Weekly email (week of Feb 11)

 
Hi everyone,
Please find below announcements and events for the upcoming two weeks:
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Queer Coded
Are you a CS student who identifies as queer and/or trans? Are you interested in joining a student group that lets you connect with others in the queer community? This is your chance to make your voices heard.
Queer Coded is a newly created, student-run, social and support group for queer and/or trans people in the CS department. Our goal is to create a safe, engaging environment, and to provide opportunities for personal and professional development.
We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas! If you are interested, please fill out the survey, provided below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C5Y3HTL
 
UBC Undergraduate Experience Survey (UES)
Responses to the UBC UES will help shape the programs, services and initiatives that support UBC students.  UBC uses data from this survey to inform decisions on student well-being, career development, learning environment, experiential learning, support for commuter students, and other support services. Deadline to complete the survey is February 15th.
There are over 20 prizes to be won, worth up to $400.
To access the survey, check your email inboxes for the subject line “Help Shape UBC”.
 
UBC Library: Access Safari Technical Books Free with O’Reilly for Higher Education Platform
UBC Library is pleased to provide access to a new platform for Safari Technical Books (e.g., O’Reilly titles). It is called O’Reilly for Higher Education and includes technology and business content from more than 250 publishers, along with videos, case studies, learning paths and self-assessments. You can access it here. To access it, you need to enter your UBC email address. If you have a problem accessing O’Reilly for Higher Education, please report it in this Help Form. We will continue providing access to the legacy platform for Safari Technical Books until May 1, 2019. Please send general inquiries to Mayu Ishida, Reference Librarian at mayu.ishida@ubc.ca
 
CSSS
 
Valentine's Candygrams
Date: February 14
Location: The Cube (ICICS 021)
Love is in the air. Whether it's a special someone or a really good friend, we all have someone we would like to show our appreciation to. The UBC CSSS will help you do just that by delivering candygrams (to CS classrooms) filled with yummy chocolates and candies on Valentine's Day to these special people. Check the CSSS website (https://ubccsss.org/) soon to sign up!
 
CO-OP
 
Apply Now! Computer Science Co-op Program
Interested in getting some work experience with different technology companies before you graduate? Apply to the CS Co-op Program! The application deadline is Mar 1st at 11:59 pm.
We welcome full time Computer Science major applicants who are completing or have completed CPSC 121 and 210 by the end of this term. Applicants must have 30 credits remaining in their degree after Apr 30th, and a minimum average of B-.  To apply, visit:http://www.sciencecoop.ubc.ca/prospective/applyreq
Questions? Come to one of our Info Sessions:
 
Co-op Info Session 1
Date: Feb 13 (Wed)
Time: 5:00 - 6:00 pm
Location:  FSC 1001
 
Co-op Info Session 2
Date: Feb 14 (Thur)
Time: 12:30-1:30 pm
Location: ORCH 3074
You can also come by the Co-op office in room 106 for more information!
 
EMPLOYER EVENTS
 
UBC Launch Pad & AGDA Present The Gaming Industry, An Insider's Perspective!
Date: Wed. Feb. 13th
Time: 6:00pm
Location: ESB 2012
Come out and learn what it is like to work in the gaming industry! East Side Games is a proudly independent game studio based in Vancouver. We'll have 2-4 East Side Gamers coming in to give a panel-style discussion about their work and career, followed by a Q&A session where you can get your gaming industry questions answered. There will be time for refreshments and networking at the end.
Avigilon Product Quality Team Student and New Grad Networking Event
Date: Wed. Feb. 13
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: 555 Robson Street
The product quality team at Avigilon is running an intro event to students / fresh grads who are looking for a career as a test developer. There will be a Q&A as well as a networking opportunity for students to connect with Avigilon engineers. Additional information and free registration is available here.
 
Workday Info Session
Date: Tue. Feb. 26
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Location: DMP 310
To register for this event: RSVP on CareersOnline.
 
JOB POSTINGS
 
UBC CareersOnline http://students.ubc.ca/careers has the following student and upcoming/new grad Computer Science-related positions available. Log into the site using your CWL.
Positions with Ecopia.ai:
*Back-End Engineer
*Front-End Engineer
*QA/Release Developer
Positions with Eclipse Geomatics Ltd.:
*Exhibit Developer Youth Position
*Web Developer Youth Position
Positions with Monkiri:
*Animator      
*Lead Developer
Positions with VMC:
*Games Tester - New Release/Games Modes    
*Software Engineer in Test: Quality Verification
Robotics/STEAM Program Instructor (Part Time), Sparks Children Eduation
Software Developer (Python, Linux, Git), Mentor, A Siemens Business
Technical Assistant, Vizzion
Jr. Cyber Security Analyst, QuadReal Property Group
Test Technician/Test Engineer, Gaming Laboratories International
Junior Software Developer, FDM Group
 
New on our UBC CS Job Postings page https://www.cs.ubc.ca/students/undergrad/careers or log into https://my.cs.ubc.ca/students/career
Technical Support Team Member (Part-time, for current students), ZenYeovil TechnoArt Learning Group
Data Intern (AI Technology Startup), deepND
 
OTHER STUDENT EVENTS
 
Capture the Flag Team Meeting
Interested in learning practical cyber security skills? Join the UBC capture-the-flag (CTF) team, meeting every Tuesday at 6:30pm in ICCS 050. Everyone is invited to attend. Meetings will be an opportunity to learn new skills and techniques, dissect past problems and practice for competitions.
 
