CSE Undergrad News

Quantum Challenge – Hosted by Microsoft Quantum

Quantum Challenge – Hosted by Microsoft Quantum

Quantum computing takes a giant leap forward from today’s technology—one that will forever alter our economic, industrial, academic, and societal landscape. In just hours or days, a quantum computer can solve complex problems that would otherwise take billions of years for today’s computers to solve. This has massive implications for research in healthcare, energy, environmental systems, smart materials, and more. From hardware to software, from development through deployment, Microsoft brings the only scalable quantum system to the academic community and customers.

Microsoft Quantum home page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/quantum/

Video announcement of Microsoft Quantum Development Kit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7b4J2INq9c

Latest announcement on Microsoft Quantum Development Kit support for Mac & Linux as well as Python interoperability: https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2018/02/26/quantum-development-kit-adds-support-for-linux-and-mac/

Join us for a fun day to dig in to the promise of quantum computing and get your hands dirty using the latest in quantum development platforms to see how the power of quantum computing can begin to solve some of the world’s most challenging problems! A light breakfast, lunch, snacks, and beverages will be provided and you will get to meet some of Microsoft’s top research scientists in our quantum program.

Please REGISTER HERE: https://goo.gl/forms/nDWMiL7AbhXM8iHv1

Location: HUB 250

Date: Saturday, April 28

Time: 9am-5pm

9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast, Setup & Introduction

Installation
Components of the Microsoft Full-Stack Quantum Computer

9:30 – 10:15 Introduction to Quantum Computing

Quantum states, bits and gates
Quantum algorithms and applications

10:15 – 10:45 Introduction to Q#

Introduction to Q# types, qubits and control

10:45 – 12:00 Quantum Challenge Session 1

Tackle a series of quantum challenges of increasing difficulty

12:00 – 1pm Lunch

1:00 – 1:30 Subroutines in Q#

Introduce subroutines, partial application and functors in Q#

1:30 – 2:00 Quantum Algorithms

Discuss basic quantum algorithms: Deutsch-Jozsa and Bernstein-Vazirani algorithms.

2:00 – 3:55 Quantum Challenge Session 2

Tackle a series of quantum challenges of increasing difficulty, or continue working on the previous set.

3:55 – 4:00 Conclude and Wrap Up

Looking forward to a great day – we will have Microsoft SWAG for you as well to add to your wardrobe!

April 23, 2018

Animation Info Sessions: Monday 4/23 and Friday 5/4

Want to learn more about the 2018 – 2019 animation course series? Attend an info session!

http://arl.cs.washington.edu/outreach.html

When:

Monday, April 23rd @ 4:00PM

Friday, May 4th @ 11:00AM

Where:

Paul G. Allen Center room 691 (Gates Commons, 6th floor)

What:

Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) and the Animation Research Labs invite you to an information session on the Animation Production undergraduate course sequence at UW Seattle. This sequence runs from Summer 2018 (A term) through Spring 2019. The Summer course, Story Design for Computer Animation, is highly recommended but optional.

The Animation Capstone culminates in a very professional and exciting collaboratively produced digital short film, similar in process to Disney/Pixar and DreamWorks productions. Examples of previous award winning films produced in the dept will be shown and questions regarding applications and admission, etc. will be addressed. We look forward to seeing you there. Light refreshments will be served.

Contact the instructor Barbara Mones (mones@cs.washington.edu) or Erin Caswell (emc29@cs.washington.edu) with any questions.

April 20, 2018

Reminder: AI Event Tonight

Let’s chat: Sounding Board! The state of the Art in Conversational AI
Friday, April 20 (tonight!)
4-5 pm
Gowen 301

More info: https://www.cs.washington.edu/research/nlp/soundingboardevent

Registration: https://goo.gl/forms/c1kCnPwIjrFUEDFh2.

UW’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and UW Electrical Engineering are pleased to host an event for those interested in artificial intelligence: a presentation by the Sounding Board team and a demonstration of the technology.

Sounding Board was the winning socialbot in the Amazon Alexa Prize, a competition to further conversational artificial intelligence. Our socialbot’s approach focuses on finding interesting content to talk about with human users, while trying to understand who the user is.

On Friday April 20th at 4 p.m., the student research team behind Sounding Board will provide a brief high-level presentation about the system. Following this research overview, UW Allen School Lecturer Lauren Bricker will chat with the bot to provide a demonstration of the technology.

Enjoy and happy Friday!

April 20, 2018

Cancellation of TGIF Event

Hi all,

We are sorry to have to cancel the TGIF event scheduled tomorrow evening (4/20) in the ACM lounge. If there is interest in this event, let us know, and we may bring it back in the future!

