CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS485 for Winter 2020 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 2020. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Friday, January 17, 2020 at 11:59 PM (EST):  https://uwaterloo.ca/registrar/important-dates/calendar?year=2020&month=01&op=Apply&type=&audience=&combine= .

Exceptional undergraduate & graduate students from Canada to spend 10 weeks at NASA in the summer of 2020. The Canadian Space Agency (CSA),  Fulbright Canada and Mitacs have partnered under the Agency’s  Canadian Student Participation in the NASA International Internship (NASA I2) Project.   This program   will provide opportunities for high performing Canadian students from a variety of STEM disciplines to be part of a 10 week research internship one of NASA’s research facilities. The program The   program  intend to award grants to the students that are selected for the NASA   I 2    program to support the. The total grant amounts awarded to each grantee are: Up to $8,000 for a 10-week internship; Eligibility Criteria Be a Canadian citizen on the date of application Be enrolled in a Canadian university as a full-time student in an undergraduate or graduate degree in science, technology, engin...

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS476 for Winter 2020 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 2020. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Friday, January 17, 2020 at 11:59 PM (EST):  https://uwaterloo.ca/registrar/important-dates/calendar?year=2020&month=01&op=Apply&type=&audience=&combine= .

This is a nother reminder about Grad Portraits! If you are on campus this term, you must have your grad portraits taken by Dec 13 in order to appear on the class composite with your classmates.  Please visit www.lifetouch.ca/waterloo to book an appointment. If you have any questions you can email waterlooquestions@lifetouch.com . *Please note, Lifetouch only opens a week or so at a time, once those days book up they will open more appointments. **This is for ALL students graduating in 2020, both the June and October 2020 Convocations. If you are currently on co-op you can have your portraits taken during Winter Term.

The Waterloo Cybersecurity CTF Team will be offering the second (and last) training session of  before the internal CTF (Capture The Flag) event end of the month. The session will cover buffer overflows on 32-bit x86 platforms. This includes the concept of buffer overflows and how they can be exploited. The sources will be uploaded so you can follow along. Bring a laptop with Linux (or a VM) and gdb installed, so you can actively try out the buffer overflow attack yourself. If you haven't yet registered for announcements, join the Waterloo Cybersecurity CTF Team mailing list here: https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/hackthegoose The basic skills training (Session 2) will be in EIT-3142 in Wed Nov 20, 5:30-7:00pm.

Vital Bio is looking for some amazing new recruits and have ~20 job openings The job postings can be found  here . They also have an exclusive mixer for all prospective candidates. Folks can register to attend  here .

The Computer Science Department at ETH offers a summer research fellowship for undergraduate and graduate students over the summer months (1 July – 31 August 2020). Applications for the programme are open to all students – international students are particularly encouraged ( deadline: 15 December 2019 ). The department is committed to increasing diversity in the computer science area. The programme offers you: Research experience : Fellows will pursue a research project that aligns with a chosen area of their interest a s part of a research group in our department. This includes interacting and collaborating with group members. Networking and socialising : A number of on-site socialising events will help fellows to get to know people outside their respective research groups, including current ETH students at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Stipend : Fellows will receive a monthly allowance to cover housing and living e...

You are invited to participate in a study investigating technology-facilitated sexual violence (e.g. cyberstalking, dissemination of images, online sexual harassment, etc.). Specifically, this project will examine campus community members’ (i.e. students, faculty, and staff) understandings of the phenomenon, and perceptions of the role(s) institutions can/should take in responding to online behaviours, such as technology-facilitated sexual violence. Shaina McHardy is a PhD student working under the supervisions of Dr. Andrea Quinlan in the Sociology and Legal Studies Department at the University of Waterloo, and will be conducting this study. What will I be asked to do? Participate in a semi-structured interview that will take approximately 60-90 minutes. Sample Questions: On average, how often do you watch/read news media? Where do you primarily get your news? On which platform do you typically access news media (e.g. television, internet, etc.)? Do you seek it out or jus...

The Writing and Communication Centre is here to help you survive finals season! Whether you're working on a term project, chipping away at your thesis, or preparing a presentation, we offer services to support undergrad and grad communication along the way. To learn more, checkout their newsletter .

We are looking for volunteers to take part in a study of a crowdsourced image classification platform. If you decide to volunteer, you will be asked to create an account on the platform, fill out a 5-minute online demographic survey, then you will be allowed to interact freely with the platform for the next 7 days. During this period, you will be asked to complete as many image classification microtasks as you wish. At the end of the study period, we will ask you to fill out a final 10-minute online survey, in which we will ask your feedback about your experience with this platform. Participation in this study is voluntary. In appreciation for your time, you can enter your name into a draw for one of two USD $ 200 international Visa gift cards. You will be able to enter the draw with up to two tickets: you will enter one ticket after completing the initial demographic survey and completing the first microtask, and a second ticket after completing the follow-up survey at the end o...

Amazon has multiple positions open at their Seattle location - perfect for a new CS alumni! Please contact Ali Esmaili for more information and/or apply directly online:  https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/872542/software-development-engineer https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/896061/data-engineer https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/982106 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/898299 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/923018 https://www.amazon.jobs/en/jobs/844190   

Get your blockchain and fintech skills ready 🙌 The latest online challenges have launched on Devpost!  Not only do you have a shot at the over $69K in prizes, but also an opportunity to learn and improve your skills and connect with the developer community! Here are the details: Stratis Smart Contracts Challenge 🔲 - Goal:  Build new functioning solution utilizing Stratis Smart Contracts in C# that relates to top industries including banking, IoT, healthcare, gaming, and more. (see website for full list of eligible industries) - Prizes: $18,000 in cash prizes - Deadline: December 16, 2019 - Registration:  stratisplatform.devpost.com   Finastra Hack to the Future Hackathon 💰 - Goal: Build (or update) a functioning software application that uses at least one Finastra API and aligns with one or more of the hackathon’s categories: Corporate Banking, Retail Banking, Capital Markets, Payments - Prizes: Over $50k in prizes - Deadline: December 5, 2019 - Reg...

The Waterloo Cybersecurity CTF Team will be holding a two part event going over basic skills needed for cybersecurity competitions. On Wednesday Nov 6, 5:30-7:00pm in EIT-3042 we will go over the fundamentals of embedded programs with an an introduction to assembly language and how software works at the machine level. We will also present two online examples where attendees can follow along as well as showing a demo how the skills can be applied to solve a previous CTF reverse engineering challenge. Basic skills training (Session 1) EIT-3042 Wed Nov 6, 5:30-7:00pm Bring your laptop and have a Linux VM on it (e.g., using virtualbox) so you can follow along and try it yourself. If you haven't yet registered for announcements, join the Waterloo Cybersecurity CTF Team mailing list here: https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/hackthegoose