CSE Undergrad News

Sift Science and Chipotle Burritos, Tuesday Oct. 23rd at 6:30, ECE 125

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From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 2:01 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Sift Science and Chipotle Burritos, Tuesday at 6:30, ECE 125

Jason Tan is a phenomenal alum who co-founded Sift Science, a really
interesting fraud detection company with offices in San Francisco and
Seattle. (Zorah Fung, known to many of you, works in the Seattle
office.)

On Tuesday evening at 6:30, for the 7th year in a row, Jason will do a
presentation and Q&A on the startup experience.

Jason is super-engaging. And lots has happened at Sift Science in the
past year – the stresses and strains of growth and competition – so
even if you’ve heard him before, it’s worth hearing him again. Plus,
we’ve moved on from pizza and burgers to burritos!

7th Annual Informal Q&A with

Sift Science CEO and UW CSE ‘06 Alum

Jason Tan

Tuesday, October 23rd @ 6:30pm in ECE 125

Jason will talk about why this year was one of the most challenging
years at Sift, as well as….
● Building a company
● Differences between the workplace and school
● Making the most of your time at UW
● Preparing for an internship or fulltime job in industry
● Our Seattle Office
● And whatever else you want to know…

And, we’ll have Chipotle Burritos

October 18, 2018

Airbnb and Apple events with ACM-W next week!

Hello everyone! Join ACM-W for networking events with Airbnb and Apple next week.

Airbnb:

RSVP here: https://airbnbacmw2018.splashthat.com/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1088867441273701/

Visit Airbnb’s brand new Seattle office and join ACM-W for dinner with recruiters and engineers. Learn about the technical challenges you can work on, how you can have an impact at Airbnb, and network with Airbnb.
They are looking to hire new grads and interns and will be recruiting. Lyft codes will be provided for transportation, and sent to the email you RSVP’d with closer to event.

Apple:

RSVP here: http://applecorp.avature.net/UWashingtonnetworking

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/262343771083905/

Apple would like to invite ACM-W members to Apple’s upcoming Engineering Networking Event at the University of Washington’s Seattle campus. The event will be taking place in the HUB’s Lyceum Ballroom, from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. They will have representation from engineering teams across Apple eager to connect with both undergrad and graduate students seeking internships, co-ops or full-time positions. You can list your preferred arrival time when you RSVP. All students who register ahead of the event will receive a confirmation email with their arrival time assignment by Tuesday, 10/23. Any questions can be directed to uwashington@apple.com.

See you there!

– ACM-W

October 18, 2018

Allen School swag pop-up sale!

The Allen School is having its first swag sale of the school year! Check out the link below to see how you can rep CSE.

Sale ends on October 30th, and orders will be delivered in the last week of November. If you select “Pick up at a central location”, there are no shipping costs, and it will be distributed at the CSE building during the last few days of November and first week of December (more details to come). Otherwise, you can have it shipped directly to you for a fee.

https://imagesource.ignitecx.com/UWAllenSchoolFall2018

October 16, 2018

Career Fair Prep Workshops: “What to Expect at the Career Fair”

Hello everyone! Recruiting season is right around the corner, and ACM and ACM-W are partnering up again to make sure that you are ready to put your best foot forward. Come attend our career fair prep workshops for an overview of what you should expect at a career fair and how to best prepare. Included will be:

– Tips on interacting with companies
– Helpful Do’s and Don’t’s

-Resume advice

Find out more about the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1884625944908536. As always, all CSE students are welcome to attend — see you there!

Note: There are two identical sessions being offered, one on Tuesday (10/16) from 4:00PM – 5:00PM in EEB 125 and the other on Thursday (10/18) from 4:00PM – 5:00PM in SIEG 134. Please RSVP here: https://goo.gl/forms/zFHHKvO9D4cJSVGZ

October 16, 2018

Husky Tech event today at 4:30pm with Indeed

Launching Sprint to Success: Tackle real-world tech problems in the industry by working alongside Software Engineers, Product Managers, and UX Designers from Indeed at Husky Tech‘s first event of the year. This is the perfect event to build your network and connect with recruiters for future career opportunities at Indeed!

RSVP: https://tinyurl.com/HTxIndeed

Learn more about HuskyTech: http://www.uwhuskytech.com”

October 16, 2018

very sad news

As some of you may know, we just had very sad news that Paul Allen passed away this afternoon. Paul was an extraordinary person who had enormous impact. This is a huge loss for the world and for the Allen School. We will be making a public statement soon but I wanted to tell you. There is an article on the front of the Seattle Times.

hank

October 15, 2018

Events – week of October 15, 2018

Please be sure to check the undergrad calendar for more information on upcoming events: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/ugrad/advising_calendar

Monday – Friday, 10-11:30 a.m. & 1:30-4 p.m. – Atrium

Pick up your name badge and lanyard

Monday, October 15^th, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Atrium

Okta Meet & Greet

Monday, October 15^th, 6 p.m. – ECE 125

Rover tech talk

We’re so excited to be speaking at UW and we’d love to meet you! Please come join us at 6pm on Monday, October 15th for dinner and a combined info session and tech talk.

