2013 Big Data Summit
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EnterpriseWorks Virtual Tour
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Mobile Day 2014: Registration is Open
The Research Park is excited to announce that registration is open for the third annual Mobile Development Day, to take place on January 31, 2014 at the iHotel and Conference Center in Champaign. With an expected attendance of over 200 participants and 25 speakers, Mobile Development Day provides an opportunity for attendees to share information and network with peers about mobile development taking place in the entrepreneurial, corporate, and educational milieus in the University of Illinois, the Champaign-Urbana region, and beyond.
Topics include, but are not limited to: mobile technical development; mobile design; mobile entrepreneurship; coroporate, academic, or community mobile development; business of mobile app development; Android vs. iOS; mobile development education and careers; apps vs. websites.
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Operations Strategy Intern
Company Name:
Category:
Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
dustin.starkey@abbott.com
Description:
-Operations Strategy Intern-
Abbott Diagnostics, UIUC Research Park
Description
Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 70,000 people.
Position Summary
Abbott Diagnostics (ADD) is seeking a student to support Operations Strategy to conduct research on key competitors in the in-vitro diagnostics (IVD) industry such that ADD can understand their operational profile and strategies. While specific deliverables will be defined, areas of research and deduction will focus on manufacturing, Emerging Markets strategy, and more.
Additional details include:
- Part-time, paid position at the UIUC Research Park office
- Salary commensurate with experience
- 10-20 hours/week (exceptions made on a case-by-case basis)
- Flexible work schedule
- Position to begin as soon as possible; funded until May 2014 with opportunity for extension
- Application deadline: January 24, 2013
Primary Responsibilities
- Gain rapid understanding of IVD market, Abbott, and key competitors through review of previous findings and independent research
- Conduct specific and ad-hoc research as assigned by Operations Strategy
- Communicate findings and progress to Principal Investigator on a regular basis
- Present findings to Operations Strategy via videoconference or site visit towards end of assignment
Qualifications
- Must be a current UIUC student
- MS in a business-related discipline; engineering or science background preferred, but not required
- Experience in independent research preferred
- Ability to read and synthesize large amounts of technical information
- Good technical writing skills are critical
- Excellent verbal/written English language skills
- Knowledge in the use of Microsoft Excel, Power Point, and Word
- Able to work independently and respond well to feedback
- Self-motivated, reliable, and able to meet deadlines
How to Apply
Interested candidates should complete an online application at www.abbott.com/careers, and under Job Search, use the keywords, “University Science Park Opportunities”. Additionally, candidates should send a copy of their resume or CV to roger.antoniazzo@abbott.com, and cc: dustin.starkey@abbott.com.
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Serra Capital II Fund Featured in News-Gazette Business
Serra Ventures, along with over a dozen emerging startup companies in the Research Park and in Champaign-Urbana, was featured in last week's Business section of the News-Gazette. Don Dodson covered the progress of Serra Ventures' Serra Capital II fund, which is aimed to have $25-30 million in capital and is expected to close this month. Several of the companies funded by Serra Ventures were also highlighted, including startups located in the EnterpriseWorks incubator and beyond.
President and CEO Tim Hoerr mentions five of the companies funded by Serra Capital I that are nearest commercialization, two of which began in the UI Research Park: ANDalyze Inc. and Personify. Hoerr proudly expounded on the relationship between Serra Ventures and its local roots, saying, "The majority of companies [in our portfolio] are based in Champaign or have a tie to the University of Illinois, and that will continue to be our emphasis going forward.[...]We enjoy playing a catalytic role in local economic development."
The entire article can be found at The News-Gazette's site.
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Intern - GIS and Remote Sensing Analyst
Company Name:
Category:
Software Engineering
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
m.harrison@platformstaffing.com
Description:
Dow AgroSciences, a Dow Chemical Company, has a challenging and exciting opportunity for a GIS & Remote Sensing Analyst Intern. This position is located in the Dow Innovation Center at UIUC Research Park. The Information Technology/Data Analysis (ITDA) organization within Dow AgroSciences provides support of research to drive value and accelerate discovery in the R&D organizations throughout Dow AgroSciences.
