Professional Master's Program

OrientationWinter 2016

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Welcome from PMP

Staff Dave RispoliDave Rispoli

AdvisorAdvisorrispoli@ cs.washington.edurispoli@ cs.washington.edu

Pedro DomingosPedro DomingosFaculty CoordinatorFaculty Coordinator

pedro@cs.washington.edupedro@cs.washington.edu

Fred VideonFred VideonSoftware EngineerSoftware Engineerfred@fred@ cs.washington.educs.washington.edu prieto@cs.washington.eduprieto@cs.washington.edu

Tonight’s Orientation

1. Food/Ice Breaker

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Welcome/Dept./PMP Overview

CSE/UW ComputingFacilities

4. Academic InfoAdmin Info

US News Graduate Program RankingsComputer Science (6)Computer Engineering (15)

By Ranked Computer Science AreasSystems (5)Theory (9)AI (5)Programming Languages (13)

Latest Accomplishments:http://www.cs.washington.edu/news_events/ Exciting New Faculty Hires:http://www.cs.washington.edu/public_files/CSE_new_hires_2013.pdf

Research Areas:http://www.cs.washington.edu/research/

Departmental Excellence

Undergraduate programs770 full-time students240 degrees conferred per year

Full-Time Graduate Program – research focus

225 full-time students

25 Ph.D. graduates per year

Professional Master’s Program 160 part-time students60 new students per year50 graduates per year (700 to date)

CS&E Students

Fifth Year Master Program15 full-time studentsStarted in 2008 for current CSE undergrad students

Mission

Allow IT professionals access to CSE faculty & curriculumStudents exposed to latest research developments

Promote regional IT recruiting and advancement

Strengthen existing CSE/Industry partnerships

Not: Path to the Ph.D. program

Not: Advanced technical training program

PMP leads to a MS Degree in Computer Science & Engineering

Degree (non-thesis) consists of approximately 40 credits:Eight Professional Master’s Program courses (4 credits each)

No pre-requisites exist among coursesEight additional credits

Typically fulfilled by enrolling in our colloquium series (1 credit each)

Time to complete the program: 2 1/2 years - one course and one colloquium per quarter. No classes offered in summer.

Degree Requirements

Academic Progress

Academic Progress Students must complete degree in timely manner (15

credits/year recommended)

6 years (including ALL time spent on-leave) is the maximum time allotted by the UW for earning a Master’s degree

Continuous Enrollment Students enroll in at least 2 credits or be formally on-leave

at all times during program (excluding Summer quarter)

On-leave status must have Faculty Coordinator approval.

ScholarshipA cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above required for master’s degreeA grade of 2.7 or above required for a course to be counted

toward degree. (8 courses of 2.7 or above required for degree.)

Transfer of Credit You may petition for transfer of up to 6 credits of graduate

level course work (completed as a graduate student only) that has not counted towards any other degree

Contact advisor to expedite the approval process

Other Important PoliciesListed at: http://www.washington.edu/students/#ACADEMICS It is student’s responsibility to be familiar with UW policies

Academic Progress (cont.)

Instruction

Graduate courses especially designed for working professionals: Targeted class limit of 45 students

Moderate length assignments Manageable group projects Final exams Accessible: Some PMP courses available on-line and at Microsoft

Instructors: Regular faculty and other highly qualified instructors

Almost all instructors have their own research programsUniversity resources:

World class library Generous computing facilities

Regular Courses:Operating SystemsDistributed SystemsCompiler ConstructionProgramming LanguagesSoftware EngineeringNetwork SystemsDigital SystemsComputer ArchitectureParallel Computation Artificial IntelligenceData Mining/Machine LearningApplied AlgorithmsComputational BiologySoftware SystemsImage Understanding/Comp Vision Computer Graphics

Human Computer InteractionTransaction ProcessingDatabase Management SystemsSoftware EntrepreneurshipComputer SecurityNatural Language ProcessingMolecular & Neural ComputationRoboticsUbiquitous ComputingSome one-time courses:Alternative Computer ParadigmsMobile ComputingUbiquitous ComputingIT in the Developing WorldCryptographyConcurrencyComplexity TheoryQuantum Computing

Courses

Colloquia

Enables students to see state of art research from the best in field.Note especially our Distinguished Lecturer Series.

Info: cs.washington.edu/students/pmp/colloquia/earning_credit/

Students can view talks live or on-line. (90% available on-line)

Live: Tues.& Thurs. 3:30-4:30 room EE-105.On-line: “on demand” link from URL above.

