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EECS News: Headlines

March 5, 2007

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CALENDAR
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Thursday, March 8, 5:30 - 8:30pm, Renaissance on the Riverfront, 136 SW Washington Ave., Corvallis. SAO Tech Pub, "How Open Source Works." Details.

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SEMINARS/COLLOQUIA
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Monday, March 5, 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Kelley 1001. "Language Tools for Distributed Computing and Program Generation" presented by Yannis Smaragdakis, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon. Details.

Wednesday, March 7, 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Kelley 1007. "Data Retrieval and Inference in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Signal Processing Perspective" presented by Min Dong, Corporate Research and Development, Qualcomm Inc. Details.

Friday, March 9, 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Kelley 1005. "Rank-based Medium Access in Multihop Wireless Networks" presented by Ben Liang, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto. Details.

Monday, March 12, 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Kelley 1007. "An Energy Efficient, Self-Healing Secure Routing Protocol for Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks" presented by Xiaojiang (James) Du, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University. Details.

Monday, March 12, 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Kelley 1001. "Visual Recognition and Tracking for Perceptive Interfaces" presented by Trevor Darrell, MIT CSAIL. Details.

Wednesday, March 14, 11:00 - 11:50 AM, Kelley 1007. "Opportunities and Challenges in Networking: A Unifying Approach" presented by Atilla Eryilmaz, Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Details.

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GRADUATE EXAMS
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Thursday, March 8, 9-11 am, KEC 3114. PhD Oral Preliminary Examination - Kyehyung Lee. Major Professor: Gabor Temes; Co-Major Professor: Pavan Hanumolu; Committee: Huaping Liu, Albrecht Jander; GCR: David McIntyre. "Design Techniques for Delta-Sigma Data Converters." Details.

Friday, March 9, 3-5 pm, KEC 4107. PhD Preliminary Examination - Sriraam Natarajan. Major Professor: Prasad Tadepalli; Committee: Thomas Dietterich, Alan Fern, Weng-Keen Wong; GCR: Rod Harter. "Intelligent Assistants -- A Decision -- Theoretic Model." Details.

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SCHOLARSHIPS/FELLOWSHIPS
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The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in collaboration with the University of Lausanne, will offer intensive research training opportunities to undergraduate students interested in research careers in life sciences. Each student will be matched with a specific laboratory based on the student's interest and background. Details.

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an independent Federal government agency established by Congress to "encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind." The Homeland Security Award is designed to encourage and promote "cutting edge" innovation in the homeland security area to provide incentive for continuing research. Details.

American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) General Motors Engineering Scholarship are awarded to members of AISES who are American Indian/Alaskan Native undergraduate or graduate students pursuing degrees in engineering. GM gives preference to electrical, industrial or mechanical engineering majors. Applicants who are not selected as recipients will be given consideration in the A.T. Anderson Memorial Scholarship program, if all criteria is met. Details.

IBM has a history of leading in innovation for more than 100 years and has led the world as the number one producer of patents that generate opportunities globally for growth in science and technology. Academic excellence now and in the years to come for students focused on the sciences, engineering, medicine, natural resources, math and technology is critical to the future of our global society, which led to the establishment the AISES IBM Scholarship. Details.

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JOBS
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Did you know that you can subscribe to the EECS Jobs List that will send you e-mail when new jobs are posted? Internships and even a few on-campus jobs get advertised there as well. Subscribe here.

Don't forget to check out the AfterCollege job site, tailored especially for our EECS students.

Field Engineering Consultant, FM Global. As a field engineer, you'll be dealing with real people and real situations. You may find yourself evaluating a structure to ensure that it can withstand hurricane-force winds. Or, you may work to assess systems that will need to survive the world's worst earthquakes. It's a hands-on job requiring high-energy, self-motivation and creativity. You are a problem-solver and specialist, deciding how best to protect the companies you work with. Details.

Needed: a grad student in devices/electronics who knows something about and/or could do/setup charge pump measurements. Combined academic credit and pay on campus. Contact: prof@forbes4.com, http://www.forbes4.com.

SIM Club invites you to an Information Session by Standard Insurance. March 7 (Wednesday), 6:00 p.m., Bexell 321. Information session is about IT internship opportunities at Standard. Good opportunity to visit IT managers and representatives from Standard. Check out http://www.standard.com/ and feel free to bring your resume. Free Food and Drinks!! Please RSVP to club_sim@bus.oregonstate.edu by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2007, so that SIM Club can order the appropriate food quantity.

SIM Club invites you to an Information Session by Stockamp & Associates. March 6 (Tuesday), 6:00 p.m., Bexell 321. Information session is about IT job opportunities at Stockamp. Good opportunity to visit IT managers and representatives from Stockamp. Check out http://www.stockamp.com/ and feel free to bring your resume. Free Food and Drinks!! Please RSVP to club_sim@bus.oregonstate.edu by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 5, 2007, so that Stockamp can plan on ordering the right food quantity.

PAID INTERNSHIP OFFERED, RADIO BROADCAST ENGINEERING. Student will be using specialized radio engineering software to identify locations for new non-commercial FM radio stations throughout the U.S.. He/she will be working with two SBE Certified Radio Engineers at a small office in SW Portland, on a major project to assist non-profit community groups to start their own stations. Details.

Summer Software Engineering Internship - Instantiations Inc. Instantiations, a world-class software tool development company based in Portland, is offering a part or full-time technical internship in its Software Engineering group. The successful candidate will first receive a crash course in Eclipse plugin development and then participate in new product planning, development, documentation and support. You will work with, and be mentored by, internationally respected technical leaders. Details.

WebMD Web Developer Positions. Work with the latest Internet technology to develop our Web-based health management products. This entry-level position requires a BS in Computer Science and experience in Web development, JavaScript, HTML, and SQL. Knowledge of Microsoft Internet technology, including IIS, ASP.NET and C#, is a plus. Details.

Oregon State University Libraries, Library Technology Support, Student Programmer. Library Technology is looking for one or two good programmers to work on existing and new web based programming projects. In addition to working with PHP /SQL there may be some work with Ruby and Python. Details.

 

 

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