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RSM Toronto Office Tour is an exclusive event for UW’s Business and Computer Science/IT students to experience the Power of Being Understood !   This is an opportunity to learn more about the firm and its people, gain information about our service lines, tour our facilities and network with our first-choice advisors!   Spaces are limited, so please apply today with your resume, cover letter and unofficial transcripts.   Click here to learn more about the firm or here for the promotional video. This event is o pen to all 1st to 4th year students, however, there is preference for students interested in Winter/Summer 2020 opportunities or New Graduate (Associate) roles. If you have any additional questions about the event, please contact RSM’s Talent Acquisition team at talentacquisition@rsmcanada.com.

The Machine Intelligence Community is hosting its second student-focused Machine Intelligence Conference at the CILSE building at Boston University on September 7th. This year we are offering our  Diversity  Scholarship sponsored by IBM, which covers travel and hotel.  For more information please see  https://machineintelligence.cc/conference/scholarship .

XTX Markets, a leading quantitative-driven electronic market maker, is shaking up the finance world. Launched in 2015, XTX Markets has rapidly become the number 1 FX spot trader by volumes globally, surging ahead of banks like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and Barclays. Now, they are looking for the best data scientists in the world. XTX Markets is excited to present the XTX Markets Global Forecasting Challenge, an online competition powered by Correlation One! Students will have the opportunity to work with real financial datasets and deploy techniques like machine learning and predictive modeling to discover meaningful insights. Competition highlights include: ·          $100K in total Cash Prizes (incl. $30,000 if you can beat XTX!) ·          Exciting job opportunities in London and New York ·          Compete against the best quantitati...

National Bank of Canada (“National Bank”) is an integrated financial group that provides comprehensive financial services to consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises and large corporations in its core market, while offering specialized services elsewhere in the world. With $269 billion in assets as at April 30, 2019, National Bank together with its subsidiaries, forms one of Canada’s leading integrated financial groups, and has been named among the 20 strongest banks in the world by Bloomberg Markets magazine. National Bank has over to 23,000 employees and is widely recognized as a top employer. At National Bank, we embrace diversity and offer a stimulating work environment that values competency, diligence, cooperation, innovation and outstanding client service. National Bank Financial Markets (“NBF”) is a full-service, fully-integrated investment dealer with a strong national presence and international capabilities. The firm is seeking an Associate Analyst who will work dire...

Devpost is the home for the world's hackathons, both virtual and in-person! Partnering with great organizations like Oculus, Uber, Evernote, Twitter, Twilio, Venmo, IBM, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and more, Devpost strives to bring you new opportunities to practice your skills, learn new technologies / APIs, work on interesting problems, and win some amazing prizes.   Hackathons are about learning and having fun, and it's our goal to make that happen! Amadeus Hack the Journey Online Edition ✈ Build the next big travel solution using Amadeus for Developers Self-Service APIs - Prizes: Over $10,000 in cash prizes - Deadline: July 29, 2019 - Learn more and register at hackthejourney.devpost.com - Slack line to get more help directly from the organization FireDrone.AI Hackathon 🔥 Build a functioning software solution using Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Machine Learning or Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services that enables drones to detect urban fires from a street lev...

You are invited to participate in research being conducted at the University of Guelph on the problem-solving behaviours of students in computer science. We are interested in explicitly teaching problem-solving skills to novice programmers. A first step in this research is to validate a survey tool that measures expert-like behaviours. For this step, we need your help! If you would like to help, please complete a short survey found here :  https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_00b6YoMhYLrbnuJ .  You will be asked to provide consent, and then begin the survey. You will be asked to rank your agreement to a handful of statements. The average time to complete the survey is 2-3 minutes. Participation is completely voluntary and responses are anonymous. Please take a few minutes to support research in computer science education. 

PennApps is the United State's first hackathon hosted every semester at the University of Pennsylvania and we want you to apply to be a part of the action this fall -- apply at my.pennapps.com ! Apply by midnight on Monday, July 15th 11:59pm EST to have the opportunity to: · Win thousands of dollars worth of prizes - over 80K collectively up for grabs! · Enjoy free food and drinks for a weekend, plus a nice travel reimbursement! · Interact with amazing sponsors like Facebook, Google, Palantir, Airbnb, etc. in addition to collecting all the free swag! · Mingle and code with hackers like you from all over the world for 36 hours straight! · Attend our exciting workshops to learn more about web/app development, hardware, and real-world applications suited for beginners to gurus! · Attend fun side events including 5K race, smash tournaments, photo booth, etc.! · Become a part of PennApps history among other awesome hacks such as SubADubDub , GluClose , Spotted...