General
Events
BEAR Advantage to Finding Your First Job,
Big Ideas @ Berkeley
Upcoming
Infosessions and Workshops
Global Poverty & Practice Minor, MIT
Lincoln Lab, Cisco DAY, Intuit,
Yahoo!
Internships
Intern for Exploratory Clinical Development
- Computational Biology, IBM Research 2008 Summer Intern
Program
Class
Information
BASE, Astro 255
Fellowships/Award
Information
2008 Dam Safety Scholarship Program
Service
Information
Xlab, SEED Program
Career/Job
Information
Computer instruction sought for mac user,
FrameNet Project, Acta Research,
The Berkeley Group, Pixar
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.
We are pleased to announce that Big Ideas @ Berkeley and the Berkeley student government (ASUC) are teaming up with research centers and institutes across the campus to organize a more than $140,000 competition for new student ideas!
This is the third annual “Bears Breaking Boundaries” competition. Last year, we provided $150,000 in prizes to 40 student proposals. Many undergraduate and graduate student projects have made significant progress in the last two years, and some have attracted additional financial support from foundations, individual donors, companies, and university research centers.
The deadline for most, but not all of the competitions is April 14, 2008. For more details on the competition, visit http://contest.berkeley.edu For more information on Big Ideas @ Berkeley – see http://bigideas.berkeley.edu.
Several of the “idea competitions” encourage multidisciplinary teams of students to explore the intersection between the needs of society and cutting-edge technologies such as IT, green technologies, nanotechnology, and synthetic biology. But there are also competitions for students with ideas for improving student life, enhancing the curriculum, addressing pressing needs in global health, creating stronger communities for student researchers, strengthening UC Berkeley’s partnerships with high-impact non-profits, and working with a foundation dedicated to economic and social progress in India.
The overall goals of the competition are to:
We want to thank the ASUC for co-organizing the competition and providing funding, and to the Vice Chancellor for Research, the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Center for IT Research in the Interest of Society, the Berkeley Institute of the Environment, the Center for Energy and Environmental Innovation, the Center of Integrated Nanomechanical Systems, the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center, the Desphande Foundation and AT&T for providing funding.
Please consider entering one of the competitions, spreading the word on Facebook, your blog, mailing lists, etc. and getting more involved in Big Ideas. We need your help to improve the impact and effectiveness of Big Ideas.
- Thomas Kalil, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Science and Technology
and Director, Big Ideas @ Berkeley
- Annie Yeh, Program Development Officer, Big Ideas @ Berkeley
Global Poverty & Practice Minor Information Sessions - Spring 08
The undergraduate minor in Global Poverty & Practice is seeking a diverse and interdisciplinary group of students to explore the complex issue of global poverty and its alleviation. Please attend an information session to learn more about the minor requirements and how to declare. The declaration deadline for Spring Semester is April 1 and the information sessions are on:
Monday, February 4th
12:30 - 1:30 pm
223 Moses Hall
Tuesday, February 26th
11:00 - Noon
103 Stephens Hall (Use the IASTP Door on the Northwest Corner of the Building)
Tuesday, March 18th
12:30 - 1:30 pm
103 Stephens Hall (Use the IASTP Door on the Northwest Corner of the Building)
MIT Lincoln Lab
Date: Monday, February 4, 2008
Location: Wozniak Lounge, 4th Floor, Soda Hall
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Cisco DAY
Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Location: Wozniak Lounge, 4th Floor, Soda Hall
10a - 4p: Cisco Day Open House
12p - 1p: Free Lunch and Career Certifications Presentation
1p - 2p: Tech Talk
6p - 8p: Cisco Careers
Chinese Food and Sushi!
Co-Sponsored by: IEEE, SWE, and HKN
Intuit
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Location: Hogan Room, 521 Cory Hall
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Co-Sponsored by TBP
Yahoo!
