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Week 5 of the Semester!
Adventure! Excitement! CS!
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Reminder -- NEW Computer Sciences Advisors! | |
As you have scheduled advising appointments, you may have seen some new faces on the CS Advising floor of the CS building. We would like to formally introduce C-M Daeley, Allison Wanger and Kayla Lentz as three new academic advisors who have joined the CS advising team!
Allison, C-M, and Kayla are aiming to start meeting with students soon! In the meantime, Michael Radloff and Shelby Arkin are excited to continue working with Computer Sciences students. Have any questions, comments, or concerns? Do not hesitate to connect with your assigned advisor or schedule an appointment via STARFISH!
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Drop-In Career Advising
Looking for In-person drop-in career advising related to tech, data & analytics careers? Every Wednesday during the Fall semester from 1:00 - 4:00pm, visit a L&S Successworks career advisor regarding career/internship-related questions! They will be located on the 4th floor of Tower 2 in the CS building!
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Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
When: Monday, October 10, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Union South, TITU – Pizza will be served
Information Session with 2022 Goldwater Scholars:
Sarah Fahlberg, Eli Kemna, Sam Neuman and Lucy Steffes
(Information Session Flyer HERE)
(For those unable to attend in person, we are offering a Zoom option)
Please Register here
The prestigious Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship provides $7,500 for undergraduate expenses to students who plan to pursue a PhD and research career in mathematics, the sciences or engineering. (Note: Students who plan to get an MD/PhD would qualify, but not those who plan to pursue an MD alone.)
Current juniors and sophomores--defined as having 1 or 2 additional year(s) of undergraduate study after 2022-23--may apply for the Goldwater. Successful candidates have a strong academic record (3.85 GPA or above), extensive research experience, and three strong letters of recommendation from professors in their field. In recent years 45 UW-Madison students have won Goldwater Scholarships. You could be next!
Campus application deadline: November 21, 2022
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Tech Talk with John Deere
When: Tuesday, October 4, 2022
Where: Engineering Research Building, Room 106
What time: 6:00-7:30 p.m.
We at the IEEE chapter of UW-Madison are excited to announce a Tech Talk with John Deere that is happening this Tuesday! We will be welcoming three John Deere representatives to campus. We will have a presentation about the company and what it does, followed by an informal Q&A session. Pizza will be served!
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Wisconsin Robotics Seminar Series: Dr. Kris Hauser
When: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Where: Online: Zoom Link HERE
What time: 1-2 p.m.
Dr. Kris Hauser from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be presenting on October 5th at 1pm CDT as part of the Wisconsin Robotics Seminar Series. The talk is intended to last 45 minutes followed by a 15 minute Q&A Session. The session will be held live on Zoom.
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Statistics Seminar: Dr. Vikas Singh
When: Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Where: 133 Service Memorial Institute
What time: 4-5 p.m.
Title: Incorporating Fairness criteria in Computer Vision and Neuroimaging
Abstract: AI algorithms underlie a broad range of modern systems that we depend on every day. While such algorithmic decision making continues to integrate closely with our lives, a number of high profile news stories have shown troubling blind spots, including discriminatory behavior in recommendations made by blackbox automated systems as well as biases against skin color in surveillance systems. The study of of mechanisms that provide guardrails against such behavior has grown from a niche pedagogical topic about a decade ago to informing procedures being frequently adopted when deploying machine learning systems.
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CS Faculty/ New CS Grad Student Social
When: Thursday, October 6th, 2022
Where: Steenbock's on Orchard, Discovery Building
What time: 4-6 p.m.
This annual CS social for new grad students, is an opportunity for new CS grad students to meet and mingle with faculty and other new students. Drop in anytime between 4 and 6 pm on October 6 at Steenbock's . Appetizers and beverages will be served. Event is open to all CS faculty and new CS grad students.
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Google Developer Student Club (GDSC)
When: Every Thursday starting October 6th until December 8th
Where: CS 1263
What time: 5pm - 8pm
GDSC is excited to announce a new, recurring event for any UW-Madison student! Every Thursday starting October 6th, we will be sponsoring unsupervised LeetCode practice sessions and/or pair-up mock interviews! For those of you who don't know, LeetCode is an industry-standard coding interview practice tool that replicates common questions asked by interviewers from top companies like Meta, Amazon, Google, and many more. We encourage you to grab your friends and work together to prepare for your future internships and full-time job interviews!
