Happy Holidays

The faculty in the CSET department would like to wish you all a safe and joyous holiday season.  We look forward to seeing many of you again next term.

Also - grades are now available online for your viewing pleasure!

Happy Holidays!

Monte-Carlo methods in AI

Interested in Artificial Intelligence? Or not sure what it is all about? Apply for the Oregon State University Monte-Carlo methods in AI workshop! The workshop is March 18-22 at OSU campus, and is an all expenses paid trip (food, accommodation, airfare, etc).

No background in AI is required, all you need is some programming experience. Applications are due December 20, 2012. For additional questions, please visit this site: http://www.eecs.orst.edu/mcai

Thanks David Foltz for sharing this info with us!

Microsoft - recruiting for interns and fulltime software development positions - MUST ACT NOW!

Below is a note we just received from Jeff, our Microsoft recruiter.

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Greetings!

I am reaching out to you because we would like to let you know that we will be reviewing applications from students at your university within the next few weeks. This is a limited opportunity and we want to make sure your students are considered. As you may know, some of the work done by our teams over the past few years is now becoming visible to the public in such products as Windows 8, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8, Office 365, and the newest release by our Game Studios, Halo 4. These are only a few areas showcasing the impact your students will have on the world and its millions of users through high quality engineering and thoughtful design. Technology is moving at a rapid pace and we would like to invite your most talented students to join our high caliber teams on this journey of achieving ever new milestones.

Exciting opportunities

We are actively recruiting for our fulltime and intern software development positions and are looking for students who are:

·      B.S., M.S., and PhD students

·      Pursuing studies and/or research in areas of Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or similar field

   · Deeply passionate about technology and making an impact in the world

Students are encouraged to apply for these positions at microsoft.com/university as soon as possible (ideally by December 11^th) as we are interviewing and hiring now. We anticipate that most of next year’s available positions will be filled by February.

Helpful resources

We also want to make you and your students aware of the following resources aimed at helping with preparing for technical interviews at any company.

Microsoft Jobs Blog: http://bit.ly/SkAnnc

University Technical Webinars: Microsoft.com/university/webinar

Warm regards and we look forward to hearing from your students soon!

-Jeff

Jeff D’Andria

Microsoft l University Recruiter

jedandr@microsoft.com

twitter.com/jeffitout

linkedin.com/jeffreydandria

Thanks to Professor Don Metzler

Pictures

Thanks Don!

Professor Don Metzler is retiring at the end of this term after 30 years at OIT!  We will be serving cake in the Lower Purvine Lobby on November 29th (THURSDAY) from 2 - 3 pm.  Please stop by to wish Don well!

Mob of College Students Video

Here is a really interesting video that OIT President Chris Maples shared on his Facebook page. Hope you enjoy it! 

http://www.upworthy.com/a-mob-of-college-students-attack-a-girl-with-cancer-and-the-results-are-life-cha?c=ufb1

Run Scott Run ...

Once again CSET major Scott Minor (along with Oregon Tech student Jeff Pelarde) is headed to the NAIA Cross Country Championships on November 17th.  Best of luck to you both! 


 


http://www.oit.edu/athletics/cross-country/news/11-06-2012/tech_s_minor_pelarde_qualify_for_cross_country_national_championship.aspx

Purvine Lab Schedule for Saturday & Monday

We will be running the Saturday schedule for labs on Monday --  PV 107, 110, 114, 120 and 125 will be open both Saturday and Monday.  ENJOY!

Almost tip-off time in Reno

Come join us

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 5 p.m.

for a pre-game party, before the National Champion

Hustlin’ Owls take on the Wolfpack!

Free Food!

 

Lil’ Waldorf Saloon

1661 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89503

For more information or to RSVP contact us at:

541-885-0795 or alumni@oit.edu

 

Colloquium Series continues this MONDAY @ 4:00 pm in PV 206 with Trevor Mauch

The CSET Department Colloquium series for Fall term continues Monday at 4:00 pm in PV 206 with OIT alumnus, entrepreneur, and adventurer Trevor Mauch. The title of Trevor's talk is 'Bootstrapping A Startup To Your First Million (while making a difference and having fun)'. Please join us to hear this exciting presentation.

In the $$$$

Below is an interesting article that I am sure will be of interest to both current and past students. You continue to make us proud!  Enjoy.

 Oregon Tech Graduate Salaries Fare Well Above Average

Attention Reno Area Alumni -- Reno Pre-Game Party - November 6th

Come join us

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 5 p.m.

for a pre-game party, before the National Champion

Hustlin’ Owls take on the Wolfpack!

Free Food!

Lil’ Waldorf Saloon

1661 North Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89503

For more information or to RSVP contact us at:

541-885-0795 or alumni@oit.edu

 

Hey Transfer Students - Wednesday - at 4:00 pm in PV 147

This Wednesday at 4:00 pm some of the CSET faculty will be holding a special welcome and advising session for all NEW TRANSFER students who are entering our program this fall (or from last spring).  If you are a new transfer student please join us for an informal Q & A session and the opportunity to get some suggestions from some of last years transfer students.  In addition, we hope to also have a representative from the Financial Aid Office to help answer your questions.

While it might not  matter at all to any of you, pizza will be served.  The event should conclude about 5:15 or so.

Hope to see you there!

Intel Interviews -- for current students and recent graduates

INTEL CORPORATION will be on campus October 25 to interview for entry-level Software Engineering and Test Engineering positions in Hillsboro OR and Chandler AZ. They are looking at students and recent grads from June 2012 through August 2013. Go to Oregon Tech Career Services Online and take a look at Job ID#5222 and 5223 for details and application instructions. Deadline to request an interview is Wednesday, October 17. Portland students are encouraged to apply through the same avenues as KFalls students as alternative interview settings will be made available for qualified candidates.

Contact Career Services if you have questions: jan.goodyear@oit.edu, 541-885-1023, LRC219C.

Thanks ...

Thanks to Heath Higgins for doing a great job kicking off our Fall term speaker series tonight and to all of our students that attended!

In addition, special thanks to Chef Phong and his family for putting together the event on Monday for all our new (and some old) students and faculty.

Remember, NEXT WEDNESDAY - 10/17/2012 - at 4:00 pm we will be holding our second annual  meeting between the faculty and any new transfer students in PV 147. We will publish more about that event soon.

Hope you are ready for the upcoming weather change!

CSET Colloquium Series Starts this WEDNESDAY @ 4:00 pm in PV 206 with Heath Higgins

On Wednesday (10/10/2012) at 4:00 pm Heath Higgins, a CSET alumnus and a Senior Software Engineer at Garmin Aviation Technologies in Salem will present a talk on 'Engineering Careers in Aviation and Embedded Systems.'  

Please join us to hear this exciting presentation in Purvine Hall.