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This summer has allowed me to focus on my passion projects - though perhaps "non-academic", the process of creating things like videos and music (on the way..) has broadened my mind beyond academic contexts. I captured my trip to Kerala and the life lessons that it taught me on my YouTube channel! Check out 'this girl in Kerala" :)

hi friends!! today, i'm super excited to launch the animation fund ✨, a $3500 initiative to help university of washington students host events that foster learning for the sake of learning, creativity, building, and genuine connections among peers, with fewer administrative hurdles and less university bureaucracy. 😃 whether it's a lunch & learn, knowledge exchange event, artistic demo day, creative workshop, builder day, or a fun social, this fund is here to support your ideas for creating a more connected and inspired community. let’s make this year magical!! ✨💕 learn more about the animation fund and apply to host an event @ bit.ly/animationfunds feel free to message me or email [email protected] if you have any questions. also, let me know if you’d like to help review applications and approve events! :) https://lnkd.in/g5C9MPT9

🏆 The iStartup Lab is thrilled to announce the seven student startups from the University of Washington Information School that were selected to receive our inaugural batch of micro grants: ▶ GAIA: Leveraging enhanced rock weathering to combat global warming and boost agricultural productivity ▶ HuskySwap: Creating an online marketplace where UW students can buy and sell goods within their campus community ▶ Incskill: Identifying and remediating accessibility issues across documents, web, and mobile apps ▶ inStroketor: Providing digitally-enabled rehabilitation tools for stroke patients ▶ Moments: Placing human connection at the heart of music discovery ▶ Pivot: Addressing the challenges of career transitions ▶ ProtoScore: Reducing inefficiencies in clinical trials by streamlining protocol assessment and optimization For more details on the winning teams, please visit our website at https://lnkd.in/ghjbXTci Thank you again to our donors for making the micro grants a reality, and congratulations to the student and alumni teams that received the grants! Jake Harper Brian Cao Luna Chen Anind Dey Shelly K. Wolf, M.Ed. Kabir Shahani

Many programmers believe that you need to be fully knowledgeable of every single framework, language, and API before you can build something from scratch. However, as an aspiring data scientist, I can attest that this is not true. The first step is to have an idea and think through the potential implementation in a general sense. For instance, just this past weekend, I was playing a friendly game of Texas Hold'em with my collaborator, Justrene Hartono, and went all-in with the "best hand" in poker, pocket aces. Despite my belief and the high equity that my hand was supposed to have against any other two-card pairing, I did not win. At that moment, amidst our hysterical laughter at losing such an improbable matchup, I wanted to know the percentage of times I should have theoretically won against his hand. To solve this dilemma, we spent the next three hours discussing how to create a script to do the heavy lifting for us. We first discussed the purpose of the mini-project, then the tech stack and language we were going to use (we settled on a full Python script with no frontend). Using the numpy library and Overleaf LaTeX to report our findings, we completed a mini hackathon project in our hotel room at 3 a.m. Of course, there were obstacles, the main one being the actual algorithm to calculate the equity of a hand. Although we understood the underlying mathematics, we realized that developing an accurate algorithm in-house overnight wasn't feasible. Understanding this, we pivoted our project and took inspiration from similar prior projects available online, making predictions that were less precise but sufficient for the conclusion and purposes of our study. This experience showed me that you don't need to master every tool before starting a project. Instead, having a clear idea and a willingness to explore and learn as you go can lead to successful outcomes. You will never know what you can achieve if you never start or try. If anyone is interested in seeing our project, I have linked the open-source repository on my LinkedIn profile.

So excited to be an Innovation Lead at cseed this upcoming school year. Our mission is to foster an interdisciplinary, truly engaging, idea challenging environment for tech entrepreneurship at the University of Washington. Cseed and our amazingly smart team members, help students innovate from “Idea” to “Deliverable” with our resources, events, and especially our semi-annual 8-week build space program. If you’re a UW student this year (24’-25’), there’s no better place to be than cseed, I promise that. Check out more info on this post on how to get involved! If you’re a Seattle based company, I look forward to reaching out for support and insights as we finalize our roadmap for bringing the true builders of UW to the limelight. It’s about time UW takes its stand as a place of technological innovation in startup-land. Let’s go!! 🙌🙌 s/o Hawa Drammeh and the rest of the team!!

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hey cs students @ UW and beyond!!! for the past few years, i've been on internship panels for various student orgs and the transfer student seminar. i’ve written out all my tips on getting internships, resumes, technical interviews, etc. 😃 i made it public since i can’t scale my individual help anymore, so hopefully, more ppl can benefit. sorry if you reached out & i didn’t reply, i’m too busy rn : ( also, wrote this in one sitting, so sorry for any typos lol this is tailored for uw students, but it might still help if you go to another school. good luck, have a great summer, & feel free to reach out with any questions!!! link: https://lnkd.in/gAWnz7vV ++Eyad A. the goat made a guide a few yrs ago that you should check out: https://lnkd.in/ghkvD7Zj?

I had the incredible opportunity to participate in cseed's buildspace cohort 1. Over six weeks, I collaborated with mentors and worked on an idea I've been eager to implement for months! The project is still in progress, and I'm seeking collaborators with startup deployment experience and skills in React, MongoDB, and/or Firebase. If you're interested or can offer mentorship, please DM me! I want to extend a heartfelt thank you to Hawa Drammeh for being an amazing mentor and supporter, offering invaluable advice, and to Marina Wooden for her exceptional expertise in React 😊 This summer, I’m thrilled to have been accepted into buildspace's S5 nights and weekends program! I’ll continue developing my project and look forward to engaging with an incredible community.

cseed buildspace cohort 1 is truly amazing! Amazing work Aarav Wadhwani Hemil K. Patel 🔥🔥

If you are a UW engineering/informatics/design student interested in being a cseed officer for the 2024-2025 year, check out more info about open roles and the application here: https://lnkd.in/gwfNSg9p :)