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Credit Suisse Global Coding Challenge 2022
Credit Suisse is back with the annual Credit Suisse Global Coding Challenge and registrations have now begun. With the previous editions seeing more than 20K registrations, we are prepared to break the ceiling this time!
The competition will run from October 5 to October 23, 2022. University students across the globe will attempt to code their most efficient algorithms to nine coding problems ranging from EASY to ADVANCED. Solutions will be scored by our automated evaluator and students placed on regional and global leaderboards.
Please Register Here
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Technology Against Tornado (TaT) Student Competition and Expo
About TaT 2023
With the rapid growth of emerging technology on one side and the need in the battle against tornadoes on the other side, we have envisioned the Technology against Tornado (TaT) Student Competition and Expo to inspire and engage students by transforming their innovative ideas into real-world functional products to empower communities against tornadoes. Sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and hosted by the University of Tennessee at Martin, TaT 2023 is a one-day summit of competition, expo, and activities full of creativity and innovation to use technology against tornadoes.
Call for Student Teams
Student teams must include two or more undergraduate and/or graduate students enrolled in college or university. Students can be at any level of their academic studies. Read more about the eligibility and competition rules here. Suggested creative technologies include the following categories,
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Category 1: Artificial Intelligence (AI) enabled Technology
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Category 2: Augmented and Virtual Reality systems
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Category 3: Drones, Robots, and Autonomous Systems
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Category 4: Games and Interactive Technologies
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Category 5: other innovation themes
Important Dates
Letter of Intent Submission (extended): Oct. 07, 2022
Round 1 announced: Oct. 10, 2022
Final Submission: Mar. 01, 2023
Finalists announced: Mar. 21, 2023
Awards Competition Day: Apr. 21, 2023
Please Register Here
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Badger Product Club
No, you don't need an MBA to be a product manager.
At BPC, our goal is to help you land your dream PM job - straight out of college!
Calling all product enthusiasts to check out the new Badger Product Club! Being a part of the product club will be a great opportunity to meet fellow students interested in Product Management, as well as help you gain insights into how one can break into the career.
When: Wednesday, October 5th
Where: Humanities 1121
What Time: 6-7 pm
Interest/RSVP Form: Here
The kickoff event will:
- Give you an overview of Product Management
- Provide details about our upcoming events this semester
- Provide details about the “Learning Cohort”
- Will give you an opportunity to ask questions from a panel of PM interns who’ve worked at Apple, GoPuff, SiliconLabs, Bitly, and Circa!
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Effective Altruism AI Safety Fellowship
Applications close October 9th! Apply Here
Transformative AI might pose considerable existential risk within the coming decades or later this century. Trained to maximize an objective, AI systems often find creative and undesirable ways to do so. YouTube's recommendation algorithm, trained to suggest content to maximize user engagement, ended up recommending increasingly extreme content and proliferating misinformation. Language models such as GPT-3, trained to predict the next word in a piece of text, can be prompted to produce offensive content and leak personal information from the training data. As AI capabilities advance, we can expect the stakes of these risks from misaligned systems to dramatically increase.
EA-UW is hosting a free Intro to AI Safety Fellowship (more details here) to equip students with the knowledge to begin tackling this problem. By the end of the fellowship, participants will have a high-level understanding of the AI alignment problem and some of the key research directions which aim to solve it. Upon completing the program, you'll be connected to a professional network in AIS, have the opportunity to attend AIS related conferences, and gain connections to grants and internships to pursue further research.
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Looking to Advertise Your Student Org Event? | |
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Does your student organization have a kick-off coming up? Maybe there is a cool event happening you want others to know about!
Feel free to send an announcement to advising@cs.wisc.edu!
We will add it in our next newsletter!
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Undergraduate Research Opportunities! | |
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Are you interested in publishing your undergraduate research?
We encourage you to submit your research and writing to the Journal of Undergraduate Science and Technology (JUST) at UW-Madison.
