FREE tickets to the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference is available to UCLA students!

Register here with the code PDCSTU09

Registration includes:
* Entry (and a bag of conference material)
* Attendance at the sessions of their choice
* Copy of Windows 7 Professional (no cost)
* Lunch (no cost)
* Expo reception (no cost)

Join ACM for the Microsoft Programming Competition:
What: Microsoft Programming Competition
When: Monday 4/20/2009, at 6:15pm for ~3 Hours
Where: Boelter 4760

There will be 3 persons from Microsoft attending, and great prizes to be won.

Programming Competition
3 Coding Problems to be written in any language of your choosing. You must submit the output and the code.

The output will be marked against the test cases, and the top contestants will receive excellent prizes.

Open to graduate and undergraduate students!.

FYI: Undergraduate problems should be very doable with knowledge from CS 31/32.

What are the provisions of the award?
Scholarships are awarded to recipients for one academic year. The scholarship will cover up to 100 percent of the tuition for the 2008-2009 academic year as posted by the financial aid office of the university or college. Scholarships are made through the designated school and are not transferable to other academic institutions. Funds are to be used for tuition only and may not be used for other costs on the recipient's bursar bill. All recipients of the scholarship will be required to complete a salaried summer internship of 12 weeks or more at Microsoft Corporation in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft reserves the right not to offer a position to the scholarship winner if an appropriate match cannot be found.

Interested in pursuing an exciting career in software development? What can UCLA offer that will prepare you for the industry? What are leading software companies looking for? How do I determine if this is the career for me?

Come meet some Microsoft Bruins as they share experiences, tips, and secrets! We will answer these burning questions and more!

Wednesday, November 14 at 6:30 PM

Career Center Conference Room A and B – Third Floor - Strathmore

Bring your résumé for a chance to win a PRIZE!
FREE FOOD from Qdoba will be provided!
Sponsored by ACT!

Date: October 23
Time: 5:00-7:00 PM
Location: Rice Room in Boelter Hall

Microsoft proudly presents TechFest 2007 at UCLA. There are over 300 different teams working on cool, innovative technology at Microsoft—come checkout what a few of these teams get to work on everyday! Open to all students; take advantage of this great opportunity to meet Microsoft software engineers who bring these products and technologies to the world.

Bring your résumé for a chance to win PRIZES!

FREE FOOD will be provided!

Sponsored by ACT

Full time and Internship Job Openings @ Microsoft

Interested? E-mail your resume to elizabeth.hoogs@microsoft.com

Program Manager (PM) - Develop the vision, and deliver the goods.
As a Program Manager, you’ll drive the technical vision, design and implementation of next-generation software solutions. You’ll transform the product vision into elegant designs that can be developed and ultimately used by Microsoft customers. Managing feature sets throughout the product lifecycle, you’ll have the chance to see your design through to completion. You’ll also work directly with other key team members including Software Design Engineers and Software Design Engineers in Test. Program Managers are advocates for end users, so your passion for anticipating customer needs and creating outside-the-box solutions for them will really help you shine in this role.

Software Design Engineer (SDE) - Work at the core of every product we build.
This is where the fun begins for code gurus like you. As a hands-on Software Design Engineer, you’ll make decisions about design and feature implementation, using your mastery of technical tools to make a product vision a reality. If you like to write code and design efficient data structures and algorithms to develop next-generation applications or operating systems, this is the position for you. As an SDE, you’ll bring products to life by working with Program Managers to ensure strong design and Software Design Engineers in Test to ensure quality through testing. Ultimately for the SDE, it’s your code that turns concepts into new technologies and services.

Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET) - Discover life on the last line of defense.
As a Software Design Engineer in Test (SDET), you’ll own it, break it, fix it, and own it again. You’ll ensure a product’s quality by making sure it performs as users expect it to. Part of the fun is how creative you can be devising ways to manipulate, crush, and sabotage software into submission—while creating innovative testing technologies along the way. Ultimately, as an SDET, it’s your input that can make the difference between joy and frustration for the customers. Since you’re keen on how things work, and making them work better, you’ll work hand in hand with the Program Managers and Software Design Engineers to design, develop, and maintain automation systems for use in development and testing cycles. Using the tools you create, you’ll pour over source code for trouble spots, debugging and isolating problems, and executing creative tests to find new bugs while regression testing recent fixes.

The Round 1 qualifier for the Imagine Cup 2007 Software Design Invitational ends on Friday, December 10th, 2006. The top 250 competitors from this qualifier will be invited to the Regionals, with all travel expenses covered, an invitation to an elite career fair, and an opportunity for prizes.

As of the time of this post, there are less than 150 students on the leaderboards! What does this mean to you? If 250 or fewer people submit correct entries between now and Friday, you have an opportunity for a free trip to Boston, New Orleans or Silicon Valley with only fifteen minutes of your time - the time it takes to complete the (very easy) Level 100 "Dictionary" tutorial, which gives you the first 5 points and a spot on the leaderboard! :D

Sign up now, and compete at www.imaginecup.us

When and Where:

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006
Between 2:00 and 4:30PM (Stop by at any time)
Ackerman 2nd Floor Lounge

Event Details:

The "Microsoft Unplugged" Tech Fest is a new event this year, co-hosted by Microsoft and ACM at UCLA. This is a unique opportunity for students to get a glimpse into some of the latest and greatest technology in the works at Microsoft. Representatives from the company will be showcasing demos of various products and will be there to answer questions.

Product groups include Core Media Technologies, DirectX, Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), Mobile & Embedded Devices, Visio, Microsoft TV, Customer Relationship Management, Game Technology Group, and Avalon.

Students interested in applying for summer internships and full-time jobs will also have the opportunity to speak to recruiters and submit their resumes in person.

***** Prizes given away every 30 minutes! *****
Win a Canon Digital Elph Camera, Microsoft Laser mice, a Smartphone, a Creative Zen Micro MP3 player, Best Buy gift certificates, and MORE!

Pizza provided.

When and Where:

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006 @ 6:00PM
Kinsey Pavilion 1220B

Event Details:

What is working at Microsoft really like? What full time and internship opportunities are available? Stop by to find out! You'll get a glimpse into the MANY product teams you could consider joining, the company's culture, the Seattle area, and much more!

Be sure to bring your resume.

Win an Xbox 360 and other great prizes.
Don't miss out!

We'll also have Subway sandwiches for everyone. See you all there!