From dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Oct 5 15:25:10 2009 From: dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu (Deepak Kumar) Date: Mon Oct 5 15:11:42 2009 Subject: [Compsci] A VERY local part-time web dev job Message-ID: <4ACA4816.1040501@cs.brynmawr.edu> If you have experience in designing web pages and would like to solidify and apply your knowledge and skills in a real-life situation...a local (Bryn Mawr, Pa...walking distance from campus) mom&pop store is looking for someone who can work 1-2 days/week (especially on saturdays) to help them establish a strong web presence for their business. Besides the web dev. stuff, the job may also require some front-office skills and a desire to help organize. It is a great opportunity. If interested, please contact me. Deepak. -- Deepak Kumar Professor of Computer Science Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010 dkumar@cs.brynmawr.edu, dkumar@acm.org http://www.cs.brynmawr.edu/~dkumar From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Oct 5 15:55:28 2009 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Mon Oct 5 15:42:00 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Wanted: Tutors for CS110 Message-ID: <4ACA4F30.6030606@cs.brynmawr.edu> Students (and local alumna), Would you like to be a tutor for students in the intro class? We have a large class of students this semester, a great group of TA's, and we are also looking for a list of students interested in helping students by the hour. Let me know if you are interested, and I can put you in contact with the students. Thanks! -Doug -- Douglas S. Blank Director, Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) http://www.roboteducation.org Chair, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu Fri Oct 16 10:04:11 2009 From: dblank at cs.brynmawr.edu (Douglas S. Blank) Date: Fri Oct 16 09:50:06 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Developing robotic assistants for humans Message-ID: <4AD87D5B.6020107@cs.brynmawr.edu> Title: Developing robotic assistants for humans When: Tuesday, October 20, 2009, 4:10pm Where: Park Science Building, Lecture Hall 243 Our long term goal is to produce intelligent robotic assistants for humans. Robot assistants should improve the quality of peoples' lives, carry out tasks for people where that is possible, and help with other tasks. The presentation will discuss our current work, which focuses in three areas. Human-robot interaction is a key area for robot assistants as it is important for robots to work well together with humans. Robot programming systems are also important because humans often need to resort to programming robots for new tasks. Thirdly we focus on two applications where we can explore our ideas in human-robot interaction and robot programming systems. One application area is in agriculture where we are starting to develop a robotic helicopter to monitor the status of crops and stock. The second application is our joint project with ETRI in South Korea for creating simple service robots to help care for older people. This includes results of studies of what older people want robots to do in New Zealand, and initial studies of robots interacting with older people. Bruce MacDonald, Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Auckland, New Zealand This talk is hosted by the Computer Science Department, Bryn Mawr College, and appears in our departmental colloquium series. http://cs.brynmawr.edu/ -- Douglas S. Blank Director, Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) http://www.roboteducation.org Chair, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From jkelly at brynmawr.edu Mon Oct 19 11:56:33 2009 From: jkelly at brynmawr.edu (J. Kelly) Date: Mon Oct 19 11:42:11 2009 Subject: [Compsci] CS Tea ^_^ Message-ID: <4b3376430910190856i61dcf9c9y1136de0878f22795@mail.gmail.com> Hi all the CS fiends (and friends), Hope you are as excited as we are for the CS Tea on Thursday the 22nd in Park 231! The tea will last from 4:30PM-6:30PM. There will be Cider, Pizza and Pumpkin carving! (also, if anyone wants, there may be a movie and dressing up in costume). There should be fliers up around the place, but if you're having trouble remembering what's on them, e-mail jkelly@brynmawr.edu, mmocenigo@brynmawr.edu, afunk@brynmawr.edu, or agavin@brynmawr.edu for more info. ~Julia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://emergent.brynmawr.edu/pipermail/compsci/attachments/20091019/258c910b/attachment.htm From dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu Wed Oct 21 11:38:26 2009 From: dkumar at cs.brynmawr.edu (Deepak Kumar) Date: Wed Oct 21 11:23:55 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Fwd: Registry of Undergraduate Researchers Message-ID: <4ADF2AF2.30801@cs.brynmawr.edu> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Registry of Undergraduate Researchers Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:48:00 -0400 From: To: dkumar@brynmawr.edu Dear Deepak: Please forward the below information to your students participating in undergraduate research. Dear Students: The Council on Undergraduate Research hosts a Registry of Undergraduate Researchers. The purpose of this registry is to facilitate matchmaking between undergraduates who have research experience and a desire to pursue an advanced degree, with graduate schools seeking high quality students who are well prepared for research. The Registry is open to students and graduate schools in the fields of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Physics/ Astronomy, Mathematics/Computer Science, Economics, Geosciences, Engineering, Psychology, Sociology, Humanities and Anthropology/Archaeology. Any undergraduate may go to www.cur.org/ugreg/ to fill out a simple curriculum vitae form. There is no charge to the student and records will be made available to bona fide Graduate Schools that contract with CUR for this service. Organizations or companies seeking the