http://vijetapatel.net/blog A little bit about me and CSE Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:34:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My First Time I applied to Concordia in Software Engineering without really knowing anything about "software engineering". I had no programming experience but I was eager to learn. I also wanted to make the most of my university experience by getting involved and meeting new people. My first CUSEC (Canadian University Software ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2011/01/thoughts-about-cusec/ I was a member of the team that went to the local competitions in Potsdam. I found out tonight that our team was selected to compete in the Regional competition in Rochester, New York on October 31st. I am proud of our team. Nice work Sandy, Henk, and Matt (who ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/10/acm-icpc-local/ Spice Up Your Life was a success. It started a bit late and there were no spoons but the samosas were delicious and there was a good turnout. It was great talking to the professors. A special thanks to Skrud for stopping by and telling us about life after graduation. Last ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/10/october-events/ SCS is looking for students to send to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest. The ICPC is a programming competition involving tough algorithmic problems. Last year Concordia passed the preliminaries in Montreal and made it to the regionals in Rochester! This year the preliminaries are not being held locally, but in ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/09/acm-icpc-participants/ Spice Up Your like is happening on Thursday, October 1st in EV 2.184 from 4:00 – 5:30pm. What is Spice Up Your Life? It's an event organized and hosted by SCS that brings together the CS/SOEN faculty with students. It's a great way to get to know your teachers and ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/09/spice-up-your-life/ Update July 21st, 2009: The IBM info session has switched location. It will now be in EV 3.309. This is a copy of the e-mail that was sent out on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 I hope your first week went alright. Just a few notes and reminders: Introduction Office Hours IBM Info Session Iron Ring CSE Seminar MSDNAA ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/09/first-week-over/ Frosh is a great time of the year to meet new people and find out what's happening in the ECA. If you are looking to get involved this year, you should definitely come out since executives for societies, reps, and older students will be there. I have listed all of the events ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/09/frosh-week-2009/ Update August 11th: Received an e-mail from the University about this tonight. Concordia will no longer accept credit card payments for tuition as of August 31st, 2009. This is a cost-cutting measure. The official notice can be found on the MyConcordia Portal. They state the following reason: Challenged by economic difficulties currently ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/08/concordia-cuts-credit-cards/ The Department sent out a letter to SOEN undergraduates on May 28th. It contained a revision to the letter sent out on May 1st: students who have taken SOEN 229 are exempted from taking SOEN 287. Please let others know if they have not received it. I have updated the previous ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/08/soen-curriculum-changes-part-two/ This is the first Summer where I've been working full-time. These months sure have drifted away. It's almost time to start thinking again... For those of us in coop, work term reports are due August 12th. There is a Frosh meeting this Friday at 6:30pm in the B-annex. You can contact Athena ... http://vijetapatel.net/blog/2009/07/too-soon-to-think/