Join the Quest - Dawg Daze Enviro-Quest 2015!!

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Dawg Daze Enviro-Quest 2015

Your mission: Get out & explore UW’s campus! Discover some of UW’s best kept enviro-secrets, learn about environmental programs at UW, and meet students with similar interests during Enviro-Quest – the photo scavenger hunt that will take you to the depths of the ocean and into outer space….or at least to the departments that study these things!

Join the adventure on Facebook to get your first quest on Thursday, September 24. Save the date: Prizes will be awarded at an ice cream social after the final challenge on Monday, September 28 at 2 pm.

Begins: Thursday, September 24-  9am

Ends: Monday, September 28 – 3pm

Questions? Join the conversation in our Facebook group!

Graduate student job opening: Honors Program admissions readers

The Honors Program is once again seeking to hire two graduate students for graduate student service appointments during Winter Quarter 2016. These positions offer a valuable hands-on opportunity to participate with higher education professionals in the review of undergraduate freshmen applications to the Honors Program for Autumn Quarter 2016. 

We would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about this opportunity - it is an excellent chance for graduate students interested in higher education to learn more about the evaluation process.   

The University Honors Program is an innovative and collaborative community engaged in rigorous interdisciplinary exploration. Students can pursue Honors as a general education track, as an in-depth program within their majors, or as a combination of the two. They may apply as new freshmen, at the end of their first year, or once they've selected a major. We prepare our students to ask and answer bold questions about the challenges facing our ever-changing world. Our students participate in small classes with faculty from across campus and work across the university, challenging themselves and each other to take intellectual risks and commit to conscious global citizenship. 

A detailed position description can be found on the UW Hires System under Requisition #: 124978 - please note that it closes on 10/9/2015. 

DAWGMA: A New Undergraduate Synthetic Biology Group

The future is here, and being a student in DAWGMA means shaping it. Why? Because DAWGMA students get to build new strains of microorganisms that can do new and useful tasks, which means near limitless possibilities! From colonizing Mars to curing cancer, programming microorganisms means programming the future. If you want to break out of traditional coursework and learn to build entirely new life forms, join DAWGMA. We are sponsored by the Klavins Lab and DAWGMA students will get to use Aquarium, a programmable, semi-automated molecular biology workflow that uses cutting edge techniques and instrumentation, instead of the traditional lab work. The only prerequisite is a strong interest in synthetic biology. Undergraduates at all levels, including freshmen, and students from all disciplines including engineering and biology, are encouraged to check out DAWGMA. For more information and to apply, visit facebook.com/UWDAWGMA.

Facebook Infrastructure Tech Talk

Tuesday, October 13th
4:30 – 6:00pm
303 Elec. Engr. Bldg

Come learn more about how Facebook’s Infrastructure Engineering teams manage traffic and data for almost 1.5 billion users and growing! We will have Kevin Lin, from the Performance and Capacity Engineering team, discussing the exciting challenges they’re faced with and how you can help us in our mission to make the world more open and connected.

Open to all Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering students.

HCDE 411 - Information Visualization open to non-majors

Students don’t need to have taken the prerequisites, but they should have coursework or equivalent experience in programming OR visual design. Anyone interested in data science should find this class particularly useful since the focus will be on visualization of large data sets. The course will be project-based, so students can focus on their own research projects.

