submit form by Monday, March 12, at 11:59 p.m.  This will ensure that you receive all the up-to-date information about the 2012 BPC!  Completing this form tells us important information about your team and idea, and helps us better plan for the event.  (Please note: the Intent to Submit is just basic information, not your executive summary.)  While it is optional to complete the form before March 12, you must submit it no later than April 3, in order to enter the competition.  Access the form directly here: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/masses/136983

2.       Deadline to Enter

Your 5-7 page executive summary is due on Tuesday, April 3, at 11:59 p.m.  Be sure to review the submission checklist (includes judging criteria) and example executive summaries.  PDF is the preferred format and please name the document your company name.  Submit your 5- to 7-page executive summary via this dropbox, which will open on March 30.

If you have any questions about the Business Plan Competition, please let me know.  You can also visit our website.

Best,

Sarah

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Sarah Massey, Assistant Director

Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Michael G. Foster School of Business

University of Washington
P:  206.685.9868 | masses@uw.edu
www.startup.washington.edu

We need some volunteers to help us during spring break, March 19th.  There will be 30 high school kids visiting our department. We have about 40 minutes to run an activity with them or show them some demos from course projects.  If you have anything you’d be willing to help us with, please email me directly: ceney@cs

Here are the times on the 19th
10:15-10:55

Crystal Eney

University of Washington – Seattle

From: Nicola Dell <nixdell@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Seminar announcement: Change

The program is called “Edge Challenge” and is running for the first time this year. Edge Challenge awards prizes to students and startups building applications for learning (the grand prize is $25K). The requirements for the applications are very open ended so students will find it easy to fit existing or planned projects into the format. Students will also have a strong connection to the theme of learning.  It is a great opportunity to fit academic work into a another context and we have some great judges participating in the contest from technology, education and investment sectors.

For more information you can check out http://www.desire2learn.com/r/edgechallengeinstructors

Hi CS majors. I’m writing to clarify one of your requirements.

Within your “CS Senior Electives” (33 credits total), the second requirement states “Either 1 additional course from the CSE Core Courses list or 1 course from the CSE Capstone list on the CSE website.”

You know what Core and Capstone courses are. In addition to those two categories, we’re also finalizing a list of approved project courses that will fulfill this requirement. We will publish the finalized list soon. For Spring 2012, know that CSE 441 will apply toward your CS “Additional Core or Capstone” requirement.

The above applies to CS majors. For CE majors, 441 counts toward the “Additional courses from the CSE Electives list,” not as a Capstone or Core course for CE.

– CSE Advising