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2008
Location: Wozniak Lounge, 4th Floor, Soda Hall
Event: Technical Talk by Chief Scientist Andrew Tomkin
Content Trends and Privacy in Web Search
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Co-Sponsored by HKN
Intern for Exploratory Clinical Development - Computational Biology
Responsibilities:
The Immunology & Tissue Growth and Repair (ITGR) Exploratory Clinical Development (ECD) Department is seeking exceptionally talented candidates with scientific and computing skills to work in our group for a 10-12 week paid internship in the summer, 2008 in our South San Francisco location.
The two areas of focus will be (1) the development of a web-enabled front end and relational database back end for gene expression, genotypic, experimental, and clinical data; and (2) involvement in computational research projects to support biomarker discovery. The candidate must have relational database design and implementation skills and a scientific computing background. The position requires strong technical skills, self-motivation, teamwork, and dedication to quality in a fast paced scientific setting.
Requirements:
For more information on our Intern Program, please visit: http://www.gene.com/gene/careers/university/internships/
Please apply online and also send CV and a short paragraph summarizing your research interests to:
IBM Research is pleased to announce the 2008 Summer Intern Program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, and Mathematical Sciences at its United States locations. We are seeking highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing an exciting summer of research, prototyping, and exploring new frontiers of these and related disciplines. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with an outstanding research team on challenging problems that range from leading-edge exploratory work to real-world systems and applications. With a summer internship, students can experience the dynamic technical environment of the largest industrial research organization in the world and network with other top students from many different fields and universities.
In Computer Science, positions will be available in the following areas:
In Electrical Engineering, positions will be available in the following areas:
In Mathematics and related fields, positions will be available in the following areas:
To apply for a summer internship, please visit http://www.research.ibm.com/about/career.shtml with links to summer internship opportunities at the graduate and undergraduate level in Almaden(California), Austin (Texas), Cambridge (Massachusetts), and Yorktown Heights and Hawthorne (New York).
For information on our research, please see Computer Science: http://www.research.ibm.com/compsci Electrical Engineering: http://www.research.ibm.com/disciplines/electrical_eng.shtml Mathematics: http://www.research.ibm.com/math
BASE is a six-week total business immersion program that enables non-business majors to take business courses while earning nine units of academic credit. Some former BASE students have gone on to earn MBA degrees, while others have accepted jobs in marketing, product development, and consulting with Google, McKinsey & Co., IBM, and others.
BASE is the only premier business summer program where students can earn units
The ideal participant of the BASE Program is an undergraduate student who will have recently completed his or her sophomore, junior, or senior year, and who has already gained a solid foundation in liberal arts, sciences or engineering.
For 2008, BASE will run from July 7 until August 15, 2008.
Applications for BASE are now being accepted. The application deadline is March 31, 2008. To download the application or for more information please visit our website at: http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/BASE/
ASTRONOMY 255
COMPUTATIONAL METHODS IN THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS
Spring 2008
Class Time: Tuesday: 2:00- 4:30 pm.
CCN 06832
501 Campbell Hall
Instructor: Professor Richard I. Klein
This course will present a broad but in depth survey of state-of-the-art approaches to computational astrophysical self-gravitational gas dynamics with application to modern simulation of coupled non-linear astrophysical flows and their solutions on supercomputers. We will begin with the development of the fundamental concepts underlying finite-difference approaches for Lagrangian and Eulerian astrophysical hydrodynamics. We will develop a unified approach to the coupling of radiation with hydrodynamics. The lectures will examine currently favored N-body gravitational techniques including direct N-body, P-M and P3M formulations as well as hierarchical Tree-approaches. Standard particle gas dynamic methods such as Smooth Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) as well as recent developments with Adaptive SPH will be discussed and contrasted with finite difference approaches. Methods unifying SPH and Tree hierarchies (TREE-SPH) and their application to cosmological simulation will be examined. More advanced techniques such as higher order finite difference hydrodynamics with Adaptive Mesh Refinement (AMR) will be presented.
