May 2021 - Gradstudents - mailman.cs.vt.edu

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 17 May '21

17 May '21

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS View the following job opportunity. For more available positions, click <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. OPPORTUNITY 1 Ranpak Corp's newest department, RSquared Robotics, Christiansburg, is looking to hire both US and international candidates with CPT or OPT to develop robotics systems used in warehouse automation. Contact Howard Guo ( <mailto:guo.howard@ranpak.com> guo.howard(a)ranpak.com) or Sena Hunde ( <mailto:hunde.sena@ranpak.com> hunde.sena(a)ranpak.com) with CV/resume. Flyer attached. Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu Stay up-to-date on CS|Source job and event opportunities <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> CS|Source Website | <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> CS|Source Portal | <https://twitter.com/vt_CS_Source> CS|Source on Twitter

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CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 17 May '21

17 May '21

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS View employment opportunities available below and other positions in <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> Handshake. OPPORTUNITY 1 Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science is hiring a DevOps Specialist. Apply at <https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/515981/devops-specialist> https://careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/job/515981/devops-specialist. OPPORTUNITY 2 PKGlobal has a professional summer internship open for an Experience Designer. Contact Bhuvana Narayanamurthy, Sr. UX Designer at <mailto:bnarayanamurthy@pkglobal.com> bnarayanamurthy(a)pkglobal.com. Flyers attached Julia Costello Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu Stay up-to-date on CS|Source job and event opportunities <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> CS|Source Website | <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> CS|Source Portal | <https://twitter.com/vt_CS_Source> CS|Source on Twitter

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Fully funded scholarships for Tapia 2021: Apply Now!
by Mohammed Seyam 15 May '21

15 May '21

Greetings! The ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing is a unique annual event where CS students, professionals, academics, and industry experts come together to celebrate diversity in our field. This year, Tapia is going virtual, and it is scheduled for September 14-18, 2021. CS@VT is a Gold Sponsor for the conference, and it is offering a number of scholarships to attend the conference. This year, STARS Ignite <http://www.starscomputingcorps.org/programs/> is also offering scholarships for our students.This is a wonderful opportunity to hear from and interact with exceptional individuals who are all about embracing our differences and supporting CS students everywhere. If you are a member of a minority and/or underrepresented group, and/or if you are interested in supporting diversity work in the CS field in general and in CS@VT in particular, this is your chance. *Apply now through this link <http://bit.ly/Tapia2021>* (http://bit.ly/Tapia2021), and check the conference website <https://tapiaconference.cmd-it.org/> for more details. *Application deadline is May 24, 2021*. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. -- *Mohammed Seyam <http://people.cs.vt.edu/seyam>, *PhD Collegiate Assistant Professor Coordinator for Experiential Learning <https://xl.vt.edu/> Department of Computer Science <http://cs.vt.edu/> Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VirginiaTech <http://www.vt.edu/>). Website <http://people.cs.vt.edu/seyam>|LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/msseyam/> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/MSSeyam>

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Re: [Gradstudents] Accepting Submissions Globally - Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship
by Cliff Shaffer 14 May '21

14 May '21

Please consider applying for the Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship Program if you meet their requirements. You have to be "in the third year of a PhD program in the fall semester", and "the proposed research must be closely related to the research topics carried out by Microsoft Research". Details are available at: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/phd-fellowship/ We have a limit of four nominations. Therefore, you should send email to me telling me that you are interested, and making a case for why we should nominate you. The case should try to convince us that you have a reasonable shot of winning the award, which includes something about how your area of research will fit with Microsoft's funding priorities. An existing relationship with Microsoft is a big plus here. Also, be sure to let me know if you "identify as part of a community that is underrepresented in the field of computing", since some of the nominations must meet that requirement. Please send this to me by midnight on Sunday, May 30. On Mon, May 10, 2021 at 3:06 PM Microsoft Research Fellowships < msfellow(a)microsoft.com> wrote: > > > As someone in the academic community, we are reaching out to let you know > we’re currently accepting submissions for this year’s Microsoft Research > PhD Fellowship <https://aka.ms/phd-fellowship>. The global program > identifies and empowers the next generation of exceptional computing > research talent. We are looking for the best and brightest talent and > celebrate individuality. We invite and encourage candidates to come as they > are and do what they love. > > > > Microsoft recognizes the value of diversity in computing and aims to > increase the pipeline of talent receiving advanced degrees in > computing-related fields to build a stronger and inclusive > computing-related research community. We currently offer PhD fellowships in > Asia-Pacific, Canada and the United States, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, > Africa), and Latin America. > > > > University nominations for Canada and the United States are due June 30, > 2021, while student proposals for Asia-Pacific, EMEA and Latin America are > due on June 30, 2021. > > > > We encourage you to forward this email message within your communities > either directly with your student and faculty contacts, via topically > relevant email lists, or share on social media: Twitter > <https://twitter.com/MSFTResearch/status/1391794669974081549>, Facebook > <https://www.facebook.com/microsoftresearch/posts/10159641355455844>, > Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/p/COsxIxegZK2/>, and LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/posts/microsoft_announcing-the-microsoft-research-…> > . > > > > Please direct any questions not answered on the program page to the > regional program managers below. > > > > Asia-Pacific: Yunyun Jiang at fellowra(a)microsoft.com > <fellowra@microsoft.com;?subject=Microsoft%20Research%20PhD%20Fellowship%20-%20General%20Inquiry> > > > > Canada & US, EMEA, and Latin America: Mariah L. Christianson at > msfellow(a)microsoft.com > <msfellow@microsoft.com?subject=Microsoft%20Research%20PhD%20Fellowship%20-%20General%20Inquiry> > > > Thank you, > Microsoft Research Outreach > > > -- Dr. Cliff Shaffer Professor and Associate Department Head for Graduate Studies Department of Computer Science Phone: (540) 231-4354 Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061 WWW: www.cs.vt.edu/~shaffer