Candidates for this position are being sought who are in or who have completed a graduate studies program in GIS & Remote Sensing. The candidate may be in graduate school or may have received a related graduate degree. The successful candidate will have advanced skills and abilities in operating ENVI, ERDAS, and Esri ArcGIS and will be proficient in data processing automation. Software programming and application development skills are a plus. The position will involve data processing tasks in support of project needs to provide high accuracy and quality data suitable for data analysis and information extraction. Typical tasks will involve performing necessary corrections of acquired remote sensing data including systematic correction, radiometric correction, and geometric correction of data sets to prepare data for data analysis phases. Knowledge of and capabilities to perform radiometric calibration methods, georeferencing, orthorectification, and image-to-image georeferencing are necessary for this position.
In routine work, the position requires that methods of processing employed will be documented, procedures will be followed, and work will be documented and meticulously organized to assure quality data and traceable workflow. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated, capable of following detailed instructions and procedures, enjoy working as a part of a team, work well under deadlines, have good written and verbal communication skills, and be able to manage and budget time effectively.
If you are interested in exploring this exciting internship, please contact Mark Harrison at 630-563-0155 or submit your resume to m.harrison@platformstaffing.com
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Product Owner
Company Name:
Category:
Administrative/Support Services
Status:
Full-Time
Contact Email:
chad.lilly@lextech.com
Description:
Company Description
Lextech helps businesses optimize workflows by designing and developing suites of custom mobile apps. Proven agile processes and experience connecting mobile devices to ANY external resources (sales teams, legacy systems, hardware, etc.) make Lextech one of the most sought after mobile firms in the world.
Job Description
We are growing rapidly and looking for a Product Owner. This person will be the business/ client liaison, understanding the goals and direction of the mobile project. She/he is the voice of the customer to the development teams and the voice of development to the client. The candidate will work with a highly technical team, reducing obstacles and blockers, allowing the development teams to create better solutions for our clients.
Responsibilities:
Gathering requirements and assist in writing user stories
Interact with clients creating better definitions along business priorities
Understand a clients’ business and business challenges that mobility will address
Manage sprints and product backlog in an Agile environment
Interact with clients, becoming the “app expert”, knowing the app requirements and business processes inside and out. Be “the voice” of the customer in daily stand-ups and direct priorities for successful delivery.
Validate web services are in place and working, allowing the developers to complete stories appropriately
Ensure the team delivers a solution that delights the users and provides the business impact our clients want
Leading a product team consisting of development, design and QA
Qualifications
Skills and abilities:
- 5+ years as a Systems Analyst, working within software development teams
- Ability to interact with customers and gather necessary information to complete projects
- Working as a Product Owner either in a Kanban or SCRUM team
- Working with custom developed projects, ideally working with external customers
- Creating order out of chaos and maintaining project/product backlog
Additional Information
Lextech’s company culture also places a high value on innovation, accountability, open communication, a strong work ethic, and of course, fun! We have a weekly basketball game, Inappropriate T-shirt Tuesday, WhirlyBall events and Cake O’clock. In addition to an intellectually challenging, close knit community, Lextech offers competitive health insurance benefits, 401k matching, etc.
If this sounds like the right job for you, then use the button below to submit your resume. We look forward to receiving your application. Check out our page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/LextechApps).
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Research Park Well-Represented Among Innovation Celebration Award Finalists
Research Park tenants along with EnterpriseWorks graduates, grant awardees, and Entrepreneurs-in-Residence are among the finalists for the Ninth Annual Innovation Celebration Awards, as announced this week. Winners of each award will be announced at the event, held at NCSA (1205 W. Clark, Urbana) on Thursday, February 27, 2014 from 5-8 pm. For more information, and to RSVP, visit innovationcelebration.com
Innovation Celebration recognizes those individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions, taken risks, and provided leadership to ensure the continuing economic success of Champaign County, the ongoing success of the University’s economic development mission, and the growth of entrepreneurial talent and energy in the community.
