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

FYI: 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/prospective_students/bsms/application_information/

Here are the timelines for this application cycle:

May 19 – June 5th: Application Open
June 5th: Application Deadline
Decisions emailed late June

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

Hey everybody,

Just a final reminder that all fridges in the ACM lounge must be cleared out before 3:00 PM TODAY and will be OFF LIMITS for spring BBQ until Saturday. Any items remaining the ACM fridges after 3:00 will be discarded.

Thanks, and sorry for any inconvenience!

ACM

Spring BBQ!

Just a reminder that our Annual Spring BBQ is THIS FRIDAY, 5/19 @ 4 PM

Where we will have COTTON CANDY & SNOW CONES!

Volunteer

In order to make the BBQ run as smooth as possible, we need volunteers.

So, you should be an awesome person and sign up!

You’ll get to hang out with the super chill ACM execs.

Pie A PROF

We will be pieing a professor at the Spring BBQ and need your help deciding who!

The vote is close, but a certain Adam has quite a lead, so make sure to distribute the love around.

VOTE!

No Refrigerator For You!

In order to hold the food for spring BBQ, the refrigerators in the ACM lounge will be off-limits on

BOTH THURS 5/18 & FRI 5/19.

So please take clear your stuff out before then!

That was a lot of information, with a lot of exclamation marks, but most importantly:

COME TO THE SPRING BBQ!

The ACM Execs.

From: Tori Gottlieb
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2017 11:11 AM
To: ‘imajors@uw.edu’ <imajors@uw.edu>
Subject: NOTICE: Call for study participants – $100 compensation

Dear Informatics & Computer Science students,

We are asking you to participate in a research project conducted by faculty and students from the Information School at the University of Washington. This research explores the nature of screening interviews for software development positions. Our goal is to better understand the decision making process of hiring personnel as they assess and screen candidates with autism and candidates without autism for entry level software development positions.

We are looking for two white males with autism between the ages of 18 and 25 pursuing a degree in Informatics or Computer Science to volunteer for this study.

You are asked to participate in a mock-interview as the job candidate. Your participation will require that you study the resume given to you, the job posting, and prepare for the list of questions that will be used in the mock-up interview. You will participate in the 10-15 minute long screening mock interview for a software development position. You will be asked to conduct the interview via video conferencing. After the mock up interview you will be debriefed by two professionals that will review specific strategies for strengths and areas for improvement during the interview.

The interview will be video recorded. The recording of your mock-up interview will be viewed by technology professionals who will assess your performance during the interview. Half of the study participants will be informed of your autism spectrum disorder. The video recordings will only be used for research purposes and will not be shared with the public. We will keep the recordings for the duration of the study (including writing research reports). Your name will remain confidential.

The findings from this study will inform employers and college recruiters of best practices for screening interviews. Lastly, findings from this study will inform best practices for interview techniques that candidates with autism might utilize to enhance their performance during interviews.

Your time commitment will not exceed 120 minutes. You will be compensated $100 gift card.

We hope that you will consider participating in this study. If you have questions or concerns please contact me at hpannabi@uw.edu.

Dr. Annabi

Hala Annabi, PhD

Associate Professor

iSchool – University of Washington

www.linkedin.com/in/HalaAnnabi

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Hey CSE peeps!

Come join us for an afternoon of  puzzle solving!

UW ACM is hosting our first ever Puzzlehunt on Monday May 29th, 11 AM-4PM.

Make sure that you sign up so that we can get a complete count of participants.

More information will be forthcoming in the coming days, so get STOKED!

Also, there is a security tech talk next week:

–  5/16, Déjà vu Security tech talk, 6 p.m., EE125

Sincerely,

The ACM Squad.

Good news! The fall instructors are now listed on the tentative teaching schedule. Please note that changes are possible. So, if you are hoarding CSE courses, now is the time to let some of those classes go. Be kind to your peers!

If a course you would like to take is full, please sign up for notifications. This helps us track demand for full courses. If you cannot enroll before the start of the quarter, attend the first day of class.

Just a reminder that Research Night is happening today in EEB 125 from 4:30-5:30.

This is a great opportunity for undergrads to learn about research going on within the community and potentially get involved!

Itinerary:
4:30-5:30 Lightning talks from various labs in EEB 125
5:30-6:30 Open lab time

Also as another reminder,

We will be cleaning out the ACM fridge on 5/10! This is a PURGE and all food left in the fridge will be removed.

Furthermore, the fridge will be unavailable from 5/18 – 5/19 as it is required for spring BBQ food.

Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience!

Reminder: Informal Professional Communication for Techies – This Wed May 10, 2:30-3:30, CSE 691

Communicate like a legit adult! A huge part of working in tech is informal communication: email, code review comments, chats/IM, etc. Doing this well builds healthy teams, reduces response latency, and more importantly saves time you can spend coding (or practicing pool). We’ll talk about the nuances of professional tech communication and how to do it right.

This workshop is presented by Krista Davis, senior backend engineer and UW CSE alum. She’s worked at Google and some small startups, and has designed this workshop to teach you what she learned the slow way.