BSOE Undergraduate Newsletter
Announcements
Alpha Kappa Psi - Breaking into the Business Side of Tech
Interested in getting an internship at a tech company, without necessarily having a tech background?
Come join UCSC AKPSI on Monday, February 1st from 6 - 7 pm PST to learn networking skills, interview tips and more to help you break into business roles in the tech industry!
Our speakers, Joseph and Vicky are college students who have many internship experiences on the business side of the tech industry. They are passionate about sharing resources and providing direction to other students who are interested in breaking into the business side of tech.
To get the zoom link, fill out this form, and be sure to follow @ucscakpsi on instagram for updates on any future events!
Hope to see you all there!
Seeking Reader/Tutors for CSE12 and CSE122
CSE 12 AND 122 is looking for tutors/readers for CSE12 and CSE122 for W2021. Interested applicants may apply here: https://rta.soe.ucsc.edu/.
The preferable criteria is that you either were a tutor/reader before for the same course or you took the course and received a B letter grade or above.
After applying please send me your cv/resume as well with the specific subject "CSE 12 W2021 reader/tutor hire <your name> " or "CSE 122 W2021 reader/tutor hire <your name> " respectively.
CALL for APPLICATIONS: 1 year M.S. Program in NLP at UCSC Silicon Valley
Natural language processing (NLP) is a rapidly growing field with applications in many of the technologies we use every day, from virtual assistants and smart speakers to autocorrect. UCSC has created a unique Master’s program in NLP to provide students with the skills and in-depth knowledge of NLP algorithms, technologies, and applications that are in high demand in both industry and academia. Our program goes beyond the classroom by supplying students with industry-relevant projects for the kind of real-world experience that is essential for a successful career in NLP.
Please visit https://grad.soe.ucsc.edu/nlp/ for details.
Program Highlights:
- 1-year program, including a 3-quarter capstone project
- Core courses covering all aspects of NLP
- Instruction and capstone project collaborations with experts from industry giants like IBM, Microsoft, Amazon and Bloomberg
- State of the art facilities in the heart of Silicon Valley
We are seeking a diverse pool of applicants to this program.
Some partial fellowships may be available.
Applications are now open. See https://grad.soe.ucsc.edu/nlp/ for instructions.
Application deadline is February 3, 2021 for Fall 2021 admission.
Questions can be directed to nlp@ucsc.edu
CALL for APPLICATIONS: 1 year M.S. Program in NLP at UCSC Silicon Valley
Natural language processing (NLP) is a rapidly growing field with applications in many of the technologies we use every day, from virtual assistants and smart speakers to autocorrect. UCSC has created a unique Master’s program in NLP to provide students with the skills and in-depth knowledge of NLP algorithms, technologies, and applications that are in high demand in both industry and academia. Our program goes beyond the classroom by supplying students with industry-relevant projects for the kind of real-world experience that is essential for a successful career in NLP.
Please visit https://grad.soe.ucsc.edu/nlp/ for details.
Program Highlights:
- 1-year program, including a 3-quarter capstone project
- Core courses covering all aspects of NLP
- Instruction and capstone project collaborations with experts from industry giants like IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, and Bloomberg
- State of the art facilities in the heart of Silicon Valley
We are seeking a diverse pool of applicants for this program.
Some partial fellowships may be available.
Applications are now open. See https://grad.soe.ucsc.edu/nlp/ for instructions.
Application deadline is February 3, 2021 for Fall 2021 admission.
Questions can be directed to nlp@ucsc.edu
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NeurotechSC placed first in the US at NeuroTechX's competition
NeuroTechSC is proud to announce that we placed 1st in the US at NeuroTechX’s annual student competition! Although McGill University won globally, UCSC’s neurotech club still outperformed UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, and UIUC in our very first year competing.
Our project, Boolepathy, is a silent speech interface that uses machine learning and subvocal recognition to enable synthetic telepathy.We would like to thank all our members who have contributed their time and effort over the past several months to make this success possible. Moving forward, we’re looking for students who share our passion for neurotechnology to join our community and contribute to our ongoing subvocal recognition project.
If you’re interested in brain-computer interfaces, neuroscience, or artificial intelligence, please join us using the form below!
https://tinyurl.com/neurotechscinterest
Interested in our project? Watch the demo here:
https://lnkd.in/gfxYAEJ
Curious about what NeurotechSC is all about?
Check out our website and follow us on LinkedIn!
https://neurotech.ucsc.edu
https://lnkd.in/dccr6PJ
UCSC Competitive Math Team is Searching for Officers and Student Recruits!