Applications of these approaches in three broad areas in theoretical astrophysics will be presented: Cosmology, including cluster, galaxy and large scale structure formation; High Energy Astrophysics including accretion onto compact objects with application to the RXTE discovery of fast time variability in neutron stars and their interpretation as photon bubbles; Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium including High Mass and Low Mass star formation in turbulent molecular clouds, the interaction of supernova shocks with interstellar clouds, collisions of interstellar clouds, triggered star formation and supernova explosions and related hydrodynamic instabilities.
The course will stress an active participation of students in projects involving the application of the simulation methods to solving contemporary astrophysics gas dynamic problems on the computer. This course is extremely useful for developing essential numerical simulation techniques for a wide range of modern theoretical astrophysics.
Prerequisites: Astronomy 201, 202 or permission of the instructor.
Course Requirements: Three problem sets in the form of computational projects. No midterm or final exams.
The Association of State Dam Safety Officials is pleased to announce its 2008 Dam Safety Scholarship Program. As a national association dedicated to furthering dam safety in the United States, ASDSO has an integral interest in developing future leaders in the field of dam safety engineering.
Please see the attached link for more information about or Association and the scholarship program http://www.damsafety.org/community/students/?p=61c91bdd-f19b-42e0-aac2-d62d424ab2b9.
Up to $10,000 is available for the 2008-2009 school year. Applications are due on March 28, 2008 and winners will be announced in June. Students planning to graduate in May/December 2009 are eligible to apply for the scholarships. You may call ASDSO at 859/257-5140 for additional forms.
Subjects sought to participate in Xlab experiments on campus
UC Students: Participate in Research at XLab
XLab is an Experimental Social Science Lab located at F310 Haas. Participate in decision-making experiments! Earn $15 on average for 1-hr participation. Join the subject pool and become informed about when experiments will take place.
To register as a new participant, visit: http://xlab.sona-systems.com
For more information about XLab, vitsit: http://xlab.berkeley.edu
Engineers for a Sustainable World invites you to volunteer abroad this summer on technical development projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America through the ESW Summer Engineering Experience in Development (SEED) Program.
Once again the SEED Program will be sending students and professionals in small teams to participate in an intensive engineering volunteer abroad program. Students and professionals are encouraged to submit an application by January 31, 2008.
Further information is available at the program's official site: http://www.eswusa.org/projects/seed.asp
Since 2002, the SEED Program has sent students and professionals to partner with local NGO's and development agencies to countries with a need for engineering expertise. This year, we hope to send more volunteers than ever before. The assignments, which last between 10-14 weeks, provide an excellent opportunity to gain practical engineering experience, learn new cultures, travel internationally, and be of service to communities in need. Volunteers will also learn how to apply sustainability principles to their work throughout the rest of their careers.
The assignments cover a variety of engineering fields and extend across the globe. Volunteers will work in small teams and may be working on water infrastructure, renewable energy, food processing, or information and communication technology. Previous field sites have included Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Uganda, Senegal, and India.
Voluteers interested in learning more about this opportunity are encouraged to visit the Engineers for a Sustainable World website at: http://www.eswusa.org/projects/apply.asp
We hope that you'll considering joining ESW this summer to build a more sustainable world!
Be sure to apply by January 31, 2008!Computer instruction sought for mac user
Berkeley resident seeks weekly lessons to expand capabilities with Leopard os, learn to use Windows on mac + some Microsoft apps, learn how to convert audio tapes to cds, etc. Where: Howard's home in the berkeley hills time: daytime but somewhat flexible compensation: $35/hr contact info: please e-mail qualifications and expertise in mac os and tricks of trade to thanks for your attention
Job opportunity at the FrameNet project
The FrameNet Project at International Computer Science Institute (http://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu) is interested in hiring a student (probably a grad student, but possibly undergrad) half-time for work in a new NLP research project. This is an excellent opportunity to participate in building an important resource for natural language understanding and generation.
