CSE Undergrad News

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From: Stuart Reges <reges@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Subject: ACM Programming Contest
To: faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, vgrads <vgrads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>

On Saturday 33 teams competed in our local ACM programming contest.
Marty Stepp helped me to run the contest along with student helpers
Victoria Wagner and Chris Lesinski, Google staffers Amanda Camp, Krista
Davis, Kevin Wallace, and Ethan Apter, and Facebook staffers Ryan
McElroy and Justin Bishop.  Google and Facebook were our official
sponsors and provided food, prizes, and swag.

The top three teams have won the honor of representing us at the
regional contest which will be held November 13th:

#1: Const Char Stars: Jeff Booth, Michael Sloan, Will Johnson
#2: Team Awesome: Derek Cheng, Alex Vaschillo, Huy Dang
#3: jedidiah: John McCord, eric wu, David Truong

You can find more detailed results along with information about the
problems at this url:

http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/reges/acm/results.html

Please join me in wishing our teams good luck in the regional contest.

–Stuart

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From: Dieter Fox <fox@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:36 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Intel Lab Open House today!
To: cs-grads@cs.washington.edu, cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu

Just a reminder that the Intel research lab has an open house today. It’s located on the 6th floor of the building at the corner of 45th and 11th, just a short walk through the rain. You’ll be able to see some very cool demos showing work that’s been done by many of your fellow grad and undergrad students. Among others, we’ll show a robot playing chess, an interactive Lego playing system, interactive 3D mapping, and 3D Avatar-like virtual flythroughs of the lab.
And, there’ll be food!! So please stop by any time between 3pm and 6pm.
Cheers,Dieter

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From: Hal Perkins <perkins@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 2:50 PM
Subject: that ballot envelope on the table….
To: faculty – Mailing List <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, cs-staff – Mailing List <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads – Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads-general – Email Alias <cs-ugrads-general@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: Hal Perkins <perkins@cs.washington.edu>

In the FWIW department….

In the midst of Halloween weekend, midterms, hang-overs from affiliates week, SIGMOD deadlines, and more, there’s an election on Tuesday and ballots have to be mailed by then.  We’re going to live with the results of this one for years, so it would be worth digging out the ballot from the bills and other junk that’s shown up in the mailbox over the last couple of weeks and sending it in.

And while you’re at it, be sure to vote yes on Propo@#$#$%^$@

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From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 7:43 PM
Subject: John Hennessy talk on Tuesday
To: Faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, Cs-Ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>

I’d like to remind everyone of John Hennessy’s talk in our
Distinguished Lecturer Series on Tuesday at 3:30 in the Microsoft
Atrium.

Hennessy is a god:  one of the leading computer architects of the past
several decades, and the president of Stanford.

He will be speaking about the future of research universities rather
than about computer architecture.  I guarantee you that this talk will
be worth your time.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/mvis/mvis?ID=928

Ugrads,

Quick Reminder: Facebook office hours on right now until 1pm today in atrium! Come talk to Facebook employees and recruiters about working/interning at facebook. Resume is required for entry, but there will be free food and drink.

Chris

Hey all!

REMINDER: Smoothie day is happening from 330-430pm today in the Atrium (opposite end of other atrium gathering).  It should be a good time!

Hope to see you there!

Chris

PS: Wasn’t that an awesome Affiliates Career Fair yesterday!?

PSS: Fall Fest in one week!!!

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From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:44 PM
Subject: THANKS for Affiliates!!
To: Cs-Grads <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>, Kay Beck-Benton <kbeck@cs.washington.edu>

Thanks to all of you for the phenomenal turnout for Affiliates — the
talks on Wednesday afternoon, the posters/demos on Wednesday evening,
and the job fair on Thursday.

We had more than 200 local alums join our affiliates for the
posters/demos on Wednesday evening — students from all degree
programs (bachelors, masters, professional masters, and doctorate) and
all years (I saw folks from as early as 1971 and as recent as last
year).  It was a home run evening.

Today, just about EVERY recruiter said this was the best job fair they
had attended this year — far better than Berkeley’s or Stanford’s,
for example.  Two reasons:  First, it’s just CSE (these companies want
computer scientists and computer engineers); second, UW CSE students
really knocked their socks off.

Thanks again!!

Harry S. Truman and Morris K. Udall Scholarships

The Truman and Udall Scholarships award students actively involved in leadership and service in their communities and on the UW campus.  Eligible students can receive up to $30,000 for graduate school as a Truman Scholar or up to $5,000 for undergraduate work as a Udall Scholar.  Each scholarship has a strong emphasis on the importance of leadership and commitment to public service.

Applicants for the Truman Scholarship must meet the following:

Attend an accredited college or university.

Be nominated by a Truman Faculty Representative.

Be a U.S. citizen or U.S. national.

Be in the upper quarter of their junior class.

Access application information URL:  https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/truman

Applicants for the Udall Scholarship must meet the following:

Must be a sophomore or junior at time of application.

Have a college GPA of a “B” or the equivalent.

Be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.

Access application information URL:  https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/morrisundergraduate

Campus Application Deadline: Tuesday, November 2, 2010   For additional information, please contact the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships & Awards — mpitre@uw.edu .

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge and Business Plan Competition Info Session
Tuesday, November 2
Johnson Hall Auditorium 102, 6-7:30 p.m.
Thinking about competing in the EIC and/or BPC this year, but aren’t sure how it all works?  Attend this info session to learn the ins and outs of both competitions and why you should compete.  Food and refreshments provided!

Drop in earlier to hear…
Environmental Innovation Practicum:  SmartGrid – Is it “Smart enough”?
Peter Christensen (Battelle’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Tuesday, November 2
Johnson Hall 175, 4:30-5:50 p.m.
“Smart Grid” adds substantial IT “smarts” to bring digital intelligence, real-time communications, and control throughout the power system to operate the electricity-supply grid as never before.  This is interdisciplinary work at its best–a cutting edge discussion of how clean-tech, engineering, policy, and business models are intertwined and why it’s important to understand the implications of each.

Open to all…

This event is part of EntrepreneurWeek, which is sponsored by the UW Foster School of Business Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Science and Engineering Business Association, and UW Center for Commercialization.

Pam Tufts, Assistant Director
UW Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
Michael G. Foster School of Business
ptufts@uw.edu, 206-685-3813