From bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu Mon Apr 3 13:09:57 2006 From: bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu (Brenda Perkins) Date: Mon Apr 3 13:10:01 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Internships for Summer Message-ID: <443156E5.9040103@cs.virginia.edu> Hey 2nd and 3rd year EE, CS and Computer Engineering Students! Still looking for an internship? Here are some GREAT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES- See below!!! * M/A-COM Engineering Co-op/Intern Student Requirements * General Requirements: " Must be at least Sophomore level Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science. " Student should expect to work several semester sessions, either alternating or sequential. " Be able to use of standard electrical engineering lab equipment and practices. " Have skills in Microsoft Office with emphasis on Word, Excel and Outlook. " Ability to work in a team environment, reporting to an engineering mentor and will be required to handle varied workloads and changing assignments. *Systems Engineer Co-op/Intern:* Challenging System Engineering co-op positions in the telecommunications industry. M/A-COM is a leader in offering land mobile radio solutions, with a proven state of the art two way radio communications system. Engineering students will gain a wide range of experience and knowledge working with planning and designing portions of two-way radio systems - RF antenna systems, microwave systems, and wireless data systems. Developing system coverage maps using custom M/A-COM software. *Software Engineer Co-op/Intern (Terminal Products Design Group):* Software development and integration test support for land mobile radio products. Tasks will depend upon the skills and interests of the co-op, including software development of embedded, DSP or Windows products and tools, as well as integration testing of products developed by software design team. Prefer knowledge of C/C++/C* and object-oriented design and programming. Course work in some or all of the following areas of Software Engineering: software engineering processes, software requirements, software design, software testing, and software maintenance. Individual will also use Visual C++, OMAP processors, C54x DSP, SQL database, MFC, and Visual Studo.NET. Co-op positions available include Terminal (mobile/portable), RF Site, Dispatch, and Management Systems. *Software Engineer Co-op (Data Management Group):* Design, code and test applications for Computer Aided Dispatch, AVL, schedule adherence, components for complex wireless data networks and other applications for the transit and wireless data industry. Candidate should have experience in several different programming languages and operating systems including but not limited to FORTRAN, C++, VMS, PSOS, UNIX, and Windows 9X/NT. Some projects require the skills to design and develop code for micro-controller based hardware. Others require the skills to design and develop code for real time network communications routing equipment. Ability to author the necessary user and configuration documentation necessary to operate and maintain the system. Provide proposal text and drawings that effectively describe the system designed and coded. *Data Management Engineer Co-op/Intern:* Provide expertise in the area of design and engineering of complex wireless data networks and the integration of applications including but not limited to knowledge of LMR networks, LAN, WAN, Gateways, Routers, IP, TCP, etc. Define vendor subsystems, equipment, and implementation services needed so favorable subcontractor quotations can be obtained. Provide proposal text and drawings that effectively describe the system and special equipment being offered. Document designs so that others can efficiently build, test, install and prepare instruction books for the system and any specially designed equipment. *Hardware Engineering Co-Op/Intern:* Individuals will test rechargeable batteries, battery chargers and assist in the evaluation of new-branded products. This will include data collection, analysis and environmental testing of controller, analog (audio, base-band) and power supplies. Experience with soldering and circuit construction is helpful. Other assignments may include component and circuit module evaluation of both RF (receiver, transmitter, synthesizer), controller (micro-controller, digital design, DSP), analog products; circuit board and product, modifications and testing. Student must have completed at least one semester of a circuits course. For more information about the company visit: www.macom-wireless.com For more information about the positions or to submit a resume, please email Dave Bowen at: bowenda@tycoelectronics.com ============================================ Center for Engineering Career Development University of Virginia Thornton Hall A115, PO Box 400234 Charlottesville, VA 22904 434-924-3050 Fax: 434-924-7913 www.seas.virginia.edu/careerdevelopment engineeringcareers@virginia.edu From bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu Mon Apr 3 13:14:03 2006 From: bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu (Brenda Perkins) Date: Mon Apr 3 13:14:07 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Summer Internships Message-ID: <443157DB.7020008@cs.virginia.edu> Hey 2nd and 3rd year EE, CS and Computer