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CS Grad Council End of Semester Event (RSVP Form)
by awh4kc＠vt.edu 13 May '21

13 May '21

I've invited you to fill out the following form: VT CS End of Semester Event (RSVP Form) To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciwttZNOERXjOYweFelX7bDI9Jssz_Fpz… Hello there, On behalf of the CS Graduate Council, I would like to invite you to our end of semester event on Thursday, May 13 at 5:00 PM, please see the RSVP form below for the rest of the details. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Hope to see you there! CS Grad Council Google Forms: Create and analyze surveys.

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Returning keys to the department
by Robert Marcum 12 May '21

12 May '21

Graduating students, This is a reminder to return any Virginia Tech issued keys before leaving. Any keys issued to you from the Computer Science department should be returned to the receptionist desk, at the CRC location listed below, between 9am-5pm Monday-Friday before you leave. Thank you! 2202 Kraft Drive Blacksburg, VA 24060 - Robert Marcum Business & Facilities Manager Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech marcumr(a)cs.vt.edu Zoom Link: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/my/marcumr <https://virginiatech.zoom.us/my/marcumr>

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CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS
by Julia Costello 11 May '21

11 May '21

CS|SOURCE - EMPLOYER JOB POSTINGS AND EVENTS Check out the following congrats videos and scholarship opportunity. View other available positions in Handshake <https://career.vt.edu/job-search/Handshake.html> . OPPORTUNITY 1 - Congratulations CS Grads from CS|Source Companies!! Peraton - https://youtu.be/SlibkbVSwSQ Deutsche Bank - https://youtu.be/qBgEGVw-ZDU L3Harris Technologies - https://youtu.be/rXyb5Ob7tt8 Booz Allen Hamilton Video Link - https://youtu.be/4zd0B6DOUcs OPPORTUNITY 2 RGi is offering its annual $10,000 RGi Scholarship for Geospatial and Engineering. Applications due May 16. Below are links to all of RGi's digital channel postings. Flyer attached with link to apply. RGi website <https://rgi-corp.com/rgi-offers-4th-annual-10000-scholarship/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/reinventing-geospatial-inc-/mycompany/?vie wAsMember=true> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/ReinventingGeospatial/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/RGICorp> Julia Costello, Strategic Partnership Coordinator Virginia Tech | College of Engineering | Department of Computer Science 2202 Kraft Drive | Blacksburg, VA 24060 Email: <mailto:juliapc7@cs.vt.edu> juliapc7(a)cs.vt.edu Stay up-to-date on CS|Source job and event opportunities <https://cs.vt.edu/cs-source.html> CS|Source Website | <https://www.cs-source.cs.vt.edu/> CS|Source Portal | <https://twitter.com/vt_CS_Source> CS|Source on Twitter

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Min Oh's Ph.D. thesis defense on 5/10/21
by Liqing Zhang 09 May '21

09 May '21

*You are cordially invited to the following defense. * *Thesis Title:* Deep Learning for Enhancing Precision Medicine *Name:* Min Oh *Date/Time: * May 10th, 2021 9:30am *Zoom:* https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/89355897240?pwd=Ly9hSnhHVmdKMTJwUmVFbm9hK3hP… *Committee:* • Liqing Zhang (Chair) • Bert Huang • Zhi Sheng • Aditya Prakash • Youngmi Yoon *Abstract:* Most medical treatments have been developed aiming at the best-on-average efficacy for large populations, resulting in treatments successful for some patients but not for others. It necessitates the need for precision medicine that is the customization of medical treatment tailored to the individual characteristics of each patient. Omics data holds comprehensive genetic information presenting individual variability at the molecular level and hence the potential to be translated into personalized therapy. However, the attempts to transform omics data-driven insights into clinically actionable models for an individual patient have been limited. Meanwhile, advances in deep learning, one of the most promising branches of artificial intelligence have produced unprecedented performance in various fields. Although several deep learning-based solutions have been proposed to predict individual phenotype, they have not established the state of the practice, due to instability of selected or learned features derived from extremely high dimensional data with low sample size, which often results in over-fitted models with high variance. To overcome the limitation of omics data, the exploitation of recent advances in deep learning models, including representation learning models, generative models, and interpretable models, can be considered. The goal of the proposed work is to develop deep learning models that can overcome the limitation of omics data to enhance the prediction of personalized medical decisions. To achieve this, three key challenges should be addressed: 1) effectively reducing dimensions of omics data, 2) systematically augmenting omics data, and 3) improving the interpretability of omics data. *Bio:* Min Oh is a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Virginia Tech. His work has focused on designing novel deep neural network models for personalized disease and treatment predictions using omics data. In July, he will start his position as a data & applied scientist at Microsoft. -- Liqing --------------------------------- Liqing Zhang Associate Professor Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech Phone: 540-231-9413

