CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS442, 451, 458 for Winter 2019 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-selection.  If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Winter 2019. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Come join us on Tuesday, January 22 from 2:30-3:30PM in DC1350 with David Lepofsky, the Chair for Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance, for an exciting talk on Accessible AI. Canada’s Parliament is debating enactment of Bill C-81, the proposed Accessible Canada Act. Parliaments and legislatures around the world are increasingly enacting and enforcing disability accessibility legislation that bans disability accessibility barriers not only in the design of buildings, but also in areas like information technology hardware, software and human–computer interfaces. Ensuring that this technology is all designed for all users, including those with a wide range of  different disabilities, is a pressing legal, moral and business imperative. Learn more about David and his talk using the following link: https://uwaterloo.ca/computer-science/events/legal-business-moral-duty-design-hardware-software.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS486 and 488 for Winter 2019 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-selection.  If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Winter 2019. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Apply for the 7th HLF! The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) annually connects promising young researchers in mathematics and computer science with the top scientists in their fields. For one week in late September, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) invites the recipients of the Abel Prize, the ACM A.M. Turing Award, the ACM Prize in Computing, the Fields Medal, and the Nevanlinna Prize to join 200 carefully selected young researchers from around the world. For more information, go to heidelberg-laureate-forum.org. Online applications are available at application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org from November 15, 2018 until February 15, 2019.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS371 for Winter 2019 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-selection.  If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Winter 2019. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

The next Waterloo-local ICPC-style programming contest will be held on Saturday, February 9 in MC 3003. All members of the UW community are invited to try their programming skill in Scheme, C, C++, Java, Pascal, Python, or Scala. For full details and online registration, please see: http://acm.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~acm00/ The contest will run from 1 pm sharp until 4 pm, and will be followed by pizza. There will be a practice contest in the morning to allow contestants, especially those competing for the first time, to get their account setup and become familiar with the contest environment. Contestants participating in the practice contest should arrive by 10:30 am in MC 3003. For out-of-town participants, it is possible to participate remotely using a web-based system, but local participants are encouraged to attend in person if possible.

Hosted by Correlation One and sponsored by Citadel LLC and Citadel Securities, Terminal Live is coming to the University of Waterloo this month to kick off the 2019 season! Apply below for the opportunity to compete for $25,000 in cash prizes and be eligible for exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel! Programming meets eSports in Terminal , a new AI gaming platform that is quickly becoming the biggest and most exciting coding competition in the world. Terminal is an online platform where players compete by coding AI strategies (i.e., algorithms) that automate play of the game. Teams face off against one another by implementing their best algorithm, and top players have opportunities to win cash prizes, exclusive job opportunities from industry leaders, and global recognition. Apply Here! When: Saturday, January 26th, 10am - 4pm Prize: $25,000 + Exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel

The Clearbanc team is excited to host an employer info session at University of Waterloo. There are positions available for co-op students and those looking full time jobs. Clearbanc is redefining banking to businesses by creating a new asset class tailored to the needs of entrepreneurs. We help online businesses secure credit without personal guarantees, equity, or credit scores. We're a company built by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs obsessed with our mission to help entrepreneurs succeed. Clearbanc's Co-founders Michele Romanow - tech titan and Dragon on CBC's Dragons' Den and Andrew D'Souza - University of Waterloo alumni SYDE '08 and angel investor to companies like Wealthsimple, KIK and Tulip Retail, lead our team of 42. We're growing fast and we're seeking Engineers and Computer Scientists (Co-ops and Full-time) to join our Tech team. Go to http://www.ceca.uwaterloo.ca/students/sessions_details.php?id=5947 to register.  When: Wednes...

Are you a techie with a desire to bringing ideas to life through clean design and clean code? Do you want to prove your development and project management skills in order to showcase your talents? Are you a quick learner and problem‐solver who’d like to get paid to gain or strengthen skills in languages or frameworks? If so, we’d love to hear from you! We are a team of two in University of Waterloo’s School of Planning, Faculty of Environment with a passion for and project on cities. We are excited to promote and build Canada’s first research repository, interactive maps and online forum on compact, walkable cities, strategies and their design. The project is led by Professor Pierre Filion and PhD student, Neluka Leanage, and we’re looking for a part‐time front and back end web developer to join our team. Main responsibilities Understand requirements, evaluate options and develop solutions in negotiated timeframes. Back‐end and front‐end development including crea...

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS489 for Winter 2019 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-selection.  If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Winter 2019. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS454 for Winter 2019 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-selection.  If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Winter 2019. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:59 PM (EST).

Training a new generation of researchers for the medicine of the future CeMM is an international, independent and interdisciplinary Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. “From the clinic to the clinic”: Driven by medical needs, CeMM integrates basic research and clinical expertise to pursue innovative diagnostic and therapeutic approaches focused on cancer, inflammation and immune disorders. The PhD Program will train a new generation of researchers based on a novel, post-genomic, molecular understanding of biological and pathological systems and will thereby contribute to shaping the predictive, preventive and personalized (also termed “precise”) medicine of the future. To reach this goal, students will be made familiar not only with biomedical technologies, but also with the basic principles of cell- and molecular biology and the application of this knowledge for a molecular understanding of diseases and targeted therapeutic concepts...