Professor K. Reid, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
Computer Science Undergraduate News, 20 September 2011
HEADLINES:
- Ambassadors
- Undergrad AI Day
- Grad Info Session
HELP CENTRE hours: Monday to Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., in BA 2200.
The Help Centre can help you with all kinds of courses.
Welcome to the first newsletter of the school year.I hope everyone had a good first week of classes. (I hope all the alumni reading this are looking back wistfully on your days at U of T.)
There are so many exciting things happening around the department these days. I'm afraid this newsletter will be a little long.
Ambassadors - We are looking for students who want to share their passion for CS with others by participating in outreach events. Applications are still being accepted
EVENTS
Undergrad AI Day - Tuesday Sept 27
An
incredible opportunity to learn about different areas of Artificial Intelligence
from some of the top researchers in the world. The talks are aimed at undergrads, and no prior knowledge is assumed
Distinguished Lecture Series - Sept20, 11 am
Saul Greenberg - "Proxemic Interactions: the New Ubicomp?" These lectures are open to the public, and generally aimed at anyone with a general CS background. The speakers are well-known influential researchers in the Computer Science community.
ACM Programming contest - Saturday Sept 24
This is a great way to hone your programming skills.And lots of fun!!
Grad School Info Session - Tuesday Sept 27 11am
If you are
thinking about going to grad school you won't want to miss this talk!
Cloud Computing Conference: Law and Policy Issues - Oct 14 9am - 5pm
Clubs:
There are a number of clubs starting up and they would all be happy to have more members. Check at the CSSU office for more information:
• HFOSS
• UWCSA
• utGDDC
I know there are others, but I wasn't able to find links
for more information
on the bulletin boards. Please post something toadvertise
your club!
CAREER CENTRE EVENTS AND POSTINGS
The Career Centre wants to help you find a good job and
avoid bad jobs. As well as posting actual openings, they help employers
set up "information sessions" intended to spark your
interest without necessarily leading to immediate job interviews. The Career Centre
also offers career-related training sessions. Career Centre events nearly always require you to sign
up, at http://www.careers.utoronto.ca * This is the session for information sessions targeted
at CS students. There will be information sessions by Bain & Company,
Capgemini, RGM Avisors LLC, IBM Canada, Imperial Oil, TD Bank Group,
Microsoft, Telus Ccommunications, VMWare, National Instruments,
Proctor & Gamble,Bank of Amreria, Merrill Lynch, Infusion Development
Corporation, and Google.
JOBS
There are a wide variety of jobs posted on the bulletin board at
https://csc.cdf.toronto.edu/bb/YaBB.pl?board=general_pe
We do not vet the items before they are posted, so treat items here as you would a commercial job advertisement.
The COMPUTER SCIENCE COMMUNITY bulletin boards
- RSS feed: https://csc.cdf.toronto.edu/bb/YaBB.pl?action=rss
- The links to the RSS feeds are listed at https://csc.cdf.toronto.edu/
EVENTS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
or, more directly but with no explanation: http://web.cs.toronto.edu/news/events.htm