CSE Undergrad News

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From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 2:44 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] career fair
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, vgrads – Mailing List <vgrads@cs.washington.edu>

In a week and a half (Oct. 20th) we will have our annual fall career fair — a great opportunity to talk to recruiters about both internships and permanent jobs in great companies.   This year’s fair will have more companies recruiting than ever before — in fact, we will have companies located both in the Allen Center atrium and upstairs in the commons on the 6th floor.    Here’s the current list of companies that will be recruiting:

http://www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates/meetings/recruit-co-1112.html

I hope you will attend and talk to as many of the companies as you can — it’s a great opportunity to learn about different job possibilities.

thanks!

hank

The CSE Resume Review Workshop will take place in the Allen Center Atrium next Tuesday, October 11 between 3:00 and 6:00 pm.

High-tech HR reps and engineers from Amazon, Boeing,  Facebook, Google, Isilon, Microsoft, Pariveda Solutions and whitepages will be on hand to review your resumes and provide tips to make them stand out.  Your resume is a vital part of your internship or full-time job search so all CSE undergraduates are urged to attend.

No rsvp is needed.  Students can arrive anytime between 3:00 and 5:30 pm.  Each individual review session lasts between 15 and 20 minutes.  After the first review students can opt to go to a second and third review.   Two or three reviews are recommended to get a good cross section of advice.  Make sure to bring at least three resumes or resume drafts!

This event is for CSE majors only.

For further information please contact CSE Advisor Dave Rispoli at rispoli@cs .

Undergraduate research position in computational genomics
http://noble.gs.washington.edu/undergrad.html

One undergraduate research position is available in the lab of William Stafford Noble in the Department of Genome Sciences at the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.

This project involves developing software for the analysis of patterns in functional genomics data from the ENCODE Project, and analyzing data with this software. This is an extension of the Segway project described at. The researcher will work closely with Dr. Noble and a postdoctoral fellow on this project.

Our research group develops and applies computational techniques for modeling and understanding biological processes at the molecular level. Our research emphasizes the application of statistical and machine learning techniques, such as dynamic Bayesian networks and support vector machines. We apply these techniques to various types of biological data, including DNA and protein sequence data, shotgun proteomics mass spectrometry data, and a variety of high-throughput genomic data types. We also develop and maintain a variety of software to support research in molecular biology. More information is available at.

This is a paid position of 10-40 hours each week. It is also possible for a student to perform some or all of the work for research credit. The researcher may have the opportunity to be a co-author on research papers and to participate in ENCODE Project Consortium activities.

Experience or coursework in programming and strong written and oral communication skills are essential. Unix programming and Python experience are strongly recommended. Knowledge of molecular biology and the R statistical environment are helpful. Please e-mail a letter of interest, attaching a resume and transcript.

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Please e-mail a letter of interest, attaching a resume and transcript, to Michael Hoffman.

From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] sad news
To: faculty – Mailing List <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads – Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-staff – Mailing List <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>

As you’ll all see on the news, it has just been announced that Steve Jobs has died.   It would be impossible to overstate the impact that Jobs had on our field and in fact on the world we live in.   A huge loss for all of us.

All CSE undergraduates who plan on pursuing an internship or full-time employment in 2011-12 should attend our CSE sponsored Employer Panel on Wednesday, October 5 from 5:30-6:30 pm in EE125.  The Employer Panel will be the  first in a series of highly recommended CSE career events designed to prepare our CSE undergraduates for the recruiting and job seeking process.

The event will feature a panel of HR reps and recent CSE graduates from local software companies who will provide details on what to expect from employers in the coming months so you can take the right steps to land the job of your dreams.  Attendee questions are very much encouraged.  You should leave this event with a better understanding of the timing and direction of your upcoming  job search.

Contact CSE Advisor, Dave Rispoli at rispoli@cs for additional details.

Aber is a recognized expert in large scale computing, networking and storage and frequently speaks about these matters. Aber left MySpace in September 2009.

He graduated from the University of Washington and was born and raised in Bellingham.

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From: Vivek Ravisankar <vivek@interviewstreet.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: FW: UWash and Interviewstreet
To: “ceney@cs.washington.edu” <ceney@cs.washington.edu>

Do you remember high school senior year, when you could fill out the Common App and apply to dozens of universities at the same time? CodeSprint (http://codesprint.interviewstreet.com)  is the Common App, but for actual jobs. Solve a single set of technical Challenges to apply for 50 companies simultaneously.
We’ve brought together and streamlined the hiring process for 50 of the most hacker-friendly startups, including Facebook, Dropbox, airBnB, Quora, and Kayak. Our companies are the ones that work on crazy scaling problems, affect millions of users, and have a wicked-smart team. They give pretty good perks, too.
At noon on Sunday, October 9th, land your Dream Job by proving your technical skill at

http://codesprint.interviewstreet.com
Thanks

Registration is open and has been, sorry for the delay.

