Happy Fall quarter, Allen School students!
Our Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is looking for Associate Officers – this is an opportunity not only to develop your leadership skills and get more involved with the school but also to pad your project portfolio and make new friends. Associate Officers will help plan and organize social and technical events and work on projects that directly serve your peers (such as SnackOverflow).
We encourage any motivated CSE major who wants to learn or take on a new challenge to apply (this is open to both new and veteran CSE majors). No prior experience necessary.
Sign in with your CSE account to access the application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScB7GDAl9OOHbOxli-mkeyBQW8mKPP0ycB5Bvq-HY4IhSYpLQ/viewform
The application is due on Friday, October 5th.
Have a nice weekend,
ACM
September 28, 2018
Hi students!
Are you looking for a community of fun, motivated, high-achieving individuals? Have you ever imagined yourself compelling a jury with your words, or playing a fun character witness from Australia? UW Mock Trial is a nationally competitive, academic team that puts on full trials in courtrooms across the country, competing against teams from Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, and more. Our team is made up of a very inclusive and diverse group of students, aimed at building each other up and learning the law. No experience is necessary… we will teach you how to be a star in the courtroom!
Our graduates go on to excel at top law schools, graduate schools, they travel the world on Fulbright scholarships and become authors, poets, and more. Students from every major are welcome… our alumni work anywhere from analyst positions in the government to management positions at local startups. Although we are an activity based around a legal issue, some of our best competitors have been from the CS major. People know and respect UW Mock Trial. Get ready to work hard… and have fun!
To learn more about joining one of UW’s most successful (and rewarding!) RSOs, go to
www.uwmocktrial.com or attend our informational sessions October 1st, 2nd, or 3rd at 6PM in the Communication building. We will announce the room number on our website, and if you have any questions about the team please feel free to email us at
uwmocktrialclub@gmail.com.
Hope to see you next week!
Kaitlyn McGlothlen
Lab Manager in the de la Iglesia Lab
Coach for UW Mock Trial
September 28, 2018
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!
September 28, 2018
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 4:35 PM
Subject: Putnam Mathematical Competition / Math 380
To: Cs-Ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, Ugrad Advisor <ugrad-advisor@cs.washington.edu>, Crystal Eney <ceney@cs.washington.edu>
The Putnam Mathematical Competition is the premier international math
competition. UW teams have fared well, thanks to a superb prep class
taught by Mathematics professors Ioana Dumitriu and Julia Pevtsova.
Allen School students have often participated, enjoyed it, and done
well. Ioana and Julia asked me to forward to you the announcement below for
this year’s prep class, and to encourage you to participate. It’s a
great experience!
Weekly meetings:
Mondays, 6-8PM, Padelford C-36
starting on Monday, October 1
Competition date: Saturday, December 1
Practice Exam: Monday, October 8
Learn problem solving skills in:
Combinatorics
Number T heory
Geometry and T rigonometry
Sequences and Series
F unctional Relations
Algebra
For more information, see the Putnam at UW page
http://sites.math.washington.edu/∼putnam/putpage.html
and the Math 380, The Art of Problem Solving page
http://sites.math.washington.edu/∼putnam/m380 aut18.html
Faculty Contact/Sponsors:
Prof. Julia Pevtsova, julia@math.washington.edu Prof. Jonah Ostroff,
ostroff@uw.edu
September 28, 2018
From: Tracy Erbeck <tracy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 3:19 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Snohomish Lane opening day-
To: <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, <researchers@cs.washington.edu>, <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, <vgrads@cs.washington.edu>
Hey CSE! Snohomish Lane is the name of the pedestrian path across from Stevens Way that runs east/west to the Burke Gilman and the IMA. As a part of the construction of the Gates Center, the pathway was completely revised, including hardscape (rocks and concrete) and landscape (trees and shrubs). While we had a temporary pathway much of last year, the path was closed early summer for the construction of the permanent stairs, ramps and planters. The current plan is for the path to open to pedestrian traffic again Oct 15th. The team will still be planting, but the stairs will be ready to go.
The accessibility ramps will be ready to go shortly after, Nov 1.
The schedule may either improve or slip a few days on either end. We’re hoping for improvement!
Happy to answer any questions-
Tracy Erbeck
Director of Facilities
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195-2350
206.543.9264
www.cs.washington.edu
September 28, 2018
New animation course still has room:
Advanced animation course: Email Barbara Mones for an add code: mones@uw.edu
Over the past few years more and more entertainment verticals are moving away from offline rendering technology in favor of real-time engines. The main objective of this course is to cover the techniques and strategies used for creating content for runtime environments. Students will be introduced to various 3D engines and runtime development pipelines built to increase the efficiency of 3D production. Beyond pipeline development, shading, lighting, and effects for runtime will also be covered. At the end of the course students will have the skills necessary to tell a story using a runtime engine (Unity) for traditional and virtual reality formats.
September 27, 2018
All CSE undergraduates who are considering pursuing an internship or full-time employment in 2018-19 (and this should be you!) should not miss our Allen School sponsored Industry Panel.
Day: Tuesday, October 2nd
Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
Place: Guggenheim 220 No rsvp needed!
This event will feature a panel of CSE graduates and HR reps who will provide important information on the steps CSE undergraduates need to take in the coming months to land the internship or job of their dreams. Student questions are very much encouraged. You should leave this event with a much better understanding of the timing and direction of your upcoming job search.
September 27, 2018
Hello! Today and tomorrow we have terrific computing-related student groups tabling in the CSE Building Atrium. Please come say hello to these student groups and find out how you can get involved!
Today (Thursday):
10am – noon: CSE Student Advisory Council
noon – 2pm: Q++ (a new group for promoting community among Allen School LGBTQ students)
Tomorrow (Friday):
noon – 2pm: Society of Women Engineers
2pm – 4pm: Husky Tech
September 27, 2018
CSE 490G1 / 599G1 – Introduction to Deep Learning is a survey course of recent developments in neural network-based machine learning. We’ll cover supervised, semi-supervised, and unsupervised tasks in computer vision, NLP, and robotics and you’ll build out your own deep learning framework. The course is open to both undergrads and graduate students. Come see what all the hype is about!
23410 WF 330-450
KNE 110 Farhadi,Ali
PREREQUISITES: CSE 446 OR CSE 455
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September 26, 2018
