CS @ uWaterloo announcements

Hosted by Point72 in partnership with Correlation One,   Point72 Data Scholars Program   is open to top undergraduate freshmen and sophomores in the New York metropolitan area.  The P72 Data Scholars Program takes place virtually on   April 26th from 1pm - 4pm EST . 50 accepted students will have the opportunity to participate in an exclusive, one-day training program that will equip them with a deeper understanding of the hedge fund industry and emerging applications of data science in investing.  The program features presentations from leaders at Point72 as well as hands-on training from experts in alternative data and quantitative investment analysis. Invited students will also have the opportunity to connect directly with Point72 data and investment professionals.  Interested students can submit an application on our   landing page here ! Make sure to fill out the application form before all the spots are taken.  When :   April 26th, 2024, 1pm - 4pm ET Where : Virtual W

STV302 is similar to CS492 and can be used in place of CS492 for the HCI specialization. Sign up while there's still space!

Fine Arts is offering a special topics course, FINE 204: Topics in Studio Practice (Soft Coding), which is a fine arts studio course that will explore scores, prompts, instructions, and constraints in conceptualism, with a focus on rule-based and generative art. The prerequisite for the course is FINE 100 but the Fine Arts advisor is willing to override the FINE 100 prereq for interested students.  Please contact the Fine Arts advisor  for more information and to add yourself to the waitlist .

Room still available in STC 202 and STV306 for the Spring 2024 term!

The DAAD has the RISE program  which aims to promote student exchange to Germany in the fields of natural science, engineering, and life sciences. That includes: Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science , Physics, Earth Sciences, Engineering, or a closely related field. Undergraduate students, who apply for these internships, are carefully matched with doctoral students and researchers from German universities of applied sciences. These internships can be as short as 10 weeks and as long as 3 months. These internships also come with a plethora of funding from the DAAD, which is mainly funding by the German government, and not to mention a particularly amazing scholarship from Mitacs for qualifying students as well. Please contact Hannah A. Uitvlugt-Rafuse < hauitvlugtrafuse@uwaterloo.ca > for more information

The latest batch of hackathons just launched with some exciting new opportunities for students. Check them out for a chance to learn news skills and get a shot at some amazing prizes:   Google AI Hackathon  by Google 💰 PRIZES: $50,000 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: May 3, 2024 🛠 ️: Build a creative app that uses Google’s Generative AI tools. Push the boundaries of what Gen AI apps can do with Gemini! 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/googleaiu   Meta Quest Presence Platform Hackathon 2024  by Meta 💰 PRIZES: $30,985 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: May 13, 2024 🛠 ️: A challenge for all developers to practice their mixed reality development skills using Presence Platform, and innovate on new categories of Meta Quest applications. 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/questpresenceu     Please reach out to cassie@devpost.com with any questions  

The Faculty of Math is hosting iftar for Muslim Math undergraduate and graduate students. Spaces are limited to 50 registrants . You can drop-in anytime during the event to take home your iftar. Event information: Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Time: 6:00.p.m. to 7:00 .p.m. EDT Location: TJB - Toby Jenkins Applied Health Research Building Deadline to register: March 29, 2024 Please sign up before March 29 here: https://uwaterloo.ca/math/events/iftar-math. 

The Math Innovation team at UWaterloo is hosting a pop-up Fireside Chat event on March 19 th , 2024. Our guest speaker for this event will be Scott Stevenson. Scott is the CEO and co-founder of Spellbook. Spellbook is the leading generative AI copilot for corporate & commercial lawyers, relied on by 1700+ law firms and in-house legal teams. Spellbook is the only GPT-4 powered tool that has been tuned for contracting & integrated with Word.  Scott’s talk will begin at 4:30 pm in MC 1085 in a fireside chat style. There will be refreshments provided during the event. You can register here .  