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Research Study Invitation - $10 for full participation
by Jesse Harden 08 May '21

08 May '21

Greetings, My name is Jesse Harden, and I am a graduate student working with Dr. Chris North of Virginia Tech’s computer science department on investigating the potential of 2D Computational Notebooks. Currently, computational notebooks, such as Jupyter Notebooks and Google Colaboratory, structure cells in terms of a 1D list. To help investigate the potential of enabling users to arrange cells in 2D, I would like to invite you to participate in the first session of a 2D Computational Notebook Study. If you decide to participate in this part of the study, you will complete a screening questionnaire to determine eligibility. If you are eligible and are selected, you will then be contacted to complete a pre-study survey, a user study, and a post-user study survey. As part of the pre-study survey, you will answer questions on your prior experience with computational notebooks and the Python programming language. As part of the study, you will be asked to complete a task using a sketch or prototype of a 2D computational notebook. As part of the post-user study survey, you will answer questions about your experience using the sketch or prototype, as well as your general thoughts on the potential of 2D computational notebooks. Participation in this study is voluntary, and any data you provide will be kept confidential. If, after completing the screen questionnaire, you are selected to participate in this study and you complete both the user study and the post-user study survey, you will be compensated $10 in the form of an Amazon gift card. We expect this study to take approximately 1 hour of your time. If you have any questions or concerns about the research, please feel free to reach out to me at jessemh(a)vt.edu. You are not waiving any legal claims, rights or remedies because of your participation in this research study. If you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant, contact the Virginia Tech HRPP Office at 540-231-3732 ( irb(a)vt.edu). I hope you will choose to participate in this research. To volunteer, proceed to the screening questionnaire here: https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VAluyMcjViZHiC (Links to an external site.) <https://virginiatech.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7VAluyMcjViZHiC> If selected, you will then be contacted later with participation instructions. Thank you for your time, Jesse Harden [This study is purely voluntary, and not connected to any course. Participating (or not participating) will NOT be linked to your course performance(s) and NOT impact your course grade(s) in any way.]

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Chandler Jearls MS defense 5/11 12pm
by Ali R Butt 07 May '21

07 May '21

You are cordially invited to the following defense. Thesis Title: Open-Source Parameterized Low-Latency Aggressive Hardware Compressor and Decompressor for Memory Compression Name: Chandler Jearls Date/Time: May 11th, 2021 12:00 pm Zoom: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/j/84355362215 Meeting ID: 843 5536 2215 Abstract: In recent years, memory has shown to be a constraining factor in many workloads. Memory is an expensive necessity in many situations, from embedded devices with a few kilobytes of SRAM to warehouse-scale computers with thousands of terabytes of DRAM. Memory compression has existed in all major operating systems for many years. However, while faster than swapping to a disk, memory compression adds latency to data read operations. Companies and research groups have investigated hardware compression to mitigate these problems. Still, open-source low-latency hardware compressors and decompressors do not exist; as such, every group that studies hardware compression is forced to implement it. Importantly, because the devices that can benefit from memory compression vary so widely, there is no single solution to address all devices' area, latency, power, and bandwidth requirements. This work intends to address the many issues with hardware compressors and decompressors. This work implements hardware accelerators for three popular compression algorithms, LZ77, LZW, and Huffman encoding. Each implementation includes a compressor and decompressor, and all designs are entirely parameterized. All of the designs are open-source under a permissive license. Finally, configurations of the work can achieve decompression latencies under one microsecond and compression ratios comparable to software compression algorithms. Bio: Chandler Jearls is an MS student in the Virginia Tech Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In June 2021, he will begin work as a graphics logic design engineer at Apple in Cupertino, California. Most of his work has focused on high-performance computing and hardware accelerator design. Chandler is a Bradley Graduate Research Fellow, and as an undergraduate, he interned at Facebook and Intel. He graduated Magna Cum Laude with his B.S. in Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech in May 2020 as part of the Accelerated Master's program.

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