Northeast GNU/Linuxfest March 17, 2012
Posted: February 10, 2012
Announcing the 2nd annual Northeast GNU/Linuxfest.
Where: Worcester State University, Worcester MA
When: March 17, 2012
Info: http://northeastlinuxfest.org
Cost: FREE
We are just about one month away from the 2nd annual Northeast GNU/Linuxfest. This event will bring together people from the linux world and the hardware world. We will feature speakers such as John Maddog Hall, Dru Lavigne, John Sullivan executive director from the Free Software Foundation just to name a few. As an added event we will have open street with an all day workshop. Also, we have included a hackerspace event this year. Hackerspaces from around the northeast will be competing for best design aimed at helping/assisting a disabled person. For those not familiar with a hackerspace, these folks are the same people who participate in a yearly/local Makerfaire. Last years event was held in NYC. We have made arrangements with the Worcester Marriott to offer linuxfest attendees to book rooms for a special low rate, if you plan to attend please reserve before February 17, 2012. We have a lot of exciting events and hope you can attend. Admission is free! The website again is http://northeastlinuxfest.org Take back control of your software, take back control of your computer!
LessonWriter Web Development/Programming Intern Wanted
Posted:
Job Description: The LessonWriter Web Development/ Programming Intern will have the opportunity to
contribute to version 2.0 of an exciting online educational web services in a fast-paced start-up
accelerator environment.
Company Description: LessonWriter, Inc. was founded by educators and programmers to improve
education with expert-system programming that automates the time consuming arts and tasks of
instructional design and school leadership.
LessonWriter was founded in NYC, but has relocated to Providence to participate in Betaspring, a local
start-up accelerator.
Essential Responsibilities:
• Develop and test code written in C#, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL,
• Effectively document code
• Provide ongoing feedback about features and implementation
• Collaborate with other members of the development team
Requirements:
• Computer Science Major (strongly preferred) ,
• Ability to work independently and integrate feedback
• Familiar with ASP.NET MVC 3.0, C#,HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Proficient in SQL
Location: 95 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI
Schedule: Part-time, flexible schedule
To Apply: Please send a brief cover letter a current resume to Jennifer Applebaum, Director of Education at jennifer@lessonwriter.com
Entry Level .NET Developer Wanted at Tek Systems
Posted: February 3, 2012
Job Description:
This company in Springfield, MA is looking for an entry level .NET developer with some C#.NET experience. They would like someone who is entry level but has some internship/externship experience and a 4 year college degree.
This candidate will be joining a small IT shop with 1 other developer (Current TEKsystems Contractor). They will be doing mostly new development in both C# as well as SharePoint (MOSS 2007) development. While they do not need to have experience with SharePoint, that would be a plus.
They have about 175 end users (mostly engineers) who are using the SharePoint site that this candidate will be developing. This SP site will house everything from blueprints, contracts, job sites and any other information that the engineers need.
In addition, the developer will be working with new customers. As they take on new customers, the developers open up SharePoint portals for their use that show them how their project is going.
Additional Job Info:
We have one current contractor on the development team. We also have an additional desktop support candidate on the infrastructure side. While this is initially a 6 month contract, the possibility to go very long term contract or even full time is there.
Top 3 Skills (stack ranked) :
1.) A college degree in a computer science related field.
2.) Class room training OR internship/externship experience with general programming concepts including C#, ASP.NET AND Visual Studio 2008.
3.) Very strong customer services AND interpersonal skills.
If you are interested, please contact:
Kenneth Graveline, Recruiter
10 Waterside Drive. Suite 100
Farmington, CT 06032
Direct 860.321.3641
Fax 860.321.3680
WWW.TEKSYSTEMS.COM
The Search Agency Now Hiring Software Engineers
Posted: January 16, 2012
The Search Agency is now hiring interns and engineers. For more information about the company and positions open, please see these flyers:
The Search Agency – Information
RI DOT Now Recruiting for Summer 2012 Employment
Posted:
The RI Department of Transportation has begun recruitment efforts for our 2012 Summer Employment Program, which allows college students the opportunity to work alongside transportation professionals and gain professional experience in many areas of the department, including Management Information Systems and Geographic Information Systems. Summer Program appointments begin in mid-May and run through early September, and compensation is $9-$13 hourly.
We are very interested in recruiting interested and qualified URI students for this opportunity.
