Weekly CS Undergraduate Newsletter  #12
February 10th, 2020


Announcements:

·         Cybersecurity Q&A session - Dr. Daniel Takabi will be speaking about the new undergraduate cybersecurity certificate, offered by the CS Department, on Monday February 17th at 1pm (Room 755, 7th floor, 25 Park Place)....(see flyer)<http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/Cybersecurity%20Certificate-Daniel%20Takabi-Feb%2017th.pdf>


Events:


·         IEEE Student Branch presents Guest Speaker - "Create a Question and Answer Chat Bot with Amazon Lex and Amazon Alexa" with Dr. Péter Molnár, on Feb 18th, from 12noon to 1:00pm in Room 223, 25 Park Place (see flyer)<http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/IEEE%20Student%20Branch-Guest%20speaker-Peter_Molnar-Feb%2018th%202020.pdf>

·         Girls Who Code - Valentine's Day meeting is this Friday, February 14th, from 3pm - 5pm. Topic: S I S T E R H O O D and C R E A T E (see flyer) <http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/Girls%20Who%20Code-flyer-Feb%2014th%202020.pdf>

·         STEMulate - Will be meeting this Thursday, February 13th from 5:15pm - 6:15pm, SCW 455 (see flyer) <http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/STEMulate-Meeting%20Times-Spring%202020.pdf>

·         [REMINDER] Girls++ - " HackerRank Problems" ALL LEVELS WELCOMED! - Thursday, February 13th, 2020 | 25 Park Place RM 755 | 4:30PM - 6:30PM (see flyer) <http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/GirlsPlusPlusHackerRank-Feb%2013th%202020.pdf>

·         [REMINDER] PantherHackers - Cybersecurity Workshop with Undergraduate CS major Mia Stroud -  Starts Feb 17th - Apr 2nd; 3:30PM - 5:00PM (see flyer)<http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/PantherHackers-Cybersecurity%20Workshop-Spring%202020.pdf>


Career Related Events and Job Opportunities:


·         Who What Wednesday Career Meet & Greet - Wednesday February 19th - Student Center West, Room 267, from 1pm - 4pm (see flyer)<http://grid.cs.gsu.edu/~jhayes14/CSnewsletter/Who%20What%20Wednesday%20flyer%20-%20Feb%2019th%202020.pdf>

·         [REMINDER] Dell Workshop and Recruiting Event - Wednesday, February 19th, the RCB CAC will be hosting Dell for a "Systems Thinking Workshop". The Director of Systems Engineering for Unstructured Data Solutions, Andrew Braverman, will be the speaker. You must RSVP at https://gsu.joinhandshake.com/events/436295/share_preview

·         Twitter Recruiting Podcast - @TwitterU recently released a podcast, #BuidlingCharacters, dedicated to helping students land an internship or job in tech. #BuildingCharacters provides students with resources straight from University Recruiters at Twitter! Throughout season one we cover resume tips, interview tricks, and hear from former Twitter Interns and current Tweeps. ( https://buildingcharacters.splashthat.com/ )


Research Opportunities for Undergraduates:


·         Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference (GSURC) - will be held on Friday, April 17th in the Student Center. The Honors College will accept proposals until Monday Feb. 17th ( https://gsurc.honors.gsu.edu/submit/ )


·         Paid Online Study Opportunity - Researchers in the Davidson College Psychology Department are currently recruiting first-year and second year college students for a PAID online study opportunity. Students will complete a survey which includes watching a lesson, taking a subsequent short quiz on the material, and answering questions about their experience. This study should take 30 minutes, and participants will receive a $15 Amazon e-gift card at the end of the session

o    To participate: https://davidsonedu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agukG0KdTWUqp2R

o    If you have questions please email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>


·         REU at University of Southern California - Summer program in Biostatistics/Data Science. The biostatistics program at USC leads "LA's Best", an undergraduate program that covers both biostatistics and data science topics. You can apply at the link below:

o    https://preventivemedicine.usc.edu/education/summer-programs/lasbest/



Mr. Jamie Hayes, M.A.
Undergraduate Academic Coordinator | Department of Computer Science
Georgia State University - College of Arts and Sciences
25 Park Place, 7th Floor |Atlanta, GA 30303
P: (404)-413-6107