Interested in pursuing a master’s degree or just looking to lear more about it? WinC will be hosting a Masters Program info session with the CMU admissions director so you can know the ins and outs of pursuing a higher degree and ask further questions about their program!
Join us on zoom!
Join WinC and Orchard at a Tech Talk next week! Learn more about Orchard and the technologies they use to solve real world problems. Also, learn about the recruitment opportunities they offer!
Register by visiting: http://bit.ly/3vO7eMg
With midterm season coming up, WinC is hosting a study night. Whether you’re early in your CS caareer and about to come across your fist midterm season or onto your fourth CS electives, use this study hour to complete practice midterms, meet up with study groups, or ensure you have a quiet concentrated place for studying.
Have you heard of Git/Github but not sure what they are? Or maybe you’ve used both before, but you still aren’t comfortable with these tools.
Join us and learn how to work with git as it will come handy in your classes!
Zoom Link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/81689475668
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This is going to be an awesome event where you can learn about starting your own company and internship/new grad opportunities for this summer. Hope to see you there!
Come out to our meet & greet this Thursday at 7:30PM to get to know other members and to learn what WinC has planned for this fall!
Recording can be found here!
Freshman, Sophomores, Juniors preparing for 2022 opportunities; this is event is for you! Come to this event for an overview of Capital One’s tech opportunities, listen to a panel of women in tech, and ask questions! Plus, there will be a post-event opportunity to have a 1-on-1 coffee chat and resume review with a recruiter!
Register here!
Zoom: https://capitalone.zoom.us/j/97508336083?pwd=b3M2RlByc0pOWEdjTTlkSXVaT1YxUT09
Do you want to take control of your personal finances for greater financial freedom? Graduating and need to know how to do taxes? WinC is hosting a personal finances 101 event just for you! Hosted by June Liao, a Transamerica professional, get to learn all about all the financial basics you want to know about.
Please fill out this form prior to the event so WinC can tailor the event to your interests.
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This is the second installment of the Global NYU Women in Tech Networks speaker series.
About the speaker:
Farah Shamout is an Assistant Professor Emerging Scholar in Computer Engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, where she leads the Clinical Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Her research expertise is in data science and machine learning for healthcare, data analytics for large-scale multi-modal data, and model interpretability. Her projects focus on real-world clinical problems to inform decision-making, including patient prognosis and diagnosis using electronic health records and medical imaging. Prior to joining NYU Abu Dhabi, Farah completed her doctoral studies (DPhil) in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford on the Rhodes Scholarship. At Oxford, she was a member of Balliol College.
Interested in design but don’t know where to begin? Figma is a user interface design tool that has been growing in popularity for its functionality and collaborative nature! We’ll teach you some of the basics to get started!
Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/2710775548
Visit the Team Bio page to schedule 30 minute coffee chats with any member of the eboard. These coffee chats will be available for the rest of the semester so get to know all things WinC, CS, and life!
If you are in one of your first few CS classes and are considering taking more, this event is for you! We will outline what it means to be a CS major or minor, what career options are out there, and how you can get a head start if CS is what you choose focus on. There will be time for live Q&A and you can enter your questions ahead of time in the RSVP form
RSVP here (optional): https://forms.gle/brK4qWFsXvFbzEodA
Zoom link here: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92212641028
For all those part of the mentorship program, we heard your feedback, and we are holding a resume review workshop for you and your mentor/mentee! Join us on April 2nd with your mentee/mentor and resume to get advice on how to make your resume stand out.
Note: You do not have to be part of the mentorship program to come. All are welcome!
Zoom link: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/93025894470
Do you want a FREE Book???
We are working with Dr. Rana el Kaliuby on a book discussion event and she and her team have graciously offered to give us 100 free copies of her new book: Girl Decoded! As long as you are in the US and are an NYU student - you can sign up to receive your copy today! Make sure to act quickly (and spread the word)- these will go fast! More info about the book and our upcoming event in the google form.
https://forms.gle/Dhat7okzwuB1TsmX9
Are you curious about getting a Masters Degree? Come learn about the combined BA-MS program offered at NYU and more!
https://nyu.zoom.us/j/97143491896
Recording can be found here!
Get to know our Spring 2021 e-board and fellow members, and learn how ✨YOU ✨ can be involved with the club! WinC is committed to being a safe space that welcomes all genderfluid, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and non-binary womxn.
The Women in Computing group at NYU Courant is hosting a special pre-finals meetup in the 13th floor lounge of Warren Weaver Hall on Monday May 4th from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Our general theme is to take a break from studying and have some healthy eats, relax, and enjoy some activities that will give those math and computer science neurons a chance to recover!
In addition to having 'brain food,' we'll be demonstrating the use of a Makerbot Replicator2 3D printer, on which we'll be making giveaway CIMS clips that can be used as bookmarks.
NYU Ph.D. alumna and current Google Software Engineer Adriana Lopez-Alt will shed some light on both her experiences as a Ph.D. candidate at NYU and working in the industry. Find out how to find a mentor, an advisor/sponsor, an internship, a job, and more about grad school!
Snacks will be provided. All are welcome!