For more information, please see this flyer or contact:
Sarah Martone
Human Resources Technician
RI DOT/DEM Human Resources Service Center
2 Capitol Hill, Room 214
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2572 ext. 4615
sarah.martone@dot.ri.gov
OneRockwell Seeks PHP Developers
Posted: January 5, 2012
OneRockwell is a design and e-commerce digital agency that focuses on Fashion websites. We are looking to hire entry level or senior PHP developers (magento experience is a plus). We’re located right next to the Mandarin Hotel in SOHO and it’s a very young, easy-going, fun environment.
For more information or to apply, contact:
Emily Grote
Lead Developer
ONEROCKWELL
emily@onerockwell.com
Tel 917.207.3285
onerockwell.com
mZeal Communications Seeks MS/PhD Grad for Data Mining Project
Posted:
We have a potential opening at mZeal to support our customer at Govt site. The candidate must be a US Citizen with following experience, MS or Ph.D, who is living in MD or willing to relocate to MD (Baltimore) / DC belt. A PhD and/or a Post Doc may be a really good fit.
Required Criteria
Criterion A: At least seven (7) years of experience in research and development of analytics and of data mining and information retrieval algorithms including: feature extraction, classification algorithms, machine learning algorithms, clustering algorithms, statistical analysis, and data representation.
Criterion B: Within the last seven (7) years, at least five (5) years demonstrated experience developing, designing, coding, testing and debugging machine learning technologies.
Criterion C: At least four (4) years demonstrated experience developing, designing, coding, testing, and debugging with Python, C++, and/or Java in both Linux and Windows environments.
Desired Criteria (In Descending Order of Importance)
Criterion D: Demonstrated experience working in cyber security and computer security domains.
Criterion E: Demonstrated experience with network and host-based data.
Criterion F: Demonstrated experience applying machine learning techniques to cyber security problems.
Computational Biology Undergraduate Employment Opportunity
Posted: December 23, 2011
Research project to develop new cancer biomarkers. The student will help discover and test gene and microRNA expression signatures using classification approaches such as SVM to identify patients with good
and poor outcomes. We will try to improve our current our ovarian cancer gene signature and test if this signature can be applied to other cancers. We will develop approaches to combine microRNA and mRNA
data to test if specific regulatory pathways are associated with patient outcomes. I am looking for a computational biology oriented undergraduate student with programming skills. Familiarity with R will
be helpful. Please contact Alex Brodsky (alex_brodsky@brown.edu) if you are interested.
CeNIDE Nano Summer Program
Posted:
Our seven-week international academic summer program will take place for the first time in summer 2012 (June 4 – July 20). It is designed for outstanding students in their third to fifth academic year with a major in science or engineering. This program gives your students a chance to take part in nanotechnology lectures, to do a hands-on research project in our well-equipped labs, and to visit important German industry partners, all in combination with the cultural experience supported by language classes and excursions to cultural highlights. The application deadline for students is January 15, 2012.
You can find further information in this flyer and at www.nanosummer.de.
TYBRIN Now Hiring Software Engineers
Posted: December 8, 2011
TYBRIN, a wholly owned subsidiary of Jacobs Technology, Inc. is a premier provider of process-based systems and software engineering products and services. We focus on innovative solutions for our customers at the Department of Defense (DOD) and other Government organizations. TYBRIN’s Mission Planning Development Group based in Nashua, NH creates cutting edge software applications for military aircraft.
Our Nashua location is growing and needs innovative and solutions-oriented software engineers who are interested in enhancing their careers.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
Work with development teams in all phases of the software development life cycle to build applications used by military pilots and mission planners.
Participate in architectural software design decisions and assist in the development of requirements related documentation.
Interface with in-house Subject Matter Experts, many of whom are former pilots and navigators.
Create and maintain applicable Software Design Plans, Software Development Plans, Unit Test Plans, Test Scripts with Test Data, for each appropriate application.
Perform technical tasks to include requirements, design, code and unit test activities.
Support resolution of technical issues as they arise.
In addition to software engineering activities, provide support for the preparation (including briefings, metrics and status reports) and attendance of technical and managerial meetings and reviews as well as any other travel activities specified by the program.
Requires Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and 0-5 years experience.
Working knowledge of computer programming with direct experience with Visual Studio, C#, C++, .NET and Windows development experience.
U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED. Applicant selected will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Apply online at www.tybrin.com for consideration
We offer a competitive benefit package, including tuition reimbursement, and flexible work schedule (every other Friday off).
