CS 3011: Industry Forum — Spring 2021

Fridays, 10:45am-11:35am   Online via Zoom

Organizer: Kobus Van der Merwe (kobus@cs.utah.edu)

Schedule (subject to change)

Date Speaker Topic
1/22 Larry Fluckiger
Microsoft
Working as an engineer at Microsoft
1/29 John Ogilvie
Ogilvie Law Firm
Overview of Intellectual Property
2/5 David Bean
mmhmm
Lessons from the Startup World
2/12 Olga Kingsbury
Career and Professional Development Center, University of Utah
Resume workshop
2/19 Russell Kennington and Eric Fortney
Plaid
Starting a career in a virtual setting
2/26 Glenn Ricart
USIgnite
Opportunities in nonprofits
3/5 No meeting
UofU non-instructional day
3/12 Andrew Nelson
L3Harris
Software Engineering for Complexity and Early Career Advice
3/19 Steve Townsend
Instructure
What I learned from the mistakes I've made over 25 year in the commercial software industry
3/26 McKay Hyde
Goldman Sachs
Growing your Engineering Career in Financial Services
4/2 Michael Overton
Idaho National Laboratory
Software Development in the National Lab Complex
4/9 Kristiane Koontz and Aimee Smith
Zions Bancorporation
A brief history of technology in banking, and why it’s important to be life-long learner
4/16 Ken Muir
Former CEO, CTO & CRO
Career Keys to Success
4/23 Kobus Van der Merwe
University of Utah
Is Grad School Right For You?


About the Class

Industry Forum is designed to expose students to topics that are not discussed in depth as part of the normal curriculum, but that are likely to be important after they graduate. Each week one or more guest speakers, typically local and national business leaders, will give a talk and answer questions on a topic of interest to them. Topics will run the gamut from the highly career oriented (e.g., how to write a resume and interview or how to decide if graduate school is right for you) to the highly technical (e.g., how video special effects are generated or how software development organizations manage complex system development). The objective of the course is for students to understand what kinds of careers are available after graduation and how students should be preparing beyond their coursework.


Assignments and Grading

For each class meeting, each student should submit a talk evaluation as described here. Students must hand in (at least) ten written evaluations. Assignments are due at the start of the following week's class. Turn them in via the course Canvas page.

In addition, each student must write a 5-page (single space formatted) final report on a topic related to the course, e.g., an overview of what you learned/liked/disliked, a more detailed study of a subject that one of the speakers raised, etc. The 5-page final report is due on the last day of classes and needs to be submitted via Canvas.


Course communication

Course communication will be done via Canvas.


Applying CS 3011 Towards Your CS Electives

EAE students will not be able to count CS 3011 (or any one- or two-credit courses) as an elective.

For regular CS students, CS 3011 can be applied towards a CS elective course requirement, and you can retake CS 3011 for credit up to three times.

Seven CS electives, 3+ credits each, 3000-level or higher are required for the regular CS track. Six (6) full CS courses (3-4 cr) must be taken. The 7th course may be any combination of Senior Capstone Design, CS 3011, CS 3020, CS 4010, CS 4190 or CS 5040 (up to three credits). Four-credit classes cannot be combined with one or two-credit courses to equal the final elective.


College of Engineering Academic Guidelines

You can read about the College of Engineering's policies on appeals, withdrawing from courses, and repeating courses here.


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