Agile Development of Mobile apps by Tim Kuehlhorn
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Dow Highlights Research Park Center in Annual Report
The 2013 Dow Annual Report includes its new University of Illinois Research Park Dow Innovation Center as part of its strategy to leverage collaboration to speed innovation.
"In addition, many of our approximately 6,400 researchers globally collaborate with research institutions and universities to accelerate the pace of innovation for breakthrough solutions. For example, as part of our Strategic University Partners program with 11 leading universities, Dow opened an innovation center in 2013 at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign to develop data management solutions to drive value within our R&D organizations."
Link to the report: http://www.dow.com/investors/pdfs/2013_Full_Report.pdf
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RESEARCH PARK CITED FOR JOB CREATION AS CHAMPAIGN NAMED THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN ILLINOIS
NerdWallet, a consumer advocacy website, recently conducted a study to find the fastest-growing cities in Illinois – and Champaign ranked third. The website specifically called out the Research Park as being a driver for economic development and growth.
"Tech companies are expanding in Champaign, including new jobs added at Intel and an expansion of the Yahoo! offices at The Research Park at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The Research Park is also supporting job and income growth in Champaign through its startup incubator Enterprise Works, which supports science and technology startups with lab and office space, entrepreneurship classes and the resources of the university community."
For more on the Nerdwallet rankings, visit the story on its website.
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Research Intern
Company Name:
Category:
Science
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
jlanger@serionix.com
Description:
An exciting, fast-paced, position is currently available for a Research Intern at Serionix Inc. in Champaign, IL. This position will require approximately 30-40 hours per week through summer 2014 with the possibility of extending into the school year, and will be responsible for executing research and development projects involving polymer synthesis and modification.
Serionix, headquartered in Champaign, IL, has developed NSF and Army award-winning technologies for water and air purification. Using fibrous activated carbon and ion-exchange materials, Serionix purification is differentiated by rapid rates of contaminant uptake, well-defined selectivity for targeted chemicals, and potential for low-cost production.
Position Responsibilities
Build expertise in areas of polymer chemistry, polymer modification, and performance evaluation
Prototyping apparatus for sample preparation and characterization
Prepare solutions, reagents, and standards for laboratory use
Literature research
Basic Qualifications
Junior or senior standing, or B.S., in Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Chemical Engineering
Laboratory research experience
Experience with literature research/review tools
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Experience in industrial polymer or material processing
Experience with LabVIEW and/or 3D modeling software
To apply, please send résumé and cover letter to jlanger@serionix.com or:
60 Hazelwood Dr.
Champaign, IL 61820
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Web Developer
Company Name:
Category:
Software Engineering
Status:
Full-Time
Contact Email:
Elizabeth.Gilbert@akunacapital.com
Description:
Akuna Capital is a fast-growing derivatives trading firm located in downtown Chicago that specializes in market-making and arbitrage. Founded in 2011, Akuna has quickly grown from a start-up to a successful leader on US options and futures exchanges with imminent plans for international expansion.
We are currently seeking a web developer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have graphic design experience with a focus on dynamic websites. We are looking for someone who can create both internal and external sites as well as contribute to the design of marketing materials. Internal sites will be used daily by traders to make critical business decisions and by developers and infrastructure to maintain our proprietary systems. The successful candidate will be given a unique level of exposure to an industry-leading team of options traders who participate fully in the on-going enhancements to our proprietary trading platform.
Technical Requirements:
- Computer Science or equivalent degree
- MVC/MVVM
- Strong design skills (Photoshop)
- Responsive web design
- Experience writing applications using Websockets and AJAX calls
- Organized
- Experience writing testable frameworks
- Exposure to data structures and algorithms
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
Language Requirements:
- Python
- CSS
- HTML
- JavaScript/jQuery
- Flash
- Bootstrap
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Sr Linux Systems Administrator
Company Name:
Category:
Software Engineering
Status:
Full-Time
Contact Email:
Ken.Taylor@akunacapital.com
Description:
Akuna Capital is a fast-growing derivatives trading firm located in downtown Chicago that specializes in market-making and arbitrage. Founded in 2011, Akuna has quickly grown from a start-up to a successful leader on US options and futures exchanges with imminent plans for international expansion. We are currently seeking a Senior Linux Administrator to join our growing team.
Key Skills & Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the overall Linux platform health and well-being in a progressive options trading firm
- Work with interested parties to design, deploy and maintain high performance platform to support the trading environment
- Investigate new products and techniques to improve efficiency and performance in the environment
- Work with development, trading, exchanges, and vendors to integrate the firm’s platform and address operational issues
- Additional day-to-day responsibilities include system analysis, monitoring, and performance tuning, as well as developer workstation support
Job Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science or related experience.
