CSE Undergrad News

Dec. 13th deadline is coming up.

We are excited to tell you about Intel’s programs to promote entrepreneurship and innovation among young people and how your students can participate.

Intel is announcing Intel Innovators a US competition on Facebook to inspire, discover and award the best game-changing ideas.   This program is targeted at young people 18-24 years old.  Intel has gathered a panel of start-up and technology experts to evaluate submissions and select the most promising ideas. The ideas with the most Facebook votes will get a shot at winning up to $100,000.  An overview of the Intel Innovators contest along with the Submission Guidelines and FAQ can be found on here:  www.intelinnovators.com  Submissions begin November 7^th with the program officially launching on December 1^st.

These programs are just two of the many ways Intel is sponsoring innovation and entrepreneurship.  We also offer curriculum, workshops and leadership symposiums.  To find out more about Intel’s entrepreneurship programs, go to:  http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/highered/entrepreneurship.htm

We deeply appreciate your help in getting the word out to your students.

Palantir Technologies Scholarship for Women & Minorities in Computer Science

Palantir Technologies is committed to advancing technology through the use of computer science, engineering and related technical disciplines. The Palantir Technologies scholarship is available for women and minorities who demonstrate outstanding abilities and achievement in their studies.  By offering this grant, we hope to assist underrepresented minorities in obtaining their technical degrees and encourage them to make a difference through innovation.  Preference will be given to those students who display interest and proficiency in the areas of human-computer symbiosis, data visualization, machine learning, large-scale data analysis, distributed systems, and user experience.

• Scholarship award: The recipient will receive a $10,000 grant awarded for the 2012 academic year
• Deadline to apply: all applications are due on or before December 31st, 2011 PST

For more information and to apply online, please visit www.palantir.com/scholarship

———- Forwarded message ———-

Wed 11/30; 5:00 EEB 125; 5:30 Atrium

Hey everyone, research night is this Wednesday. The event will start with an open panel of current or former undergraduate researchers to tell you about their experiences. This will be followed by a poster session in the atrium where grad students will be showing off their projects that you could potentially work on.

P.S. We still need more panelists for the event, please reply if you are interested.

Hey everyone, we’re holding research night next Wednesday 11/30 at 4:30pm or 5pm and we need about 5 undergrads with research experience to talk and field questions for other undergrads who are potentially interested in doing research.

If you’re interested in helping out, please reply. We’ll need you for about 30 minutes during the actual event.

From: Helene Martin <ln@cs.washington.edu>
Hello,

I’m (sort of) new around these parts and am working with Stuart and Marty on our intro courses.  I’m also hoping to help coordinate some of our K-12 outreach efforts — middle and high school is a great time to get kids hooked on computer science!  I have several local computer science classes asking for speakers the weeks of Jan 9th, 16th, and 23rd and would love to send some of you out to share what gets you excited about computer science.

Ideally, we’d send out a graduate student and an undergraduate student to share a bit about their research, course projects and experience at UW.  The perfect presentation would include demos, some kind of activity (design exercise, thought experiment…) and lots of energy!

Please respond to me directly if you have some interest in participating in these kinds of efforts.  I’d like brief answers to these questions:
– why are you excited about CS:
– what could you demo:
– what activities could you do with students (ok if you don’t have any in mind):

Once I get a feel for interest, I’ll set up some time to discuss common information we’ll want all students to get, talking to teenagers, ideas for activities, and general logistics.  Even if you’re not around early Jan, please respond if you have any interest in this kind of work.  We are building a UW CSE Outreach Army.

Thanks!

Hélène.

Hélène Martin
ln@cs.washington.edu

Hey everybody!

Fall fest is in a couple hours! It starts at 6pm tonight in the atrium. Since it is your party, people should bring Wii and Xbox 360 games that they want to play. Label your game cases with your name to make sure they don’t get lost.

-ACM

Hey everyone!

ACM-W loves froyo, and we’ve heard that you do, too! Celebrate the end of the week with us at Yogurtland, the new, super-cheap froyo place on the Ave. If you’ve been before, you know how awesome it is; if you haven’t, I’ll just say that they have tons of awesome froyo flavors and amazing choose-your-own toppings.

Meet us in the Atrium by Reboot at 3:30pm on Friday, or meet us at Yogurtland at 3:45! Guys are welcome too; as long as you love froyo, we’d love to have you =)

Facebook event link:
https://www.facebook.com/events/290099964346652/

I hope your quarter is shaping up well, and I hope to see you tomorrow!