Carleton alum Ethan Sommer '03 is currently working for the IT department at Gustavus Adolphus College. He tells us that they have an opening for a Macintosh specialist, and he'd love to see a Carl get the job. Click above for more information.

Chris Ashworth '02, now working for Tresys Technology, tells us that they are looking to hire. Click above for more information.

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education is currently recruiting students for the new U.S. Department of Energy DOE scholars Internship Program. Click above for more info.

You are hereby invited to a party organized by the computer science department on Friday evening, from 7:00 to 9:30p. We will be celebrating of all sorts of things -- the new year, surviving (we hope!) the relentlessly grueling first week of classes, anything else that you feel like celebrating -- and we'd love to see you there. Click above for more info.

The 40th annual Midwest Instruction and Computing Symposium (MICS) will take place on April 20-21, 2007 at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. This is a technical computer science conference aimed at both students and faculty, which gives students an opportunity to present papers and posters about work that they've done. The conference also has a programming contest and a robot contest, so it sounds like lots of fun! Do you have a project that you might consider presenting? Check out http://www.cs.und.edu/mics07/ for more information. (If you want to submit an abstract, the deadline is January 12, 2007.)

The University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation is accepting applications for interns for the summer of 2007. Interns work with faculty members and their research groups on projects using high-performance computing environments to address problems in science and engineering that could not otherwise be attempted. The application deadline is February 28, 2007. For more information, visit the program website.

Corporate Interns tells us that they are seeking a Web Development Intern for Lifetouch National School Studios in Eden Prairie, MN. They tell us that they are interested in recent graduates, upcoming December graduates, or current students with availability to work on a part-time basis until they graduate. Click above for more information.

McGill University has announced the fifth edition of the Computer Science Games, to be held there on March 9-11, 2007. If you are interested in organizing a team of students to travel to Montreal to compete, click above for more information.

On Saturday, November 11, six Carleton computer science students competed in the annual ACM North Central Regional Programming Contest. We traveled to Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, MN, to compete on site against teams from Gustavus, Luther College, and Macalester College; we also simultaneously competed against a total of 181 teams in the entire North Central Region. Click above for the results!

Corporate Interns tells us that they are seeking a Software R & D Engineer for a real estate technology company in Eden Prairie, MN. They tell us that they are interested in recent graduates or upcoming December graduates, but will also consider current students with availability to work on a part-time basis until they graduate. Click above for more information.

The 2007 Summer Research Opportunity Programs at Big Ten institutions is now taking applications. These are fantastic research opportunities for students from all over the country. The programs provide a fairly generous summer stipend plus room and board assistance. The website says the following regarding eligibility: "The program is designed to increase educational access for students from diverse backgrounds. Students from racial and ethnic minority groups and low-income, first-generation students are especially encouraged to apply." Click above for more information.

David Liben-Nowell (dlibenno, CMC 320) announces: "I am beginning a new research project on patterns of friendship formation, and I am looking for some students (most likely two) to work with me on this project. The immediate short-term goal is to write a crawler for a large online social-networking site; after the data collection, we will work on analyzing particular patterns of friendships within the data. [Click above for more information about the project.] If you are interested, please get in touch with me as soon as possible. I expect you to commit to working on the project through at least Winter and Spring 2007, and preference will be given to students willing to commit to working on this project beyond this academic year (possibly including Summer 2007)."