Message from Google code Jam team
Dear students -
Are you ready to test your coding skills? Join Google Code Jam, a competition where programmers and students solve complex coding challenges in a limited amount of time. Winners get cash prizes and a trip to a local Google office. Last year, one competitor even went on to intern at Google and helped to create a new version of Google Sky.
We began offering the Google Code Jam in 2003 as a great way for Google to support competitive programming around the world. Those earlier contests were powered by TopCoder, but we have been developing a platform to support coding competitions -- and now we are excited to produce our own Google Code Jam.
The new competition will start in July 2008, and we hope you'll join us and your fellow programmers in this challenge. If you're interested, sign up for future announcements and updates about the contest at: http://groups.google.com/group/codejam-announce.
If you know someone else who would be interested, feel free to forward this email to them, too.
We're excited about Google Code Jam 2008, and we hope to see you at the finals!
Sincerely,
Google's Code Jam Team
The Department of Computer Science and the Center of Imaging and Optics at Montclair State University are pleased to organize a 8 week intensive undergraduate research program where students will work individually and collaboratively on a wide variety of imaging and computer vision problems benefiting from a group of experienced research mentors. In 2008, the REU site will take place between June 22 and August 15. Four faculty mentors from within the CS department will provide supervision.
Here are some highlights:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: MARCH 20, 2008
SUPPORT: The students will live and work in campus for the project period and will be compensated for their participation with a stipend of $3296. In addition, their lodging in campus will be paid and a daily meal allowance will be provided. Travel to and from Montclair are also covered (up to $500).
ELIGIBILITY: The program is open to computing related majors with at least one year of courses taken within the program of study. In our understanding, computing related areas include but are not limited to computer science, computational science, computer engineering, information technology, information systems, bioinformatics, electrical engineering, physics or mathematics. The students are also expected to know how to program in at least one high level language such as but not limiting to C, C++, or Java.
Eight positions are available each year. One of the students will play the role of peer mentor / student assistant and will start work in March 2008 (with additional compensation).
Funding is limited to United States citizens or US permanent residents. Members of the underrepresented groups are particularly invited to apply.
SPONSOR: This project is jointly funded by the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Undergraduates and the Department of Defense’s Assure programs.
FURTHER INFORMATION: http://www.csam.montclair.edu/~robila/iMagine or email nsfreu@mail.montclair.edu , robilas@mail.montclair.edu
OUR PROGRAM
Our IGERT program in Computational Transportation Science (CTS) provides fellowships to PhD students in several participating academic departments (computer science, civil and materials engineering, urban planning and policy, information and decision sciences, and mechanical and industrial engineering). CTS engages students and faculty from these disciplines in collaborative research to solve a broad range of transportation problems. By taking advantage of ubiquitous computing and focusing on the information aspects of transportation, CTS researchers can improve the efficiency of day-to-day transportation. Students interested in topics such as large distributed and mobile systems, wireless and vehicular networking, mobile peer-to-peer computing, sensor fusion, human-computer interaction, privacy and information security will find especially interesting applications of their work to CTS.
FELLOWSHIP BENEFITS
- $30,000 stipend for 2 years (additional support provided beyond 2 years through students' home departments)
- tuition and fee waivers
- interdisciplinary curriculum and advising
- international research experiences
- industrial internships
- support for research and travel
DEADLINES
We are currently accepting applications for fellowships commencing in Fall 2008. We accept applications on a rolling basis, but you are encouraged to send us your materials as soon as possible. Detailed application instructions are available here: http://cts.cs.uic.edu/apply.php. You must also apply to the PhD program in your chosen department. If their deadline has passed, please contact us. US citizenship or permanent residency is required.
FOR MORE INFO
Our website: http://cts.cs.uic.edu
Detailed announcement: http://cts.cs.uic.edu/CS_recruiting_statement.pdf
Program brochure: http://cts.cs.uic.edu/CTS_brochure.pdf
Dear Prospective Candidate:
We would like to invite you to apply to the National Science Foundation - Science and Technology Centers (STCs) Summer Undergraduate Internship Programs. The NSF-STCs offer paid summer internships at our seventeen centers, located at prestigious universities around the United States. These summer internships provide undergraduates an opportunity to conduct research in a “graduate school” setting in the following fields: 1) biological sciences, 2) computer and information sciences, 3) engineering, 4) geosciences, and 5) mathematical and physical sciences.
These summer research opportunities are fully funded and are an excellent way to gain a competitive edge toward graduate school. The centers are currently accepting applications for the 2008 Summer Programs. Deadlines are rapidly approaching and I would like to encourage anyone interested to apply. For more information on these programs, please access our website at www.nsfstc.org
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me via email at wuehara@cens.ucla.edu. Thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing your application.
Sincerely,
Wes Uehara
NSF-STC Undergraduate Internship Program Recruiting Manager
Wesley Uehara
Education Manager
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Slicehost is looking for driven, motivated people with big dreams and master plans. Please send email, resumes, current obsessions, code samples, life stories or haikus to jobs@slicehost.com if something catches your eye.
Requirements
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Does this sound like you?
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To the Members of Association for Computing Machinery :
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