CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Computer Science – Lecturer | Competition COSC-2014C The Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, invites applications for a 1-year term appointment as lecturer without review in Computer Science. The position is renewable for up to 3 years and has a start date of August 1, 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applicants must have a Master’s or Ph.D. in Computer Science or a closely related field, relevant post-secondary teaching experience, and evidence of ability and commitment to teaching excellence. The lecturer will teach courses in the undergraduate program, including first-year introduction to computer science for both arts and science majors. The successful candidate will be expected to bring innovation to such teaching, coordinate undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants, and perform additional duties in service to the unit. UBC is one of the world's top universities. The university

Please circulate this opportunity to any/all students or recent graduates who might be interested! New training opportunity available in Neuroinformatics. Are you interested in data and research management? Do you want to work with top researchers and one of the newest and most exciting informatics platforms in the world? Then this opportunity might be for you. Please follow the link for details on this 6-month internship. The Application deadline is June 24, 2014. To apply please see link below: http://www.braininstitute.ca/opportunities

I am writing to announce that Bell Labs <http://webform.alcatel-lucent.com/r/?id=hd01d31,27840440,27874a97> is launching a program to ‘open our doors’ to innovators in the field of information and communications networking. Specifically, we have created the Bell Labs Prize <http://webform.alcatel-lucent.com/r/?id=hd01d31,27840440,27874a98> , a competition that will give any researcher, in participating countries around the globe, the chance to introduce their ideas to the world, and collaborate with world-renowned Bell Labs researchers. The Bell Labs Prize winners will take home cash awards worth as much as $100,000, and the chance to further develop their ideas at Bell Labs, where possible. Broadly, we are seeking 10x game-changing proposals in the field of information and communications technologies and related software systems and applications. The competition is open to anyone in one of the participating countries, who ‘owns’ an idea and meets the eligibi

Polar Securities is Canada’s most established hedge fund management company, based in downtown Toronto. We are looking for a candidate with excellent computing, communication and analytical skills to fill a permanent position in our risk management department.  We require someone with a graduate degree in a quantitative discipline (Computer Science preferred) and a strong programming and technical background who is interested in moving into a demanding finance role.  The candidate is expected to demonstrate an aptitude and desire to learn financial products, accounting and the full spectrum of the trading process within a hedge fund. The candidate must have a willingness to interact with the users at all stages of development, an ability to independently devise solutions without detailed instructions, and an eagerness to surpass expectations on a regular basis.  Compensation will be attractive and commensurate with experience. Only very qualified applicants please . You wi

FACULTY VACANCY One-Year Term Position Department of Mathematics and Computer Science Brandon University is a leader in providing high quality education in arts, sciences, education, music, and health studies. Based in southwestern Manitoba, Brandon University also offers pre-professional and Masters programs, as well as innovative and award-winning outreach programs in a personalized learning environment. Applications are invited for a one-year term position in the area of Computer Science in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. Teaching responsibilities:   The ideal candidate will be able to teach junior and senior courses in Computer Science. Ability to teach Computer Architecture, Computer Organization, Operating Systems, or C as a second language would be an asset. Depending on the candidate’s field of expertise, some alterations may be made in potential course assignments. Qualifications:   A minimum of a Master’s degree (Ph.D. preferred) i

Please find the descriptions of what we are looking for below: iOS / Android Sr./Jr. Native Developers (2) We are looking for both Sr. and Jr. iOS and Android developers a full-time immediate employment who have practical experience building either iOS and/or Android apps (both positions available). We are a small young development studio that has worked with exciting companies such as Puma and Atari and are open to a mix of in-office and work-from-home. We have very exciting projects on the horizon and need talented people (who absolutely love to develop apps!) to help make them happen. Experience in WebRTC, Swift, SqLite, Flurry, Hocky, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, Google+ APIs, and Unity are an asset (though not necessary). Sr. Java J2EE developer We are looking for a Sr. Java J2EE developer to help support a back-end system powering awesome iOS and Android apps. Applicants should have experience with Spring and Hibernate, as well as MySQL and MongoDB. Experience providing bac

Leith Wheeler is in Vancouver and is a portfolio manager/investment counsel in the finance industry. We are looking to fill a few full time/permanent positions with candidates with computer science background and a strong interest in finance. I am not sure if the candidates have to be graduates or they may be undergraduates but they will have to relocate to Vancouver. I have attached a few postings on our website for your review. We are hoping you can help us target the student body to see if there are some specific graduates that would be of interest to us. Links: http://www.leithwheeler.com/job-description-systems-analyst.htm http://www.leithwheeler.com/job-description-investment-analyst.htm

What is HackingME? Hacking the Middle East is a Toronto   Hackathon (what’s a hackathon?)   bringing together software developers, designers, experts in middle eastern politics, history, governance, culture (and many other areas) to build solutions for positive social change in the middle east. For the hackathon discount, use STUDENT15. http://www.hackingme.ca/registration/