CS @ uWaterloo announcements

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,...

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...