CS @ uWaterloo announcements

The next wave of challenges are here - whether you are looking to help organizations affected by the pandemic or build with top platforms and tools, these virtual hackathons provide a way for you to keep growing and learning new skills, while also providing an opportunity to collaborate and win some amazon prizes, including cash and meetings with top companies. There is no cost to enter and projects can be submitted online anytime prior to the deadline.  Each challenge also has resources and community available to help participants connect and ask questions along the way! Amazon Raise-Up Buildathon 🤝 Goal: Develop (or update) sustainable solutions that help the nonprofit sector and cultural institutions engage the public to drive critical donations, uphold mission delivery, and address the evolving challenges faced by the sector.  Requirement: Solutions must integrate at least one AWS service into their solution and address at least one of the available categor...

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS4592 for Spring 2020 as per the information on the course selection page:  https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/current-undergraduate-students/majors/cs-course-enrollment . If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Spring 2020. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Monday, May 25 at 11:59 PM (EST):  https://uwaterloo.ca/registrar/important-dates/calendar?op=nav&navigate=2020-05 .

Adaleg IT – www.adlalegit.com - is a Community-Based IT that works with adults and children to teach them Coding, Cloud Computing, Data Science, Machine Learning, and Web Development. We run classes in three countries and are based in Toronto. We are currently running a program called Coding for Kids at Home - https://codingforkidsathome.com/ - which is designed to help out during the COVID-19 Pandemic by giving kids an opportunity to learn code. Since we are looking to run a large Online Coding Summer Camp (via Coding for Kids at Home), we are looking to hire several teachers to teach coding to kids 8-10 and 11-14. We have Coding Curricula and exercises for our kids. We have lead teachers/trainers who will help acclimate new teachers. We are looking for undergraduates (or graduate students) with experience not only in Python but also with teaching kids (or an interest to do so). The program goes from 9am to 3pm every day from the beginning of July to the end of August. It’s...

Life after the virus pandemic will never be the same. The world’s biggest lockdown has forced new ways of working, schooling and living. The Block.one EOSIO Virtual Hackathon Coding for Change is asking students, developers and hobbyists to build a blockchain application that solves a problem arising from COVID-19 or that builds a more resilient world against future global crises. EOSIO Virtual Hackathon Coding for Change - Goal: Apply blockchain technology to address the problems and/or expected societal changes related to the COVID-19 pandemic - Prizes: $100,000 USD - Deadline: June 1, 2020 - Registration: https://bit.ly/EOSIOH20u Please contact  cassie@devpost.com  with any questions you may have.   PS: The EOSIO Smart Contracts Challenge is also still open.  The first round of judging happens around May 18th and $200,000 USD goes to the first individual/team to solve the challenge (See rules for full details) http://bit.ly/2RlH68R

Position:   Junior Software Developer Compensation:   2,000 / month Start Date:   May 18, 2020 End Date:   August 28, 2020 Direct Reporting:   Matthew Trinneer (CTO) Description:     Konfidis is a fast growing technology startup based in Toronto.  We build novel solutions and systems which help real estate investors find ideal investment properties, communities and neighbourhoods. Our team is small and we're looking for a smart, motivated software developer to help us build the exciting features in our product pipeline.  If you're looking for practical experience building real-world web applications, we'd love to meet you. In this role you'll be working with the Konfidis team to prototype, develop and test new product functionality for   konfidis.com   and our customer portals.  Day to day work will include: developing requirements, building system features and testing new enhancements.   Our techno...