Newsletter for 07/24/2023

Announcements

NSF REU program at SJSU

Only female students can apply for this program. https://etap.nsf.gov/award/1161/opportunity/1387

Target: Undergraduate Women Students

Requirement: US citizens, Enrolled female students

Stipend: $6,000

Living Cost: $3,500

Duration: 10 weeks (May 30 - August 4, 2023) in Summer 2023.

Join the Baskin Day team!

Baskin Day is an annual student-run event open to everyone, where we celebrate the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, its students, faculty, and its achievements over the years. We aim to hold Baskin Day 2023-24 on Friday, October 13 (tentative). The event will feature various activities and educational events for everyone to enjoy — highlights of last year's Baskin Day included faculty research panels, a career recruiting event, and an engineering-themed Jeopardy! game, plus cool swag like stickers and T-shirts.

We are looking for enthusiastic and passionate students to join our planning committee over summer break and in fall quarter to help organize our event. If you are interested, please fill out this short application form and we will get back to you!

https://tinyurl.com/baskinday2023 

Open committees:

• Media
• Logistics
• Sponsorship
• Internal 
• External

Hope to meet you soon, and thanks for your interest in helping us with this annual event. Go Slugs!

If you have any questions, feel free to email the organizers: Alison <allasun@ucsc.edu> or Yogita <ysenthil@ucsc.edu>

Introducing SlugLoop: Revolutionize Your Campus Commute!

Ever found yourself stranded, waiting for a campus shuttle that's late or lost? Do you wish you had real-time updates on exactly when your ride is arriving? If so, SlugLoop, a new app from UC Santa Cruz, is here to transform your transit experience!

Born out of CruzHacks 2023, SlugLoop is a student-created app aimed at making transportation around the UC Santa Cruz campus more efficient and convenient. We've worked tirelessly since our beta phase, refining and enhancing features based on your feedback.

We're always eager for more suggestions on how we can improve. Your input will help us make SlugLoop an indispensable tool for all UC Santa Cruz students. Together, we can make campus transportation as seamless as possible.

Check us out at https://www.slugloop.tech. If you have any questions, suggestions, or bugs to report, don't hesitate to use our "Contact Us" form on the SlugLoop website. We're all ears and ready to make your commuting experience better!

Upgrade your campus commute today with SlugLoop!

Research Mentoring Internship Program

The Genomics Institute's Research Mentoring Internship (RMI) program is a research training program for UCSC undergraduates. RMI scholars receive hands-on experience performing wet-lab, computational, or faculty-directed research into the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic research. Award recipients will also receive a $3,000 quarterly scholarship and professional development and networking opportunities. Application cycles occur twice a year in the fall (transfer students only) and spring. Visit the RMI website to learn more about the program and RMI sponsored workshops that are open to all students.

For more information, contact Alondra Figueroa Olivo at afigue30@ucsc.edu. 

Introducing the New Baskin Engineering Makerspace Initiative!

As part of the dean's Creative EDG2 initiative, the Baskin School of Engineering recently held  Sustainable Sewing and Screen-Printing workshops in their new experiential learning and creative space (working title: SlugWorks) located in the basement of the Jack Baskin engineering building (JBEB 55).

Two successive 3 hour workshops were held in collaboration with the Rachel Carson College Earth Week festivities. Students learned about the life cycle of textiles and sustainable design practices, while creating tote bags and shirt designs to screenprint. The students and staff offering workshops in the new facility are eager to create and host casual yet progressive learning experiences where UCSC students, regardless of major, previous experience, or socio-economic background, can feel supported in making anything they can imagine using the tools and equipment available. 

All students who submitted feedback were interested in further involvement, or proposing a future workshop. They also agreed that after the workshops, they could now find their way back to the SlugWorks location without guidance, overcoming the current wayfinding barrier. Lastly, the majority of students felt better connected to the Baskin Engineering facilities and what they have to offer.

Be on the lookout for upcoming Workshops and opportunities to get involved this upcoming Fall!

Students creating stencils to screen-print shirt designs.

Submission closes July 1 : Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2024

We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2024, which will be held on 4th and 5th April 2024 in the historical city of Berlin, Germany. FICC 2024 is dedicated to advancing the latest research and innovations in the field of information and communication, bringing together experts, scholars, and industry professionals from around the world.

FICC 2024 aims to provide a premier platform for researchers to share their valuable insights, exchange ideas, and foster collaborations. We invite you to submit your original research contributions and join us in shaping the future of information and communication. We welcome submissions from various disciplines related to information and communication, including but not limited to:

• Data Science and Analytics
• Information Systems
• Wireless and Mobile Communications
• Communication Networks and Security
• Big Data and Computing
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Smart Cities and Ambient Intelligence

Important Dates - Round 2

• Full Paper Submission Deadline : 01 July 2023
• Notification of Acceptance : 01 August 2023
• Camera-Ready Paper Submission : 01 September 2023

Why submit your work to FICC 2024?