- Advanced experience with a variety of Linux distributions such as RedHat and Ubuntu
- Experience with system monitoring and configuration management tools such as puppet or cfengine
- Understanding of networking protocols, routing, and switching
- Understanding of the impact of different hardware architectures and configurations on system performance.
- Ability to script in Python, Perl and Bash
- Full life cycle C/C++ development and experience with agile development a plus
- Experience with non-server technologies such as Netbackup, EMC CLARiiON/VNX, VMware ESX, Windows Server 2008/2012, and Active Directory a plus
- The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, proactive, and able to take ownership of projects and problems.
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Research Park Career fair, Spring 2014
The University of Illinois Research Park organized its 8th annual career fair on April 2nd, 2014 at the Atkins building. Recruiters from 24 companies were present at the event and over 350 students from various backgrounds visited the career fair.
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Next Generation of Wearables? Meet Rithmio
Category:
Tenant:
Rithmio, a startup building advanced fitness wearables technology that is based at EnterpriseWorks, was the focus of a Sunday feature in the (Champaign) News-Gazette business section.
CEO Adam Tilton, a doctoral student, is developing the gesture-recognition device to help athletes monitor what they've done in practice. The device is built on technology originally developed in the lab of his adviser, Prashant Mehta, an associate professor of mechanical science and engineering. The article discusses TIlton and Mehta's experience in the NSF I-Corps program and how that helped Tilton move the technology forward with a customer in mind.
Exactly what course the company will take from here hasn't been determined. "We're exploring all options," Tilton said. The company may end up collaborating with a larger firm, licensing its software or engaging in a joint venture — or it may end up preparing to build its own device.
For more, visit the article at the News-Gazette online.
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3D PRINTER
In January 2014, EnterpriseWorks added a MakerBot 3D Printer for client use. It can be reserved by tenants/affiliates of EnterpriseWorks on a first-come, first-served basis. Use of the MakerBot must be booked online.
For questions regarding use of the 3D printer, please contact EnterpriseWorks lab manager Erich Diesel at diesel1@uiuc.edu.
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iOS Mobile App Developer - Intern
Company Name:
Category:
Software Engineering
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
CrawfordEric@JohnDeere.com
Description:
Description of Duties and Responsibilities:
John Deere is looking for iOS Mobile App Developer Interns to work in our Enterprise UX (User
Experience) team. The ideal candidate has a passion for design and development of iOS apps, especially coding elegant and innovative solutions. You must be able to take a design vision, execute the development of it, and in the process, make it better!
This position will be located in Champaign at our facility located in the UIUC Research Park (summer internship and/or during the school year). Mac computer will be provided for work.
Responsibilities
· Work with graphic designers and user experience professionals to brainstorm app concepts
· Develop native iOS applications
· Quickly identify bugs and fix them
Desired Qualifications of Applicants:
Skills (must have)
· Native iPhone/iPad development (Objective-C, Cocoa touch)
· Ability to work with graphic designers to implement their vision
· Strong working knowledge of Xcode
· Strong working knowledge of iOS design patterns
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Startup Cafe- Arpan Patel
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New Turn Research and Development Center to Focus on Data-Driven Marketing Technologies
Tenant:
Silicon Valley-Based Turn Opens First Innovation Center at University of Illinois Research Park
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The University of Illinois today announced that Turn, the marketing software and analytics platform, will open an Innovation Center on campus for the research and development of new data-driven marketing technologies. The center is the company’s first outside of its Silicon Valley headquarters, and engineering work will focus on the full technology stack of the Turn platform.
Along with attracting engineering talent excited by the prospect of joining a leading player in the fast-growing marketing software industry, Turn plans to collaborate with research faculty on joint R&D projects and to contribute to campus life through education outreach and seminar opportunities.
“The Turn Innovation Center will give our students the opportunity to be at the forefront of the intersection of digital marketing and big data,” said Chancellor Phyllis Wise. “Such real-world experiences are an invaluable part of their education.”
“The Turn Innovation Center at the University of Illinois brings us directly into the center of one of the nation’s top engineering campuses,” says Ali Dasdan, senior director of engineering, Turn. “We are building the smartest global enterprise technology company dedicated to solving the data problems marketers face. Some of the excellent talent here will help us to meet new challenges in solving those problems.”
The Turn Innovation Center will be located within the University of Illinois Research Park, home to innovation centers for multinational corporations and publicly traded firms including Yahoo!, Anheuser-Busch InBev, John Deere, Caterpillar, Dow, Neustar, State Farm, Citrix, Raytheon, and Abbott.
