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Dear Students, Please review the latest computer science projects from MindSumo. MindSumo partners with employers to create projects that you can complete to get work experience, win prizes, and be hired for jobs and internships. Questions can be directed to aaron@mindsumo.com Use car and environmental data to improve life - $1000 in prizes Propose better means to control personal data - $1000 in prizes Direct Links: https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/leverage-car-and-environmental-data-for-positive-outcomes https://www.mindsumo.com/contests/how-would-you-control-your-personal-data-and-identity

In W16, the Cheriton School of Computer Science will be offering three sections of CS489, Topics in Computer Science: - Big Data Infrastructure, with Dr. Jimmy Lin - Complexity of Computational Problems, with Dr. Eric Blais - Computational Audio, with Dr. Richard Mann A short description of each course follows. Note that each course description also contains a link to a fuller description. CS489 - Big Data Infrastructure , Dr. Jimmy Lin This course provides an introduction to infrastructure that makes data-intensive computing (aka "big data") possible, covering abstractions, frameworks, and algorithms. We'll discuss processing of many types of data (textual, relational, graph, etc.) as well as different styles of computation (batch, online, etc.). We'll be working extensively with MapReduce, Spark, noSQL, and other emerging open- source frameworks for distributed processing. For more details, see https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~cs-uops/blog_info/W16_...

Two part-time job postings area available at Laurier.  For more information, go to the Faculty of Science folder here:  http://legacy.wlu.ca/page.php?grp_id=317&p=3142

APPLICATIONS DUE ON JULY 31! UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES CONFERENCE (UROC) October 2 - October 4, 2015 | Davis Centre | University of Waterloo Are you curious about Computer Science research, but not sure where to start? Experience the life of a graduate student in 3 days by participating in research workshops with other top undergraduate students in Canada. Eligibility  UROC is open to all undergraduate students in Canada, and is fully funded (i.e., we pay for travel, lodging and meals). To be eligible, you must be in the third or fourth year of your program, and open to the possibility of pursuing graduate studies in Computer Science. Apply now  Complete an online application at uroc2015.ca by Friday, July 31, 2015. Questions? Contact Heather Steinmetz | h2steinm@uwaterloo.ca

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Y W CA Cambridge is a non-profit organization working with and for women, girls and their families and a member of a world-wide network of female leaders. We work with and for women and from a woman’s perspective. We believe that strong girls make strong women. We believe this strength can foster a community that is capable of change, specifically around the systemic challenges that keep women underpaid and under-represented. Y W CA Cambridge facilitates the only girl-led STEM-based program for girls in the country! The approach at the Y W CA Girls’ Centre is based on three main principles; all of our girls programs are:         girl-led,         girl-focused         strength-based Why girls only programming? The STEM Mentoring Program is for girls 9-13 years old, and all mentors will be self-identifying women, with a career or education in, or currently in school for Science, Technology, Engineering or Math...

Title : “Infra sound is all around us” Speaker : Richard Mann, Computer Science Date : Thursday July 9, 2015, 6:00 pm Location : MC 4060 Infra sound refers to sound waves below the range of human hearing.  Infra sound comes from a number of natural phenomena including weather changes, thunder, and ocean waves.  Common man made sources include heating and ventilation systems, industrial machinery, moving vehicle cabins (air, trains, cars), and energy generation (wind turbines, gas plants). In this talk I will present equipment I have built to measure infra sound and analyse some of the infra sound I have recorded.