UBC Women in Science Lab Tours: CS & Life Science
Date: Thurs, Feb. 28
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: FSC (Forestry) 1221
Come to our lab tours to hear from UBC researchers, learn about the work they do, and get all your burning questions answered! This is a great way to network with PIs and graduate students at UBC, and many of our members have gotten undergrad research positions as a result of this event. This year we are proud to be partnering with labs in fields including Computer Systems, Immunology, and AI. Full lab profiles will be released soon. Sign up and tell us your lab preferences here: https://goo.gl/forms/RKd7ji6c579OQHa73
Dinner will be provided and all genders are welcome! More information on our facebook page.  
 
SFU SystemsHack 2019: Hack the 90’s
Date: Sat. Feb. 9th
Time: 7am - 10pm
Location: SFU Surrey
A 12-hour, beginner-friendly 90’s-themed hackathon where everything goes.The 90's were a time of extreme advances in communication, information and digital technologies. Perhaps you will start a 1990’s internet company, ride the dot com bubble, shape an infant internet or revolutionize the communication world. Some might create an entertainment product for a 90’s console / computer / arcade machine, based on a pop cultural phenomenon. We just hope you invent something with the 90's in mind, and shape the future in a time of new beginnings.
Learn more and register for free at:  https://systemshacks.ca/
 
MindSumo Meteorological Service of Canada Challenge
MindSumo partners with employers to create real company projects that you can complete to get work experience, win prizes, and be hired for jobs and internships. Their current student challenge for computer science students is from the Meteorological Service of Canada. This challenge focuses on increasing fine-scale temperature details from weather model forecasts. Please take a look at the challenge here. The top prize winner will receive $1000 and the next three winners will share $600. The deadline for student submissions is Feb.11, 2019.
If you have any questions or would like any clarification, you can email Isha Punjabi at (isha@mindsumo.com).
 
Apply to UBC’s Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Research Program
The Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Research Program at UBC is a summer program designed to provide an interdisciplinary data science research experience for undergraduate and graduate UBC students. This program—hosted by the Data Science Institute at UBC—brings together students from diverse backgrounds to work closely with data providers and domain experts on focussed, collaborative projects that have the potential to benefit society. This program is open to full-time UBC students who have successfully completed 75 undergraduate credits, or enrolled in a graduate program at UBC.
To submit an application, please complete the application form here, provide unofficial transcripts, and include your latest CV. The last day to submit an application is February 22, 2019. For questions about this program, email dsi.admin@science.ubc.ca.
 
Sauder/Kabam Games Varsity Challenge
Are you interested in mobile gaming analytics and a chance to win $10,000?
UBC Sauder and Kabam Games invite you to participate in the 2019 Varsity Challenge! Kabam is a world leader of developing entertaining and immersive games for mobile devices.
The challenge is to create a predictive model that estimates the value of users under the Freemium model for one of Kabam’s hit games. The winning team will earn a prize of $10,000!
Visit https://www.sauder.ubc.ca/varsitychallenge to register your team by March 3rd. Full-time UBC students can participate in teams of up to 4. Our Kick-off Event takes place on March 1st from 4:15-5:15pm at UBC Sauder, Henry Angus Room 098. Final submissions are due by 5pm on April 9th.
 
RESEARCH
 
Attend the 3rd Annual UBC Language Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
This student-organized and run will be held on February 8th and 9th  at UBC, and is free to attend.
The goal of the conference is to create an opportunity for students to explore, through the work of their peers, language and communication research with an interdisciplinary perspective. Any undergraduate student working on language related topics is invited to attend, whether in Linguistics, Psychology, Computer Science, Applied Sciences, English, Language & Literacy Education, or any other field.
For registration, and more information: https://blogs.ubc.ca/lsurc/
 
Apply to the CREATE DAV Data Analytics & Visualization Summer School
CREATE DAV Program started in 2015 and is supported by NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience Program (CREATE). The all-expenses-paid undergraduate summer school program includes talks by CREATE DAV faculty and industry experts on cutting-edge interdisciplinary research topics on big data science, as well as York and OCAD U lab tours. The program is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in the big data science and visualization. We provide on campus accommodations and cover transportation costs. Learn more and apply by February 15th at https://www.createdav.com/.
 
Summer Jobs: Undergrad Student Research Awards
Want work experience in the CS department? Consider applying for a summer undergraduate ‘Research Award’ role.
• Valuable work experience in an interesting research-related job
• Three categories: NSERC USRA, SURE, WLIUR. (Through these programs, eligible professors are funded to hire students to work on research projects)
• Some potential projects and supervisors are currently listed on our website
• You can also create your own opportunity! See our website or here for details about how to do this  
Application deadline for these awards will be Feb. 15. Link to the online application form is at https://my.cs.ubc.ca/students/awards
 
Apply for the 7th Heidelberg Laureate Forum
The Heidelberg Laureate Forum (HLF) is a networking event for mathematicians and computer scientists from all over the world. Young researchers at all phases of their careers (undergraduate/pre-master, graduate PhD or postdoc) are encouraged to complete and submit their applications by February 15 (midnight at the dateline) via the following link: http://application.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
For questions regarding requirements and the application process, please contact Young Researchers Relations at: yr@heidelberg-laureate-forum.org For more information, please visit: www.heidelberg-laureate-forum.org
 
York CVR-VISTA Vision Science Summer School - June 3 - 7, 2019
The Centre for Vision Research (CVR) at York University in Toronto offers a one-week, all expenses-paid undergraduate summer school on vision science. The program includes talks by CVR faculty on current research topics in vision science, as well as hands-on experience in CVR laboratories. The curriculum reflects the wide range of research areas at CVR, which includes research on human visual perception, computer vision, machine learning, visual neuroscience, 3D film, immersive environments, and disorders of vision. The program is designed for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing a career in scientific research. We provide on-campus accommodations, some meals, and cover transportation costs.
For application instructions and further information, seewww.yorku.ca/cvrss. For more information, write to cvrss@yorku.ca.
The application deadline is February 18th, 2019.    
 
Have a great weekend!
Michele