Location: downtown Berkeley (ICSI), 5 min. walk from Downtown Berkeley BART Hours: 15-20 hours/week (flexible, depending on classes, exams, etc.) Compensation: UC Berkeley GSI/GSR rates (including tuition for grad students)
Qualifications: Good Java programming skills; experience with databases (particularly MySQL) is also desirable.
Automatic Semantic Role Labeling/Active Learning:
The FrameNet project is subcontractor on an recent NSF grant to annotate a portion of the American National Corpus (currently 22 million words) with FrameNet labels. Clearly this will have to be done almost entirely automatically, and some software is available for this task, although there is a lot of room for improvement. Unfortunately, the funding was reduced so much that we will not be able to do much of the work originally envisioned in improving the automatic semantic role labeling (ASRL) systems; we will, however, want to set up these systems in such a way that where they are making errors, we can do additional manual annotation and retrain them, in order to reduce the error rate. We plan to hire a student to set up the system for this bootstrapping operation, which should include some form of active learning/selective sampling to determine what examples should have the highest priority for manual annotation. The new software will need to interface with the existing annotation software, written in Java. The position is for one year; perhaps over-optimistically, we hope that by the end of that time, it will be ready for the two student annotators who will be hired in the second and third years of the grant, and will not require further programming effort. There is a possibility of further employment, depending on the renewal of this grant or the approval of others.
Contact:
Collin F. Baker
Project Manager, FrameNet
http://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/
International Computer Science Institute
1947 Center St. Suite
600 Berkeley, California, 94704
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The Berkeley Group (TBG) is a student-led professional consulting group dedicated to the service of nonprofit organizations. TBG's consultants are UC Berkeley undergraduates from diverse major backgrounds. In the past, we have served organizations that focus in areas such as health and healthcare, the environment, the arts, media and technology, and government policy. Due to our diverse expertise, our work encompasses a wide range of projects, including market entry analysis, business model development, corporate sponsorship initiatives, and much more. TBG's clientèle base includes a wide range of organizations in the nonprofit industry, including some of the nation's most well-known and highly regarded NPOs, e.g., the American Cancer Society, the American Conservatory Theatre, TransFair USA, and the City of Berkeley.
TBG will be accepting applications from all interested individuals for the Spring 2008 term; applications are due Friday, February 1st. Students from all majors are encouraged to apply. No previous experience is necessary.
Listed below are the important dates in the application timeline:
29 January, Tuesday – First Info Session (7pm @ 2040 VLSB)
31 January, Thursday – Second Info Session (7pm @ 2040 VLSB)
1 February, Friday – Application deadline (11:59 pm @ )
4 February, Monday – Candidate Meet and Greet (Time/Location TBA)
5 February, Tuesday – Interviews
6 February, Wednesday – Interviews
9-10 February, Fri-Sat – Member Retreat
All interested students are advised to attend one of two informational sessions, as listed above. For more information, please visit TBG's website at http://tbg.berkeley.edu or e-mail (subject line: Recruitment).
Technical Positions
Technical Director Internship - Summer 2008, Fall 2008 Sessions
Feature Films, Short Films
General Duties and Responsibilities:
A Technical Director internship consists of real-world work assisting in the
production of a feature film. Our interns work alongside our Technical Directors
and contribute as full members of the technical team. We are looking for students
who possess many of the skills of our technical directors and are interested
in expanding their knowledge of the field.? Any or all of the following duties
below may be assigned to a Pixar Technical Director:
Qualifications:
Pixar Technical Undergraduate Program, Summer 2008 Session
Who Should Apply
Open to currently enrolled undergraduate students who are interested in learning
the craft of modeling, shading, rigging, lighting, and/or visual effects at
Pixar. The ideal candidate is someone at the beginning stages of their academic
career, who will benefit from this training program. Candidates further along
in their academic career are encouraged to apply for Pixar’s internship program.
Undergraduate Program students will return to school upon conclusion of their
program.