We are passionate about our amazing mission — enabling more people to experience the unconditional love of a dog — and we’ll tell you all about how we’re accomplishing that. We’ll discuss our values, our culture, our marketplace, and our software. Philip Kimmey, one of our Co-Founders and Director, will talk in detail about the technical and business challenges of our newest service, Rover Now, enabling dog owners to rely on Rover to line up a perfect dog-walker at a specific time and place. Phil will also share some of the hallmarks of our engineering culture, such as how we utilize machine learning, experimentation, split testing, and data analysis to formulate data-driven decisions and strategies

Tuesday, October 16^th, 6:30-7:30 p.m. – ECE 125

Zillow tech talk
RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/y7dpzrje

Wednesday, October 17^th, 6-7 p.m. – ECE125

NVIDIA tech talk

Sign Up: bit.ly/nvtalkuw
Title: Stereo Cameras on Drones: End-to-end Deep Neura lNetworks for Reliable Depth Perception
Speaker: Nikolai Smolyanskiy

Wednesday, October 17^th, 6:30-7:30 p.m., ECE037

Think Outside the Valley: Two Sigma Quant talk

At Two Sigma, our community of scientists, technologists and academics collaborate to solve some of the most challenging economic problems.

We rely on the scientific method, rooted in hypothesis, analysis, and experimentation, to drive data-driven decisions, to manage risk, and to expand into new areas of focus. In this way, we create systematic tools and technologies to forecast the future of global markets.

If you’re interested in hearing more about the scientific method to modeling, please join our Quant Talk. There will be food and refreshments provided. Please register for a spot here. We hope to see you there!

Thursday, October 18^th, 6-7 p.m., ECE125

Microsoft Tech Talk

More information to follow

Friday, October 19^th, 1-3 p.m., table in the Atrium

Microsoft office hours

Stop by and chat with team members from Microsoft.

October 15, 2018

Please sign our card for Paul Allen (in reception area)

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From: Hank Levy <levy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 10:27 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Please sign our card for Paul Allen (in reception area)
To: Researchers <researchers@cs.washington.edu>, Staff <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>

Hello Allen School community,

As you may have heard, Paul Allen’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, which has been in remission since 2009, has returned. While this is not welcome news, Paul is not only a brilliant innovator and philanthropist, but also a fighter. He already defeated cancer once, and he is determined to come out swinging once again.

We wanted to find a way as a school to wish Paul well as he undergoes treatment. To that end, we invite you to stop by reception and sign your name to our jumbo greeting card. We are asking for signature only – we would prefer people to refrain from adding personal messages, to allow sufficient room for all who want to add their names.

The card will be available for signing today and tomorrow, at which point we will deliver it to Paul to let him know we are thinking of him.

Thanks,

Hank

October 11, 2018

Nov 5 presentation on sexual harassment by Dr. Sharona E. Gordon

Hi, Allen School! I’d like to invite you to a presentation open to all faculty, staff, and students:

Below the Waterline: A presentation on the NASEM report on Sexual Harassment by Sharona E. Gordon

November 5, 3:30pm

CSE 691, Gates Commons

Allen School students, faculty, staff are invited

More info: www.cs.washington.edu/diversity/belowthewaterline

RSVP here

Please join us for a presentation led by Dr. Sharon Gordon on the reality of gender harassment in academia, and how we — students, faculty, and staff — can contribute to an improved culture in our schools. We will review a major 2018 report on gender harassment in academia produced by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine; look at why efforts by institutional leaders to limit harassment have made slow progress; and discuss how faculty, students, and staff can transform their culture from a grass-roots level. Strategies include identifying and addressing local problems, building community, reimagining mentoring, and supporting targets of harassment.

Thanks,

Raven

October 11, 2018

Follow up information on Graduation Appointments – and the online form

Hello all graduating students this fall, winter or spring!

I wanted to send some clarifying points out on the message I sent in late Sept.

1. First step to take if you want to graduate is to check your MyCSE and see if you have already filed to graduate. It should be listed at the top of the page. If you have a

graduation date listed there that is accurate, and you have no further questions about your degree audit, you do NOT need to fill out anything else. If you do not see a graduation date listed, then you should fill out the form below.

2. With regard to deadlines, if you are graduating THIS fall you need to fill it out by today. We will then process it and you’ll receive an email from UW. Once you accept that UW submission, your degree application is officially on file.

3. If you are graduating in winter or spring AND you want to have graduating senior priority registration for those quarters, you need to fill out the form by October 25th.

4. If you don’t care about graduating senior priority, you can fill out the form by January 23rd if you are graduating in Winter or by April 17th if you are graduating spring quarter.

5. Finally, you do not need to come in for an advising appointment after you fill out the form unless we contact you and say you need to come in. We’ll contact you if there are questions from us.

6. If there were questions in the form that you filed with us, we will fix all errors and then submit to UW, or we’ll contact you directly.

7. Once you’ve received the email from UW asking you to submit your graduation application, everything is filed and there is nothing else you need to do except make sure your degree audit continues to be accurate.

We hope this helps and that you’re off to a great fall quarter,

CSE Advising

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Dear Graduating CSE majors!

If you are graduating at the end of this fall, winter or spring quarter, it’s time to file for graduation! First, please check your degree audit in your MyPlan to see if you have a projected graduation date. If you do, you’re good to go. If you don’t, we have a new, online process this year so you will only need to physically come in to advising if you have extensive questions. Everyone needs to first fill out this survey, regardless of questions.

There are basically two steps.

1. Fill out our CSE Graduating Student Online Form. You must login with your CSE Gmail Account Credentials. The deadline to apply to graduate for Fall quarter is October 10th. The deadline to apply to graduate Winter or Spring quarter and have graduating senior priority (early) registration is October 25th.

2. Watch for the UW confirmation for your graduation application and SUBMIT that when you see it come through your UW Email address

If you are pursuing a double major or double degree, you’ll need to file graduation paperwork with your other department as well.

You do NOT need to come in for an appointment if you fill out the form. We will contact you if we have questions or concerns.

Thank you!

October 11, 2018