| Google Code Jam 2008 | May 17, 2008 |
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
| Montclair State University, NJ - Internship | March 06, 2008 |
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
| PhD Fellowship |
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
| NSF-STC Undergraduate Internship |
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
Center for Embedded Networked Sensing
UCLA
3551 D Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-9463 phone
(310) 206-3053 fax
| Full and Part Time Jobs at Slicehost | February 20, 2008 |
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
* passion for new technology and the Internet industry
* clear and concise communication skills
* organized and disciplined problem solving
* systematic approach to personal responsibilities
* ability to be on call during off-hours
* comfortable working remotely with a distributed team via chat/email/web
* an understanding of small company dynamics
* eager and enterprising nature
Does this sound like you?
You are an enthusiastic learner always seeking to both broaden and deepen your areas of expertise. You think well on your feet and others regard you as the go-to person for solving difficult problems. You take pride in finding creative and elegant solutions that get the job done. You are excited when confronted with a challenge and are not deterred when Google returns a nullset. Your technical acumen is balanced by a honed ‘theory of mind’ and your ability to read subtle social cues gives you a leg up when dealing with customers, clients and peers.
| Code It Own It '08 | January 31, 2008 |
Net2phone, Inc. is running a student programming contest that we think might make a good student project in networking or distributed systems. The contest involves building an application that takes advantage of an "identity unification" system we have built and deployed, called PICUP: The Personal Internet Communications Unification Project. PICUP unifies the naming, presence, and security of various forms of internet communications, such as voice, chat, email, and so on.
We will be providing various forms of support for the students, including servers on which they can run their application and support large numbers of users, and a Resource Kit which includes the PICUP API, as well as PICUP-modified jabber and SIP server software. We also provide servers on which the students can run their applications.
"Code It Own It '08" will accept entries through the semester, with a deadline of June 30, 2008. Contestants will be asked to create web communications applications using the PICUP infrastructure, with the objective of expanding the range of interoperating tools and services available to PICUP users. Students may work alone or in groups; they will retain all rights to their work, and will be eligible for awards totaling up to $50,000 in cash and prizes.
I have attached a document giving more details on PICUP and the competition. For more information visit www.picup.com <http://www.picup.com> or contact me at kwrisley@net2phone.com <mailto:kwrisley@net2phone.com>
Kira Wrisley
Marketing Coordinator
Net2Phone, Inc.
kwrisley@net2phone.com <mailto:kwrisley@net2phone.com>
Tel: (973) 438-4396
| Undergrad Research - UIUC | January 30, 2008 |
The Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to announce its summer 2008 program
supporting undergraduate research on information trust topics -
including security, reliability, safety, privacy, survivability, and
correctness. Below is a link to the announcement and solicitation for
applications for Undergraduate Research Internship awards for Summer
2008.
The deadline to apply is February 29.
http://www.iti.uiuc.edu/iti
Thank you,
Molly Tracy
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Molly M. Tracy, Associate Director
Information Trust Institute, University of Illinois
1308 West Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801
(217)333-3437, FAX (217) 244-3359
www.iti.uiuc.edu , mollyt@iti.uiuc.edu