Are you looking for a way to spend some time away from school, but doing so in a productive fashion? If so, do not hesitate to volunteer at Refugee Youth Project. We are an organization that works to help refugee children to adjust to life in America. As a volunteer, you would be responsible for helping kids with homework, playing games with them both indoors and outdoors (they LOVE to play soccer), and simply being there for the children, as both a friend and a mentor. This a great opportunity for you to try something new and foster close relationships with fun-loving kids from a part of the world that you may have never even heard of before. 

We are looking for volunteers for Thursdays 3:30- 5:15 pm, beginning this week! 

If interested please email Eloise Grose at elgrose1@umbc.edu ASAP. 

MS Thesis Defense

Real-time Realistic Rendering of Sunrise and Sunset on the Ocean

Yuping Zhang

10:00am Monday, 9 February 2015, ENG 005

The aim of this thesis is to study advanced real-time realistic rendering techniques for outdoor natural scenes. Much research has been done for rendering realistic outdoor scenes, such as sky, ocean, terrain, etc. But sunrise and sunset are rarely discussed. Interesting phenomena like the sun mirages during sunset and sunrise could create splendid visual effects.

This thesis presents a method to render sun mirages. It uses precomputed atmospheric refraction profiles for different atmosphere condition and performes ray tracing to render the sun deformation. Combined with other methods, it renders sunrise and sunset on the ocean in real time. It simulates realistic sun mirages, sky color, ocean waves and lighting, which can be useful for realistic scenes in movies, video games or for scientific simulators.

Program Committee: Drs. Marc Olano (Chair), Penny Rheingans, Jian Chen

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Name: Minhaz Mahmud

Internship, Co-op or Research Site: LinkedIn | Title of Your Position: Site Reliability Engineering Intern

Major(s)/Minor(s): Computer Science

Expected Graduation Year: May 2015

Briefly describe your internship, co-op, research, or service-learning opportunity, including your day-to-day tasks, responsibilities, and assignments.

I worked on LinkedIn's Mobile Site Reliability Engineering Team. The team supports all of LinkedIn's mobile apps including the main LinkedIn app, LinkedIn Jobs, LinkedIn Connected, and more. I worked on building a framework that would assist in monitoring the mobile apps to detect failures in production as soon as they happen so user impact is minimized. Each day I looked at my goals for the week and figured out what I needed to do that day and began working. The project was prototyped and presented at the LinkedIn Intern Fair and to the VP of Engineering.

Describe the process of obtaining your internship, research, or co-op opportunity.

I applied for the position through LinkedIn's careers page. I prepared for the interview by going through Cracking The Coding Interview and doing practice problems. The process consisted of several rounds of technical phone interviews. Since the position was for LinkedIn, I made sure my LinkedIn profile had as much information as it could and was a good representation of me.

Which of the following resources did you use to find your current experience?

LinkedIn Careers Website

What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization/company?

LinkedIn had a great culture. Help was always available when I needed it. There were a ton of intern events to make the experience as enjoyable as possible. I got to work on an interesting project and I was given any software or hardware I asked for if it would help me with my work. For example, I requested an iPhone 5S with a data plan to test some functionality and I received it just a few hours later. Then of course there is the free food and snacks!

What have you gained from your experience that you could not have gained from another opportunity?

I met a lot of smart people and built some great relationships. I met some of the smartest people in the computer science industry and got to experience first hand what it was like to work in Silicon Valley. I think the experience was definitely unique. I was also able to attend various speaker sessions and company all hands where the CEO and famous authors and influencers spoke.

What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?

Apply to a lot of positions and polish your resume, have some personal projects on there! Really understand data structures and algorithms for the technical interviews.

Please provide a short reflection or quote about what you liked most about your position / earning internship credit / the internship placement process.

LinkedIn had a great culture where I felt I could do my best work but still have fun at the same time.

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield - Washington, D.C. - PORTALS, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 26, 2015

END DATE: Jan 29, 2015

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC - Washington, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 23, 2015

END DATE: Mar 31, 2015

United States Army Research Laboratory - Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 22, 2015

END DATE: May 22, 2015

Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division - Bethesda, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 22, 2015

END DATE: Mar 06, 2015

TAI Engineering, Inc. - Baltimore, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Experienced, Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 21, 2015

END DATE: Feb 27, 2015

Accenture Federal Services - Washingto DC, District of Columbia

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 21, 2015

END DATE: Apr 30, 2015

The Nielsen Company - New York, New York

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 21, 2015

END DATE: Feb 09, 2015

MAXOutreach - Odenton, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Experienced, Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 20, 2015

END DATE: Mar 20, 2015

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Constellation Design Group, Inc. - Baltimore, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 20, 2015

END DATE: Mar 20, 2015

MAXOutreach - Odenton, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 20, 2015

END DATE: Mar 20, 2015

The Nielsen Company - New York, New York

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 19, 2015

END DATE: Feb 09, 2015

Astacrs.INC - nationwide, United States

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Experienced, Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 16, 2015

END DATE: Feb 27, 2015

MdBio Foundation - Baltimore, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Experienced, Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 16, 2015

END DATE: Mar 16, 2015

Thoughts to Paper - Germantown, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Entry-Level

POSTING DATE: Jan 15, 2015

END DATE: Feb 28, 2015

Granite Security, Inc. - Gaithersburg, Maryland

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time - Experienced, Full-Time - Entry-Level, Part-Time

POSTING DATE: Jan 14, 2015

END DATE: Mar 13, 2015

The Computational Photonics Laboratory has one or two post-doctoral/research professor positions available.  Please click for more information: http://www.csee.umbc.edu/?p=18210.