The solicitation for summer research projects for undergraduates from the CRA-W is out: the DREU. I highly recommend proposing a project. For those who haven’t heard of it, the DREU are Distributed Research Experiences for Undergraduates (from Underrepresented Groups in Computer Science and Engineering). How it works: profs suggest projects; students apply; the fine people who [...]
December 2, 2011
Your FOCS registration may have caused an unwanted registration to ActiveAdvantage
I registered for FOCS via our school’s accountant. It seems to have caused an automatic registration to ActiveAdvantage, run through active.com (which handled the FOCS registrations?). After a one month “free trial membership”, the school’s credit card was charged $59.95 for a “membership renewal”. You may want to check your credit card bill to see [...]