Ross Bundy has been appointed by Turn to lead the Turn Innovation Center at the University of Illinois. He has an extensive engineering background gained through his 20 years of experience at IBM, Motorola, Yahoo!, and Riverbed Technology.
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About the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Since its founding in 1867, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has earned a reputation as a world-class leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. Located on campus, the Research Park at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a technology hub for startup companies and corporate research and development operations. Within the Research Park there are more than 90 companies employing students and full-time technology professionals.
About Turn
Turn delivers real-time insights that transform the way leading advertising agencies and enterprises make marketing decisions. Our integrated cloud platform enables data management, cross-channel advertising, and advanced analytics from a single login, along with point-and-click access to more than 130 integrated technology partners. Turn is headquartered in Silicon Valley and provides its products and services worldwide. Turn provides three real-time marketing applications: Audience Suite, an enterprise data management and audience planning platform; Campaign Suite, a digital media execution platform for video, mobile, social, and display advertising; and DataMine Analytics, a data exploration, discovery and warehousing solution purpose-built for marketers. Turn works with the world’s top brands, agencies and trading desks, including Accuen, Aegis, AMNET, Chrysler, Experian, Foursquare, Microsoft, OMD, StubHub, Thomas Cook, Toyota, Travelers, Verizon, VivaKi and Zales. For more information, visit turn.com or follow @turnplatform.
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Spring Research Park career fair
On 2nd April, 2014, the University of Illinois Research Park organized its 8th annual career fair at the Atkins Building. 24 companies were present at the career fair and over 350 students visited the fair to avail various opportunities.
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MN Sqared Inc
60 Hazelwood Drive
Champaign
Illinois
61820
217-377-9858
rmaturi4@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Company Overview:
Providing Services(Knowledge score) to Learn, Self Assessment and comparative analysis to identify gaps in knowledge. Students, parents and teachers can use these scores to develop personalized learning plans.
Building:
Company Category:
Software/Hardware
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Research Park Summer Softball League: Deadline May 1
Play Ball! It’s time to break out the bats and gloves for the annual Research Park softball league. We are excited to have a league on Thursday nights this summer at Dexter Field in Champaign (off Kenwood). The season will start on May 22; games will be from 6 to 9 p.m. (each game an hour long).
The deadline to sign up your team is THURSDAY May 1. Please contact Mallory Baker (mbaker@uiecu.org) to register your team – or two! A very big THANK YOU to Fox Development for sponsoring the balls and umpires for the league. (We have yet to determine the cost of registration as it depends on how many teams participate).
If you are interested in a team but don’t have enough players, let Mallory or me know and we will try to matchmake!
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Videoconferencing Available in EnterpriseWorks 220
We are excited to announce that videoconferencing has been installed at EnterpriseWorks. This service is available to companies throughout Research Park, not solely EnterpriseWorks tenants. To make requests, please contact Dominique Jones at dsjones4@illinois.edu.
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NEW ENTERPRISEWORKS TENANT: Servabo
Servabo is a self-protection technology company and we are dedicated to reducing the frequency of violent crime. In the U.S. alone, a violent crime occurs every 22.2 seconds. In order to prevent these crimes we are pairing proven engineering methods with cutting edge technology to provide innovative solutions to everyday security concerns. From quickly and discreetly notifying friends of an emergency to providing enhanced safety measures, Servabo is here to keep you safe and secure. Servabo won the 2014 Innovation Celebration award for student startups and was the winner of the 2013 Cozad New Venture Competition on campus. Servabo is located in Room 218.
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NEW ENTERPRISEWORKS TENANT: AutoScout
AutoScout is developing automated computational algorithms suitable for the automated analysis of football video. Automated tasks include video editing and automated semantic analysis of game footage and statistic extraction. Algorithms include estimating camera location and motion, tracking player movements on the field, and understanding player actions. This will ultimately lead to automated inferences, and thus assist in the development of, team strategies. Autoscout will be located in Room 230C as of May 1st.
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NEW ENTERPRISEWORKS AFFILIATE: Mammoth Trading
An electronic clearing house to allow farmers with quantified, monitored groundwater pumping rights to lease or permanently transfer part or all of their rights. Anonymous transactions will be made through a centralized exchange, with a per-transaction fee charged for each executed transaction. Founded by Nick Brozovic, associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Mammoth Trading was an I-Start grant recipient.
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NEW ENTERPRISEWORKS AFFILIATE: Inscites
Inscites is a National Science Foundation funded digital start-up developed by scientists to integrate into a researchers workflow and allow easy/secure knowledge curation and collaboration. By leveraging digital technologies, Inscites increases the return on investment on research spending.
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