Engineering Students! Still looking for an internship? Here are some GREAT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES- See below!!! * M/A-COM Engineering Co-op/Intern Student Requirements * General Requirements: " Must be at least Sophomore level Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science. " Student should expect to work several semester sessions, either alternating or sequential. " Be able to use of standard electrical engineering lab equipment and practices. " Have skills in Microsoft Office with emphasis on Word, Excel and Outlook. " Ability to work in a team environment, reporting to an engineering mentor and will be required to handle varied workloads and changing assignments. *Systems Engineer Co-op/Intern:* Challenging System Engineering co-op positions in the telecommunications industry. M/A-COM is a leader in offering land mobile radio solutions, with a proven state of the art two way radio communications system. Engineering students will gain a wide range of experience and knowledge working with planning and designing portions of two-way radio systems - RF antenna systems, microwave systems, and wireless data systems. Developing system coverage maps using custom M/A-COM software. *Software Engineer Co-op/Intern (Terminal Products Design Group):* Software development and integration test support for land mobile radio products. Tasks will depend upon the skills and interests of the co-op, including software development of embedded, DSP or Windows products and tools, as well as integration testing of products developed by software design team. Prefer knowledge of C/C++/C* and object-oriented design and programming. Course work in some or all of the following areas of Software Engineering: software engineering processes, software requirements, software design, software testing, and software maintenance. Individual will also use Visual C++, OMAP processors, C54x DSP, SQL database, MFC, and Visual Studo.NET. Co-op positions available include Terminal (mobile/portable), RF Site, Dispatch, and Management Systems. *Software Engineer Co-op (Data Management Group):* Design, code and test applications for Computer Aided Dispatch, AVL, schedule adherence, components for complex wireless data networks and other applications for the transit and wireless data industry. Candidate should have experience in several different programming languages and operating systems including but not limited to FORTRAN, C++, VMS, PSOS, UNIX, and Windows 9X/NT. Some projects require the skills to design and develop code for micro-controller based hardware. Others require the skills to design and develop code for real time network communications routing equipment. Ability to author the necessary user and configuration documentation necessary to operate and maintain the system. Provide proposal text and drawings that effectively describe the system designed and coded. *Data Management Engineer Co-op/Intern:* Provide expertise in the area of design and engineering of complex wireless data networks and the integration of applications including but not limited to knowledge of LMR networks, LAN, WAN, Gateways, Routers, IP, TCP, etc. Define vendor subsystems, equipment, and implementation services needed so favorable subcontractor quotations can be obtained. Provide proposal text and drawings that effectively describe the system and special equipment being offered. Document designs so that others can efficiently build, test, install and prepare instruction books for the system and any specially designed equipment. *Hardware Engineering Co-Op/Intern:* Individuals will test rechargeable batteries, battery chargers and assist in the evaluation of new-branded products. This will include data collection, analysis and environmental testing of controller, analog (audio, base-band) and power supplies. Experience with soldering and circuit construction is helpful. Other assignments may include component and circuit module evaluation of both RF (receiver, transmitter, synthesizer), controller (micro-controller, digital design, DSP), analog products; circuit board and product, modifications and testing. Student must have completed at least one semester of a circuits course. For more information about the company visit: www.macom-wireless.com For more information about the positions or to submit a resume, please email Dave Bowen at: bowenda@tycoelectronics.com ============================================ Center for Engineering Career Development University of Virginia Thornton Hall A115, PO Box 400234 Charlottesville, VA 22904 434-924-3050 Fax: 434-924-7913 www.seas.virginia.edu/careerdevelopment engineeringcareers@virginia.edu From horton at cs.virginia.edu Wed Apr 5 16:46:35 2006 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Wed Apr 5 16:46:46 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] news on curriculum for Fall 06, Spring 07 Message-ID: <44342CAB.50006@cs.virginia.edu> Undergrads majoring in computing or anyone taking CS courses: Here is a summary of change/updates to CS courses and BSCS rules that you might need to know about. (1) CS432, Algorithms: CS302 is no longer a pre-req for CS432. Now CS216 with a C- is the only pre-req for CS432. (2) Details on CS electives: See the end of this email for descriptions of some CS electives that are not described in the UG Record or on the web. Also: