CSE Undergrad News

The Noble Lab in the UW Department of Genome Sciences is recruiting undergraduate CSE majors to carry out research in computational genomics and proteomics. No background in biology is necessary to take part in these projects.

• Annotating big genomic data sets.  As part of the National Institutes of Health ENCODE Consortium, we have developed a software analysis pipeline called Segway for automatically annotating the human genome on the basis of large collections of diverse high-throughput sequencing assays. The Consortium has recently completed a third round of experiments, and we are embarking on a new annotation effort based on this new data. The undergraduate would assist in this annotation process. Knowledge of Python is a plus, but not required.

• Differential measurement of 3D genome structure. The UW Center for Nuclear Organization and Function aims to characterize the 3D conformation of DNA in the nucleus of human cells.  This project involves implementation and validation of a tool for making sense of Hi-C data, which measures DNA 3D conformation. Ideally, the candidate should be familiar with Python and the Unix environment. Some coursework in statistics is helpful but not essential.

• Software for mass spectrometry analysis. The Crux mass spectrometry toolkit helps scientists analyze and interpret large protein mass spectrometry data sets. The software is command line driven, written in C++ and compiled under Linux, MacOS and native Windows. We need help maintaining the software by responding to user requests and adding new features. Longer term projects may involve improving memory usage, adding new statistical methods, or adding a GUI to the software. Candidates should be familiar with programming in C++.

Each of these research projects will initially be done for research credits. In future quarters, students who perform well may opt to convert to a paid research assistant position. If you are interested in one or more of these projects, please send a resume and transcript to Dawn Counts (dawnc@uw.edu).

The CSE Security Lab looking for an undergraduate to help develop and maintain Confidante, an encrypted email client that makes sending PGP encrypted email easy by using Keybase (https://keybase.io) for automatic key management.

Confidante is built with modern web technologies including React, Electron, and Node.js. This is a great opportunity to learn how to write web apps, improve your JavaScript, and contribute to ongoing research in the security lab.

For more information about Confidante, please contact franzi@cs.washington.edu.

We’re looking for someone for approximately 10-20 hours a week to:
– Help maintain Confidante (fix bugs, respond to user feedback)
– Add new functionality to Confidante (e.g., improving the user interface, adding encrypted drafts)
– Port Confidante to other platforms (desktop, mobile)

We’re looking for someone who has:
– Familiarity with or willingness to learn JavaScript and modern web technologies
– Strong communications skills
– (Bonus points but not required) Experience with Electron or React Native

If you are interested in this position, please send a copy of your resume, a copy of your unofficial transcript, and a paragraph describing your relevant experiences and interests to Franzi Roesner <franzi@cs.washington.edu>

We at the UW’s Clinical Informatics Research Group (http://cirg.washington.edu) are looking for graduate and undergraduate students interested in hourly or RA positions in software development. This is a great opportunity for students to gain experience with open-source software engineering and health informatics. Our group designs, develops, and administers clinical, global, population, and consumer health information systems for both research and usual care.

Requirements:

·       Demonstrated development experience with PHP or Python, and database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.

·       Comfort working with Linux systems at the command line.

·       10-20 hours / week.

Desired experience:

·       Python Flask, CakePHP.

·       HTML5, CSS, Javascript.

·       Development of consumption of RESTful APIs.

·       Mobile dev.

·       Health informatics.

For more information, please contact either Justin McReynolds (mcjustin@uw.edu) or Dr. Bill Lober (lober@uw.edu). Note that we’re also looking for UI/UX developers (see http://tiny.cc/CIRG-Dev-Student ).

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (www.kpcb.com), a world-leading venture capital firm located in Silicon Valley, just announced that they are now accepting applications for the 2017 KPCB Engineering Fellows Program and we’d like to share this opportunity with you.

The KPCB Fellows Program is a unique, career-defining opportunity for technical students who are interested in pursuing technology, entrepreneurship, design and startups. With a portfolio of some of the fastest growing startups companies in Silicon Valley, the program matches students to companies like Coursera, Slack, Square, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Synack for summer work experiences. Additionally, this small cohort of Fellows will gain exclusive access to events and programming with the partners at Kleiner Perkins, CEOs and executives across a variety of our portfolio companies, and other talented KPCB Fellows.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHWkqKBCH6k

Applications for the 2017 KPCB Engineering Fellows Program are open now and close September 30th, 2016.

To learn more and apply, you can visit http://www.kpcbfellows.com

DubHacks, UW’s largest hackathon, is accepting applications! We believe technology has the power to spark positive social change in our communities. Our mission is to promote inclusion, diversity and accessibility in everything we do. We gather undergraduate students of all backgrounds to bridge the gap between technology and social advocacy in hopes to inspire individuals to build creative tools that can be used to tackle society’s biggest issues. Our community welcomes everyone, including all levels of programming skills. We encourage all students to join, as there will be mentors to help teach you about new technologies. We are still accepting applications— apply at dubhacks.co!