To earn 1 credit: view any 8 colloquia; report on any 4.(From any day, week or year!)

Colloquia reporting system:Search: http://norfolk.cs.washington.edu/htbin-post/unrestricted/colloq/search.cgi Reporting: http://norfolk.cs.washington.edu/htbin-php/colloq_reporting/summary.php

Planning your program

Regular courses are normally taught on a two-year cycle.

Normal: 8 courses + 8 credits of colloquia

Exceptions:Replace colloquia with regular PMP coursesDaytime graduate courses (with permission)

No research options.

Contact PMP Advisor for questions.

Graduation

Degree application process described at: http://www.grad.washington.edu/stsv/mastapp.htm

The two most important things to remember are:PMP students must register for at least two credits in the

quarter they wish to graduatePMP students must apply for their degrees in the first

month of the quarter they plan to graduate.

Watch for CSE Events at your Company!

Graduation Events!!!PMP Graduate DinnerCSE Graduation EventHusky Stadium Commencement

Winter 2016 cs.washington.edu/students/pmp/courses/current/

Current Courses

CSE P 501 Compiler ConstructionHal Perkins- Instructor (Distance)Day/Time: Tue 6:30-9:20 pm; Place: UW: Allen Center for CS&E, room 305; MS: Building 99, Room 1915 Principles and practice of building efficient implementations of modern programming languages. Lexical, syntactic, and semantic analysis of program. Intermediate program representations. Intra- and interprocedural analysis and optimization. CSE P 552 Distributed SystemsDan Ports- Instructor Day/Time: Tuesday 6:30-9:20 pm; Place: TBD Design of high performance, highly available distributed web services. Clock synchronization, distributed consensus, failure models, loading balancing, object location and migration, distributed transactions, cache coherence, & security.CSE P 573 Artificial IntelligenceLuke Zettlemoyer - Instructor Day/Time: Thursday 6:30-9:20 pm; Place: TBD Introduction to the use of artificial intelligence tools and techniques in industrial and business settings. Topics include: problem solving and search, game playing, knowledge representation and reasoning, uncertainty, machine learning, and natural language processing.CSEP 590 Entrepreneurship: Company-Building from Formation to Successful ExitGreg Gottesman and Matt McIlwain- Instructors Day/Time: Wednesday 6:00-9:15 pm [Note earlier start time]; Place: PAACAR 395Topics include starting, growing, managing, leading, and ultimately exiting a startup venture. Note: When available (usually the week before courses start) Course Web pages are linked to the course titles on the current courses page!

Registration

PMP students register by phone [(206) 543-2310], fax, or mail using registration form Advisor sends quarterly to students' cs e-mail address.

Registration and payment must be received no later than close of business Friday before quarter start.

PMP students should be familiar with add/drop/withdraw policies at www.washington.edu/students/#ACADEMICS .

Don’t worry about the Enrollment Deposit.

PMP students:Can’t use myUW to register for PMP courses

Can use myUW http://www.myuw.washington.edu/ for:

Billing InformationChange of AddressSchedule Information

myUW

Student ID Cards

For detailed information see UW Student ID Center Web site at www.washington.edu/students/reg/id.html

Student ID Center, ground floor of Odegaard Library next to the By George Cafe, weekdays 8 to 5.

Student ID Cards are also used for lab access. On first use be prepared to wait a few minutes for activation.

UPASS information is available from links at Student ID Card

Web Page referenced above. All PMP students must pay $76 for a UPASS whether they use them or not.

Tuition

Quarterly cost $4,625 ($925 per credit)One price for all! + $150 quarterly fees & textbooks

Parking

$2 per night campus parking permit available from UW Parking Services (otherwise $5 at gatehouse) http://www.washington.edu/commuterservices/parking/fees_descriptions/night.php

The Parking Services Office at 3901 University Way NE is open M-F 7:30 to 5:00 and until 6:00 pm Mon-Thur. for the first week of classes. There are long lines during the first week of classes.

Bicycle room available in CSE basement. Ask Dave for access.

Carpool, bike and bus are very much encouraged!

Microsoft mailing list for PMP students is uwpmp (managed through the usual MS portal)

Food/Drink on Campus

Getting the Word Out

PMP students and graduates are the best way we have to spread the word on the Professional Master's Program.

Please make sure talk to your friends and co-workers about your courses and the program. We would love to have more students just like you.