we do recognize that there is a time-conflict between CS305 and CS333, and we checking into how that could be fixed. (3) In Spring 2007, here is what we hope to offer as CS electives. (This is tentative and subject to change!) CS415, Prog. Languages (Weimer) CS416, Artificial Intelligence (Brogan) CS447, Image Synthesis (Humphreys) CS451, Advanced Processor Architecture(Skadron) CS462, Databases (Gurumurthi) Also, we are hiring new faculty, and if one of those can teach either CS457, Networks, or CS453, E-Commerce, we'll offer try to offer one of those in Spring 07. (4) All CpE majors and others interested in CS457, Networks: If you need Networks next year, plan to take it in the fall!!!! As you can see, it is offered Fall 2006 but may *not* be offered in Spring 2007. (5) BSCS students ONLY and ECE435: Students who plan to graduate under the most recently updated set of rules (those "effective Fall 2006" that require "general education" electives) now have a choice regarding ECE435. You can take one course from a new list of "computer architecture elective" courses instead of having to take ECE 435 (which had been a required core course). The current list of courses that meet this requirement are: Offered in fall: ECE435; CS451, Parallel Computing; CS654 Planned for Spring 07: Skadron's CS451 course NOTE: If you're following the BSCS rule-set before this (the one *without* general education electives and more tech electives), officially you have no choice but to take ECE435, unless you petition the department. It's best if you change to the latest rules, but if this doesn't make sense for you you can submit a petition. This is because the university doesn't allow "mixing and matching" of rule changes -- you have to pick one set and follow it. Contact me if you're interested in the petition process. (6) If you're a BSCS major, you can get the degree check-list document on-line here: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~horton/advising/ This site also has versions for previous years' rules, and short descriptions of what's changed from year to year. This site also has files of the "flow-chart" showing our pre-requisite hierarchy. Our website should have info consistent with this in all the other places now. (7) If you know students who might be interested in the new BACS CS degree program for College students, there will be an information session on this degree on Thursday, April 13 at noon, in the Rodman Room (Thornton Hall A-Wing, 2nd floor). Here's a link to a pdf version of the announcement flyer: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/ba/infosession.pdf Sorry this is so long, but hopefully some of it is helpful. Course descriptions for some of the electives are listed below. --------------- CS 451 ? Information Security ------------------------------ Instructor: Prof. Anita Jones This course addresses the security of information systems stored in software systems and networks. We will consider security policies, (e.g. authentication integrity, and confidentiality) and the models, the tools, and the techniques for enforcement of security policies. Specific topics include: cryptography; intrusion detection systems; worms and viruses; as well as societal issues such as: electronic voting and electronic cash. Pre-requisites: Completion of either CS 414 (Operating Systems) or CS 457 (Networks), each with a C- or better. CS 451 ? Parallel Computing --------------------------- Instructor: Prof. Andrew Grimshaw Information will be emailed out soon! CS 451 - Wireless Sensor Networks --------------------------------- Instructor: Prof. Jack Stankovic Wireless sensor networks (WSN) vary in size from a small number of devices to 1000s of devices. Each device senses/actuates, computes, and performs wireless communication. The capacity of each device is very limited. The devices are often deployed in difficult environmental real world conditions. All of these facts give rise to exceptional research challenges. On the other hand, the potential value of WSN is enormous. The hype indicates that WSN will affect every aspect of our lives. The overall impact is touted as the next Internet! This class presents the fundamentals regarding the hardware and software of WSN. It synthesizes materials from many research papers, presenting principles, commonalities and open research issues. Topics include: sensor node hardware, wireless communication realities, MAC protocols, routing, clock synchronization, localization, power management, databases, security, self-healing and case studies. See web site: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~cs651/ Prerequisites: CS 457 (networking) CS 471 - Compilers ------------------ Instructor: Prof. Kim Hazelwood Theory and practice of compiler writing. Lexical analysis, table driven LL(1), LR(1) and LALR(1) parsers, code generation, flow analysis, run-time storage organization and optimization. Writing a compiler using software tools a significant part of course. The web page for the course is: http://www.cs.virginia.edu/kim/courses/cs471/ Prereqs: C+ or better in CS 216, CS 340 or consent of instructor. -- 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 JulieR at virginia.edu Mon Apr 3 13:19:09 2006 From: JulieR at virginia.edu (Julie Riddleberger) Date: Wed Apr 5 16:48:13 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] REU