CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Check out the new hackathons underway on Devpost! From Fintech to NLP, E-commerce and Blockchain, these hackathon opportunities provide an opportunity to build real-life solutions, learn and improves and get a shot at over $300K in prizes, including an F1 Experience in Abu Dhabi, meetings with top companies and more: Formula 0001: Rapyd Fintech Grand Prix CHALLENGE: Build a fintech or payments application using the Rapyd Payment Platform. PRIZES: $267,000 in prizes (including a Porsche Taycan, an F1 Experience in Abu Dhabi, and the opportunity to bring your idea to life) DEADLINE: July 08, 2021 5:00pm EDT JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/Rapyd21u COVID-19 Healthcare App Challenge CHALLENGE: Build an app that uses the IQVIA HealthCare Locator SDK to improve patient case in underserved communities impacted by COVID-19. PRIZES: $60,000 in prizes (including directed donations, swag + more) DEADLINE: June 28, 2021 6:00pm EDT JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https...

  Movin'On Global Youth Challenge What: 24-hour Sprint, June 1 - Propose solutions for tackling mobility challenges and develop ideas about how young people can play a role in the mobility of tomorrow. When: Registrations are already open and will close on May 23. Why: All people that register will receive a pass to access the 4 days of the Movin’On Summit (value 200$). Participants will also be able to take part in the sustainable mobility debate and network with experts in the mobility industry. Who: Young professionals and students from Singapore, France and Canada. How: Register on the platform and submit a short video presentation. Register: http://bit.ly/MovinOn_GYC21 Microsoft Discover AI Challenge ·   What: Discover AI Upskilling Journey  ·   When: Registrations are open until June 13. ·   Why: Learn how to leverage AI for real-life problems, obtain industry-recognized Microsoft Pears...

What is a URA? A URA is an opportunity for an exceptional student to help a professor with a research project. What’s in it for the student? Real research experience. Pocket money! ($1000/term, paid once near the end of the term). Looks great on a resume. Help decide whether to do graduate studies. Who’s eligible? Completed 2nd year in Faculty of Math. >/= 80% cumulative average. Preference to CS majors. A student can only do one URA per term. A student cannot be on a co-op term while doing URA. What does the student have to do? Find a project (see URL, below). Send a resume and recent grade report to the professor; request an appointment. Reach a verbal agreement on the details of the project. Fill in the registration form (URL below) and email a completed URA application form to marcia.taylor@uwaterloo.ca When? Now! Definitely before the end of the first month of term. Questions? Please go to the CS URA site and/or contact Marcia Taylor .

If you want a great career, you need to stand out from the crowd. That’s where  the Zero Experience , a student program offered by UW’s Problem Lab, comes into play. You’ll build a network of experts to support you, solve problems affecting millions of people, and learn how to make your visions a reality. There is no other guided experience in UW that offers these benefits – if you’re a student and want to tap into your innovation potential to become more employable, we’d be excited to welcome you. The only time commitment is a 2hr workshop (Wednesdays 6-8pm ET) each week for 9 weeks. That’s it. We know school can be busy and stressful, and we’ve accounted for that within the Zero Experience. Workshops are fast paced and full of team projects, unique life insights, Q&As with industry leaders, and more. The pandemic has made building a career, meeting new friends, and capitalizing on university far more difficult. We want to give you the tools to build something incredible...

Everyone is invited to attend Microsoft Build May 25-27, 2021.  The conference speakers, sessions and link to register are here:   https://mybuild.microsoft.com/home

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS449 for Spring 2021 as per the information on the course enrollment 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 2021. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Friday, May 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM (EST). 

Don't miss you on the latest hackathons with an opportunity to use new technologies, learn/refine skills and participate in social good challenges, all while getting a shot at some awesome prizes.    5G Edge Computing Challenge with AWS and Verizon GOAL: Submit your ideas for a creative application you plan to build in Round 2 that displays the benefits of AWS infrastructure running on Verizon’s 5G Edge. (200 will advance to Round 2) ROUND 2: Build out your Round 1 Idea with special access to AWS Wavelength and Verizon 5G PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes IDEA DEADLINE: April 25, 2021 11:45PM EDT JOIN THE HACKATHON:  http://bit.ly/5GEdge21u The Worthy Web App Challenge GOAL: Build or modernize a web app that is designed in some way to make the world a better place using Telerik UI for Blazor, Kendo UI for Angular or KendoReact front-end components. PRIZES: $40,000 in prizes DEADLINE: May 24, 2021 4:00pm EDT JOIN THE H...