CS 3011: Industry Forum — Spring 2020

Fridays, 10:45am-11:35am   WEB L104

Organizer: Kobus Van der Merwe (kobus@cs.utah.edu)

Schedule (subject to change)

Date Speaker Topic
1/10 Amanda Beardall
U of U Career Services
How to Succeed at the Career Fairs: Top Seven Tips
1/17 Teresa Anderson-Myers and Scott Nielsen
Recursion Pharmaceuticals
A Day in the Life of a Biotech Startup
1/24 Mark Muday
Shape Security
The Care and Feeding of a Software Engineering Career
1/31 Joe Turner
LocalFluence
Startups 101: Developer edition
2/7 Nick Moore and Ligia Frangello
Plaid
The First Years Out of College: Learnings and What Brought Us to Plaid
2/14 Christopher Pitts
Sandia National Laboratories
Your Missing Semester
2/21 Matt Strum
U of U SoC Alumnus
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes - Making your career your own
2/28 Rajesh Talpade
MasterControl
A Sneak Peek at Product Management
3/6 Blane Nelson
Adobe
Clouds of a Different Color
3/13 Spring Break - No meeting
3/20 Ben Dilts
Lucidchart
Startup Equity Crash Course
3/27 Josh Hallstrom
Motorola Solutions
High Performing Teams & Software Development
4/3 Jeff Christensen
Entrypoint Networks
Protect Long Incubation Cycles
4/10 Kobus Van der Merwe
University of Utah
Is Grad School Right For You?


About the Class

Industry Forum is designed to expose students to topics that are not discussed in depth as part of the normal curriculum, but that are likely to be important after they graduate. Each week one or more guest speakers, typically local and national business leaders, will give a talk and answer questions on a topic of interest to them. Topics will run the gamut from the highly career oriented (e.g., how to write a resume and interview or how to decide if graduate school is right for you) to the highly technical (e.g., how video special effects are generated or how software development organizations manage complex system development). The objective of the course is for students to understand what kinds of careers are available after graduation and how students should be preparing beyond their coursework.


Assignments and Grading

For each class meeting, each student should submit a talk evaluation as described here. Students must hand in (at least) ten written evaluations. Assignments are due at the start of the following week's class. Turn them in via the course Canvas page.

In addition, each student must write a 5-page (single space formatted) final report on a topic related to the course, e.g., an overview of what you learned/liked/disliked, a more detailed study of a subject that one of the speakers raised, etc. The 5-page final report is due on the last day of classes and needs to be submitted via Canvas.


Course communication

Course communication will be done via Canvas.


Applying CS 3011 Towards Your CS Electives

EAE students will not be able to count CS 3011 (or any one- or two-credit courses) as an elective.

For regular CS students, CS 3011 can be applied towards a CS elective course requirement, and you can retake CS 3011 for credit up to three times.

Seven CS electives, 3+ credits each, 3000-level or higher are required for the regular CS track. Six (6) full CS courses (3-4 cr) must be taken. The 7th course may be any combination of Senior Capstone Design, CS 3011, CS 3020, CS 4010, CS 4190 or CS 5040 (up to three credits). Four-credit classes cannot be combined with one or two-credit courses to equal the final elective.


College of Engineering Academic Guidelines

You can read about the College of Engineering's policies on appeals, withdrawing from courses, and repeating courses here.


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