Summary of Position
Pixar's Undergraduate Program is an approximately ten-week course taught in the summer by an experienced Technical Director at Pixar. Undergraduate Program students will be in a hands-on classroom environment and will learn the tools and processes of one or several TD disciplines at Pixar. Students will work individually and in small groups. During the summer students will have the opportunity to learn about, Pixar's filmmaking process and explore a variety of career options. The classroom curriculum will focus on one or several of the technical aspects of filmmaking, for example, modeling, shading, rigging, lighting, and/or visual effects.
Qualifications:
Technical Director Resident, Fall 2008 Session
Feature Film, Short Films
Who Should Apply
To be eligible for a Technical Director Residency at Pixar, you must be a new
graduate from a Bachelor's, Master's or PhD Program at the start of the residency.
Summary of Position
A Technical Director Residency consists of real-world work assisting in the
production of a feature film. Our Residents work alongside our Technical Directors
and contribute as full members of the technical team. Residencies are open to
new graduates, who possess many of the skills required of our Technical Directors
and who are interested in expanding their knowledge of the field and pursuing
a long-term career as a Technical Director.
About the Program
The goals of the program are to provide new graduates the opportunity to apply
their academic training and knowledge in a real job at Pixar. Residents will
work on Pixar's films and will have the opportunity to build their skills and
learn from our creative and talented workforce. All Technical Residents will
receive ongoing mentorship and training throughout their time at Pixar. The
residency is a twelve-month program. Residents will be evaluated during their
term and may be considered for ongoing employment, dependent on overall performance
and Studio needs.
Responsibilities
Any or all of the following duties below may be assigned to a Technical Director
Resident:
Qualifications
Our Technical Director Residents will possess some or all of the following areas
of experience:
Software Engineer Internship - Summer 2008 Session
Studio Tools
General Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Production Engineering Internship - Summer 2008 Session
Studio Tools
Summary of Position:
This is a software engineering internship in the Production Engineering Department to help support existing deployments of Pixar's in-house movie production software. This position requires collaboration with our engineering staff and project managers to maintain mission critical software.
General Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Moving Pictures Group Internship - Summer 2008 Session
Studio Tools
Summary of Position:
The Engineering Team is looking for software engineers to help create and maintain new software for the studio. The position requires a deep understanding of software application engineering, an ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team of world-class developers, and skill in designing and implementing robust, easy to maintain code.
General Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Research Assistant Internship, Summer 2008 Session
Studio Tools
Summary of Position
This is a position in the Research Group within the Studio Tools Department at Pixar to assist in the creation, implementation and transfer of new technology related to computer graphics film making. The position requires a deep understanding of mathematical algorithms, an ability to collaborate in small to medium sized groups consisting of world-class computer graphics researchers, and skill in rapidly implementing and testing new algorithms.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Quality Assurance Engineer Internship, Summer 2008 Session
Studio Tools
Summary of Position
Pixar offers an exciting intern program intended to give students valuable "hands on" experience and exposure to our unique production environment. The Studio Tools QA Team has an open internship for a talented software engineer with a passion for quality to participate in the software quality assurance efforts for Pixar's proprietary in house toolset.
This position requires close collaboration with the engineering and production staff to test Pixar's proprietary in house toolset. In this position you will write, execute, and automate test plans and test cases; review and report on test progress, status, and coverage; meet test completion and delivery milestones that you help define; and work closely with development, project management and documentation to coordinate testing responsibilities.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Who Should Apply For An Internship With Pixar
To be eligible for an internship at Pixar, you must be in or have completed at least your Junior year of college, be a graduate student, or have graduated the year the internship commences. There is an exception for the Pixar Technical Undergraduate Program for which you are eligible as long as you are enrolled in an undergraduate program and will be returning to school following the Summer Program.
Application Instructions & Deadline Dates:
To apply for any of the above internships and to be considered for an on campus interview at UC Berkeley on March 4^th please email your resume and cover letter to internships@pixar.com by February 27th at 5pm. Please include the position you are applying for and “UC Berkeley” in the subject line of your email. After emailing your resume, please also apply online at http://www.pixar.com/companyinfo/jobs/index.html, so that we have your information in our applicant database.