BSOE Undergraduate Newsletter
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Competitive Programming Club for UCSC
Hi everyone,
My name is Nhan Nguyen, and I'm a sophomore here at UCSC. My proposed major is Computer Science: Computer Game Design. I have been programming since I was in 9th grade, and I have a deep passion for this subject.
For the past 2 years, I have been very devoted to a field in Computer Science called Competitive Programming (CP for short). Throughout the course of 2 years, Competitive Programming help me explore many programming techniques and algorithms that catapult my programming skills to the next level (to name a few simple ones: Binary Search, Two Pointers, DP). As my skills steadily improve, I found myself in many different coding contest from large companies like Google, Facebook, etc (my most recent one being Facebook Hacker Cup). Being involved in the Competitive Programming community for a long time also exposes me to a very prestigious contest called ICPC ( https://icpc.global/), and from there I realized that one of my biggest dreams is to compete in the ICPC.
So I got to work looking for a UCSC club that covers the topic, and I was disappointed to find that our campus lacks such a club. Since UCSD and most UCs has such a club and we don’t, I have started and currently am running a new club that specializes in Competitive Programming here at UCSC. The end goal of this club is to improve fellow programmers personal coding skills with a variety of problems to participate in the once-in-a-lifetime ICPC contest, compete in other prestigious contests like Facebook Hacker Cup or Google Codejam, and also gearing them up with the necessary skills to ace coding interviews.
I am looking for advisors and executive members for this club. If you are interested in Competitive Programming and want to support what I'm doing or being an executive/advisor in general, please message me through my UCSC email: nhtrnguy@ucsc.edu, or you could join the clubs' discord here at: https://discord.gg/aw8EqPCbWy
P.S: If you don't know what Competitive Programming is you can see this video for reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueNT-w7Oluw&t=1s
Join NeuroTechSC Club!
Hi Everyone,
NeuroTechSC is providing weekly meetings for this quarter where we will be providing different subtopics within Neurotechnology. This is a great opportunity to not only learn but to socialize with other fellow members. If you are interested to participate in our project for the annual NeuroTechX competition, this will also be a great way to join!
Join our Discord Channel to learn more: https://discord.gg/hHHedUJEB3
If you want to learn more about our club, check out our NeuroTechSC website and LinkedIn page.
Learn about the ECE and CSE Bachelor's to Master's Pathway Programs
If you are a UCSC undergraduate and you're considering your options after graduation, please join us at the Fall Quarter Bachelor's to Master's Pathways Workshops. In these online workshops, we'll discuss the degree requirements and application process for the Computer Science and Engineering Bachelor's/Master's Pathway Program and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Bachelor's/Master's Pathway Program. These pathways enable motivated UCSC undergraduates to complete a bachelor's and a master's degree in as little as five years with advance planning.
Learn more about how to apply to either of these pathway programs by attending an online workshop on November 29th (12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time) or November 30th (12:00 - 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time). Interested students must register by 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time the day before the workshop in order to attend the event.
To register for the workshop on Monday, November 29th, please complete the following form: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIsd-utpjgiH908tUN9oGXnZ71twEb9Zcgp
To register for the workshop on Tuesday, November 30th, please complete the following form: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcqf-GuqjgjGNMMYv92M1py8pHOBadOeBsT
Seeking Student interested in Product Marketing Opportunity
We're a group of New Grads building an exciting full stack web app that could be monetized down the road - Pathfinder: A crowdsourcing platform where any professional can share insights about their job concisely to help students navigate different career paths.
We are looking for a student interested in becoming our Product Marketing Partner. This is your chance to be a partner of a fast startup to materialize an idea into an actual real product that will be used by many people, which will also be a huge resume booster of course.
This is an unpaid part time role with super flexible schedule.
Job Description:
1. Product - learn case studies of what other startups do and apply it to what we do.
2. User Interviews - Conduct interviews on our users to test our prototypes
3. Digital Marketing: outreach - cold emailing industry professionals/connecting with startup founders
4. Digital Marketing: Content Creation - Utilizing different social media accounts to create marketing content
Preferred qualities:
1. You're a great writer. Have experience writing blog posts, etc.
2. You are highly motivated to learn new concepts around Product, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, recruiting, growth, etc.
If you're interested in the above position or just want to learn more, email team@pathfinder.fyi with your resume.
Application Now Open: STEM Scholarship for Students
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Recruiting CSE Undergraduates for a Research Study
A research team in computational media is looking to recruit computer science students for a user study investigating the impact of reflection on gameplay and learning in the context of an educational game.
If you choose to participate, you will respond to a couple of surveys, play several levels of a puzzle game that teaches parallel programming, record your screen during gameplay and send us the recording, and respond to reflection prompts regarding your gameplay.
Parallel programming knowledge or experience are NOT required!
Participation will take several hours spread across 2-3 weeks. Participants will receive a 20$ gift card as compensation after the first few steps, and a 30$ gift card if they complete the entire study.
