Here are the CPE program announcements for June 5th, 2020
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
1. Virtual Student Expo
2. CPE 133 Offered this Summer!
3. EE/CPE 333 Information
4. Office of the Registrar Schedule Builder virtual drop-in sessions
5. Computer Engineering Society (CPEs) Needs Your Help
6. WISH Announcements
7. 2020 Quip Diversity Scholarship
8. Lyn Aerospace: Real-time Systems Developer position
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
CENG #BLM Town Hall Meeting
When: TODAY, June 5th, 3:30 pm
Our community is hurting right now. Once again, our Black students, faculty, and staff, along with Black individuals in our community and around the country, are faced with the trauma of violence being perpetrated against them. Our foremost duty as educators and members of the Cal Poly community is to work toward your success, both in and out of the classroom and both on and off campus. We recognize that these trying events that are occurring both nationally and locally are affecting how you live and learn, for some of you much more than others. We want to gather in community and hear from you, give you the space to share your experiences, hear from others, and collaborate on ways to end systemic forms of oppression.
More information and Zoom link here: https://ceng.calpoly.edu/connection/2020/06/ceng-blm-town-hall-meeting/
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Virtual CPE Banquet
You are invited to the CPE Virtual Banquet!
What: Virtual CPE Banquet
When: TODAY, June 5
Time: 5:00 pm social | 5:30 pm event begins
We are hosting this event this year via VirBella – a virtual reality environment where you create an avatar and move around just like a real banquet space.
If you are interested in attending this year, you will need to do 2 things:
1. RSVP | RSVP via the link below so we can email you a special link to the event.
2. Install VirBella on your computer & create an Avatar | You will need an avatar in order to participate. You can do this by creating a free account (see link below). Once you create a free account and create an avatar, you will be able to move around the VirBella campus and practice with your avatar.
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CPE Graduation
CPE Grads! We will be sending out details regarding our plans for CPE Graduation. You will find the latest info posted on our page (see link below).
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1. Virtual Student Expo
The College of Engineering is organizing an online virtual student expo for June. For those students whose instructions are require this, CPE students can request a login to the expo site to upload their project content. See below for the request link.
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2. CPE 133 Offered this Summer!
CPE Students Take Note! CPE 133 is being offered this summer! Please take advantage of this opportunity! Look for this course in your schedule builder!
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3. EE/CPE 333 Information
Summer 2020: EE/CPE 333 - Computer Hardware Architecture and Design
Schedule: MWF 2-4pm
Course Prerequisites: CPE/EE 233.
Why is this class compelling?
Computers today are ubiquitous. The computer industry, driven by process scaling, embraces innovation at a breath-taking rate. As an example, had the transportation industry kept pace with the computer industry, today we could travel from New York to London in a second for a penny. Each time the cost of computing improves by another factor of 10, the opportunities for computers multiply. Applications that were economically infeasible suddenly become practical. In this new course, we will learn about the fundamentals of computer architecture and organization. We will design and build the hardware of a modern computer architecture and develop software to run on it! The high performance computer we will build is based on the open-source, license-free, and royalty-free ISA specification, RISCV, which has experienced recent rapid growth in industry. It is supported by a growing shared software ecosystem and has both proprietary and open-source core implementations. It is also appropriate for all levels of computing systems, from microcontrollers to supercomputers. The RISCV standard is maintained by the non-profit RISCV Foundation (which includes companies such as Google, IBM, Samsung, Nivdia, SiFive, Western Digital, etc.). This course will provide students a solid foundation for pursuing a wide range of exciting careers in computing.
Course Description: Study of a hardware design of a specific CPU. Pipelining, input/output, multi-processors, and performance measurement. Implementation of CPU architectural and computer components using hardware-description languages and development board platforms.
Other comments: Dr. Callenes-Sloan is eager to work with you and his students assistants to share knowledge on the topic and build new exciting computer designs. Many students have already found that this course prepared them well for their future job interviews and careers.
How do I get a permission number for this class: Email Yvonne Lynch (ylynch@calpoly.edu) and Professor Callenes-Sloan (jcallene@calpoly.edu) ASAP.
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4. Office of the Registrar Schedule Builder virtual drop-in sessions
Do you have questions about the functions of Schedule Builder? Are you unsure how to use this new platform to organize your fall 2020 schedule?
In preparation for the fall term, the Scheduling Unit of the Office of the Registrar will be offering four virtual drop-in sessions to assist all students—both undergraduates and graduates—as they become more familiar with Cal Poly’s new class scheduling tool.
You are welcome to drop in at any time during each session to ask the experts your Schedule Builder-related questions. Registration is not required.
Please note: These drop-in sessions are not designed to provide registration or advising assistance.
Please join us on any of the following dates:
Friday, June 5: 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Tuesday, June 9: 1 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Thursday, June 11: 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, June 12: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.
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5. Computer Engineering Society (CPEs) Needs Your Help
The Computer Engineering Society (CPES) is a general purpose computing club for any and all students with an interest in computers, and we currently provide primarily educational opportunities to those students to further enhance their experience in the classroom. As the CPE program transitions to a department, we thought this would be a great opportunity for CPES to transition into a different kind of club, focused on building community for the computing departments and providing events and services to their students.
Before undergoing any major changes, we wanted to reach out to you, the general student body, to see what you would like to see in the "new" CPES. This new form of the club will be dedicated to serving the students, so we value your opinion greatly as we go through this change.
Please take a minute of your time to complete this short survey, and feel free to reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns!
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6. WISH Announcements
WISH x CPRC Office Hours
When: Tuesdays 11:00am - 12:00pm, Fridays 10:00am - 12:00pm
We are excited to announce that we will be holding office hours for the remainder of the quarter. This will just act as a time that people can hang out and do hw together and/or chit chat on zoom. We will be hosting them along with Robotics Club and anyone is welcome to join! They will be every Tuesday from 11am-12pm and every Friday from 10am-12pm. Hope to see you there!
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7. 2020 Quip Diversity Scholarship
Diversity plays a crucial role in innovation, promotes creative thinking, and is important to make a complete product. It is a critical part of building great company culture which we strive to achieve at Quip. That's why, five years ago, we created the Quip Diversity Scholarship for students pursuing careers in STEM, and why we're delighted to announce that applications for 2020 are now being accepted through June 24, 2020.
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8. Lyn Aerospace: Real-time Systems Developer position
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