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Computer Science and Computer Engineering students interested in becoming part of the renowned Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab are in luck. The lab is currently seeking interns for this summer.

Located in Laurel, Maryland, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory works on over 600 programs focused on protecting homeland security and advancing the nation’s goals in research and space science, says the lab’s website. Boasting a staff of 4,700, the lab has an annual funding level of nearly $980 million.

Interns will help develop a prototype immersive, distributed, web-application with the goal of putting together an entire virtual environment. The project will require skills like archival data structures, visualization tools, and distributed access.

Interns should have programming knowledge in Java, C++, and C#/00 Programming languages: Java Script, AJAX. In addition, interns should have experience with Apache, Tomcat, Glassfish, or similar web application servers.

For a complete job description and a full list of requirements, and for information about how to apply, click here.

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Computer Science and Computer Engineering students interested in becoming part of the renowned Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab are in luck. The lab is currently seeking interns for this summer.

Located in Laurel, Maryland, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory works on over 600 programs focused on protecting homeland security and advancing the nation’s goals in research and space science, says the lab’s website. Boasting a staff of 4,700, the lab has an annual funding level of nearly $980 million.

Interns will help develop a prototype immersive, distributed, web-application with the goal of putting together an entire virtual environment. The project will require skills like archival data structures, visualization tools, and distributed access.

Interns should have programming knowledge in Java, C++, and C#/00 Programming languages: Java Script, AJAX. In addition, interns should have experience with Apache, Tomcat, Glassfish, or similar web application servers.

For a complete job description and a full list of requirements, and for information about how to apply, click here.

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Computer Science alumnus Joshua Barczak (B.S. ’03, M.S. ’06) will be a featured speaker at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD).

Now a Senior Graphics Engineer at the Maryland-based game development studio Firaxis Games, Joshua studied computer graphics at UMBC and carried out research under professors Dr. Marie desJardins and Dr. Marc Olano before graduating with his Master's degree in Computer Science in 2006.

At Firaxis, Joshua’s first game credit was for Sid Meier’s Civilization V video game. For the game, Joshua worked on implementing the rendering framework which drives the diplomacy screens. He also put together a procedural ice-floe generator. “If you’re playing the game and happen to go close enough to the poles, you’ll notice that each and every ice chunk is unique,” writes Joshua on his website.

Joshua will speak on Wednesday, April 25 at 12:00 p.m. in the University Center 312. After Joshua's talk, come chat with him about what it's like to work in the video game industry in the Information Technology/ Engineering (ITE) Building 325B from 3:00-3:50 p.m.

For more information about Joshua’s game development experience, check out his bio on UMBC’s Office of Undergraduate Education website.

Joshua Barczak (CMSC, B.S. '03, M.S. '06)
Senior Graphics Engineer, Firaxis Games
 

Gym Class Heroes

Student Events Board: Quadmania 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

9:00pm

The Retriever Activity Center (RAC)

All Guests = $18.00

Ticket #: 640 of 2500

SEB River Rafting Trip

SEB Bus Trip

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Bus departs The Commons Circle @ 12pm

All Guests = $40.00

Ticket #: 5 of 35

Luke 18:18-30 (NIV)

18 A certain ruler asked him, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
19 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 20 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery, you shall not murder, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.’”
21 “All these I have kept since I was a boy,” he said.
22 When Jesus heard this, he said to him, “You still lack one thing. Sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
23 When he heard this, he became very sad, because he was very wealthy. 24 Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! 25 Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
26 Those who heard this asked, “Who then can be saved?”
27 Jesus replied, “What is impossible with man is possible with God.”
28 Peter said to him, “We have left all we had to follow you!”
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus said to them, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or sisters or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 will fail to receive many times as much in this age, and in the age to come eternal life.”

Reflection:

This story is about a rich young ruler who had life all figured out. But he could not accept and receive all that Jesus said about the kingdom of God. At the end, he walks away saddened, unable to fully live in God’s blessing for his life.
We too can have life all put together yet not realize that the key to living a life of blessing is to receive well from the Lord. God’s kingdom is far greater than what we can understand or imagine. No matter how old we may be or how much we’ve experienced, may we be always open to new revelation and blessings from the Lord.

Response:
Let’s pray for God to open our hearts and help us receive like a little child all that He has for us today. May we be humble and receive with trusting hearts.