Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Foothill STEM Scholarships Available!

Apply now for one of the many science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) scholarships available to Foothill College students. Scholarship recipients receive $1400 per quarter for up to six quarters, have first choice of internships, and are paired with Foothill STEM faculty members in a one-to-one mentorship program.
Applicants must:
  1. be a Foothill College STEM student during the 2016-17 academic year
  2. enroll in at least 12 units each quarter.
  3. have a GPA of 2.70 or higher at the time of application.
  4. have already completed Pre-Calculus OR must be enrolled in Pre-Calculus (Math 48A) or higher for Fall quarter 2016.
  5. and file a current FAFSA and demonstrate financial need.

Scholarship Review Date : November 15th, 2016

Saturday, October 8, 2016

Free Time Management Workshop

Get the year started off with good habits. Learn simple time management skills that will help reduce stress in your life. Get insight into why you may put things off. See how to use your time efficiently.
Wed, 12 October, noon - 1:00 in STEM Center Room 4218

Friday, September 16, 2016

Instructional Design Internship

The Office of Ratepayer Advocates is looking for a CS student to create an on demand library of training materials.
More Information

Friday, August 26, 2016

Job available at Monetize Solutions - digital marketing software and custom data solutions

Passionate python data engineer is wanted to join our fun team. We are a startup with revenue and customers in the big data analytics space. This engineer will develop data pipelines for data science and in memory analytic purposes and get exposure to big data (Hadoop, Cloudera, Hortworks) and Apache Spark technologies.

Responsibilities include:
· Core python data pipeline development - extraction, loading, transformation into Apache Spark
· Data Integration and rapid bug fixing of core code components
· "whatever it takes" team player attitude towards completing required development
· Goes above and beyond the requirements requested
· Able to work in a self guided fashion, communicates well, updates and moves to the next logical step independently

Requirements & Skills
· Python programming experience (1+ years)
· College level Statistics
· Passion for analytics and working data
· Desire to be an early member of a startup team which already has proven success with customers and has huge potential
· Agile development methodology
· Ability to accurately estimate and break out development tasks
· Strong communication skills
· SQL skills
· Nice to have (bonus): Linear Algebra, Apache Hadoop, Spark, Scala, algorithms

For more information: http://www.monetizesolutions.com/