The Business team at Correlation   One , a New York based startup that hosts data science and engineering competitions for the world’s best STEM students, is are excited to announce that they are partnering with Citadel and Citadel Securities to host the Spring Invitational Datathon . This is a data science competition that challenges students from the region’s best universities to tackle real-world social challenges in topics such as urban traffic, renewable energy, and education . Top performing students have the opportunity to win $15,000 in cash prizes along with exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel (both internships and  full-time roles). The events are completely free and invite only. Sign up below! When : April 2 -9 Where : Virtual Who : Undergraduates and Master’s students Prizes : $15,000 + Exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel and Citadel Securities    APPLY FOR SPRING INVITATIONAL DATATHON

Academia or Industry?   is a 1-day workshop for women+ in math who are pursuing a graduate degree (or have recently graduated) to receive guidance and mentorship with regards to career opportunities post-graduation. Some of the workshop sessions include a keynote presentation, and career panels on both academia and industry. The workshop will take place on   Saturday, March 9 from 8:30am - 4:00pm at the SLC 3216 (Graduate Student Lounge) .  What you can gain from the workshop includes, but is not limited to: Get a professional headshot Meet with alumni in both academia and industry Connect with other graduate students For more information and to register, see the workshop website:   https://ticketfi.com/event/5538/academia-or-industry Participation is limited to 30 individuals,   please register by March 5th   (waitlist available; email   m243ahme@uwaterloo.ca   to be added). If you have registered and are unable to attend, please inform the organizers via email

Devpost has some new hackathons great for students to learn new skills, use creativity, and even get a chance to build apps using generative AI! Below are the details: The PartyRock Generative AI Hackathon  by AWS 💰 PRIZES: $120,000 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: March 11, 2024 🛠 ️Learn Generative AI with PartyRock; Make Apps Without Code! 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/partyrocks     TRON Grand Hackathon - HackaTRON Season 6  by TRON 💰 PRIZES: $4,740,000 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: May 07, 2024 🛠 ️ Build a software application/dApp/website that integrates with the TRON/BTTC blockchain 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/trons6s   Feel free to reach out to cassie@devpost.com with any questions

The Math Innovation team at UWaterloo is hosting the Entrepreneurship and Impact Series on   March 20 th , 2024   with guest speaker Jeff Shiner. Jeff is the CEO of 1Password, a leader in human-centric security. Jeff also serves on the Board of Directors of GenomOncology, a company that provides the healthcare community with data-driven insights to improve cancer care.   Jeff’s talk will   begin at 4:30pm in DC 1302   with an “Ask Me Anything” portion, where you can ask Jeff questions. The talk will be followed immediately by a social reception with refreshments.   You can register   here .

Co-op students may be interested in conducting full-time research and be considered for the NSERC Undergraduate Student Researc h Award  (USRA). Th e award has a value of $6,000 for the term with additional supervisor contributions for a total of $9640 (minimum) for the term. If you are interested in exploring the research side of academic life or if your goal is graduate studies in a field related to Computer Science, the experience of an NSERC USRA could be very helpful .     This year we encourage you to consider working on an Interdisciplinary Research Project. An Interdisciplinary Project would involve interaction between two or more disciplines, draw on knowledge from different disciplines, or train students in disciplines outside their background.        If interested in a Spring 2024 USRA, please complete the steps outlined on th e CS USRA webpage by Monday March 4, 2024 . Due to a limited number of awards available, we are prioritizing applications for:   research project

The Waterloo Alt. Protein Project is a student design team focused on engineering the future of food through research, entrepreneurship, and innovation. We are one of Canada’s first chapters of the Good Food Institute (GFI), amongst almost 60 chapters worldwide. If you are interested in climate change, food security, biosecurity or animal welfare, join the team ! We are looking for students to fill the following roles: ·          Student Engagement Lead ·            Course Development Lead   ·          Events Coordinator ·          Marketing Coordinator Applications are due by February 16 . Role descriptions can be found here . Please reach out on Instagram @altprouw or at altprouw@gmail.com  if you have any questions.

