EECS Announcements 1/24/08

General Events
EECS Internship Open House TODAY!, Mental Toughness: Women in Engineering, Big Four Forum, Info-Session with Russell Investments, Finding Your First Job

Class Information
Craft of Facilitating

Career/Job Information
Everbird, Berkeley Consulting, Pluribo, i3


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TODAY 1/24 EECS Internship Open House--35 companies attending

Bring your resume!
The lobby of Hearst Memorial Mining Building 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm

COMPANIES ATTENDING:

Adobe Systems
Aerospace Corporation
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
A mazon.com
Analog Devices
CNET Networks
Charles Schwab - Schwab Technology
Cisco Systems
Citadel Investment Group
Dow
eBay
Facebook

FotoFlexer
GOOGLE
Goldman Sachs
Hewlett Packard
IBM
Intel Corporation
International Game Technology
Intuit
KLA-Tencor
Lockheed Martin
Marvell Semiconductor
meebo
Microsoft
NVIDIA
National Instruments
National Semiconductor
Oracle
Pixar
Qualcomm
Riverbed Technology
Starkey Hearing Research Center
Sun Microsystems vmWARE


"Mental Toughness: Women in Engineering"

The Women in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering (WICSEE) in collaboration with the Julia Morgan Engineering Program (JMEP) and the Graduate Women of Engineering (GWE) have organized a panel of industry leaders.

Panel Title: Shattering the Glass Ceiling: Career Advancement for Women Engineers
Date: Wed., Jan. 30 at 5:00pm Location: 290 Hearst Mining

Panel Speakers:
Dr. Rula Deeb, Senior Associate at Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.,
Marie Anne Niemat, Vice President at Oracle,
Dr. Nina Taft from the Intel Research Lab,
May Su, Vice President at Aviza Technology

Moderator: Frances E. Allen, IBM T.J.Watson Research, Emerita; Regents’ Lecturer, January ‘08

Description: The panel speakers collectively have more than 70 years of experience as engineers in Environmental, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, as well as Computer Science. They will share strategies for advancement in industry and their own success stories.


The big four forum is the top opportunity for Berkeley students to network with professionals from Ernst & Young, KMPG, Deloitte, and PriceWaterhouseCoopers, the top four accounting firms in the nation. These firms specifically asked us to reach out to students interested in Information Technology. If you are interested in business and looking for a summer internship, this is a great opportunity.

Event Information:
6:00pm - 8:00pm Thursday, January 24th
MLK Pauley Ballroom
Business Casual Attire
Bring plenty of resumes!


Welcome back to a brand new semester! California Investment Association is proud to present back-to-back events for you to attend! We are hosting an internship Info-Session with Russell Investments this coming Monday, January 28th at 6PM. It will be held in Haas C230. Cal Alumni will be coming by to speak about their experiences at Russell and about the investing world in general. If you are looking for a summer internship or a job after you graduate, come talk to human resource contact at Russell this Monday! Light refreshments will be served.

On Tuesday, January 29th, California Investment Association will be holding its Orientation Meeting. Beginning groups should be in 179 Dwinelle and Advanced groups should be in 106 Dwinelle. The meeting is set to start at 7PM. The California Investment Association is a student-run organization on campus that guides, nurtures, and serves the campus at large. We introduce interested members to the world of stocks and investing, while providing a structured enviornment for advanced members to share their knowledge and to learn from each other. We boast seasoned investors as leaders of both groups, with extensive corporate contact and internship oppurtunities. More information regarding our club can be found at our website: http://www.invest.berkeley.edu.

Hope to see you all there!

James Y. Li
Director of External Affairs
California Investment Association


The BEAR Advantage to Finding Your First Job
Wednesday, February 6, 2008 5:10 - 6:00 p.m.
Room 120AB, Bechtel Engineering Center
FREE PIZZA!

Want to gain the edge in your job hunt? Learn how to get ahead in searching for and beginning your post-college career from Engineering alumnus David Mun (B.S.'02 BioE, M.S.'04 ME), senior chemical process engineer at Applied Biosystems. David will provide a "how-to" approach to kick-starting your job search:

For more information email Berkeley Engineering Alumni Relations (BEAR) at or visit: http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/coe.html?event_ID=6160.