The entire list of finalists is below; those in orange have ties to the Research Park:
Award Finalists Innovation Transfer Award – University of Illinois
Dr. Stephen Boppart
Dr. Stephen Sligar
Dr. Scott White
Entrepreneurial Excellence: Social Venture Award
[co] [lab]
Pilot
Dr. Fouad Abd-El-Khalick & the EnLIST Team - University of Illinois
Entrepreneurial Excellence: Student Startup Award
KantWait
Servabo
Miss Possible
Entrepreneurial Excellence: New Venture Award
Phi Optics
Veriflow
Electroninks
Entrepreneurial Excellence: Advocacy Award
Ray Price – iFoundry
Jed Taylor – U of I Technology Entrepreneur Center
Dennis Beard – Serra Ventures
Innovation: Economic Development Impact Award
Fox/Atkins Development
Carlos Nieto - Nieto Enterprises
Walter Lohmann
Entrepreneurial Excellence: Management Award
Dan Cermak - Volition
Mike Folk – HDF Group
Bill Cope – Common Ground Publishing
Innovation: Longevity Award
Acoustic MedSystems
Prominic.NET
Pavlov Media
Research Park is a sponsor of the annual event, in addition to : the University ofIllinois’ Technology Entrepreneur Center, Office of Corporate Relations, and Office of Technology Management, along with NCSA, Parkland College, Singleton Law Firm, Serra Ventures, Hanson Financial, Ramshaw Real Estate, Pixo, Pavlov Media, Meyer Capel, Busey, Carle, Martin Hood Friese & Associates, IllinoisVENTURES, Fox Atkins Development, the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Champaign County EDC, and the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District.
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Champaign-Urbana Named A "Most Promising Tech Hub to Watch in 2014"
Techie.com has named Champaign-Urbana to list of 10 "Most Promising Tech Hubs to Watch in 2014." The article on C-U specifically calls out the Research Park: "Research Park at the University of Illinois has some impressive tenants, including Yahoo, Dow, Anheuser-Busch, and Citrix." It also mentions the University of Illinois as a research engine, the presence of fiber, as well as the startup culture here as factors in the recognition.
According to the site, Techie.com’s editorial staff researched some of the most exciting and innovative up-and-coming hubs for 2014. The final list includes Atlanta; Burlington, Vermont; Detroit; Ft. Collins, Colorado; Huntsville, Alabama; Kansas City; Orlando; Sioux Falls; St. Paul/Minneapolis; and Champaign-Urbana.
Read the entire package: http://techie.com/techie-coms-most-promising-tech-hubs-to-watch-in-2014/#champaign
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Research Park in The Spotlight on WAND-TV
http://www.wandtv.com/story/24399712/champaign-
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Greenhouse Assistant/Greenhouse Intern
Company Name:
Category:
Science
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
soumya@chromatininc.com
Description:
Duties: Routine procedures and techniques include (but are not exclusive to) maintaining greenhouse organization, crop maintenance (including trimming/watering), transplanting transgenic and non-transgenic material, harvesting seed/tissue, making chemical solutions, and phenotyping. Duties are dependent on education, experience, and time with the company. Hours are flexible with student schedules. Candidate must have excellent multi-tasking capability, and communication skills.
Qualifications: Recent graduates with Associate degree or Bachelor degree in greenhouse management, biology or similar areas looking for work experience. Full time /part time students who are interested in 15-20 hrs/week or more are
Contact: Please send brief cover letter and CV or resume to Soumya Bhattacharya, soumya@chromatininc.com, for consideration. also encouraged to apply.
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Laboratory Assistant/Laboratory Interns
Company Name:
Category:
Science
Status:
Internship
Contact Email:
soumya@chromatininc.com
Description:
Duties: Routine molecular laboratory procedures and techniques include (but are not exclusive to) maintaining lab organization, washing and sterilization of lab-ware, making chemical solutions, DNA and RNA extraction, running gel electrophoresis, plant tissue culture, PCR, QPCR, and data recording and analysis. Duties are dependent on education, experience, and time with the company. Hours are flexible with student schedules. Candidate must have excellent multi-tasking capability, communication skills, and proficient in use of Microsoft Office.
Qualifications: Recent graduates with Associate degree or Bachelor degree in biology, plant science, biochemistry or similar areas looking for work experience. Full time /part time students who are interested in 15-20 hrs/week or more are also encouraged to apply.
Contact: Please send brief cover letter and CV or resume to Soumya Bhattacharya, soumya@chromatininc.com, for consideration.