1. Publication Opportunities: Proceedings will be published in Springer series "Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems" and submitted for consideration to Web of Science, SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH and SCImago.

2. Networking: Connect with experts, researchers, and industry professionals from diverse backgrounds, creating opportunities for collaboration and future partnerships.

3. Keynote Speakers: Benefit from the insights of renowned keynote speakers who will share their expertise and vision on emerging trends and challenges in information and communication.

4. Best Paper Awards: Stand a chance to win prestigious Best Paper Awards, recognizing outstanding contributions in different tracks of the conference.

For detailed submission guidelines and templates, please visit the FICC 2024 website: https://saiconference.com/FICC

We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions and welcoming you to the Future of Information and Communication Conference (FICC) 2024 in Berlin.

Jobs

Opportunity to participate in a compensated user study

Software research position

This is an exciting software research opportunity for a strong candidate who wants to work on a challenging project. The candidate will contribute to our Phased Array technology at Yektasonics. Our Phased Array is a hardware-software co-designed system, which is an order of magnitude lower cost than other Phased Arrays in the market with performance breakthroughs. 

The technology has applications in a wide range of medical and non-medical fields. In medicine, Focused Ultrasound is a revolutionary medical therapy, which uses harmless sound waves to cure cancer with no chemo-therapy or surgery, and brain treatment without opening the skull, to name a few. Our technology drives the transducers, which generate these sound waves at ultrasound frequencies, with fine phase and power control. We have launched our Power Module successfully, which is the power stage of our Phased Array.

Yektasonics has received numerous awards and recognitions, such as a recent award from the National Science Foundation - Innovation Corps program in 2023, a second prize from the UC Santa Cruz Chancellor at Launchpad 2022, being a finalist of American Heart Association in the Bay Area in 2022, being a finalist of the University of California Big Ideas Competition in 2021, and being part of UC Berkeley Incubator Citris Foundry in 2020, to name a few.

Our Phased Array consists of different software modules, such as our embedded computing interface, our Yektasonics OS, our feedback processor, and more. A strong candidate will mostly code in C/C++ in our challenging environment. If you are highly passionate and looking for a real challenge, please email your resume with your transcript to Navid Gougol at gougol@yektasonics.com. 

You can check out the company website for more information at www.yektasonics.com.    

Full Stack Mobile App + AI Internship

Role Description

Want to join a fast paced startup that is capitalizing on the exciting new wave of AI products? Have you already developed and deployed mobile applications? We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and experienced full stack mobile app developer. This is an ideal opportunity to kickstart you career in an exciting new field. The company is fully distributed and this internship will be based in Santa Cruz.

Company Description

AltGrowth started as a marketing agency, but has morphed into a micro-SaaS product accelerator. We are building and growing software products that help improve individuals and business.

Products include:

- AI Consumer Apps

- Shopify Apps

- B2B SaaS Applications

Paid Deep Learning Research Opportunity for Hispanic Students

Prof. Cihang Xie's research group has a paid research opening for a deep learning project, which offers a unique chance to contribute to developing cutting-edge technologies while gaining valuable research experience. The requirements are:

1. The student must be Hispanic and a US citizen (or permanent resident).
2. Interested in Deep Learning and Computer Vision.
3. Known Python.

If you are interested in this research opportunity, please get in touch with me directly at cixie@ucsc.edu as soon as possible. In addition, feel free to forward this opportunity to your UCSC friends.

Software Research Opportunity

This is an exciting software research opportunity for a strong candidate who wants to work on a challenging project. The candidate will contribute to our Phased Array technology at Yektasonics. Our Phased Array is a hardware-software co-designed system, which is an order of magnitude lower cost than other Phased Arrays in the market with performance breakthroughs. 

The technology has applications in a wide range of medical and non-medical fields. In medicine, Focused Ultrasound is a revolutionary medical therapy, which uses harmless sound waves to cure cancer with no chemo-therapy or surgery, and brain treatment without opening the skull, to name a few. Our technology drives the transducers, which generate these sound waves at ultrasound frequencies, with fine phase and power control. We have launched our Power Module successfully, which is the power stage of our Phased Array.

Yektasonics has received numerous awards and recognitions, such as a recent award from the National Science Foundation - Innovation Corps program in 2023, a second prize from the UC Santa Cruz Chancellor at Launchpad 2022, being a finalist of American Heart Association in the Bay Area in 2022, being a finalist of the University of California Big Ideas Competition in 2021, and being part of UC Berkeley Incubator Citris Foundry in 2020, to name a few.

Our Phased Array consists of different software modules, such as our embedded computing interface, our Yektasonics OS, our feedback processor, and more. A strong candidate will mostly code in C/C++ in our challenging environment. If you are highly passionate and looking for a real challenge, please email your resume with your transcript to Navid Gougol at gougol@yektasonics.com. 

You can check out the company website for more information at www.yektasonics.com.