Sincerely,

ACM

April 19, 2018

Diversity Scholarship – Deadline April 22nd

From: Tooba Qadri [mailto:tooba@quip.com]

Subject: Reminder- Quip Diversity Scholarship

Hi.

The Quip Diversity Scholarship is happening now!

Recipients will each receive $5000 toward their education ($1000 for each runner-up), and they will be invited to visit our office in San Francisco for a full day of learning, mentorship, and meeting the team (all expenses paid).

By running this scholarship, we’re hoping to have an impact beyond our team and do a small part to encourage students getting started in computer science.

We’re looking for applicants who

Are part of a group that has been historically underrepresented in STEM (including but not limited to: Women, African American, LatinX, American Indian, first-generation college students, LGBTQ+, and/or people with disabilities)
Have demonstrated interest or declaration of studying computer science or a related field.
Are currently enrolled as an undergraduate and masters student in the U.S. or Canada graduating in 2019 or later.
We are also accepting applications from students who are currently enrolled in or accepted into a full-time, onsite cohort in one of these coding programs.

Please help us spread the word and encourage students to apply. They can apply here: Apply. Applications must be received by April 22, 2018.

April 19, 2018

Nominations for ACM Officers

Hi all,

‘Tis the season to choose next year’s ACM officers! This is the nominations form. Please feel free to nominate yourself or as many peers as you wish.

Cheers,

ACM

April 18, 2018

News on registration for 2018-2019

Dear students,

Fast version if you’re short on time:

1. Please fill out your MyPlan for the next year with what courses you hope to take

2. The tentative teaching schedule will be out around May 1st

3. Machine Learning will not, at this point in time, be offered this fall, but we’ll have an offering in winter and a large one in spring. If we hire new faculty, we may be able to add it back for fall. We’re really sorry. 🙁

4. The Virtual Reality capstone will be making a come-back for the 2018-2019 academic year!

5. If you are graduating in fall or winter this next year, apply to graduate by May 2nd, 2018 to get graduating senior priority registration of May 4th.

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Longer version – more details:

First, it is REALLY important that all of you put your desired courses in your MyPlan for the next year. We have recently been given a window into MyPlan data so we can run analysis on what students want to take in the coming year. We obviously have a lot of constraints on when/how often we can offer certain courses, but this is an amazing new tool that we would like to take advantage of as soon as possible. Please only put the courses you really plan to take (don’t stack them all up to skew the statistics).

Registration for fall quarter is going to come up fast, it’s starting on May 4th for graduating students. We hope/plan to have the tentative teaching schedule out to you by May 1st so you can plan for the upcoming year.

There are going to be some changes in store, some you’ll like (VR capstones returning, probably fall and spring, two offerings of 446, one BIG one in the spring) and some you will not like (no one to teach 446 – machine learning in fall) but things are still changing. We are hoping to hire some additional faculty, and if that goes well, we’ll be able to likely add some additional courses, but that will happen as we move into summer.

Finally, we hope capstones will be posted for sign ups in early summer so stay tuned for that too.

CSE Advising

April 18, 2018

Grad School Info Session Next Thursday!

Come learn about CSE’s Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s (BS/MS) Program, the Professional Masters Evening Degree Program, and/or about pursuing your PhD in CSE.

The first part of the session will feature information about the BS/MS program, followed by a short presentation on the Evening Degree, and the second half will go over general PhD admissions nuts and bolts and will feature a panel of CSE PhD students. You are welcome to attend one, two, or three parts of the session, come and go as you wish.

Thursday April 26th, EEB 125

3:30-5 PM*

*3:30-4 5th Year Masters Program

*4:00-4:15 Professional Masters Evening Degree

*4:15-5:00 PhD

April 18, 2018

ACM-W Elections

It’s finally time for elections! If you or anyone you know wants to be more involved in CSE, running for an officer position for ACM-W is a great way to do that!

It all starts with nominations! Nominate someone for an officer position for ACM-W! This can be a peer or even yourself! We will be accepting nominations until 5/6. On 5/7 we will be opening the voting to ACM-W members via email and Facebook. On 5/14, we will welcome our new 2018-2019 officers!

Best,
ACM-W Officers

April 17, 2018

Sexual Harassment in the Tech Industry

Hi all,

On May 21st, ACM-W is hosting a series of talks by a lawyer, a software engineer, and a mental health specialist to address questions and concerns surrounding sexual harassment in the tech industry, particularly focusing on what you should know if you are ever a victim. All CSE students, graduate students, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend. The event will run for roughly two hours, 6:00-8:00, with time for questions at the end. It will be held in Bagley 131.

To RSVP, please fill out this form.

We hope to see you all there!

~ACM-W Officers

April 13, 2018