Program Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20060403131832.00c03b90@j.mail.virginia.edu> Dear Computer Science Majors: Professors Brian Parshall and Leonard Scott (Mathematics) are recruiting two undergraduates to participate in a summer REU program in representation theory. Students participating will be expected to be in residence in Charlottesville this summer for 6-8 weeks. The program will involve intensive study on some specific advanced topics with a goal of reaching a point where an attack can be made on a significant research problem. In addition to working with Professors Parshall and Scott, there will likely be interaction with UVa mathematics graduate students and postdocs. It is possible that the project can continue during the academic year, 2006-2007. The summer stipend is $3100, provided by the National Science Foundation. If you are interested in this program, please reply to this email (JulieR@virginia.edu) with the subject line "REU Program." The body of your email should contain the following information: 1. Mathematics courses taken, together with grades and instructors. 2. Your overall GPA. 3. Computer experience. Please tell us the computing courses you have had and describe precisely your computing expertise. A strong background in computing is not necessary, but if you have such a background, it may prove very useful. 4. In a few sentences, tell us something about yourself: your interests, your post-graduation plans, etc. Please send this information by Friday, April 7. We will generate a "short list" and contact people the following week. Sincerely, Brian Parshall and Leonard Scott From mv5g at virginia.edu Wed Apr 5 12:04:55 2006 From: mv5g at virginia.edu (Malathi Veeraraghavan) Date: Wed Apr 5 16:48:14 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] For students graduating in May 2007 Message-ID: <4433EAA7.9040103@virginia.edu> For CpE/CS/EE majors graduating in May 2007: Please be advised that CS/ECE 457, Computer Networks, will most likely not be offered in Spring 2007. Therefore, if you would like to take this course before graduating please register for it this Fall. Computer Engineers - note that this is a required course. Enrollment for this course tends to fill up fast, and so please register as soon as possible. Prof. Veeraragahavan -- ********************************** Malathi Veeraraghavan University of Virginia 1-434-982-2208 http://www.ece.virginia.edu/~mv ********************************** From horton at cs.virginia.edu Wed Apr 5 16:51:48 2006 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Wed Apr 5 16:51:54 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] wanna be a Dell Campus Rep? Message-ID: <44342DE4.8000608@cs.virginia.edu> [I'm forwarding this request from a company rep. What you read is all I know about this!] Professor Horton, I am currently recruiting students at the University of Virginia to participate in a Dell Campus Rep program. This year long position is an excellent opportunity for your students to gain solid career experience and work for one of the nation?s top companies. I was hoping you might be able to pass this student position along to other department faculty, or even to your students. If you are able to, we would also appreciate it if you could post this job opening at the career center, website, or via student listserv. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Interested students can visit www.repnation.com/dell for a description of the program as well as application information. Please let me know if I can answer any questions for you. Sincerely, Kristin Morgan Dell Campus Rep Recruiter kristinm@mryouth.com -- 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 horton at cs.virginia.edu Thu Apr 6 15:15:56 2006 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Thu Apr 6 15:16:04 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] BACS students signing up for ECE435 in fall Message-ID: <443568EC.6090206@cs.virginia.edu> If you are *not* a CpE major and want or need to take ECE435 in the coming fall, read this message. Right now registration for ECE 435 is limited to CS and EE majors, but we've been assured that BSCS majors who need the course to graduate *will* be allowed to get into the course. (You might remember we surveyed BSCS students to estimate how many spots we'd need, and they used that estimate when the chose the enrollment limit.) Here's how the instructor prefers to handle sign-ups for the BSCS students who need the course to graduate next year. Go to the COD at the entry for ECE435 (http://etg08.itc.virginia.edu/cod.pages/20063/ENF/ECE.html) and click on the "home-page" link right below the course's ID. That will take you a page that is the waiting list form (or has a link to the waiting list form). Fill that out. Wait for email from the professor. Note: when it asks about pre-reqs, you have had them if you've completed CS/ECE230 (DLD) and CS/ECE333 (Computer Architecture). Note #2: in the box where it says "why do you want to take this course", write whatever you want to say but definitely include something like the following if you are graduating under the "old" BSCS rules (that don't have general electives): I am graduating under the 2004 rules for the BSCS degree, and ECE435 is a required course under those rules. If you don't absolutely have to have the course