The UCSC Competitive Math Team is currently looking for aspiring mathematicians to compete in the 2021 Putnam Competition. We are searching for alumni or faculty members to assist students in weekly meetings. We are also in need of a few more officers to help lead study sessions about once a week. Students of all skill levels of mathematics are welcome to join the team. Alumni of UCSC with a focus on mathematics or computer science are encouraged to join as well.
We will have weekly meetings every Saturday from 12-1pm PST on the team's Discord server.
Feel free to join the server to collaborate or simply hang out with your cohort of like-minded peers! If you are interested in volunteering as an officer/director of education or have any questions, please contact Chris at ctoukmaj@ucsc.edu or pm him in the server. As always, your participation is greatly appreciated!
Discord Link: https://discord.gg/c7KETvRDWC
REU Program Information
CURENT’s REU program is an eight-week program designed to give sophomores, juniors and seniors from accredited U.S. colleges or universities the opportunity to perform summer research in the fields of electrical engineering and computer science. Summer REU students will work on projects that are tied to CURENT research including power systems and power electronics as they relate to the national power grid.
Research areas include:
- Power systems
- Machine learning
- Cyber security
- Electric vehicles
- Fault resiliency
Students in the REU program will received a stipend for $4,160 for the summer. This is an entirely virtual program. CURENT’s REU program runs from June 1-July 23, 2021. Deadline for applications is March 19, 2021. More information is available at our website: http://curent.utk.
Veterans with a Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering background
Veterans with a Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering background-- If you're looking to break into a cutting edge and exciting career in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR), check out Facebook Reality Labs' new program for Vets:
*Key details:*
- 12 month program
- Roles are open in Menlo Park CA or Redmond WA
- Program start date is April 2021
- Open to all military veterans and spouses
Please apply here: https://lnkd.in/dQCtdJ8
#veteransemployment #
WiSE (Women in Science & Engineering) WiSE Up & Coffee Hour: Empathy in Leadership & Education
WiSE is hosting a WiSE Up / Coffee Hour virtually over Zoom on Tuesday, February 9th from 4-5:30pm. Register for this event using the Google Form (tinyurl link) in the attached image, where the Zoom link and reading material for the discussion can be found. Join our interactive discussion concerning the role of empathy in education and leadership, and its importance for future leaders!
Events
Conversations: Professor Insight on Stress Management
Event Date and Time: 02/02/2021 9:00 amEvent Location: Online
MESA Engineering Program(MEP) will host an event next week where students have the opportunity to hear professor insight on stress management!
Engineering profs Martine Schlag, Michael Wehner, Macro Rolandi, and A. Ali Yanik will be attending, stop by Feb 2nd at 9 AM to hear them talk about how to deal with stress!
RSVP by following this link. If you would like to get a recording of the event fill out the RSVP form and state "Requesting Recording" in the last question.
ECE 4+1 Pathway Program Information Session
Event Date and Time: 02/02/2021 11:00 amEvent Location: Zoom https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99171269953?pwd=d0tvNnRIeWJHSkJ5cUVUN0FPZis0UT09
We are excited to announce that the Office of Graduate Student Affairs will be hosting our Winter Quarter Electrical & Computer Engineering Pathways Information Session on Tuesday, February 2nd from 11:00 -11:30am PST on Zoom (https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99171269953?pwd=d0tvNnRIeWJHSkJ5cUVUN0FPZis0UT09).
In this online information session, we'll discuss the degree requirements and application process for the Electrical & Computer Engineering Bachelor's/Master's Pathway Program. This pathway enables motivated UCSC undergraduates to complete a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as 5 years with appropriate planning.
If you are planning to apply to the ECE MS program this year as a pathway applicant, we strongly encourage you to attend this information session as you'll have the opportunity to learn about recent updates and ask questions you may have about the program or the application process.
The workshop will be held on Tuesday, February 2nd from 11:00 -11:30am PST.
The information session will be held on Zoom, and you can join us with this link https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99171269953?pwd=d0tvNnRIeWJHSkJ5cUVUN0FPZis0UT09
We also recommend that you complete this form to indicate your interest in the ECE 4+1 Pathway Program.
We look forward to seeing you at the information session!
Kind regards,
Jennifer Cornwell
Graduate Student Advisor
Join the Collectively Reading Groups Launch, Friday 2/12 @ 7:00 PM on Zoom
Event Date and Time: 02/12/2021 7:00 pmEvent Location: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97210341690?pwd=WExvY0tZeE81V0pHM2V4Q1UzRHA0QT09
Are you looking to stretch your imagination and creativity? Do you need something interesting to talk about in job interviews? Looking to join a research lab?
