CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Devpost has another batch of great hackathon opportunities that just launched. Not only can you use them to learn new skills, collaborate and innovate, but there are some awesome prizes like meetings with top companies, speaking opportunities and even a Tesla X! Here are the details: Amazon Skills Challenge: Alexa Conversations - Goal: Build (or update) and publish a custom Alexa skill in the U.S. Skill Store that integrates the new AI-driven Alexa Conversations dialog manager. Note: See Official Rules for full eligibility requirements. - Prizes: $101,000 in prizes, including participation prizes, cash, promotion and more - Deadline: September 14 - Details + Registration:  https://bit.ly/AlexaConvo20s   Facebook Hackathons - Goal: Build projects for one of three tracks: AI, AR, Messaging - Prizes: Over $20,000 in total prizes - Deadline: September 7 - Details + Registration:  https://bit.ly/FB2020H3s   Snap Kit Developer ...

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS341 and CS449 for Fall 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 Fall 2020. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Monday, Sept 21 at 11:59 PM (EST):  https://uwaterloo.ca/registrar/important-dates/calendar?op=nav&navigate=2020-09 .

Hack for the People is an intercollegiate hackathon designed to engage students in tackling some of the world’s largest problems. We are committed to offering attendees the resources and opportunity to innovate solutions along the four hackathon tracks: political, economic, socio-cultural, and environmental. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate on projects with students from all around the world, be mentored by experts, hear from keynote speakers, and win prizes ranging from internship and job opportunities to a donation to a charity of your choice.  Registration is free and now open ! Students can register and learn more about our event at https://hackforthepeople.com/ . 

Please be aware that department consent will be removed today (Friday, August 17, 2018) for CS 484 for Fall 2018 as per the information on the course selection page. If the class is full then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course for Fall 2018. Please note that the deadline to add courses is 11.59 p.m. on Wednesday, September 19 at 11:59PM (EST).

Want the chance to  invent something  and receive course credit? Want to  refine your ideas for your start-up  before you graduate? Want to  win prizes? CS 493/494 are the courses for you! Beginning in Fall 2018, CS majors will be able to take a  two-course sequence  that will take you from project ideation and selection to implementation and demonstration, to testing and a final “demo day”. Projects may range from new software systems, to contribute to existing open-source projects, to research projects. This will all be completed with a team of 3-5 members. The first prize of $15K has been generously donated by CS alumnus, Sam Pasupalak, and the second prize of $10K has been provided by Microsoft. Prizes will be awarded as part of Demo Day at the end of CS 494. CS 493 Offered for the first time in Fall 2018.  You can select it during the Fall course selection period from May 23-28, 2018. Prerequisites: CS 246, CS 341, CS 350 ...

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 454 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page .  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 2018. Please note that the deadline to add courses is 11.59 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2018.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 458 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page .  The class is full so you will need to wait for a number of students to drop the course before you could add the course for Spring 2018. If the test section is at 160 or higher than it means that you cannot add the course until enough students across both sections have dropped it so it is at 159 or lower.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 486 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . The class is full so you will need to wait for a number of students to drop the course before you could add the course for Spring 2018. 

As per the course selection policy, enrollment caps for all CS courses have been returned to their actual class size. If the class or section is full then it means that you will need to wait for another student to drop it. You have until 11.59 p.m. on Monday May 14 to add courses. The following courses still have waiting lists and department consent applied so you will NOT be able to add these courses. CS 454 CS 458 CS 486 CS 488 CS 492

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 489 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . 

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 240 and CS 241 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . If the sections are full then you will need to wait for students to drop the course or check on May 4 when all courses are returned to their actual enrollment cap.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 452 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . The class is full so you will need to wait for a number of students to drop the course before you could add the course for Spring 2018. 

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 370 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . If the class becomes full then you will need to wait until a student has dropped it.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS230 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the  course selection page . If the class becomes full then you will need to wait until a student has dropped it.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 446 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the course selection page . If the class becomes full then you will need to wait until a student has dropped it.

Please be aware that department consent has been removed from CS 240 for Spring 2018 as per the information on the course selection page . If a section is full then you will need to wait until a student has dropped it. Please note that Lecture 001 is for SE students only.

For students who are interested in transferring to BCS or BMath CS or BCS Data Science, you can apply at  https://oat.uwaterloo.ca/forms by 11.59 p.m. on April 24, 2018 . No late applications will be accepted. Basic eligibility: BCS/BMath CS Have credit for CS 136 or be taking CS 136 in Winter 2018 If you are not in the Faculty of Mathematics then you should have initiat ed an  internal transfer to Mathematics . Joint CS Have credit for CS 136 or be taking CS 136 in Winter 2018 BCS Data Science Have credit for STAT 231 or be taking in STAT 231 in Winter 2018. You must be a CS student to apply for BCS Data Science OR be applying for a transfer to CS in April 2018. All students will be notified by email by May 4, 2018, with a decision on their application. Any student who transfers into CS and is not already in their required courses for S18 will be helped to get into the necessary courses.

For students who are wanting entry to the following programs, applications will open here  from April 10-24, 2018. BCS (Bachelor of Computer Science) BMath CS (Bachelor of Mathematics in Computer Science) BCS DS (Bachelor of Computer Science in Data Science) Joint CS from an out-of-faculty plan Please review below for the basic criteria to be eligible to submit an application in our April cycle: BCS/BMath CS Have credit for CS 136 or be taking CS 136 in Winter 2018 If you are not in the Faculty of Mathematics then you should have initiated an internal transfer to Mathematics . Joint CS Have credit for CS 136 or be taking CS 136 in Winter 2018 BCS Data Science Have credit for STAT 231 or be taking in STAT 231 in Winter 2018. You must be a CS student to apply for BCS Data Science OR be applying for a transfer to CS in April 2018. Best of luck!

Appointments for course enrollment began on Monday 26 March and open enrollment begins on Wednesday 28 March. For students trying to add CS courses, we encourage you to review the  course selection  page. COURSE ENROLLMENT In Computer Science,  we drop the enrolment caps by  approximately 15% of the total enrolment number for the course to give  advisors room to handle special cases. We will return the enrolment caps to their actual size in the second week of classes after we have had time to deal with the special cases. This will occur on  Friday, May 4, 2018 , (we don't know the precise time) and remaining space will be available on a first-come-first-served basis only if the section isn't already at its enrolment total. WHAT IS A SPECIAL CASE? 1. Students who selected courses but something went wrong because of: enrollment capacity in a course  ** a time conflict  ** an academic enrolment block was applie...

The Summer 2018 REU SITE of Florida International University Research Experience for Undergraduates in Advanced Secured Sensor Enabling Technologies spans ten weeks, May 29- August 4, 2018, offers research and professional development opportunities for 10 undergraduate students. Available research projects share the theme of advanced secured sensor enabling technologies and span several exciting areas such as   * Trajectory Privacy Preservation in Mobile Sensor Networks,   * Privacy & Secure Social Sensor Networks,   * Mobile Video Authenticity Verifications   * Search Rank Validation for Social Media   * A Software Library for Visualizing Large Scale Sensor Network Applications,   * Trajectory Sensor Stream Cleaning,   * Resource Management for Security & Surveillance over a Sensor Network,   * Self-configuring, non-cooperative Mobile Sensors and many others Details about REU-ASSET including an o...