You must be 18 years of age or older and located in the US.
If you are interested in participating, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/
If you have any questions, please email Erica Kleinman at emkleinm@ucsc.edu
2022 Straus Scholarship Informational Webinar October 19th at 4:00 pm
Donald A. Strauss Scholarship
The Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation allows students to pursue a public service project during their junior or senior year. The scholarship provides $15,000 for expenses of the public service project and for some tuition, fees, books, room and board. The Foundation will award scholarships to full-time students who have:
- Demonstrated an interest in public service
- Outstanding leadership potential
- Developed and can demonstrate effective communication skills
- The desire to "make a difference” in local, regional, national or international communities
- One or two years remaining until graduation
- A GPA in the upper 1/3 of their class
- Submitted an innovative, original, public service proposal
Registration is now open for the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition
Registration is now open for the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition, in which you are challenged with advancing technology at home to improve health, wellness, and the environment. Your solution can leverage a broad range of technologies including the internet of things, intelligent hardware, low-cost sensors, drones, robotics, computer vision, machine learning algorithms, and cloud computing. The competition is open to all undergraduates or those who have graduated with their bachelor’s degree within the past 12 months. The competition is a great opportunity for students to work in teams to address a meaningful problem and have your submission seen by leading technology companies.
Who can participate: Teams of 2-5 undergraduate students and graduates with their bachelor’s degree within the last 12 months, located anywhere in the world.
Registration deadline: December 17
Join us for an informational webinar on October 27 or November 17 at 6:30 p.m. (Pacific Daylight Time), hosted by Dr. John Raiti, Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Washington.
Registration is open now! Visit our website to learn more details about the challenge, sponsors, and registration information: www.gixnetwork.org/ic22
Girls Who Code General Body Meeting
Girls Who Code will be having their second general body meeting this Thursday at 4 pm on Zoom! Join using the following link: https://bit.ly/3lNsqhO
Save the Date - the Symposium for Undergraduate Research at UCSC (SURU) is on 12/4/21
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Join the Software Application Development Club!
Hello World,
Are you interested in developing software while working in a team with other UCSC students?
SADC offers projects and hands-on activities that allow students to learn about different programming languages, relevant industry frameworks, software engineering methodologies, and much more. If you’re looking for an opportunity to add projects to your resume, prepare for internships, and gain real world project experiences, this is the right club for you! All skill levels and all majors are welcome. We're working on building our community at the moment and plan to have our first general body meeting before the end of Fall quarter.
For more information, check out our link tree and join our club's Discord server! https://linktr.ee/sad_c
Undergraduate Researcher Needed for UCSC Genomics Institute
My name is Julian Lehrer. I'm an Applied Mathematics M.S. student working at the UCSC Genomics Institute. I'm looking for undergraduates, ideally in CS, who would be interested in assisting with research in the following areas:
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Computer Vision
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Data visualization
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Data engineering / data collection (for gene expression data of cortical brain organoids & primary human tissue, ECG data, other time series examples for a paper)
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Analysis of time series data (homogeneity testing using functional depth statistics)
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Machine learning with high dimensional / sparse feature space
And there are always plenty more projects in the works. No bio experience required but it would be a plus! I'm looking for strong programmers who are comfortable building data pipelines in Python and have ML and data visualization experience. If any of these sound interesting to you, please email me a short introduction and resume at jmlehrer@ucsc.edu. I look forward to meeting you!
Career Technical Tutor Needed
My name is Victoria Vasquez-Alvarez. I work with the GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) at UC Santa Cruz and run the Academic Intern Program. We hire college students to work in the local middle schools in the South Monterey County and Pajaro Valley area as Academic Interns serving as tutors and advisors.
We seek talented, qualified tutors in subject areas like Agricultural Biology, Agricultural Chemistry, It Essentials/Programming, and Mathematics for high school students in the Pajaro Valley. Tutors will help struggling students via one-on-one sessions and will have the opportunity to join Google Classroom sessions to assist students in the learning process.
If you know someone who has tutoring experience and/or would love to work with high school level students to reach and excel in their academic goals, please have them contact me directly at vvasque6@ucsc.edu or call at 831-227-3894.
BSOE students are TOP prospects for UC Berkeley's Professional MS in Chemical Engineering!