The capstone symposium for CS494 + GENE404 + ENBUS402B will be March 27, 4pm-7pm in the E7 second floor event space. Everyone is welcome.  There are some great projects from CS494 this year: All Joined: inferring thoughts from EEG brain scans (in collaboration with a prof at UofT) Safi: monitoring the milk supply from small hold farmers in East Africa Redacted2: algorithmic redaction of refugee court files (in collaboration with Osgoode Hall Law School Refugee Law Lab) Bedrock: helping housing developers access green renovation+building grants (project inspired by being in the same room with the Environment/Business ENBUS402B students)

Are you interested in VR technologies? Please join our VR study! Who we are: We are HCI Games Group at the Games Institute, University of Waterloo. We are looking for participants to take part in a 30-minutes VR experiment, so we can understand how individuals experience virtual environments. Also, we want to understand how to make these environments more accessible and immersive. What you will need to do: you would need to engage/observe a virtual environment and then share your experiences via a questionnaire and a short interview. To participate: you must be over 18 years old; plus, VR headsets are not recommended for individuals with vision, hearing, balance issues, musculoskeletal disorders, implants, neurological history, pregnancy, fatigue, stress, or anxiety. The reward: $10 CAD as a gift card sent to the email address of your choice. Estimated participation time : 20-25 minutes The location : Games Institute, East Campus 1, 175 Columbia St W This study has been

More hackathons await you below! Global Gamers Challenge  by Google 💰 PRIZES: $103,890 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: March 05, 2024 🛠 ️ Build epic Flutter games to assist in the battle to defend the planet! 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:   https://bit.ly/globalgamersu     Zero to One Hackathon  by Convex 💰 PRIZES: $10,000 in prizes 📅 DEADLINE: March 18, 2024 🛠 ️ Build full-stack apps at light speed with Convex. 🔗 JOIN THE HACKATHON:  https://bit.ly/convexhackathonu     Please feel free to reach out to cassie@devpost.com with any questions.

If you want to be successful, you need to stand out from the crowd. Learn more and apply now to The Zero Experience!   The Zero Experience is now accepting applications for the Winter cohort! Join teams of UW peers in six online workshops to design creative solutions for the world’s biggest problems. Learn how to implement those ideas fast in your community, expand your network, make new friends, craft your personal innovation plan, and more.    Applications close Jan 21st. The Zero Experience is how you can start distinguishing yourself. In this fast-paced and entirely virtual three-week crash course, you’ll build problem-solving skills and cement them in experience, designing projects with peers and figuring out what impact you can make. No prior experience is required! “I’m starting to think The Zero Experience was one of the best things I’ve done in my university career. I will always recommend this program to my peers.” – 2A alum Learn more and apply now to The Z

Please be aware that department consent has been removed for CS371, 452, 492, and 479 for Winter 2024 as per the information on the  course enrollment page . Although department consent was removed for CS492, instructor consent has been applied to the course and you would need to contact the instructor. If the class is full, then you will need to wait for students to drop the course before you could add the course. Please note that the deadline to add courses is Friday, January 26, 2019, 11:59 PM (EST).

The Waterloo Alt. Protein Project is a student design team focused on engineering the future of food through research, entrepreneurship, and innovation. We are one of Canada’s first chapters of The Good Food Institute (GFI), amongst almost 60 chapters worldwide. If you are interested in Climate Change, Food Security, Biosecurity or Animal Welfare, join the team! Our first general meeting will take place on   Tuesday, January 16th  at   7PM  in   E5-2004 . This is where you can learn what we’re working on and how you can contribute. To express your interest in joining the team, please fill out this  form. If you are interested in joining our executive team, please additionally fill out the executive role application   here . This term, we are launching a   lecture series , delivered by professors from the universities of Waterloo and Guelph! Join us in-person or online for 5 lectures throughout the term to learn about alternative proteins from the perspectives of biotechnology, engine

There are a few more spaces available for non-Engineering students in STV208: AI and Society. Enroll now while there's still space! You can find more information here: https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-society-technology-values/current-undergraduate-students/courses-regularly-offered.