From horton at cs.virginia.edu Fri Sep 3 10:35:06 2004 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:24 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] adv. math special topics course on chaos etc. Message-ID: <4138811A.2090007@cs.virginia.edu> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.cs.Virginia.EDU/pipermail/ugrads07/attachments/20040903/9ce5d0da/attachment.htm From william at virginia.edu Fri Sep 10 09:39:09 2004 From: william at virginia.edu (William Kammersell) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] ACM Introductory Meeting - 9/13 Message-ID: <4141AE7D.1060904@virginia.edu> Hey all, This *Monday*, *9/13*, at* 6pm* in *OLS 011* the ACM at UVa will be holding its first General Body Meeting of the Fall semester. Be sure to come out to learn more about who we are, (in three words a Computer Science Society), how you can become a member of the ACM, and give us your suggestions and ideas for the upcoming semester. If you want to know more about what the ACM can offer you, check http://acm.cs.virginia.edu/ And, if you have any specific questions, feel free to address them in our forum. There will also be a short presentation by Computers4Kids, an excellent service group in the C'Ville community, along with the ultimate ACM tradition, FREE PIZZA. So come out to meet your fellow CS majors outside of class, get some free grub, and find out why the ACM is a group you need to be involved in. -William Kammersell, ACM Secretary From william at virginia.edu Mon Sep 13 14:28:20 2004 From: william at virginia.edu (William Kammersell) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] ACM Meeting TONIGHT Message-ID: <4145E6C4.8040107@virginia.edu> This is just a reminder that TONIGHT (9/13), OLS 011, 6pm - 7pm is this semster's first meeting of the ACM. Come on out to learn what the ACM is, what we're planning for this year, and suggest any events you would like to see happen. There will also be a brief presentation from Computers4Kids about a great service opportunity in the C'Ville community. And, of course, free pizza will be provided. This will also be your first opportunity to procure your ACM @ UVa membership and start gaining the benefits from being a member. So come on out TONIGHT! -William, ACM Secretary P.S. To see if you're intersted in learning more about the ACM or to get on the ACM email list visit http://acm.cs.virginia.edu From jcc5t at cs.virginia.edu Thu Sep 16 19:37:17 2004 From: jcc5t at cs.virginia.edu (Joe Carnahan) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Announcement of CS computer usage policy violations Message-ID: Three graduate CS students recently violated department policy on the usage of resources: - Student #1 was supporting FTP service on an unconventional port and had key crackers and cracked software on his/her machine. This was a second serious offense for this student. This student has had all access to CS computing resources revoked permanently, subject to appeal. - Student #2 had p2p, key cracking and multiple movies on his/her machine. This student will have limited access (through a dedicated X terminal) to CS resources for the next three months. - Student #3 had a cracked copy of one piece of software installed on his/her machine. The circumstances under which this software came to be on the student's machine led to an exception, where the student was given a stern warning but was not given the sanction for a first offense. As a reminder to all students, the CS policy is here: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~csadmin/Policy/CS_policy/cspolicy.html and the sanctions applied for offenses are listed here: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~csadmin/Policy/CS_policy/resource%20usage%20policy.pdf. These policies were designed together by faculty, graduate students, and systems staff. We recommend that everyone read these policies again. Also, as students, we need to police our own ranks...friends don't let friends abuse department resources...if you see someone doing something that you believe is questionable, put a stop to it before it comes to the attention of the faculty and staff. We also remind everyone that it is against the CS policy to allow another student to access CS department resources through your account...in other words, don't get caught allowing a sanctioned student to use your account! If you have any questions about the usage policy, you can direct it to the CSGSG-SC or Scott Ruffner. If we need clarification based on your question, one of us will take it to Paul Reynolds who is the faculty member in charge of the system staff. Thanks for your time, and happy computing! - The CS Graduate Student Group Steering Committee From horton at cs.virginia.edu Tue Sep 21 10:13:09 2004 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] change in grad req for BSCS degree Message-ID: <415036F5.5040705@cs.virginia.edu> To undergrads majoring in computing in SEAS: We wanted to let you know about a relatively minor change in tech/unresticted electives requirement for the undergrad CS degree. Before I describe it, let me first say that: a) This does not affect CpE majors (or students in the College), b) You don't have to follow these new rules; you can choose to follow the current requirements. Here at UVa a student has the choice to follow the graduation requirements as described in the UG Record for any year s/he attends, as long as you don't leave UVa and come back. Now the change. This is now documented here on the department Web site: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/curriculum/current_curriculum.html under the link for "distribution broadening requirements". The previous reuqirements were*:* * 12 credits of technical electives * 9 credits of unrestricted electives. The change is that these have been altered as follows: * 9 credits of technical electives * 3 credits of unrestricted electives. * 9 credits of /General Education/ electives, as described below. What are General Education Electives? (and why?) The goal of this requirement is for our majors to take additional courses in humanities, social sciences, arts and other disciplines that serve to broaden the background of the student. In this context, "broaden" means courses outside the areas required in the BSCS degree (i.e. not science, math, engineering, or computing). Note that these General Education Elective courses are in addition to the nine credits of HSS electives that all SEAS students must take. The following describes what courses may or may not count towards this requirement: 1. Any course that satisfies the SEAS HSS requirement will count. 2. Any course that could satisfy the CS or technical elective requirement for the BSCS *cannot* count. 