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IBM are sponsoring a Cell Broadband Engine (Cell/B.E.) Trivia and Top Innovator competition. Generous cash prizes will be given out, up to $10,000 for the Grand Prize so check out the attached flyers to this post or click the following link for more information about the competition !
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Come to the Computer Science Industry Panel! This year’s theme is Building Your Career: the Technical vs. Management Debate and of course we will be having professionals from both sides coming and sharing their career experiences.
Agenda Feb 01 2007 17:30-20:00:
Representatives attending:
To ensure sufficient refreshment, please rsvp Mary Anne Lyons at [email protected].
Come and get ready to ask meaningful questions. Then we will be having free pizza, pop and some really good raffle prizes.
More about our panelists:
Marija Radulovic-Nastic: Director - Creative Services, EAC
Marija is the Director of Creative Services at Electronic Arts Canada. She currently leads a team of over 120 artists and more than 30 engineers who are responsible for graphics and central technology development for EA Sports.
Prior to her role in Creative Services, Marija was responsible for EA WW technology development in North America. Some of the projects Marija and her team worked on were the rendering engine, animation tools and systems, as well as other core tech components used in almost every EA game.
Before joining the exciting and challenging video game industry, Marija spent 10 years in business software development where she held various positions, from software engineering and technical sales to director of program management.
During this time she received several awards for outstanding professional achievements. Marija has an MSc in Electrical Engineering and a BSc in Computer Science from Belgrade University. In her free time, Marija enjoys adventure travel, skiing, cycling with her husband, and savoring gourmet food and fine wines.
Liza Wood: P. Eng, Development Director - Techworx, Creative Services, EAC
Liza is the Development Director for a Common Technology team in Creative Services at Electronic Arts Canada. Liza’s team of exceptionally talented software developers build the tools and technologies to create, deliver and integrate the art in the EA SportsT games produced in Burnaby.
Liza started her career as a Manufacturing Quality Engineer for high-end Cisco router assemblies at Celestica, Inc. in Toronto. In 1999, the high-tech boom and warmer weather drew Liza to a Test Engineering position with Cisco Systems in San Jose, California. In late 2001, she joined the New Product Program Management team for CRS-1, the world’s fastest router (according to the folks at Guinness). Always a Canadian at heart, Liza moved to Burnaby, BC to join Kensington Computer Products Group as a Program Manager for micro fuel cell development and other consumer power products.
Liza has a Bachelor of Science (Engineering Chemistry) from Queen’s University and a certificate of Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. In her spare time, she is a virtual member of the Write On! writer’s group she formed in California. She published two stories in the self-published Write On! literary anthology in late 2005.
Kelly Poon: Software Engineer, AdSense Backend, Google Mountain View
Kelly graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Mathematics, and from the University of Calgary with a Master of Science in Computer Science with a specialization in Computer Graphics. During university, she participated in the ACM programming contest as both a contestant and coach. She joined Google in June 2005, and since then has been working as an engineer on the AdSense backend team.
Johnny Kam: Director of Software Development, Medical Imaging Group, McKesson Medical Imaging
This post will be continuously updated with the representatives attending the event. So keep on checking back!
When:
Thursday, February 1, 2007 - 17:30 to 20:00
Where:
Networking: ICICS X-wing student lounge, Panel: DMP 110
We invite all primadonna coders, and all wannabe hackers to test their mettle in the UBC/SFU 3rd Annual Winter Programming Contest! You think you can code your way out of a paper bag? We doubt it.
We awaits you with 6 programming challenges to prove your worth. Solve them and you’ll be a blip on our radar when we choose the ACM teams next fall; fail and you will not surprise us.
The challenge runs from 12:30-3:30 on Saturday, February 3. You will no doubt need help, so bring a friend and enter as a team. There will be registration and practice rounds between 10:30-12:00 (You can register by sending Matthew an email before, or come in during this period). The contest will be followed by free pizza and prizes from 3:30 to 4:00 pm.
Language: C, C++, Java
OS: Unix (vi, emacs, eclipse, etc), Windows (dev-c++, eclipse, notepad, etc)
We will award prizes to those who embarrass themselves the least. If you have not previously participated in programming contests, this page ( http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~minsk/acm.html ) may be helpful for you. Please feel free to contact Matthew ([email protected]) for any inquiry.
When:
Saturday, February 3, 2007 - 12:30 to 15:30
Where:
ICICS 014/015
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If you are a non-Co-op Computer Science undergrad student and interested in joining the Co-op program in the near future, you may come to the Co-op Focus Group Session held on Thursday, Feb 8th from 12:30pm to 1pm.
We have limited space for only 12 students, so if you are interested to come please email Arash Malek at [email protected] to reserve a spot for yourself. (please include your name in your email).
Yes, Free Pizza and other gifts will be provided!
Deadline for reserving a spot for this great session: by noon on Tuesday Feb 6th
When:
Thursday, February 8, 2007 - 12:30 to 13:00
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Date: February 7th, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Location: EAC (Burnaby Studio)
Last day to register is January 31st, 2007
Come to Electronic Arts Canada to here about exciting research going on in Cognitive Systems at UBC and EA. This is a great way to find out who’s doing what, and maybe get some good ideas for that research you’re going to have to do! (COGS students)
http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/cogsys/EA.htm
Click “read more” for more information about this event!
The event will have two parts:
Part one will be presentations from COGS professors and students about research in the COGS fields (vision/visual HCI and Computation Intelligence/Behavioural Agents) and EA will have presentations on Athletic Performance (fixing the zombie problems), Wii controller HCI issues and HCI/UI design for the next generation.
The second part of the event will be a social-networking event where students can mingle with EA employees. EA recruiters will also be around!
Students must contact Eric Lebeau ([email protected]) to register* for the event. *** Students must have membership in the Cognitive Systems Society (AMS club) to come. Membership is $5.
COGS declared Majors have priority, then students who will have taken COGS courses. All others will be considered on a case-by-case basis. First come, first serve for this type of registration. We have ~100-150 seats for students to fill, so there will likely be space for you. The last possible date to register for the event is Jan. 31st to make sure that EAC’s security has plenty of time to prepare.
For an outline of the evening and more information on the Event go to: http://www.ams.ubc.ca/clubs/cogsys/EA.htm
When:
Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - 18:30 to 22:00
Where:
EAC (Burnaby Electronic Arts studio)
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