but really really want to take it, then explain that -- I know the prof is very interested in having students in the course who actually *want* to be in ECE435. If you are at all nervous about this, do not hesitate to drop an email note to the instructor, Prof. Ron Williams, rdw@Virginia.EDU . This is not necessary, and you shouldn't worry. But if you are, just let him know that you really do need the class and you've indicated that on the form. Sorry for this situation. All will be well. Don't worry about getting in -- it will happen, and if for any odd reasons there are any hiccups we'll get it taken care of for you. Tom Horton -- 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 bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu Fri Apr 7 13:33:05 2006 From: bhp6a at cs.virginia.edu (Brenda H. Perkins) Date: Fri Apr 7 13:33:24 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Summer Internship for UV Students (fwd) Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 15:04:59 -0400 From: Jon@globalsiren.net To: bhp6a@virginia.edu Subject: Summer Internship for UV Students To: bhp6a@virginia.edu I'm looking for 10-12 more hard working UV students for a paid summer internship. The internship pays between $600 and $1000 per week, depending on qualifications and experience. There are limited spots left. If you are interested, please apply at: http://www.globalsiren.net. You may also email me at Jon@globalsiren.net for more information. Thank you for your time, Jon If you are not interested in receiving any more emails from me, please reply to Jon@globalsiren.net with remove in the subject line and your email address in the body. From kjog at virginia.edu Sat Apr 8 10:01:49 2006 From: kjog at virginia.edu (Katherine Jogerst) Date: Sat Apr 8 10:02:06 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] ACM/ACM-W Event Monday Message-ID: ACM & ACM-W present The Aerospace Corporation Join us this Monday at 5pm in Olsson 120 to learn more about this company and what it is like to work in this sector. A representative will talk about his experiences and answer your questions about industry software development. Food and drinks will be provided. See you there! Katie http://acm.cs.virginia.edu/ http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~acm-w/ From kjog at virginia.edu Mon Apr 10 10:39:10 2006 From: kjog at virginia.edu (Katherine Jogerst) Date: Mon Apr 10 10:39:26 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Reminder: ACM/ACM-W Event Today In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Don't forget about the Aerospace talk TODAY at 5pm on OLS 120. There will be plenty of pizza and drinks courtesy of The Aerospace Corporation. I hope to see you at this informative and fun event! Katie On Sat, 08 Apr 2006 10:01:49 -0400 "Katherine Jogerst" wrote: > ACM & ACM-W present > > The Aerospace Corporation > > Join us this Monday at 5pm in Olsson 120 to learn more about this company >and what it is like to work in this sector. A representative will talk >about his experiences and answer your questions about industry software >development. Food and drinks will be provided. > > > See you there! > > Katie > > > http://acm.cs.virginia.edu/ > http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~acm-w/ > _______________________________________________ > ACM-W mailing list > ACM-W@ares.cs.Virginia.EDU > http://www.cs.Virginia.EDU/mailman-2.1.5/listinfo/acm-w From esd8v at virginia.edu Tue Apr 11 15:43:58 2006 From: esd8v at virginia.edu (Elizabeth Dykes) Date: Wed Apr 12 14:46:51 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] 4th Year Board Message-ID: <0A18B12D-1D04-41B2-A7E8-190E3E7EA690@virginia.edu> Skipped content of type multipart/mixed-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <443EBC1D.3030001@cs.virginia.edu> (1) Late breaking news: ISIS has been adjusted so that it now does allow a student to sign up for more than one section of CS451! (2) The class size for CS333 has been increased slightly, and may increase more as soon as we figure out how much each lab section had handle. (3) The new waiting list system should become available soon -- look out for email on that. We hear that once you're signed up on this system, the instructor can do something so that you get registered for the class without further action on your part. (4) We will make sure computing majors who need CS432 get into that course. We'll probably have you sign up on the waiting list and then admit you that way. -- 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 cohoon at virginia.edu Mon Apr 17 09:32:32 2006 From: cohoon at virginia.edu (Jim Cohoon) Date: Mon Apr 17 09:32:43 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Summer internship at microsoft workng on XBOX 360. Message-ID: <005001c66223$61becef0$8f058f80@lumen> Dear students: A UVA alumnus has two summer internships available. The letter of interest included the following: we received two summer intern positions for my current project rather late in the recruiting season, so i thought i'd reach out and see if you have or know of undergrad students that may be a fit for our positions. we are working on a combined hw and sw project for xbox, and are looking for low level sw folks that know some set of computer architecture, processor design, computer graphics, drivers, etc. good self starters that could own a real