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Craft of Facilitating on Wednesdays 3-5 this Spring semester

The Craft of Facilitating will be offered this Spring semester on Wednesdays, from 3-5 pm. It is a 2-unit, P/NP course providing training to current and potential student facilitators. Students considering a career in education or teaching are also welcome to enroll. The course counts towards the Ed Minor Field Studies requirement, is open to all undergraduates, and has no prerequisites.

For more information about the course, please visit the UCFTR website at http://slc.berkeley.edu/ucftr/craft_of_fac.htm.

To enroll, contact George Alonzo in the UCFTR office at .

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Software Engineer, Prototyper

Are you passionate about building smart and clever web applications? Do you pride yourself on learning new technologies and solving engineering problems? Do you enjoy the challenge of integrating and manipulating reams of data from widly differing sources? Then we need your help!

Everbird is looking for engineers who can help us design and prototype a new kind of web based recommendation engine. We need motivated and talented people with excellent problem solving skills, who can help us pioneer a new way to analyze user behavior and apply it in real time.

Responsibilities:

About Us: Everbird is a new company focused on helping publishers and retailers increase their profit by better understanding their customers. About the Position: This is a part-time, telecommuting position. Meetings will take place in the San Francisco Bay area. Pay will be commensurate with experience.

How to Apply: Please email your resume to


BERKELEY CONSULTING (BC) is a non-profit, student-run management consulting organization, sponsored by the Walter A. Haas School of Business. Established in 1996, BC's consulting teams are composed of undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley.

Our consultants are highly motivated individuals from a broad range of academic disciplines selected through a rigorous recruiting process. Provided with training and guidance from Haas and other university faculty, MBA students, and industry mentors, our members acquire invaluable experience while adding value to both private and public sector companies.

Our alumni have had the opportunity to employ the skills they developed at BC in their careers with firms including:

Bain & Co.
Boston Consulting Group
Deloitte Consulting
Goldman Sachs
Google
JP Morgan
Mercer
Monitor Group.

Our clients encompass a wide range of for-profit and non-profit organizations and have included:

E*Trade
Great America
PG&E
Microsoft
Best Buy
Northern California Cancer Center

BC will be accepting applications from all interested individuals at the start of the Fall 2007 term. STUDENTS FROM ALL MAJORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY. No previous experience is necessary.

Below you will find the schedule for the Spring 2008 recruiting season. Any questions may be directed to the Vice President of Internal Affairs, Andrew Tweed, at

Info Night: Tuesday, January 29th @ 7pm, Lipman Room (top floor of Barrows)
Info Night 2: Wednesday, January 30th @ 7pm, Lipman Room (top floor of Barrows)
Application Deadline: Saturday, February 2nd @ 10am
First Round Interviews: Monday and Tuesday, February 4-5
Meet BC night: Wednesday February 6th 7-9pm, Haas: Bank of America Forum

All interested students are advised to attend one of the Info Nights listed above. For more information, please visit BC's webs


New York-based semantic web startup seeks senior software engineer to help build the web's largest structured library of opinions

About us:

Pluribo summarizes the world's opinions. We are building a service that uses advanced AI and massive-scale web spidering to help people answer one simple question: "What is the best ____?" Not just about restaurants. Or Movies. But about anything at all. To do this requires building the world's largest database of opinions. And for that, we need your help.

Why we're excited:

Why you'll be excited:

Ideally, you:

Things that will make you stand out from the crowd:

If this is you, please send us your CV via email: careers@pluribo.com


Job Announcement: Engineering Team Careers at i3, a mobile software startup

Why us?

i3 is an early stage software startup that offers tremendous opportunities to grow in terms of responsibility and scope of work. We will offer an innovative mobile phone application to help travelers in foreign environments to overcome basic language barriers. This tool will give the international traveler the confidence to explore and enjoy their new environment without having to worry about all the things that could go wrong. We are seeking the best and brightest from Berkeley to help us execute this vision.

