Welcome to the Computer Science Department's TA website!!
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IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO TEACHING ASSISTANTS!!!
Federal regulations specify that you are NOT allowed to work until a valid I-9 has been completed and submitted to the department.
Failure to complete and submit the I-9 and other necessary employment paperwork to Cindy Walters within 3 days of the start of classes or 3 days of accepting the TA position (if you are offered a TA position after classes begin) will result in pro-ration of the semester stipend.
If this is your first job at Columbia University, immediately complete the following two-step employment verification process:
1) complete section 1 of the I-9 by logging into http://www.newi9.com;
2) visit the I-9 Service Center in 210 Kent Hall and complete section 2 of the I-9 by providing employment verification documentation.
Then obtain an employment packet from Cindy Walters in 476 Computer Science to be completed and returned for processing.
If you were previously employed in the CS department, please email Cindy Walters (cindy@cs.columbia.edu) to confirm if any additional paperwork is needed.
If you were previously employed in another department at the university, send an email to Cindy Walters with the department name and contact person who can produce your payroll paperwork for transfer to the CS Dept.
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TA Hour Policy
Visa regulations limit International students holding an F-1 visa to 20 hours per week during the academic year. Therefore if you TA one unit it is considered a total of 10 hours and
if you TA two units it is considered a total of 20 hours. Contact the ISSO regarding any inquiries about this policy.
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Announcements:
Monday 3/26/2012, 10:00am
TA Required: COMS W3101-5: Programming Languages: Ruby on Rails
TAs are required for the Ruby on Rails course.
This is a half TA position (namely $1250) and the class is a half semester class (it started on 3/20).
If you are interested and qualified, please contact the instructor Emily Stolfo (emstolfo [at] gmail.com).
Tuesday 2/7/2012, 11:30am
TA Orientation
There will be a TA orientation on Friday, Feb 10, from 12-1pm in the CS Lounge.
The TA orientation is mandatory for all "new" TAs (if this is your first or second time TAing).
It's highly recommended for older TAs as well as there will be some useful information for them too.
We will also have pizza and soda during the TA orientation.
Please RSVP before Wednesday 5 pm, so we can get enough pizza for everyone.
Monday 2/6/2012, 1:30pm
TA Required: COMS E6998-8: Cellular Networks and Mobile Computing
TAs are required for the Cellular Networks and Mobile Computing course.
TA applicants should: (1) Have done some good amount of iPhone iOS and Android programming
(2) Have taken wireless networking class, knowledge of cellular networks is a plus
(3) Experience in Amazon EC2 and Google AppEngine will be a plus.
The ideal candidate is a PhD student with the above expertise who is interested in doing research in the intersection of cellular networks, mobile computing, and cloud computing.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Erran Li (lel2139 [at] columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 6:00pm
TA Required: COMS E6125: Web Enhanced Information Management
TAs are required for the Web Enhanced Information Management course.
Applicants who have successfully completed this course with a high grade or are currently taking this class will be preferred.
Applicants with past TA experience with classes that have required grading student papers and/or semester-long projects will be preferred.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Jonathan Bell (jbell [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 11:00am
TA Required: COMS E6998-10: Transformation to Cloud Computing
TAs are required for the Transformation to Cloud Computing course.
Applicants should have the following qualifications: graduate coursework in OS, distributed systems or networking, and programming experience in at least one language.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Harigovind Ramasamy (hvramasa [at] us.ibm.com) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 11:00am
TA Required: COMS E6998-2: Machine Learning for NLP
TAs are required for the Machine Learning for NLP course.
Applicants should have taken Michael Collins' class in Fall/Spring 2011, or alternatively they should've taken machine learning.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Michael Collins (mcollins [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 11:00am
TA Required: COMS E6998-9: Distributed Data Mining
TAs are required for the Distributed Data Mining course.
Applicants should have prior knowledge of machine learning and/or large scale learning.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Haimonti Dutta (haimonti [at] ccls.columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 11:00am
TA Required: COMS W4118: Operating Systems
TAs are required for the Operating Systems course.
Applicants who have successfully completed this course (or similar) with a high grade will be preferred.
Applicants should be fluent in English (native speakers preferred).
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Junfeng Yang (junfeng [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 1/17/2012, 11:00am
TA Required: COMS W4172: 3D UI and Augmented Reality
TAs are required for the 3D UI and Augmented Reality course.
Applicants who have successfully completed this course with a high grade will be preferred.
Applicants should have a really strong background in 3D computer graphics.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Steve Feiner (feiner [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Friday 1/6/2012, 11:30am
TA Required: COMS E6735: Visual Databases
TAs are required for the Visual Databases course.
PhD or MS student with course or real world experience in computer vision (such as our course, COMS 4731) preferred. Course or real world experience with image, signal, or speech processing, or other similar real world inputs, would also be acceptable. Experience with OpenCV, Matlab, FFMPEG, libsvm (or other machine learning tools), plus the usual C/C++/Java, would be helpful.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact John Kender (jrk [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Friday 1/6/2012, 11:30am
TA Required: COMS W4115: Programming Languages and Translators
TAs are required for the Programming Languages and Translators course.
Applicants should have
(1) Fluency with C and Java
(2) Familiarity with compiler construction tools such as lex and yacc
(3) Enthusiasm for teaching and interacting with small teams of students implementing innovative little languages.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Alfred Aho (aho [at] cs.columbia.edu) for more information.
Tuesday 12/20/2011, 6:00pm
TA Required: CSEE W4140: Networking Laboratory
TAs are required for the Networking Laboratory course.
Applicants should have successfully completed this course with a high grade (A- or higher) or have a very strong networking systems background.
Please list this as a preferred choice on your MICE application if you are interested.
Contact Robert Margolies (rsm2156 [at] columbia.edu) for more information.
Monday 12/12/2011, 3:45pm
New courses added to the MICE
COMS 4112 (Database System Implementation) and CSEE 4140 (Networking Laboratory) were recently added and are now available to apply for in MICE.
Friday 12/2/2011, 12:15pm
TA Applications for Spring 2012
TA applications for Spring 2012 are now open. Please apply on MICE. The soft deadline for applications is Dec 15.
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