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Job Summary: The project deals with analyzing microblogs (e.g., tweets).  Over the last decade, microblogging has become a standard of communications among users of social networks. The increasing volume of microblogging content created using social networks is accompanied by an increase in the velocity of data that are being generated in real-time. The content of these microblogs is coarse and unstructured; however, with the use of information extraction techniques useful information can be harvested and used to build applications that can answer more complex queries in real-time. The project involves taking microblogs created in a social network (e.g. Twitter) and extracting structured information from these microblogs using information extraction tools. This information is mapped onto a streaming graph which is updated in real time. The streaming graph is used to execute complex queries which represent a combination of keyword and graph queries in real-time.  The...

Job Title: C++ Software Developer Location: Toronto, Canada. Type: Full Time. Residency requirements: Canadian or Permanent Resident of Canada. Job description As a startup company providing innovative technologies for secure computing in data centers and cloud service providers, SHIELD Crypto Systems, Inc. is looking for experienced, talented and self-driven Computer Science graduate of the position of C++ Software Developer who will contribute in building SHIELD’s core technology. This is a unique opportunity to be a part of a high-growth Canadian technology company with the ambition of expanding globally. Responsibilities Develop the architectural design of secure computation algorithms. Evaluate and analyze performance of full systems and drive performance improvements. Design and develop libraries and APIs for the core software. Deploy our computing engine and algorithm library on major cloud platforms. Qualifications required and absolutely necessary skills: ...

The Ohio State University Graduate Engineering Open House This fall, our annual   Graduate Engineering Open House   will take place on October 13 th   and 14 th , 2017.  This event allows undergraduates from across the country to come to Columbus, Ohio for two days, attend sessions about graduate school, competitive applications, and funding, while simultaneously interacting directly with our departments, faculty, staff, and current students.  We also include tours of some of our most impressive laboratory facilities like the   Center for Automotive Research   and   ElectroScience Lab , just to name a few. We have travel stipends to offer students to help them cover the cost of flights or mileage, and their hotel stay.   For more information, contact: Jillian Baer Director of Graduate Recruitment Office of Graduate Education College of Engineering,   The Ohio State University 122 Hitchcock Hall, 2070 Neil Ave Col...

2-month project (~80hrs Part-time) | $1,500 stipend | Flexible hours This is a great summer part-time work opportunity for a Computer Science student to leverage their technical skills and build new technical skills as they prepare for grad school or start preparing for their first job. The individual would be working to customize an existing platform and not writing code from scratch. They can work from wherever, whenever. If they can complete the project before the 2-month period, they can claim the stipend earlier!  uBitez Part-Time Web Developer (2-Month Contract) at uBitez We’re changing the way Toronto eats. Job Description Are you a coding ninja who enjoys a fun challenge? Do you feel right at home in the LAMP stack, live and breathe HTML5 & responsive web design and want to help build the next big thing on Google’s powerful Cloud Platform? Then we want to hear from you! What will you be working on? You’ll help us launch uBitez – an ambitious platform that wi...

ArchHacks 2017 is Washington University in St. Louis' hackathon, taking place October 27-29th on WashU's campus. We are so excited to be bringing together over 350 students from across the US and Canada for a weekend of innovative and creative problem-solving. Our theme is HealthTech, but we welcome students who are interested in all areas of CS and innovative thinking.  We would love to have a strong student presence from Waterloo again! We are planning on sending  4 buses , to the 4 schools with the  most number of applications . We also have a  referral raffle and competition . If you refer someone or are referred by someone to apply, you will be entered into a raffle to win an  Amazon Echo ! Additionally, the student with the  most referrals  will win a  special prize  for them and their team at ArchHacks!  Apply now here! The hyperlink is  http://archhacks.io  

“Building a Technology-powered Trading Startup” 5-6pm: Presented by Radix Discussion and Q&A with Radix co-founder, Michael Rauchman -- previously lead architect and CTO of GETCO, one of the first titans in electronic trading (later acquired by KCG) Also, hear from one of our new hires, Pratheek Nagaraj -- MIT CS & Math '16, previously interned at Facebook and Snapchat ----------------------- THURSDAY, JULY 20 | 5PM THE FISHBOWL (DC 1301) DINNER PROVIDED by BAO SANDWICH BAR To help us order enough, PLEASE RSVP at https://goo.gl/36gTpR    ALL CONCENTRATIONS & CLASS YEARS WELCOME ----------------------- Learn about.... - tech skills required to be successful in trading - why Michael chose to lead his own startup instead of joining an established trading firm - how we built a trading firm with collaborative environment - how tech within trading firms compares to Silicon Valley giants - new hire projects from Pratheek =...