The Michigan Tech College of Computing offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in the Computing disciplines.
Husky Game Development will host game jam from October 12-20, 2024. Two prizes will be awarded: first place is a Meta Quest 3; second place is a MSI Vigor GK30 Combo (Mouse + Keyboard). Find the details at huskygamedev.itch.io/.
The events is open to all.
The Graduate School is providing writing support to students who are interested in applying for the U.S. Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (DoD SMART) Scholarship for Service.
About the DoD SMART Scholarship
The program offers scholarships for bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. students pursuing STEM. While in school, students will receive full tuition and educational expenses reimbursement, monthly stipends ($30,000-$46,000 per year), health insurance, book allowances, mentorship, and summer internships that range from 8-12 weeks. Upon degree completion, scholars begin working in a civilian position with their sponsoring facility. For complete details, visit the DoD SMART Scholarship for Service website.
The application due date is Dec. 1 at 5 p.m. EST.
Questions? Contact Sarah Isaacson at sisaacso@mtu.edu.
Student are invited to complete in the North America Qualifier (NAQ) Programming Contest on October 5, 2024, from 2-7 pm ET online and in person in Rekhi 112. The NAQ contest is a practice competition for the ACM North Central North America (NCNA) Regionals later this fall. Please register for the NAQ by Tuesday, October 1, at 6 pm. NAQ teams should be three people, but two-person teams are also accepted.
Extreme Engineering Solutions is looking to fill various IT co-op positions at their Madison, Wisc.,-based office. Co-op positions are available on the company’s System Administration, Cyber Security, and Application Development teams. In addition, the company has an opening for a full-time systems administrator.
Positions can be viewed on our website. The company will be at Career Fair September 24 at booth N08 in the varsity gym.
Extreme Engineering Solutions is a leader in the design, manufacture, testing, and support of high-quality, cost-effective, hardware and software solutions for the embedded computing market.
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) will host an information session and open discussion about LANL and information technology and cybersecurity careers on Thursday, September 26, 29024, from 1-3 pm in Rekhi 101.
Rajath Nagaraj ’21 MS in Data Science will present a talk by on Monday, September 23, 2024, from 12-1 pm, in MEEM 403. His talk is titled, “Nagaraj will discuss, “Navigating Project Management in Data Science and Exploring Al Innovations in Insurance.”
The talk is presented by the Institute of Computing and Cybersystems’s Center for Artificial Intelligence.
Rajath Nagaraj is a senior data scientist at Liberty Mutual Insurance, working with Al and ML, including LLMs. In this session. Rajath will first dive into the essentials of industry-level project management in data science, exploring best practices for successfully managing complex projects from initiation to execution. The second part will focus on the transformative role of Al in various domains, with a deep dive into how Al is revolutionizing the insurance sector through applications like claims processing, fraud detection, quoting, underwriting, and personalized customer experiences.
Dave House Associate Professor Keith Vertanen, Computer Science, is looking to hire an undergraduate research assistant to work on a project involving text input on a Microsoft HoloLens v2 augmented reality (AR) headset. The research assistant will assist in developing and extending an existing AR application written in Unity. The RA may also be asked to help conduct a user study. The position starts immediately with the possibility of continued work in Spring 2025. Apply here.
Requirements:
Questions? Contact Keith Vertanen at vertanen@mtu.edu.
As part of the 2024 Computing [MTU] Showcase, a student poster competition will take place on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 2 pm in the MUB Alumni Lounge. The deadline to submit posters is Friday, September 27, at 11:59 pm ET.
Note: The deadline has been extended. (9/30/24)
Amazon will host several events during Career Fair on Wednesday, September 11, and Thursday, September 12.
With 167 Huskies working at Amazon, the company ranks as the tenth largest employer of Michigan Tech talent, aqlongside legacy companies like GM, Ford, Dow, Stellantis, and Caterpillar.