CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Microsoft has organized a Student Summit during the Canada Finals to provide an opportunity for all students attending to engage with Microsoft and industry recruiters, mentors, and network with other like-minded students. Bring your resume, your curiosity and your questions. We have a packed agenda with workshops about the latest and greatest in tech, some tips for your career development, and access to some of the industry’s best and brightest. Register here to attend! <https://www.microsoftevents.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x1735556dbe1> Date: Saturday, May 27th, 2017 Time: 8:30am – 4:30pm • Competition at 1:00 – 3:00pm • Announcing our winners at 3:30pm Location: Bahen Centre for Information Technology University of Toronto 40 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2E4 map <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmap.utoronto.ca%2Fbuilding%2F080&data=02%7C01%7CSage.Franch%40microsoft.com%7C817791a6b3ab49cfd43e08d...

NORAD Tracks Santa (NTS) is a holiday program administered by the NORAD Public Affairs Office. The key tenet of the program is to spread goodwill and cheer during the holiday season while informing the public of the missions of NORAD and subsequently, USNORTHCOM. The NTS website, which had 78 million page views last year, is one key resource we have to provide this information. In addition to providing links to the NORAD mission, the site also features a library of holiday traditions and an online arcade that unveils a new game for children to play each day. It is the development of these games that I wish to solicit your help with. We are seeking creative, non-violent games for our NORAD Tracks Santa website and mobile applications that go live on Dec 1. NORAD uses very little tax dollars to run the NTS program. Instead, NTS partners with a variety of organizations to help bring the program to the world. As a government agency, NORAD cannot provide, or be perceived as providing, end...

Title: RBC Research Junior Developer Summer Intern Location: Toronto OR Edmonton Length of term: 4 months (also open to longer term) Application instructions: * Please submit your resume, including a link to your portfolio/github, here: https://career8.successfactors.com/sfcareer/jobreqcareerpvt?jobId=119894&company=RBC&username=&st=3157B481A9EF4A5C129218BFD5B0D1F9ADC2195C * Application deadline: 11:59 PM May 3rd, 2017 If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out! Thank you, Alyssa Citrigno | Senior Recruiter, Talent Acquisition, T&O Campus Recruitment | RBC Recruitment Royal Bank of Canada | 416-974-7712 | alyssa.citrigno@rbc.com <mailto:alyssa.citrigno@rbc.com> *For all coffee or meetup requests, please find me on 10KCoffees.com/Alyssa-Citrigno

On behalf of the Amazon Alexa Development Team, I'd like to invite all of your students to come join a new virtual hackathon that we are hosting on our MindSumo innovation platform. For this special competition, Amazon is asking students from all over the world to use technology for good by creating a new Amazon Alexa skill that improves the sustainability or accessibility of the world around us. Amazon Alexa | Hack Your World Contest For the official announcement from Amazon: Calling All University Students to Hack Your World with Amazon Alexa Students that participate will have a chance to earn cash prizes and an Amazon Echo for the best skill. Also, skills developed in this contest that pass the Alexa certification test w ill be available on the official Amazon Alexa store for anyone to download. This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to apply the knowledge they are learning in your classroom towards an amazing cause and get recognized by one of the most im...

Upcoming one-day conference that may be of interest to those involved in UWaterloo’s Health Informatics Program. In particular, the talk on machine/deep learning as well as the ones from CHI, eHealth Ontario, and Cancer Care Ontario may be of particular interest to students. There is a special rate ($100) for students, and the location is less than a one hour drive from Waterloo. Medical Imaging Informatics and Teleradiology (MIIT) focuses on emerging technologies and practices for acquiring, processing, managing, accessing, and sharing medical images, along with topics driving changes in relevant policies within Canada. This annual conference brings together experienced speakers to address challenging topics in the field of medical imaging informatics and provides a unique opportunity to approach the experts and find answers to questions and issues. This conference is intended for an audience of professionals and students in engineering and computer sciences, health informati...

Annual Computer Science visitation day for students interested in graduate studies.  We have seen a recent increase in interest from your students in our computer science programs, and I hoped you might inform them of this opportunity. The event is geared for individuals who want to learn more about pursuing a doctoral program in Computer Science, and I'd greatly appreciate your sharing this information with your undergraduates.  Travel stipends are also available. Computer Science Preview Day Friday, May 5, 2017 10am-2pm University of Southern California campus - Los Angeles, CA https://gapp.usc.edu/cspreview