students' information for other marketing purposes will not be granted access. Graduate School representatives may contact students to invite applications or visits to the campus and laboratory, or to share information about their research programs and financial support opportunities. An institution-wide annual subscription fee for access to the entire database is $1,500 and departments can subscribe for $300 on their own for their discipline, if they choose. Graduate schools may provide a link to their websites, and may provide a short description of opportunities, such as research fields and fellowships. It will also be possible for institutions to place an ad on the database website if the content is related to the mission of CUR and the Undergraduate Registry. We hope that students who are currently in their junior or senior year will register now. Juniors will be able to update their listing at the end of the summer and during their senior year, to include any summer research experience or information about Senior Theses and test scores. We also welcome submissions by students who are engaged in Masters' Degree programs now but who plan on going on to a PhD program. Just fill out the information on the form including the date you intend to enter a PhD program and your date of completion of your undergraduate degree. Upload a link to your CV that contains complete information about your MS/MA degree activity (school, subject, thesis topic (if applicable), and advisor). CUR believes that this service will be a great benefit for both students and graduate schools by narrowing the search for the right match. So if you are interested in graduate school, please take a moment to register now. Be sure to include a statement of your research interests, as this will be important for making the match. Please feel free to contact me, should you have any questions. 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Operating Systems, Xu, TTH 11:30am-1:00pm 7. Senior Conference, Xu, TBD You'll notice that Computational Linguistics is not offered. Of course, we very much value this course! However, we are wrestling with a growing CS student body and the ability to exploit other opportunities. We hope that we can offer Computational Linguistics as soon as possible! We hope that the current offering provides an opportunity for everyone to explore a variety of interests, levels, and topics. Course: CS248: Programming Paradigms Instructor: Blank. Where: Park Science 230. Time: MW 2:30 to 4. Topics course; course content varies. Topic for Spring 2010 is "Merging the Real and Virtual Worlds." Explores the technologies that allow the digital world and the real world to interact. This course will explore a variety of programming languages (including C#) and hardware (including a touch-based coffee table and soccer-playing robots). Provides an in-depth introduction to the idea of "Natural Computing", e.g. using more natural methods of interacting with computers, such as those based on vision and touch rather than on using keyboards and mice. Prerequisite: Computer Science 205a or 110. (Blank, Division II and Quantitative Skills) Course: CS250: Computational Methods Instructor: Sears Where: Park Science 10 Time: TTH 1:00pm-4:00pm The course is for students of all disciplines interested in learning the foundations of computational methods and modeling. Topics include the theory and role of computational models in data analysis, an introduction to fundamental computation (combinatorics, probability, and related statistics), and an introduction to statistical simulation and probability models, with a specific focus on Monte Carlo simulation. Examples will be drawn from numerous disciplines across the natural sciences. Two lectures and one two-hour problem session a week. Prerequisites: two courses at any level in a single Division I or Division II department or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with BIOL B250 and GEOL B250. Enrollment limited to 16 students. -Doug -- Douglas S. Blank Director, Institute for Personal Robots in Education (IPRE) http://www.roboteducation.org Chair, and Associate Professor, Computer Science, Bryn Mawr College http://cs.brynmawr.edu/~dblank (610)526-6501 From agavin at brynmawr.edu Sat Oct 24 14:03:53 2009 From: agavin at brynmawr.edu (Ashley Gavin) Date: Sat Oct 24 14:03:27 2009 Subject: [Compsci] CS Tea with the Haverford Friends School Message-ID: <1058803657.6929031256407433836.JavaMail.root@ganesh.brynmawr.edu> Hey Guys, Were having a tea on Friday, November 13th with the Haverford Friends School 6th Graders at 10 am. They are interested in incorporating CS into their curriculum. We need people to buddy up with a 6th grader and teach them some intro robotics stuff. I've met a lot of the kids already and they are really fun to work with. If you haven't taken the intro course with robots, I assure you, as having experienced not taken it, it will be very easy to pick up enough information to buddy up with someone. You can look here to learn some basic stuff about the course: http://wiki.roboteducation.org. If you are still having trouble, email me. Some of the students will be more advanced because they are taking robotics with me after school. If you feel fine to work them, let me know. Please let me know asap if you can participate. There will also be pizza for lunch... so you should all sign up. For serious. --Ashley From dxu at cs.brynmawr.edu Mon Oct 26 18:54:47 2009 From: dxu at cs.brynmawr.edu (Dianna Xu) Date: Mon Oct 26 18:39:55 2009 Subject: [Compsci] Freddie Mac Job from BMC Alumna- Deadline tomorrow! (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:12:54 -0400 (EDT) From: Sharon M. Powers To: jdougher@haverford.edu, slindell@haverford.edu, shlindel@haverford.edu, dwonnaco@haverford.edu, dblank@brynmawr.edu, kblessing@brynmawr.edu, aklingensm@brynmawr.edu, dkumar@brynmawr.edu, ttthomas@brynmawr.edu, dxu@brynmawr.edu Cc: alexandra glanz-berger Subject: Freddie