- Thrive in a close-knit community; Each cohort can only hold up to 50 students
- Guide your coursework by choosing an industry specialization, or create a hybrid:
- Advanced Materials
- Alternative Energy
- Biotechnology (Drug Development or Medical Devices)
- Consumer Products
- Manufactured Products
- Microelectronics
- New Ventures
- Instead of a thesis, gain industry experience by participating in a field project during your Spring semester, where you will work in small teams to solve a product development challenge for a real company. Some of our past clients include:
- Amyris Applied Materials
- Baxter Bayer
- Bio-Rad Bolt Threads
- Chevron Clorox
- Clif Bar Corning
- Dow Chemical Genentech
- Givaudan Illumina
- Lam Research LanzaTech
- Pacific Gas & Electric Siluria Technologies
- Our 300+ alumni have been hired at companies worldwide such as:
- AbbVie
- Accenture
- Apple
- Applied Materials
- Bloomberg
- Chevron
- Deloitte
- Dow
- DuPont
- ExxonMobil
- Genentech
- Gilead Sciences
- Hewlett-Packard
- Intel Merck
- Micron Technology
- Navigant
- Procter & Gamble
- Rakuten
- 100% of our students receive financial aid and a limited number of full tuition and fees scholarships are available
- The GRE is no longer required for admission
“The flexible curriculum, experiencing the real world in a safe environment where it is OK to fail, and access to world-class faculty were my main attractions to the PDP in Berkeley. The short duration of the program constantly keeps you on your toes but provides you a well-rounded experience and the skill set you develop is easily transferable across industries.” - Vivek Narayanan '10, Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers
“The PDP is a good choice when looking to change careers or industries. The PDP allowed me to bridge the gap between R&D for inkjet printer inks to pharmaceuticals without 4-6 more years of school. Coursework is diverse, spanning many different schools on campus (Chemistry, Haas, Public Health, etc.) allowing for more networking opportunities. Great value for the time and money spent.” - Jill Salelanonda '07, Lab Manager, Gilead Sciences
Resilience Project Seeking to Hire Students
MBARI Summer Internship Program
June 6 – August 12, 2022
MBARI’s Summer Internship Program provides an opportunity for talented college students (undergraduate and graduate) and educators to work directly with MBARI scientists, engineers and communicators. MBARI’s state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, including research vessels, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), and autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), offer educators and students unique opportunities to collaborate on advanced research and development projects. The program immerses interns in collaborative teams as they learn innovative research and engineering techniques and improve communication skills. Each intern will have an MBARI mentor who will supervise a specific project for a 10-week duration. Interns also serve as peer-mentors to each other.
Applications for the 2022 MBARI internship (June 6 – August 12) will be accepted through February 7, 2022 at 8 am (Pacific).
We are currently planning for an in-person internship but may have to switch to a virtual program if COVID issues are still prevalent. Summer interns are selected following a rigorous application procedure and merit review. Hailing from around the world, MBARI’s interns represent a variety of lived experiences and education levels. We encourage all students and educators interested in a STEM career to apply.
How to apply:
Suggestions for those applying can be found here. All applications must include:
- A cover letter describing:
- general interests/goals as well as specific interests/goals relative to MBARI,
- your project preference (please choose from this list),
- your relevant coursework and grades, and
- how you hope to use your upbringing, and/or unique lived experiences to enhance your internship participation
- Curriculum vitae
- One letter of recommendation
ACE Winter 2022 Application is Open!
We would like to share with you an incredible academic support program at UC Santa Cruz called the Academic Excellence (ACE) Program!
ACE is a community of students dedicated to academic excellence who work together in problem solving sessions and peer mentoring sessions to help each other master the concepts taught in class. Not only do ACE students pass their classes at higher rates, but they also tend to earn more A and B grades than non-ACE students. You may Visit our website to learn more about the ACE Program.
This winter, ACE will be back In-Person! We will be supporting a variety of science and math courses (see the flyer attached). Check out our student testimonials video to see what our students say about ACE!
To apply: visit our Online Application
Applications are due on Saturday, December 18th, 6:00pm!
Space will be filling up quickly, so we recommend applying sooner rather than later!
Winter Opportunities in the Tech4Good Lab
The Tech4Good Lab has several positions open next quarter for undergraduate students from all majors. We are looking for people who are extremely responsible, love learning, and have a strong drive to apply technology for social good. For next quarter, we have positions doing the following types of work:
- User research: interviewing and analyzing interviews to understand user needs and context,
- Usability evaluation: conducting evaluations of interfaces for usability,
- Interface design: designing and iterating on web interfaces in Figma,
- Web development: coding an app using an Angular/NgRx/Firebase stack,
- DevOps: building tools to support developers and operations across lab projects,
- AI & economics: modeling economic systems using multiagent reinforcement learning,
- NLP: build topics to identify similarity and create clusters of short text responses,
You would be contributing to a variety of projects in the lab related to designing systems to better support the future of education, work, and community engagement. Some of the platforms we are working on include:
- An app aimed at scaling apprenticeship learning, which supports people in learning through micro-roles while supporting non-profits as they learn,
- An app aimed at microlearning through small groups to create learning environments supporting curiosity, creativity, and relationships,
- An app containing short activities for team/group community building, and also creating "small group networks" that can facilitate interesting collective goals,
- An app aimed at supporting chat-based career mentorship between industry professionals and groups of students,
Joining requires a commitment of 10 hours/week for the quarter for independent study credits. If you are interested, fill out the Tech4Good Lab Interest Form and send an email to David Lee (dlee105@ucsc.edu).
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