The contest begins today, Monday, October 3, and runs through December 28. You’ll be able to log into a mainframe system to complete increasingly difficult technical challenges for bigger and bigger prizes(T-shirts, pre-paid debit cards, Samsung Galaxy tablets, trips).  If you have any questions about the contest, you can reach the IBM Academic
Initiative System z program at zskills@us.ibm.com.

Sign up here (Put a * in the “Professor” field when you register unless you happen to know our local IBM Academic Initiative member.):
http://ibm.com/university/contest

Crystal Eney
Academic Advisor – Lead
Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington – Seattle

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From: Oren Etzioni <etzioni@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 9:53 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Unique opportunity to chat informally with Steve MacBeth of Bing.
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads-jobs – Email Alias <cs-ugrads-jobs@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: cs-grads – Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, Email Alias <ugrad-advisors@cs.washington.edu>

Time:         Tuesday, 5pm.  (TOMORROW)

Location:  CSE 503.

Topic: search industry, Microsoft in general, summer internships at Bing, careers in computer science, and more.

Bio: Steve Macbeth is responsible for the overall search quality of Bing, including indexing, ranking, spelling, query understanding, contextual search and the overall relevance platform.

Prior to this role Steve was the General Manager and co-founder of the Search Technology Center Asia, located in Beijing, China where he lived and worked for over two years.  Steve joined Microsoft in Oct. 2002 and was initially a Group Program Manager in the Windows division working on support infrastructure and services.  Before moving to Beijing Steve was Kai-Fu Lee’s Technical Assistant in the Natural Interactive Services Division in Redmond, WA.

Prior to coming to Microsoft Steve was the founder and CTO of Riptide Technologies and pcsupport.com, two technology startups in Vancouver, Canada.

In addition to his work at Microsoft, Steve is a senior associate with the Foresight Institute, a non-profit think tank and public interest institute on nanotechnology and the impact of advanced technology on society.

Please email me if you are coming, so I make sure we have a large enough room.

Thanks,

Oren Etzioni

Professor, UW CSE

Co-Founder, Decide.com

Crystal Eney
Academic Advisor – Lead
Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington – Seattle

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From: Martin Tompa <tompa@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 5:27 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] FW: AIT Budapest
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>

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— Note to students on AIT Budapest —

I am writing to encourage you to consider an extraordinary study abroad program, AIT Budapest, for students interested in computing, design, computational biology, and IT entrepreneurship.

The AIT program has a first-rate faculty including professors such as Erno Rubik (inventor of the Rubik’s Cube and recent recipient of the U.S. Outstanding Contributions to Science Education Award), an innovative curriculum including courses such as “Computer Vision for Digital Postproduction” taught by faculty affiliates from Colorfront Studios (recent recipients of an Academy Award for technical contributions), and a guest lecture series that brings prominent speakers to campus.

All classes are conducted in English on AIT’s lovely campus on the banks of the Danube River.  Students live in vibrant neighborhoods of Budapest and have ample opportunities to interact with Hungarian students and explore Hungary and the region.

AIT is small and friendly, with typical class sizes of 5-15 students.  Recent U.S. AIT students have come from Harvey Mudd College, Pomona College, Princeton University, the University of Washington, Mt. Holyoke, Skidmore College, among others.  The program also includes a small number of Hungarian students.

Applications for Spring 2012 are due by November 15.  Applications for Fall 2012 are due April 15.

The AIT website and application materials are available at:

www.ait-budapest.com

Prof. Ran Libeskind-Hadas (ran@cs.hmc.edu) and Prof. Michael Orrison (orrison@math.hmc.edu) at Harvey Mudd College are serving as the North American Co-Directors for AIT and are happy to answer any questions that you might have and/or put you in touch with current and former AIT students so that you can get their impressions directly.

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Ran Libeskind-Hadas
Csilla and Walt Foley Professor and Department Chair

Dept. of Computer Science                Phone:      (909)-621-8976
Harvey Mudd College                         Fax:          (909)-621-8465
301 Platt Boulevard                            E-mail:      hadas@cs.hmc.edu
Claremont, CA 91711-5901                http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~hadas