CS @ uWaterloo announcements

The CS Instructional Support Group is looking to hire an Instructional Support Assistant for CS 241E.  The ISA provides the primary student contact, serving as a consultant for course-related material through consulting hours. They have the opportunity to gain teaching experience by helping deliver tutorial sessions and organizational experience by coordinating the teaching assistants assigned to the course. Other duties include development of tutorial materials, auto-marking scripts and test cases, proctoring and marking. Students who have taken or are currently enrolled in CS 241 are encouraged to apply. Please check out job posting 166445 CS 241E Instructional Support Assistant on Waterloo Works if you’re interested. If you have any questions, then please contact Shoshannah Holdom (shoshannah.holdom<a>uwaterloo.ca).   

Finastra is hiring two positions for summer (May-August). Developer Job Summary The Developer will be responsible for designing and implementing code in both client and server sides. Your primary focus will be two-fold: 1) implement a complete user interface in the form of a mobile and desktop web app, with a focus on performance; 2) implement services to support back-end data exchanges and business validation. Your main duties will include creating modules and components and coupling them together into a functional app. Job Accountabilities Deliver complete features in both front and back-end application layers Ensure high performance on mobile and desktop Write unit tested, coding standards compliant, and minimally documented Coordinate the workflow between the UI/UX, Angular and RESTful Services Communicate with external web services that may have both SOAP and REST flavors Part of an Agile team Preferred skills & knowledge Knowledge of object-oriented ...

An NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) may be for you! The goal of the program is to  stimulate your interest in research and to encourage you to pursue a graduate studies degree. If you would like to gain research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting, this award provides you with financial support to do. DETAILS Must have completed one full year of school before starting the USRA, i.e., 2A or higher (students can be in 1B when they apply, and students can do a USRA in the term immediately after degree completion but not later than this) Full-time (35 hours per week) for 16 consecutive weeks (80 working days) Can be counted as a co-op work term $4,500 plus supervisor’s contribution of $835 per month or $3,340 per term is recommended. Must have a 72% cumulative average or higher NEXT STEPS Find a supervisor You and your potential supervisor need to complete the online application forms by Wednesday April 4, 2018. ...

Wed, 31 January 2018 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM DC 1301  Learn how to ace your interview, and get that upper hand against other candidates by joining NexJ Systems for a networking and information session. You will have an opportunity to network with uWaterloo alumni, developers, hiring managers, and the HR team.  The company has had a number of successful co-ops turned full-time employees. This is your opportunity to make an impression on the hiring team and gain some tips on interviewing for NexJ Systems' co-op and full-time opportunities. You can review openings - both  full-time and co-op opportunities - and apply directly at  careers.nexj.com RSVP to this event by clicking here:  http://www.ceca.uwaterloo.ca/students/sessions_details.php?id=5410 Make sure to bring your resume and an appetite!

For those of you are thinking about spring 2018 co-op jobs, Farallon Capital Management LLC in Silicon Valley is looking for Data Science interns to work on a paid internship.  Please go to  http://www.faralloncapital.com/careers / for more details.  Questions can be sent to Hannah Siegel hsiegel at faralloncapital dot com.

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...

Kaleidescape is a small, fast-paced company with a strong co-op program looking for motivated students. Many of us are former co-op students and we understand what’s important to co-ops. Our students work on front-line projects, we treat them like full members of the team, and most contribute as much to our success as full-time employees. In order to be considered for the May – August 2016 work term, please review the job descriptions and follow the instructions below: Applications for the May-August 2016 placement will be accepted from Jan 14/16 through January 23/16. Apply using the email address in each posting. Use the subject line: May 2016 Co-op Placement – position name Attach your resume, transcripts and any work term evaluations. (Resumes received without transcripts or work term evaluations will not be considered. If this is your first work term, please indicate.) If selected for an interview you will be contacted directly. Interviews will take place Feb 5 - 8/16. If...

CS Deadline for co-op USRA :  January 10, 2013 USRA applications for a spring co-op work term should be completed on the NSERC web site by January 10th. Deadline is more flexible for non co-op students. Email Margaret Towell at mtowell@uwaterloo.ca   if you are working on an application. You will need a supervisor who has a research project you can work on.  Talk to some profs who are working in research areas of interest to you by checking out the bios and web pages of people in those areas:   https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/research/research-areas NSERC USRA application forms: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/OnlineServices-ServicesEnLigne/Index_eng.asp When you have found a supervisor who has a project and they are willing to take you on, login to the online Form 202 Part 1 for students. Please upload your unofficial transcript as not doing so will delay the application. ...

We're looking for super-smart hackers to join Relay http://tryrelay.com/ and help build the future of mobile communication. About Us The mission - to help people have fun with their friends any time, wherever they are. Relay is an entertainment-focused messaging platform that makes it easy to share fun, visual entertainment (pictures, videos, animated GIFs etc.) with friends while chatting in real time. Relay is headquartered in downtown Toronto. Check out a demo here: http://tryrelay.com/demo You Eagerly take on responsibility and get things done. Pick up and employ new technologies quickly. Build software fast. Have an eye for beautiful visual design and user interaction. Domain experience in any of the following is a huge plus: iOS, Android, Java, Big Data Why Join Us Great Team : Relay was founded by two Waterloo grads with engineering backgrounds from Google and Amazon. We are backed by top notch funds and angel investors including: Peter Thiel (Valar Ventur...