CSE Undergrad News

This year I am in charge of organizing the 4th “Explore Graduate Studies in CSE” workshop, which  takes place at the University of Michigan in the Fall. The goal of the one-day workshop is to help undergraduate and MS students better prepare for the graduate school (MS or PhD) application process and broaden participation in computing research.

We are accepting applications throughout the summer on a rolling basis. We encourage students from diverse backgrounds to apply.

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Explore Graduate Studies in CSE

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The goal of the one-day workshop is to help undergraduate and
MS students better prepare for the graduate school (MS or PhD)
application process and broaden participation in computing research.

When: Saturday, September 29th, 2018
Where: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Online Application & Info: http://cse.umich.edu/Explore_Grad_Studies/
Next deadline: June 15 (accepted on a rolling basis)

< 5min application process

*Travel awards*: available for non-local students.

I’m a CSE undergrad and I’m bringing people together to create an Allen School organization for LGBTQ+ identifying members of the community. Our organization is called Q++ and we’re holding an info session and discussion next Tuesday, May 29th, at 1:30 with catered lunch for those who RSVP! We want to share what what we are planning to accomplish with Q++, and would love to hear your thoughts and feedback.

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From: Kurtis Heimerl <kheimerl@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, May 21, 2018 at 2:49 PM
Subject:Invitation to UWCSE Entrepreneurship Town Hall Discussion: May 30th @ 5PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, <cs-pmp@cs.washington.edu>, <vgrads@cs.washington.edu>, CSE CSE Faculty <faculty@cs.washington.edu>

In the last decade, The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering has become one of the world’s premiere places of computer science research. We have access to amazing resources: a strong local tech culture including some of the largest, most successful companies in the world, a robust local startup environment, (soon-to-be) two cutting-edge buildings, and some of the best faculty in data science, AI, wireless, NLP, computer systems, programming languages… basically all of computing. These faculty have gone on to start numerous successful companies and often hold positions at some of Seattle’s best VCs.

However, UWCSE still lags behind comparative institutions in one key area: student-led entrepreneurship. Despite numerous campus resources, including classes at the Foster School of Business and our own entrepreneurship seminar, most students (though there are counterexamples!) instead decide to graduate and immediately take a position at one of our local tech juggernauts. While that’s a good result (and you all should be excited) we want to make sure our students feel comfortable pursuing all options available to them, including entrepreneurship.

To better understand this phenomenon and solicit ideas for changes we can make to better encourage people striking out on their own, we will be holding a “UWCSE Entrepreneurship Town Hall” in the Gates Commons at 5PM on May 30th. This will be an open-ended discussion (and light dinner) between local entrepreneurship actors (both faculty and outsiders) and the student body (both grads and undergrads) where we, as a group, learn more about the needs and tradeoffs being made. We want to know how students view entrepreneurship and how to make it easier, safer and more attractive for students here in UW CSE. Current attendees include myself, Luis Ceze (CSE), Chris DeVore (TechStars), Elizabeth M Scallon (CoMotion), and Amit Mital (Krnl Labs).

If interested, please RSVP here. RSVP isn’t necessary but will let us better judge the interest and buy the appropriate amount of food.

Thanks!

Husky Tech is a great student org on campus and is looking for talented and enthusiastic leaders for next year.

1. To learn more about positions –www.tinyurl.com/ht-exec-app
2. Application – www.tinyurl.com/ht-exec-apply

Good Morning! The BS/MS application is now open.

A couple of notes about the application:

• We will contact your faculty recommenders after the application closes. You should talk to them in advance, but do not need to coordinate the actual recommendation process.
• You may not find a person you want to use as a reference in the drop down menu. If that is the case, it may be that:

1. They are a graduate student. In that case, we generally encourage them to work with their faculty adviser to submit on their behalf. Please let us know if this is problematic.
2. They may be a guest lecturer. In that case, if we still have contact with them we will try to include them.  Contact us with questions.
3. They may be affiliate faculty and may not be in our system yet. Let us know and I’ll have it updated.

The application is linked from the BS/MS application page: https://www.cs.washington.edu/academics/bsms/application

Here are the timelines for this application cycle:

May 21 – June 11th: Application Open
June 11th: Application Deadline
Decisions emailed early July

Questions? Email Jen <jenifer@cs.uw.edu> or Crystal <ceney@cs.uw.edu>

Join Madrona Venture Labs for Startup Open Mic!

It’s like an Open Mic Night…but for startup ideas!

In a way we are flipping the script: the Madrona Venture Labs team and
founders will pitch you startup ideas. You will have the opportunity
to ask questions, give recommendations, and provide feedback. At the
end of the pitches, you will vote on the most promising ideas worthy
of funding and further validation.

Date: Tuesday, May 29th
Time: 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Where: EEB105

Hello! We invite you to vote in the upcoming CSE Student Advisory Council elections. We have four elected positions and voting days are this week. All the information you need about how to vote and the candidates can be found on this blog post: https://medium.com/@csesac/cse-student-advisory-council-2018-2019-elections-guide-d467a149d7b7. Thanks!

CSE Student Advisory Council

Hello Allen School Students!

DubHacks is hosting a three day speaker series next week, May 22nd – 24th, with awesome local leaders in technology and entrepreneurship like Joseph Sirosh the VP of AI at Microsoft, Dona Sarkar the Head of Microsoft’s Windows Insider Program, and Salil Jain the CEO of Stripes39, an incubator behind companies like Cut.com!

May 22nd, 6:00 – 7:00 pm, EEB 125: Joseph Sirosh

May 23rd, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, EEB 125: Dona Sarkar

May 24th, 6:30 – 7:30 pm, EEB 125: Salil Jain

There will be free food! You can can sign up for the event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1557980257634642/, plus learn more information at http://dubhacks.co/talks!