project and set of deliverables here. If you are interested in applying, please contact either myself of Tom Horton. Please bring by a resume and a transcript. -- Jim Cohoon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.cs.Virginia.EDU/pipermail/ugrads07/attachments/20060417/dc304bea/attachment.htm From dhruv at virginia.edu Wed Apr 19 16:54:20 2006 From: dhruv at virginia.edu (Dhruv Kapadia) Date: Wed Apr 19 16:54:50 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Game Developer speaker tomorrow! Message-ID: <5432d9220604191354r4764c92ck7923dcc140f60bc1@mail.gmail.com> Interested in learning more about game development? UVa alum Nathan Hoobler, currently an engine programmer at Mythic Entertainment, will be giving a talk tomorrow afternoon to the ACM. Mr. Hoobler will talk about the industry in general and his work on an upcoming massively multiplayer online game. All are welcome to attend. Details: Tomorrow(4/20) at 12:30pm, in OLS 005. Pizza will be provided. Sorry for the late notice, I hope many of you can still make it. A more substantial description of the talk follows: Technology and Design in Modern Video Games As sales have consistently grown, video games have moved from the domain of hobbyists programmers to multi-million dollar development studios. Due to rising quality expectations and production budgets, commercially successful developers have had to embrace the task of designing, developing, and publishing a game not as a simple hobby project, but on the level of a fully-fledged software engineering endeavor. Working with designers, artists, and a variety of toolkits and middleware packages, as well as developing systems that can be built quickly and yet run optimally on a vast variety of hardware configurations is a challenge in and of itself, and can require very specific technical expertise. Nathan Hoobler and Andrew Meggs of Mythic Entertainment discuss the challenges and processes behind developing a commercial game from start to finish, as well as the necessary skills needed to compete successfully in the industry. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, Dhruv Kapadia ACM Secretary From cohoon at virginia.edu Fri Apr 21 11:15:01 2006 From: cohoon at virginia.edu (Jim Cohoon) Date: Fri Apr 21 11:15:08 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] CS 333 and ECE 333 enrollment increases Message-ID: <000301c66556$5c1e99e0$8f058f80@lumen> Dear students: CS 333 has increased its enrollment by ten students. Another ten slots are available through the ECE cross-listing. The new slots are reserved for CS, CPE, and EE students. If additional slots are needed, we will try to make them available. -- Jim Cohoon -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Click on the link below to vote for the ACM Professor of the Year Award: http://acm.cs.virginia.edu/prof_nom_2006.php3 The deadline for voting is this Thursday at 11 pm, so be sure and vote now! It takes less than five seconds to do it. Cheers, Dhruv Kapadia ACM Secretary -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.cs.Virginia.EDU/pipermail/ugrads07/attachments/20060424/30fa2f6b/attachment.htm From horton at cs.virginia.edu Tue Apr 25 16:58:12 2006 From: horton at cs.virginia.edu (Tom Horton) Date: Tue Apr 25 16:58:19 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] Fall 06 ugrad TAs/graders needed! Message-ID: <444E8D64.7090009@cs.virginia.edu> Students taking CS/CpE classes: Interested in working as a TA or grader for the CS department next term? We're looking for undergrads to be graders or TAs for many of our CS and CpE courses. You don't have to be a CS or CpE major. (So pass the word to any other non-majors who might be interested.) To apply, fill out form at http://www.cs.virginia.edu/jobs/ and look for the link for "Graders and TAs". (We have a system for collecting application info. It now keeps you from having to re-enter info about your grades and if you've TA'd before. Send comments or bug-reports on this system to me.) The pay rates are on the Web application form. But there are reasons other than money why you might want to work for us. This is one way to get to know CS professors (perhaps to get a reference or find a Sr. Thesis advisor). It might be good for your resume. Perhaps most importantly, we in CS know that you undergrads play an important role in helping deliver high quality CS courses at UVa! We'll process the applications in right before next term starts, and let you know if we can offer you a job before classes start. (If you need to know sooner, contact me.) Thanks! P.S. Students often ask me if there's anything they can do to help them get the job with the course they want. The answer is to go talk to the instructor, so that he or she knows who you are and that you've applied. When we get all the applications, the instructors are sent a list of who applied and they tell us who they'd prefer to have. If you talk to the instructor at some point before we go over the applications, there is a better chance they're indicate that they'd like to have you working for them. -- 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 ese4m at cms.mail.virginia.edu Wed Apr 26 17:10:00 2006 From: ese4m at cms.mail.virginia.edu (Emily Steed Ewell) Date: Fri Apr 28 09:52:44 2006 Subject: [Ugrads07] CS for E-STUD! 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