Students interested in mobile development, iOS programming, health science research, or neurology may be interested in this research opportunity (possibly paid or for credit): The Comprehensive Stroke Center for UW Medicine is seeking someone to create an iOS app to help recruit subjects for clinical trials.

EDIT: If interested, email Glenn Schubert at gbs61@u.washington.edu

“The Comprehensive Stroke Center for UW Medicine is located at Harborview Medical Center, and staffed by UW vascular neurology faculty.  We are also one of 25 NIH StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Centers conducting multiple NIH and industry-funded clinical stroke trials that recruit subjects from both HMC and UWMC.  Administering these studies requires working through extensive inclusion/exclusion criteria – too much information for our neurologists to remember or work through easily with their current technology.  The team would like to translate this process into an iPhone app, to help process possible research participants more effectively and efficiently.

We would like to create an iOS app that can replace all of our current stroke phones. The goal is that by answering a few questions, a vascular neurologist can determine if a patient is eligible for any ongoing stroke research trials.  We would like to find someone who has iOS development experience and an interest in medicine/medical research.  I’d be willing to discuss credit/pay options, but our budget is slim.  The amount of hours per week would depend on their level of experience with iOS app creation and the complexity of our requirements.

Glenn B. Schubert, MPH
Program Manager
NIH StrokeNet Regional Coordinating Center
UW Medicine Comprehensive Stroke Center
325 9^th Avenue Box 359775
Seattle, WA 98104-2499
206-744-5826“

Have you ever wondered why some startups become unicorns, while others are flops? How about why some entrepreneurs are able to consistently introduce innovative new products?  These are the kinds of questions that are explored in ENTRE 370: Introduction to Entrepreneurship.  Professor Pahnke will be teaching three sections of the course this fall, and is opening up slots in each section for Engineering majors. In the course you will learn the fundamentals about starting a technology-based business, create a term project, and connect with the entrepreneurship community at UW and in Seattle.  If you are interested and have trouble registering please email Professor Pahnke at eacox@uw.edu

Section C: M/W 3:30-5:20

Prof. Emily Pahnke is actively recruiting Engineering students to join her ENTRE 370: Introduction to Entrepreneurship course. Emily won the UW distinguished teaching award last year and has an excellent reputation among students in the Foster School. Her current research revolves around venture capital investments applied to the medical device and affective computing industries. Questions? Feel free to contact Prof. Pahnke: eacox@uw.edu.

From: Yasaman Sefidgar <einsian@gmail.com>

Hello everyone,

We are exploring novel and intuitive techniques for programming robots and are recruiting participants of any background for a user study that involves the use of physical objects to provide instructions to a robot.

General Information

• The study happens at the Paul Allen Building.

• The study takes about 1 hour.

• You will receive a $10 Amazon Gift Card at the end of the study.

General Restrictions on Participation

• You should be between the ages 19 and 50 years old.

• You should not have any form of color blindness.

Please follow this link to sign-up: http://tinyurl.com/zao5c5y

Thanks a lot,

Yasaman, Prerna, Maya

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 7:20 PM, Justin Huang <jstn@cs.washington.edu> wrote:

We are looking for participants to be in our user study about programming robots.

In this user study, you will write programs for the PR2 robot, performing tasks such as fetching items or interacting with users.

General information:

• Time: The study takes place over two sessions. Session 1 is 60 minutes long. Session 2 is 90 minutes long. Both sessions are required.
• Dates: September 5 – 18
• Location: Paul Allen Center, room 014.
• Compensation: $30-$40 Amazon Gift Card credit

Participants must meet the following criteria:

• At least 18 years old
• At least 2 years of experience programming with C-like languages (e.g., C, C++, Java, Python, JavaScript)
• Not a robotics researcher

How to sign up:

1. Review the available time slots here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/selfsched?sstoken=UUNVZERpWkt1SEpsfGRlZmF1bHR8NDYxZjcyOWEwYzMyNGIxMTM4YmU0ZjNlMTk4MGZkYTU
2. Decide when you would like to do Session 1 (60 minutes) and Session 2 (90 minutes). These may be on the same day or on different days, but should be within 5 days of each other.
3. Email jstn@cs.washington.edu with your times, or add yourself in the above calendar.
4. More details will be sent after you sign up.

Thank you very much!

Justin Huang and Maya Cakmak

Hello everyone!

We hope you are having a great summer. We want to let you all know that CSE Capstone Course enrollment is now open for registration.

Please visit the Capstone Course page for the link to register and more information.  Please note the Security capstone this winter will be twice the average size for a capstone (approximately 48 instead of 24).

https://www.cs.washington.edu/students/ugrad/capstone

Also note that Capstone Registration will close on Sept. 5th, after that, students will register for capstones as space becomes available.

Computer Engineering students are guaranteed a capstone, CS graduating students, we will do the best we can to get you into your first or second choice.

-CSE Advising

Just a quick note that we are going to be updating mailing lists, so if you’ve graduated, you will no longer see Ugrad posts.  I know how sad this makes you.  🙁

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