HCDE 411 - Information Visualization

Autumn 2015

MW 11:30-1:20

Prof. Cecilia Aragon

http://faculty.washington.edu/aragon/classes/hcde411/a15/

Recent advances in computation, data management, and sensors are leading our society to generate an ever-increasing flood of digital information. Submerged within the data deluge lies a wealth of information that is potentially valuable to businesses, governments, scientists, and all human communities. In order for data to be of use to humans, we need to understand how to explore and communicate this information effectively so that humans can make sense of and draw valuable insights from the data around us. The visual system is the highest bandwidth channel into the human brain.
The goal of information visualization is the unveiling of the underlying structure of large data sets using visual representations that utilize the powerful processing capabilities of the human visual perceptual system.
This course covers the key design principles and techniques used in visualizing information, together with the perceptual principles that support them. It is structured to provide both concrete experience with real data and tools as well as a broad overview of the rich world of information visualization. Students will learn both how to design and how to explore, analyze, implement, and evaluate.
The following topics will be included: The design and presentation of digital information. Use of graphics, animation, visualization software, and hypermedia in presenting information to the user. Vision and perception. Methods of presenting complex information to enhance comprehension and analysis. Scientific visualization. Visual analytics. Incorporation of visualization techniques into human-computer interfaces.
Students will be required to do reading assignments, perform in-class exercises in design and analysis, participate in online and in-class discussions, and complete several visualization assignments and a group project that will consist either of creating or enhancing a visualization system or technique over a large data set of the students' choice. Projects will be interdisciplinary in nature and in most cases will involve programming, visualization design, and user interface design. Students will be expected to write up the results of the project in the form of a final paper. Advanced students may conduct original research or focus on data visualization in any scientific, business, or other domain with the instructor's permission. There will be no final exam.
By the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Understand the basic data types and effective visual mappings
• Describe the key design guidelines and techniques used for the visual display of information, including their relationship to human perception
• Apply fundamental data visualization techniques and theoretical principles to real-world problems
• Critically analyze the design and presentation of digital information
• Design static and interactive visualizations to effectively present information to users and/or to enable data exploration, using real data and a human-centered process
• Incorporate visualization techniques into human-computer interfaces

Interested students should contact Alex Llapitan, alex310@uw.edu for an add code.

Secure your spot in NSA's CyberSprint

Shut down a simulated security threat in our cyber competition

This fall, you have a chance to pit your critical thinking and technical skills against top students and recent grads across the country.

As the federal agency charged with foreign signals intelligence and information assurance, the National Security Agency (NSA) invites you to try out for the 2015 NSA CyberSprint, a challenge that asks you to solve a simulated security threat within 72 hours.

First, you'll need to complete a skills assessment to see if you have what it takes to solve difficult problems. Students can participate anytime between Oct. 28 and Nov. 2, but you will have only 8 hours to complete the assessment from initial login.

Registration is limited and goes live Tuesday, Sept. 29, so save the date and watch for further instructions via email!

Only the top 300 competitors will be invited to move on to the virtual CyberSprint, which will take place between Nov. 9 and 19.

If you’re one of the winners, NSA will recognize you and your school ... and take a serious look at your resume, if you’re interested in NSA as a career option.*

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Extraordinary Work
NSA is the place where extraordinary people do extraordinary work. Check out www.NSA.gov/Careers for a more in-depth look at our exciting career and student opportunities.

*U.S. citizenship required for employment

Don't Miss the 2015 Women In Computing Summit

2015 Women in Computing Summit

SECURE YOUR SPACE TODAY!
SPACE IS LIMITED AND SEATS ARE GOING FAST
ONLY US $30; IEEE MEMBERS SAVE $5.

	1 October 2015
	Oracle Auditorium
	Santa Clara, CA, USA

Join your peers at this professional development event and watch dynamic speakers light up the stage. Get the opportunity to learn about the latest advancements in computing technology, meet other women in computing, have an opportunity to hear from panelists on career options and network with others during the evening reception.

The 2015 Women in Computing Summit offers you and your team:

• A wide range of topics including Cybersecurity, Internet of Things Network Virtualization, Machine Learning, Linux Development, and so much more
• Expert insight and hands on experience from top female technology leaders at the top technology companies - Oracle, Cisco, Ericssion, Nividia, Qualcomm, IBM, and Intel
• A panel discussion on Career Path Choices with:
  • Genevieve Breed, Architecture Manager, NVIDIA
  • Leslie Summerfield, Human Resources Director, Ericsson
• Access to top thought leaders to help you enhance your competitive position

This global summit gives you the opportunity to learn and network with other professionals who share your interests.

Register today for the deeply discounted rate of US $30 (IEEE members, US $25). Registration includes, countless opportunities to engage with speakers, participants and fellow attendees. Lunch will be provided with a networking reception immediately following.

Interested in getting more involved through sponsorship please contact Nita Patel at nita.patel@ieee.org.