Computer Science Club

Foothill's CS club is holding the first official meeting of the quarter:
Thursday, 23 January, 3:00 pm, KCI building 4000

Come and get involved, code together and volunteer for a leadership position!

Where to find summer internships?

Since many colleges finish classes as early as May, now is the time to start looking for a summer internship. I have compiled a list of websites that aggregate internships available from various companies:

internbound.com
myedu.com
aftercollege.com
internmatch.com

It is also necessary to look at the website of a particular company that you are interested in. For example, you can find an Apple internship here:
http://www.apple.com/jobs/us/students.html

For motivation, you can watch the movie "The Internship." Highly recommended! Please post a comment here if you know of other places to find internships.

Volunteer Website Developer

The African Youth Health Education Magnet is looking for someone to create a website to support African youth in health education. This project could be a an excellent portfolio piece for a student, and a beneficial service for a great cause. For more information, contact pkanio <at> yahoo

Internship at Local Startup

Simppler is a machine learning based startup company with internship/co-op positions in machine learning, software engineering and user interface development. If you are interested, contact: jobs@simppler.com

Internships from the Dept. of Homeland Security

Apply for a summer internship with the DHS. You can receive a $5000 stipend plus travel expenses for a 10 week research experience. Areas of research include computer science. U.S. Citizenship required. Application deadline: January 6, 2014
More information:
http://www.orau.gov/dhseducation/internships/?utm_source=Copy+of+Fall2013+Pathways+Summit+Report&utm_campaign=DHS+Summer+2014+Internships&utm_medium=email

Two Scholarships Available at $4200 each

The National Science Foundation is looking for Foothill students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to give money to.  If all goes well, you could get the $4200 for a second year too! Apply by 22 November, details here:
https://scholarships.fhda.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=140923

Hackathon coming to San Jose in December

Here is the link for more information and to buy admission tickets:
http://apphack13sv-eorg.eventbrite.com

Note that you can get the FREE discounted ticket by solving this riddle: (it's a single line)

bmljZSBkZWNvZGluZyB5b3VuZyBwYWRhd2FuIFVzZSB5b3UgbXVzdCBsZWFybmVyIGZyZWUgdGlja2V0IGNvZGU6IEhBQ0tUQVNUSUM=

You can dig into Python to decode this Base64 code - Base64 is commonly used in a number of applications including email via MIME, and storing complex data in XML.