JUST is a biannual research journal written, edited, and published by UW undergraduates with the missions of supporting undergraduate research and making science accessible to the public. We are accepting submissions of undergraduate research until October 3rd, 2022, for our Fall publication. We accept submissions of primary and secondary research, shorter editorials, and scientific photographs. For more information about us and how to submit, please visit our webpage (http://justjournal.org/submit).
Submitting to JUST is easy; our writing guidelines and previous publications are online and available as resources. At JUST, we believe that publishing is a great opportunity for students to contribute to science literacy, as well as build their own resumes, and we would love to involve as many UW students as we can. Let us know if you have any questions.
We're looking forward to hearing from you!
The JUST Team
contact@justjournal.org
www.justjournal.org
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Thinking Ahead: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) is an important but often overlooked funding opportunity for the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) community. GRFP is NSF’s oldest program, dating to the Foundation’s first fully funded year of 1952.
The program recognizes and supports the outstanding research potential of students in NSF-supported areas who are pursuing full-time, research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions. As the deadline of October 18, 2022 approaches for applicants who fall within CISE fields of study, we want to be sure you all – as members of our community – are aware of this opportunity for undergraduate seniors and beginning graduate students.
Additional information on the program may be found at https://www.nsf.gov/grfp and http://www.nsfgrfp.org.
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Career/Internship Events are still happening!
Check Below for Schedule and Links!
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Job Posting: UChicago Center for RISC
The Center for RISC at the University of Chicago is hiring Analysts! We are an unconventional nonprofit founded by Dr. Steve Levitt (of Freakonomics fame). Our goal is to identify and scale unorthodox solutions to some of the world’s biggest social problems. Our team is advancing the smart use of technology in criminal justice, helping potential organ donors reach donation weight, and modernizing approaches to K-12 education, to name just a few.
Ideal candidates are curious and resilient self-starters who are excited about our mission and willing to venture off the beaten path. We welcome applicants from all fields of study.
Application Deadline: Closes 11:59PM CDT October 15th
Start date: January or August 2023, full time
Location: Employees will be expected in our Hyde Park (Chicago) office 2-3 days per week
Salary: $70,000+, commensurate with experience
To see the full job description, click here
To learn more, check us out on the web or sign up for our virtual info sessions on September 27th or October 6th
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Successworks Equity & Inclusion Career & Internship Fair
SuccessWorks is excited to host the first Equity & Inclusion Career & Internship Fair in the Gordon Dining & Event Center on Thursday, October 6. The Fair is an opportunity for our diverse UW-Madison student population to meet with organizations across a variety of industries that are actively seeking diverse talent. This event is specifically designed to provide career opportunities for underrepresented student job seekers (first-generation, low-income, students of color, LGBTQ+, and other marginalized social identities). UW-Madison students will have the opportunity to connect with companies recruiting talent for a wide variety of internship and full-time positions.
For help preparing for the Fair, students are encouraged to attend the Equity & Inclusion Fair Prep Night in the Gordon Dining & Event Center on Monday, October 3
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Career Development Workshops for International Students
The International Students Career Development Committee is pleased to offer multiple career development workshops for international students this Fall! Check out the dates and locations below!
Building a Strong Personal Network: An Effective Way to Land a Job
Thursday, October 13
5:00-6:30pm, Memorial Library Room 126
Preparing Applications for Jobs in the US
Monday, November 7
5:00-6:30pm, Memorial Library Room 126
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Scan QR code or visit go.wisc.edu/w1z9p9 to register. Registration recommended but not required to attend. | |
Career Tips from L&S Successworks!
Be sure to check out the Technology, Data, and Analytics Career Community for some AMAZING resources!
How to Send a Thank-You Note
Sending a thank-you note is an important professional courtesy and a simple way to be remembered by a prospective employer. This quick template can take some of the stress and guesswork out of writing yours.
Hello, [INTERVIEWER]-
Thank you so much for taking the time to meet with me today. I enjoyed learning about [Company], and am especially excited to contribute to [Specific Thing They Told You About in the Interview]. I look forward to hearing about next steps in the interview process. Please feel free to call/email me if you have further questions.
Sincerely,
[NAME]
Check out the Successwork's career community for Technology, Data, and Analytics for more great resources!
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