Department of Computer Science Monthly Newsletter
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Fourth year student, Amil Dravid, advised by Professor Aggelos Katsaggelos, has been select as a finalist for the 2023 Outstanding Researcher Awards! This program recognizes undergraduate students who demonstrate exemplary potential in computing research. Other nominated students include (Julian) Liam O'Carroll, Elizabeth Dudley, Sofia (Jingwei) Li. |
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Wednesday, February 1st | 5-6PM | Mudd 3514 | Dilan will talk about what it's like finding a passion project and how exciting it is to be able to solve real-world problems with CS. He'll walk through his thought process and developing path when creating Paper, Northwestern's course scheduling tool, along with older, smaller projects that haven't necessarily been fully deployed. |
Finding a Faculty Mentor/Lab Workshop
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In both the Finding a Faculty Mentor and Finding a Lab workshops, you will learn how to search for faculty, how to identify potential research mentors, and how to communicate effectively with the mentors you identify. This workshop is appropriate for anyone considering doing any type of research, whereas Finding a Lab workshops are most appropriate for people interested in lab-based disciplines. |
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Friday February 3, 14, 28 | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Central | Online |
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What's happening at the garage?
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February 8th | 5-6 PM Are you interested in launching your own startup but don't know exactly where to start? Do you have an idea you'd like to workshop with other students? Join us at The Garage for a Startup Brainstorm session where we'll discuss any ideas you may be interested in exploring - and hopefully give you some inspiration for your own project! |
February 22nd | 6:15-7:15 PM VentureCat, Northwestern’s annual student startup competition, will be held on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 where Northwestern’s most promising student-founded startups will compete for over $300,000+ in non-dilutive prize money. Interested in learning how to apply and compete? Register to attend our info session event on February 9 at 5:15 PM at The Garage. |
Tech Talk with Noah Levine ('98)
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Monday, February 20th | 4PM | Online | Noah Levine is the current Vice President, Advanced Advertising at Warner Bros. Discovery |
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Grab your friends for a bagel break! Friday, February 24th | 9:30AM - 10:30AM (CT) | Mudd Hall 3514 |
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Modeling and Optimization for Population Health Screening Policies
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Monday, February 13th | 11 AM - 12 PM | The Center for Engineering and Health will be hosting Dr. Qiushi Chen for a virtual seminar, |
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Workshops with the Graduate Writing Place
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The Graduate Writing Place offers a series of 90-minute graduate writing workshops throughout the academic year. The workshops are open to graduate students in any discipline and provide participants with concrete strategies and exercises to improve both the quality and productivity of their writing. Please direct any questions about these events to Heather Grimm at heathergrimm2024@u.northwestern.edu. |
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| • | Strategies for Revising, Editing, & Proofreading Your Own Writing | Tuesday, February 14th | 2 - 3:30PM | TGS Commons |
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| • | Productive Writing and Time Management | Friday, February 17th | 11 am - 12:30 PM | Online |
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| • | Communicating Your Research to Audiences Outside Your Field | Tuesday, February 21st | 2 - 3:30 PM | TGS Common |
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Did you know that the department of Computer Science is offering funds to student organizations each quarter? |
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INTERNSHIP & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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Want to meet with an Engineering Career Development Advisor?
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You can use walk-in hours on Thursdays from 1pm-4pm. Want to meet VIRTUALLY? Sign up in McCormick Connect and you will receive the zoom link in your email. |
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Nervous for Job Talks? Practice Makes Perfect!
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Monday February 6th | 4:30 - 5:30 PM | Tech LR4/M113 | Attend the next Practice Job Talk event with Quanquan Liu. |
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Midwest terminal & Datathon with Correlation One
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Correlation One is partnering with Citadel and Citadel Securities to host the Midwest Terminal, a games-based AI challenge, where players code strategies to automate gameplay, as well as the Midwest Datathon. Top performing students have the opportunity to win $15,000 in cash prizes along with exclusive recruiting opportunities with Citadel (both internships and full-time roles). The events are completely free and invite only. |
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Application due to TGS to receive a degree in Spring
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Last day to drop a class for Winter via CAESAR. Any requests after this date result in a W on the transcript and must go through the course withdrawal process. |
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Pre-registration for Spring quarter classes begins
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Registration for Spring quarter begins
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Application for degree due to The Graduate School to receive a degree in Winter.
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