Mac Job from BMC Alumna- Deadline tomorrow! Dear Computer Science Faculty: A BMC Alumna, Alexandra Glanz-Berger '02, has just posted a Business Technology Associate job in OCEAN with Freddie Mac. The deadline for applications is tomorrow, Tuesday November 27th at 11:59pm . Applications must be made through OCEAN at http://bmchc.experience.com . I am including the details below for your convenience. Please share this with your Computer Science students. Thank you, Sharon, Career Development JUST IN FROM AN ALUMNA! Deadline to apply through OCEAN is TOMORROW , Tuesday October 27th at 11:59pm. In order to apply, you must complete an online Recruiting Tutorial during the current academic year at http://www.haverford.edu/cdo/students/orientation.html . FREDDIE MAC: Business Technology Associate Description: "My opportunities?????limitless." At Freddie Mac, you'll play a part supporting the company's role in the economic recovery as you make home possible and support the President's Making Home Affordable program. A vital component in the secondary mortgage market, Freddie Mac has made home ownership and rental housing more accessible and affordable for over 50 million families across America. In Information Technology, you will participate in a rotation program that provides an opportunity for you to experience first-hand what it's like to work in an IT environment at a large financial organization. During the program, you'll work on critical projects in a variety of different areas, all of which have a direct impact on our ability to achieve our goals. You'll be given opportunities to take on new and interesting challenges, and in the process you'll gain valuable experience to take with you as you begin your career. In addition, you'll be part of our mission to make housing in America more affordable?????thereby, touching the lives of people across the nation. "Explore several different areas before deciding on your focus?????" The IT Rotation Program means you'll spend your first 18 months at Freddie Mac rotating through different areas of IT. Approximately every six months, you'll move on to another position. You might spend your first six months as a programmer, your second six months as a tester and your third as a database administrator. Above all, you'll be focused on learning Freddie Mac's technological needs and developing new systems to meet those needs. During this process, you'll gain vast amounts of knowledge and experience that will prepare you for a future in technology. "It's a very strong mentoring environment?????" One of the biggest focuses of this program is on learning and development. As a result, you'll constantly be involved in new training activities designed to give you in-depth, hands-on experience. In addition, you'll collaborate with some of the most talented individuals in financial technology, all of whom are ready and willing to teach you what they know and give you advice about your future. At the end of the program, we'll take a shared approach to determine the best direction for your career, and where your talents will be the most beneficial. "You'll be able to build a strong network and team?????" Freddie Mac is a collaborative environment where teamwork is part of the natural way of doing things. One of the benefits of a rotation program is that you'll be able to develop a strong peer network across various areas of our division. As a result, you'll always feel like you have support and encouragement from those around you. Because Freddie Mac employees are united by our mission of making home possible, they are eager to help each other and do whatever it takes to make sure that mission is achieved. "There's a range of activities in which to get involved and help others?????" At Freddie Mac, our employees rally behind our mission and are proud that what they are doing will help more people become homeowners. Not only are they contributing through the work they do every day, but they are also given many opportunities to donate their time and effort through volunteer work. Whether it's through Habitat for Humanity or at a local shelter, they always know they are making an impact that is truly appreciated. The candidates we seek must have????? ???? A bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, information systems, management information systems, computer engineering, or a related discipline ???? Exceptional quantitative, analytical and leadership skills ???? Previous intern experience ???? A strong interest in pursuing a challenging career in technology ???? A minimum 3.0 GPA ???? The ability to begin full-time employment by January 11, 2010 or June 28, 2010 The hired candidate must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction. Freddie Mac does not intend to support hiring any students, exchange visitors or recent graduates on F-1, J-1 or M-1 visas, or any individuals requiring sponsorship for an employment-based visa application (such as H-1B) in connection with this opening. Freddie Mac is an equal opportunity employer who firmly supports and recognizes the value of diversity and inclusion. The information listed herein is presented by the Career Development Office of Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges as a service to our users. The inclusion of this information should not be construed as an endorsement of the organizations offering the internship (or other opportunity), and applicants should contact the organizations directly to determine if opportunities are available. Applicants are strongly encouraged to research all employers and/or sponsors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bryn Mawr College: 610-526-5174 , Campus Center 202 Haverford College: 610-896-1181 , Stokes 300 -- Sharon M. Powers Assistant Director, Career Development Office Bryn Mawr College & Haverford College 610-526-5174 or 610-896-1181 Hire a Bryn Mawr or Haverford Grad! http://www.haverford.edu/cdo/employer/ twitter.com/SharonMPowers