3. Other courses may count if they meet the spirit of the requirement (see the first paragraph of this section) *and* they are approved in advance by the department. The department maintains a list of courses that have been approved. These are listed on the website mentioned above, and this list will grow over time. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Why has this change been made? For several reasons. First, some national standards for CS curriculum state that more credits outside technical areas should be part of any CS major's program of study. We examined other schools and found that our degree was more technically focused (more so that schools like GaTech, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, etc.). In alumni surveys, our graduates have made the comment that they wished they had more opportunities to take courses outside SEAS, some even saying that our program was too technical. Also, many students and many industry advisors have said they wish our student have more of an opportunity (or could be encouraged) to take business-oriented courses. This new rule is one way a student can take courses that are part of the SEAS Business minor and count them towards their degree. -- Dr. Tom Horton, Associate Professor Dept. of Computer Science, University of Virginia 151 Engineer's Way, P.O. Box 400740 Charlottesville, VA 22904-4740 Phone: 434 982-2217 FAX: 434 982-2214 horton@virginia.edu http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton From william at virginia.edu Fri Sep 24 09:15:31 2004 From: william at virginia.edu (William Kammersell) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] ACM Google Presentation Message-ID: <41541DF3.7000306@virginia.edu> Hey all, This Wednesday, Sept. 29th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in OLS 120 the ACM will be hosting a presentation by Google, (that's right, the embodiment-of-the-Internet Google). Come on out for some free pizza and what should be a presentation that can't be missed. -William, ACM Secretary Google: A Computer Scientist's Playground Given by Kevin Thompson (UVA '86, Google '04), with 2 other Googlers there to answer questions This fun and informative talk describes Google's mission and summarizes some of the systems infrastructure necessary to support an index of 4 billion web pages totalling tens of terabytes. We describe (and demo, if luck holds out) some data analysis techniques Google uses to improve query processing, and explain how the ads system handles real-time auctions. After surveying some of Google's other products, we show some pictures of the GooglePlex and describe some of the skills Google is looking for from new graduates. Afterwards, you can ask any question you'd like about how Google works, and what it's like to work at Google! From horton at cs.virginia.edu Tue Sep 28 11:05:54 2004 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:25 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Washington Internship Program In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <41597DD2.7010503@cs.virginia.edu> Undergrad Students: See below for info on the Washington Internship Program, and really cool way to spend your summer if you're interested in being a summer intern in DC. If you're at all interested, go to the meeting this coming Friday. For more info, please contact one of the folks below. (I'm just passing this along.) Erwin Prabhu Gianchandani wrote: > Could you please forward the following to all cs-ugrads, esp. second- > and third-years? The interest meeting for the Washington Internship > Program is this Friday, October 1st, at 12:30pm, in the Rodman Room. > > You can have anyone with questions contact me or Professor Ed Russell > in STS (russell@virginia.edu). > > Thanks very much. > Erwin > >>>> > > Washington Internship Program > THIS FRIDAY, October 1 > 12:30 PM in the Rodman Room (upstairs in the A-Wing) > > Dear Engineering Students, > > Please come to an information session for the Washington Internship > Program on Friday, October 1, at 12:30 in the Rodman Room. > > The Washington Internship Program is, we think the best internship > program in Washington. It features: > > --Excellent placements. Past interns have worked in the White House, > Capitol Hill, National Science Foundation, National Academy of > Engineering, and a host of other government agencies and think tanks. > > --Important work. Interns do substantive work (unlike many interns > who can look forward to a summer of pushing the start button on > photocopiers). They become experts and write research papers on some > aspect of science and technology policy. All learn how science and > engineering shape government, and how policy shapes science and > engineering. > > --Outstanding speakers. Like the idea of chatting with a justice on > the Supreme Court, the head of the National Science Foundation, or the > chief of staff at NASA? Past interns have done so. > > --Paid internship. The program provides housing and a stipend for > food, transportation, and other necessities. > > Who is the program for? Current second and third year SEAS students. > Some interns plan to work in policy. Others will go into industry, > law, medicine, education, and other fields. Still others are not sure > what they want to do. All get a lot out of the program, and all are > welcome. > > The program strongly encourages applications from women and from > students who would broaden the racial, ethnic, and economic diversity > of the group. > > You can find out more at the Washington Internship web site, which is > linked to the Science, Technology, and Society home page. As of this > writing, the web site has information about last year?s internships, > but you will still find useful information. A revised site will go up > any day. BE SURE TO SEE THE REVISED WEB SITE BEFORE APPLYING. IT > WILL HAVE MANY REVISIONS, INCLUDING NEW APPLICATION AND REFERENCE > FORMS. DO NOT APPLY USING THE OLD FORMS. You can recognize the > revised version because it will say ?Key Dates for Summer 2005 > Internships? on the first page. > > The information session on October 1 will be the best place to learn > about the program. We will describe the program, how it works, and > how to apply. Perhaps best of all, former interns will be there to > talk about their experiences. Plus you get FREE PIZZA. > Edmund Russell > Washington Internship Director > Department of Science, Technology, and Society > > Directions to the Rodman Room: > 1. Enter Thornton Hall through the main entrance. > 2. Turn left and go straight until you see a staircase on your right. > 3. Go up the staircase and you will face one of the two entrances to > Stacks. > 4. Turn right and walk down the little hallway towards the Rodman Room. > > <<<