Once again, Carleton will be assembling teams of students to participate in the ACM Programming Contest. The experience is totally fun, and you get to practice different styles of programming than you may experience in your courses. The contest itself will be held on Saturday, November 11, at Gustavus Adolphus College. Want to participate and show how awesome Carleton is? Contact Dave Musicant (email dmusican) with questions or to express your interest by the evening of Monday, September 18. If you want to learn more about the contest in general, check out the contest website. You don't need to put in a lot of time into this: showing up at the main event and having fun is what matters most.

General Mills, located in Minneapolis, is looking to hire Programmer Analysts. Access the Carleton job database in order to apply (http://carleton.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp). The resume deadline is September 30, so get going right away if you're interested. Telephone interviews will be first, followed by interviews up in Minneapolis at General Mills headquarters. Here is more detailed information about the position.

It's time again for the annual departmental picnic. If you are a CS or math major, might someday be a CS or math major, work for the department as a system administrator, research assistant, grader, prefector, or lab assistant, or are simply a friend of the department or its denizens, you're invited! Take a break from studying at lunchtime on Tuesday, May 30, to eat, drink (lemonade, anyway) and be merry with us. We'll meet at Hill of Three Oaks at noon. Put your name and Sodexho number (if you have one) on the sign-up sheet posted on the glass doors to the department office by noon on Friday, May 26 (we're easy, but Sodexho is not!). If you are off board, that's no problem, but be sure to sign up anyway so we can figure out how much food and drink are needed. Bring your appetite, bring your CS and math friends, bring your 'bee. If you like to cook and want to show off your skills, bring a dish, but this is not required. See you there!

Carleton computer science major Tyler Odean won Carleton's Stanley H. Bloch Poetry Competition last Wednesday. In addition to recognition and accolades, Tyler won an impressive $750. The contest was judged by Alice Fulton, a prestigious poet who teaches at Cornell University. After his award was announced,Tyler read from his winning submissions. Congratulate Tyler when you see him!

Secure Computing, located in the Twin Cities, has hired a number of our graduating computer science majors in the past. Perhaps it's your turn! They will be conducting on-campus interviews during the afternoon on May 24. All jobs are in the eRecruiting system, at http://carleton.erecruiting.com/er/security/login.jsp, with an application deadline of Thursday, May 18.

Amy Csizmar Dalal is conducting research on streaming media and needs test participants. Watch movies for an hour, get a $5 gift certificate, and help further streaming media research. Available sessions:

• Wednesday, May 17, 3:30 PM
• Thursday, May 18, 3:00 PM or 4:30 PM

Email kazezb@carleton.edu to reserve a spot (first come, first served).

John Fox of MemoryMiner tells us: "I'd like to reiterate my offer to any of your students who wish to get in touch either for informal mentoring and/or for internship work. I've been paying students $25/hour for production quality work. In general, I'm always very happy to "pay back" all the help I've received over the years... I hope to stay connected with Carleton and its students in as many interesting ways as possible." Contact John directly at john@memoryminer.com if interested. You can learn more about MemoryMiner at www.memoryminer.com.

Advising Days are coming soon: May 12-22. Click above for descriptions of the computer science courses (above CS 127) that will be offered this fall. In addition to your own advisor, remember that you can contact our Student Departmental Advisor (Anna Ritz, ritza@carleton.edu) if you have questions.

Ambient Consulting is a Minneapolis-based business management and information technology consulting firm. It was ranked as the 3rd largest computer consulting company in Minnesota in the ‘The Business Journal’ for 2005. Ambient is looking to hire new graduates with degrees in computer science, and will be having an information session on Thursday, May 18, from 7-8 pm in Sayles-Hill 251. If you go, Ambient has asked that you bring your resume with you. Click above for more information about the positions.

SpeechGear is a Northfield company that specializes in combining voice technology with mobile computing. The folks at SpeechGear are looking to hire graduating computer science students. If interested, contact Robert Palmquist at RPalmquist@speechgear.com.

The Fulbright Scholar Program has announced that a number of awards in computer science are available. Click above for more information.

The Mayo Proteomics Research Center has two summer internship positions available. Click above for more information.