The Co-operative (Co-op) Education Model  A three way partnership between –students –employers –the Dept of Computer Science

Programs in Computer Science Co-op –Computer Science (Hons & Major) –Computer Science / Math Joint Honours –Computer Science / Physics & Astronomy Joint Honours –Computer Science / Stats Joint Honours –Coursework Master’s

Why?  Earn a competitive salary  Apply classroom learning  Develop crucial employability skills  Resume & cover letter development and interview skills - an easy transition to work is facilitated  Soft Skills

 Have the opportunity to work outside of Manitoba/Canada.  Build a network!  Get better grades! ……… usually.  Gain a realistic understanding of the choices available with your degree.

Stats  150+ placements per year across Canada –2012 – 156  67 placements in summer 2013 –11 west coast –3 Coursework Master’s

Robotics Lab HCI Lab EISI (Zywave) RIM (Blackberry) Currently: iQmetrix Employer! Shell Canada DND/ Invenia Currently: Masters in Comp Sci Ag Canada Prime Focus Rim (Blackberry) Currently: EA)

TRIUMFTRIUMF is one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories.

Summer 2013 Employers

Special Guest #1 William Humphreys-Cloutier –Freshbooks, Toronto (Work Term I) –500px, Toronto (Work Term II)

FreshBooks –Freshbooks – “Cloud Accounting” –Sounds super boring. Nope! –My best summer ever? –Lots of independence. –Learn a ton! –Amazing culture.

FreshPics!

500px – “World’s Best Photography” – Rockin’ lean startup team (~20) – Loads of independence and trust – Worked with really cool, cutting edge web technologies – Connections in T.O. tech scene – Perks!

500px HQ

Success!

Special Guest #2 Robin Swanson  Canada Japan Program –Taiyo Industrial, Wakayama, Japan (Work Term I, II & III) –TRIUMF, Vancouver (Summer Student –Dept of Computer Science (Optional Work Term IV)

Canada Japan Coop Program  Amazing Employers –NTT, SONY, Panasonic, Osaka Gas, Kao Chemicals, Fujitsu, SANYO...  Great Students –From students across Canada –UBC, SFU, Toronto, Manitoba  Spectacular Country –Rich history –Easy travel –Friendly people

Taiyo Industrial Co., Ltd.  Wakayama, Wakayama  Specialty in FPC –Cameras, Cell Phones, etc.  Test Systems Department –Visual inspection of FPC  My Work: –Low-level interaction with motors & cameras –Image processing –GPU programming –Android development

TRIUMF  Canada’s national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics  Nuclear Medicine, Materials Science, Particle Accelerators  Excellent Student Program –Lab Tours, Lectures, Excursions  My Work: –DEAP-3600 Dark Matter Experiment –Analysis & Simulation of DAQ hardware

Current Work  Transversals in Rectangles –Working with Dr. John van Rees –Creating an algorithm to find the maximum frequency in which a rectangle has a transversal –Learning something nobody has ever known before  UMSATS –Inter-University Satellite Competition –Acting lead of Science and Payloads –Sending animals to space

Special Guest #3 Heather Kuppe  Cogmation Robotics (Work Term I)

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