At i3, your ideas are valued and appreciated. Being one of the first employees, you get to influence the company's policies and culture. You will have the opportunity to be part of the entire product life-cycle, and not just write code. And because our services will be launched in China during the Beijing Olympics, those interested may have the opportunity to relocate to China and lead the development team in our China office. This is a hands-on role, and we need people with a strong background in design that can not only visualize effective UI solutions to business problems, but that can also carry those solutions through prototyping, design, implementation, and user testing. Experience in mobile development, in Linux, Symbian, J2ME, Blackberry, Windows Mobile, Palm and BREW is highly preferred.

Compensation will be an early-stage equity package initially followed by a competitive salary and benefits package after we close our first round of funding. Please send a resume and link to your portfolio to:

Server Lead/Architect

What you will do?

We are hiring a Server Lead/Architect to design and develop our core services and application platform, as well as to own the entire i3 server infrastructure. The focus will be on creating robust high volume applications and at the same time have the ability to turn around quick prototypes.

We are hiring a Server Lead/Architect to design and develop our core services and application platform, as well as to own the entire i3 server infrastructure. The focus will be on creating robust high volume applications and at the same time have the ability to turn around quick prototypes.

Who are you?

What will you get?

An opportunity to lead and manage a team in China

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Mobile Platform Lead/Architect

What you will do?

We are hiring a Lead/Architect to design and develop our client application platform. You will be responsible for the design and development of all client-side code for mobile based services being built at i3.

This role is a blend of hands on coding and managing/guiding/leading a team of mobile client engineers. It requires deep understanding of all major client platforms (J2ME, Symbian, Windows Mobile etc.)

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Mobile Client Lead: J2ME

What you will do?

J2ME Technical Lead/Senior Developer who will take charge of the J2ME mobile client development team. We are looking for enthusiastic professionals who have the passion to build the next big product that would enrich and enhance the way people use their mobile phone while traveling abroad. Our love for technology ensures that we work with the best of tools available to build innovative front ends for our users.

This role is a blend of hands-on coding and managing/guiding/leading the team of J2ME/Blackberry client engineers. You will drive the entire J2ME development and will take ownership of design and development of i3's J2ME platform and applications.

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Mobile Client Engineers (multiple openings for different levels including Software Engineer, Senior Software Engineer and System Analyst)

What you will do?

i3 is hiring client focused engineers who will take charge of the mobile client development. You will be part of our client development team and be responsible for design and development of i3's mobile client platform and applications.

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Server Lead/Architect

What you will do?

We are hiring a Server Lead/Architect to design and develop our core services and application platform, as well as to own the entire i3 server infrastructure. The focus will be on creating robust high volume applications and at the same time have the ability to turn around quick prototypes.

You will lead the server development team and be responsible for design and development of all server-side code for web/mobile based services including the final interface between our complex server wizardry and the end user. This role is a blend of hands on coding and managing/guiding/leading a team of server engineers.

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Mobile Platform Lead/Architect

What you will do?

We are hiring a Lead/Architect to design and develop our client application platform. You will be responsible for the design and development of all client-side code for mobile based services being built at i3.

This role is a blend of hands on coding and managing/guiding/leading a team of mobile client engineers. It requires deep understanding of all major client platforms (J2ME, Symbian, Windows Mobile etc.)

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to


Mobile Client Lead: J2ME

What you will do?

J2ME Technical Lead/Senior Developer who will take charge of the J2ME mobile client development team. We are looking for enthusiastic professionals who have the passion to build the next big product that would enrich and enhance the way people use their mobile phone while traveling abroad. Our love for technology ensures that we work with the best of tools available to build innovative front ends for our users.

This role is a blend of hands-on coding and managing/guiding/leading the team of J2ME/Blackberry client engineers. You will drive the entire J2ME development and will take ownership of design and development of i3's J2ME platform and applications.

Who are you?

What will you get?

To Apply: For immediate consideration, please send your resume to

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