Join Collectively! We organize extremely low time commitment reading groups that explore the latest innovations at the intersection of computing and society. This phase, our reading group themes explore topics being actively researched by Prof. Yang Liu; Prof. Leila Takayama, Human Robot Interaction Lab; Prof. Jim Whitehead; Prof. Angus Forbes, Creative Coding Lab; Prof. Eddie Melcer, Alt Games Lab; Prof. Jose Renau, MASC; Prof. Daniel Fremont; and Prof. David Lee, Tech4Good Lab.
- Fairness in AI,
- Crowdsourcing and AI,
- Socially Expressive Robots,
- Human-Robot Interaction,
- Future of Education and Work,
- Technology and Democracy,
- Game Design,
- Games and Learning,
- Network Visualization,
- VR and Data Science,
- Procedural Content Generation,
- Safety of Autonomous Vehicles,
- Productive Open Source Hardware Design,
- Robustness of ML Algorithms,
- Explainable AI
We have a diverse cohort from freshmen to PhD students across many disciplines. No prior knowledge is expected - all students are encouraged to join! We know you're busy, so reading groups are extremely light. Groups meet one-hour a week for four weeks. That's it! You are only committing to read and summarize a single paper during that time.
Click here for more information on the launch meeting on 2/12 using the Zoom link:
https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97210341690?pwd=WExvY0tZeE81V0pHM2V4Q1UzRHA0QT09 (Meeting ID: 972 1034 1690; Passcode: t4g). Feel free to send us an email if you have any questions.
Looking forward to exploring with you!
Prof. David Lee and The Collectively Team
Flyer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1942ToFX7jfznZsyJwqi-q-euaok28fQd/view?usp=sharing
Columbia University MA Statistics Virtual Open House
Event Date and Time: 02/05/2021 3:00 pmEvent Location: Online
Columbia University MA in Statistics Virtual Open House
Friday, February 5th from 3:00pm-4:00pm ET via Zoom (Meeting ID: 995 9352 7917)
If you have any questions, please contact Director Anusha Shrivastava at as1698@columbia.edu.
Authentic Stories from Slugs in Tech
Event Date and Time: 02/02/2021 4:00 pmEvent Location: Online
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BSOE Master's Pathways Workshop: Electrical & Computer Engineering
Event Date and Time: 02/05/2021 11:00 amEvent Location: Online
Event will be held on Zoom (https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99171269953?pwd=d0tvNnRIeWJHSkJ5cUVUN0FPZis0UT09)
Organizer:
The Office of Graduate Student Affairs
Please join us for the Winter Quarter Electrical & Computer Engineering 4+1 Information Session. In this online workshop, we'll discuss the degree requirements and application process for the Electrical & Computer Engineering Bachelor's/Master's Pathway Program. This pathway enables motivated UCSC undergraduates to complete a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as 5 years with appropriate planning.
Learn more about how to apply to this pathway program by attending the online workshop on February 2nd (11:00-11:30am PST) on Zoom https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99171269953?pwd=d0tvNnRIeWJHSkJ5cUVUN0FPZis0UT09
Click here for more information about that ECE 4+1 Pathway.
Complete this form to indicate your interest in the ECE 4+1 Pathway.
DSC + ACM: Demystifying Machine Learning
Event Date and Time: 02/16/2021 8:00 pmEvent Location: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99650201615?pwd=VURDWFZkdGZTeVV2NU1UaEUwNWhnZz09
Come learn about the basics of machine learning & artificial intelligence, as we demystify these tech buzzwords of today in this two-part workshop. The first part will begin with the essential terminology, the pipeline of building a model, and its applications in research and possible career pathways. The second part will feature a live-coding session as we build our very own ML model!
RVSP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc-1dNKGGbHTkgC38bkighk5tYi-dCLFaXDB67pZg3uvYgHZA/viewform
Part 1: Tuesday, February 16th from 8-9pm
Part 2: Thursday, February 18th from 8-9pm
Girls Who Code College Loops: A More Empowered Future You
Event Date and Time: 02/08/2021 7:00 pmEvent Location:
Struggle with imposter syndrome? Not sure what imposter syndrome is?
GWC will be discussing what imposter syndrome is, strategies to combat it in college and in the workforce, and how we can support each other. Feel free to bring any questions or thoughts you may have!
Join us on Monday, February 8 at 7PM PST using this link.
All female and non-binary identifying students are welcome, no engineering major or background needed.
College Loops is an initiative by Girls Who Code, intended to support college-aged women interested in computer science. They provide both social and professional development opportunities for our members as well as space for women to collaborate, create, and inspire one another.