Adriana Lopez-Alt is a software engineer at Google, where she works on production security, ensuring that communication between Google servers is secure. She holds a B.S. in Math from MIT and a Ph.D. in Cryptography from NYU. When she's not fighting off hackers, Adriana enjoys reading, climbing, hiking, and playing with her two rascal dogs.
Adriana spoke at Google Symposium for Women in Computing, and has generously volunteered her time to come and talk at NYU.
Google NYC Office (76 Ninth Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10011)
Think you got game? Compete against other students from NYU, Rutgers, Stony Brook, New York Institute of Technology, Stevens Institute of Technology and the College of New Jersey for victory in challenges that test your brains and creativity to the max at The Google Games NYC! It’s a black hole of fun when teams of five go head to head in rigorous events: trivia, building challenge, puzzles, word association, and coding competitions. If you haven’t caught on just yet, this year’s theme is “Out of this World” so make sure to throw on your best space suit, astronaut helmet or alien gear and get ready for a total otherworldly time! Find four friends (Computer Science background strongly recommended), pick a team name and register here. In addition to the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat, Google will also be supplying food and refreshments to all participants and stellar prizes to our top competitors. Bring it on!
Don’t get lost in space! Remember to officially register by April 3rd. If you're looking for a team, try posting on the WinC facebook page to find other interested students.
Landing your first job is an important milestone, but what does it take to find and maintain long-term career satisfaction? We will hear from women at Google, New York University, and Columbia University who will share insight and advice drawn from their years of experience. Topics will include confidence, choosing who to work with, and dealing with bias throughout your career. The symposium will consist of talks, Q/A sessions, and a panel discussion.
IMPORTANT: You must register with Google by Friday April 10th to attend. Registration form is here. Please do not share this link, as only those invited should register. We received a lot of interest in this event, so if you can no longer attend, please let me know as soon as possible so we can give your spot to someone else.
Part of Tech@NYU's Startup Week: nyusw.com
Come with your thoughts (and notebook!) as 4 NYC-based technologists not only talk about race, gender, and class discrimination and underrepresentation in the tech industry, but discuss potential ways forward in creating products for all.
Moderated by Amy Chen, our 4 panelists include:
1. Sutian Dong from FirstMark Capital
2. Gerard O'Neill from Etsy
3. Blake Johnson from the Flatiron School
4. Stephanie Morillo from General Assembly
Learn more about the panelists on our website, nyusw.com.
Seats will fill fast! Please arrive 5-10 minutes early for check in.
Non-students must purchase tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nyusw-constructive-criticism-tickets-16094501086
All Tech@NYU events are covered by a strict anti-harassment policy:http://techatnyu.org/anti-harassment
We're kicking off the mentorship program we've talk so much about! If you've signed up for the program, you should've received an email about your mentor or mentee. Come meet everyone!
NYU-Poly Pfizer Auditorium (6 MetroTech Roadway, Brooklyn, NY 11201)
Edward Tufte, a pioneer in the field of data visualization, will offer his one-day course on information design to students for only $50 as part of Tech@NYU Startup Week. The course normally costs $380 for non-students and $200 for students. As part of the course, students receive all of Tufte's four books. Tufte has been called "The Leonardo da Vinci of data" by the New York Times, while Wiredsays his course is "One visionary day....the insights of this class lead to new levels of understanding both for creators and viewers of visual displays."
Credit Suisse on Madison Ave
Credit Suisse is hosting an exclusive site visit and networking event for 15-20 WinC members. You'll learn about the technology at Credit Suisse and the Summer Analyst program over lunch and coffee with their specialists. To RSVP, send your resume to marc.caporiccio@credit-suisse.com -- spots are limited so do it fast! This is open to all women in technology.
NYU New York, Abu Dhabi, and Shanghai campuses
The largest global EdTech Hackathon happening across New York University's global network. We are a cross-pollination of students, faculty, and administrators from NYU who see education as the strongest tool for global social progress. That's why we're here: to create technology for the future of education.
You've worked hard to make sure your resume has the perfect font, and you've worn your best suit for interview day. Now it's time for the technical interview, but what do you have to expect? In the first of a series of Technical Interview seminars, come hear expert Software Engineer Baris Yuksel offer insights on his time working at tech giants Microsoft and Google, and what it takes to conquer the technical interview.
Co-hosted and co-sponsored by the NYU Patent Pending Club and NYU Wasserman Center for Career Development at Brooklyn Wunsch Building (2nd Floor)
https://nyu-csm.symplicity.com/students/index.php?mode=form&id=1fae63df86e71fdc04b2751d10e8c697&s=event&ss=ws
WinC Club Room (Courant Rm 419)
Drop by the club room and join us for some coffee and donuts! Three of our officers, Kaitlin, Rihab, and Emily, will be happy to meet you and talk to you about anything.
WinC Club Room (Courant Rm 419)
Drop by the club room and join us for some coffee and donuts! Two of our officers, Connie and Alice will be happy to meet you and talk to you about anything.
Pratt's Graduate Communications Design Program is calling all designers, developers and strategists! Come connect, collaborate and solve real world problems. Briefs from Bank of America, Columbia University Medical Center and Ubiquity Global Services.
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