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Algorithm Scientist/Engineer
Company Name:
Category:
Engineering
Status:
Full-Time
Contact Email:
RoarkHank@JohnDeere.com
Description:
Job Description:
The John Deere Technology Innovation Center, located at the Research Park on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus, is seeking an algorithm scientist/engineer to join our team. This role will consist finding opportunities to convert business problems to mathematics and algorithms. The focus will be on increasing agricultural productivity and finding innovation solutions for our customers.
Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
· spatio-temporal modeling
· bayesian hierarchical modeling
· data mining and machine learning
· stochastic optimization
· partial differential equations
· multivariate time series
· latent feature modeling
· feature extraction and dimension reduction
· network/graph models
What you will do:
· Plan and execute short term, small team research projects, with the ultimate goal of releasing improved or novel products.
· Provide guidance in writing high-quality, reproducible, well-documented research code.
· Communicate research results within the quantitative teams and to engineering and product teams.
· Mentor and guide other team members on research endeavors.
· Engage in active research projects in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
· Write beautiful, robust, well-documented research code.
· Collaborate with engineers to produce production-scale models.
Educational/Experience Requirements:
· MS or PhD in a quantitative discipline, such as computer science, applied mathematics, physics, or statistics; training in geographical information, weather, or crop sciences is a plus.
· Experience with probability, statistics, and machine learning techniques.
· Experience setting direction and leading research projects.
· Able to program, preferably in different programming languages such as Python, R, Mathematica, MATLAB, and SQL.
· Being able to advice management in clear language about the implications of their work for the organisation
· Driven to create examples, prototypes, demonstrations to help management better understand the work
· Being able to work autonomously
· Good communication skills and enthusiasm to learn new technologies.
Salary and Benefits:
Pay rate commensurate with experience.
This is a full-time contract position.
About Us: More information about John Deere can be found at http://www.deere.com/wps/dcom/en_US/corporate/our_company/our_company.page
Contact : Please contact RoarkHank@JohnDeere.com about this position.
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Assistant Engineer (Part-time for 6 mos.)
Category:
Engineering
Status:
Part-Time
Contact Email:
Byunghoon.bae@cbana.com
Description:
Cbana Labs, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and skilled part-time engineer to specialize in testing the company’s micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) chips to join our team. This exciting position offers competitive pay and a challenging work environment. The ability to work in a self-directed manner to set up experiments to measure output and performance of the Cbana’s micro-Gas Chromatograph (micro-GC) components and systems is essential. Other key attributes of this position include:
· Ability to clearly communicate scientific results in the form of written reports and slide presentations;
· Ability to multi-task on various testing setups simultaneously;
· Ability to problem-solve by accessing a variety of internal and external resources;
· Willingness to work as part of a professional team; and
· Ability to perform under tight deadlines.
A BS degree or Undergraduate Senior in Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical or Material science/engineering field is required. Experience in testing or working on MEMS devices is preferred. Knowledge of Gas Chromatograph is also a plus but not required. The position is immediately available starting 1/17/14 and will be filled as soon as we find the candidate with the right expertise and motivation. The hired employee can work up to 25 hours/week.
About Cbana Labs, Inc. Cbana is developing integrated micro-gas chromatograph (microGC) analyzers to transform how gases are sensed and measured. MicroGCs have many uses including air quality monitoring, detection of pollutants or contaminants, and CWA or explosives detection. Our microGC can sense a wide number of species in air and other gases with unprecedented speed, sensitivity, and precision. We have developed MEMS-based microvalves that operate in microseconds at high pressures, micropumps, micro-preconcentrators with high selectivity and gain, special molecular absorbents, columns with high separation resolution and highly specific and sensitive detectors.
To apply, please email your resume and a list of three references to:
Dr. Byunghoon Bae
Cbana Labs
2021 South First Street
Suite 206
Champaign, Illinois 61820
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WCIA Covers Techie.com's Recognition of Champaign-Urbana as a "Most Promising Tech Hub to Watch in 2014"
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/local-city-is-a-top-tech-town/d/story/RHCobGb6CUOZ_Vt8gNxaww
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Research Park in The Spotlight on WAND-TV
http://www.wandtv.com/story/24399712/champaign-
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Champaign-Urbana's Tech Hub Image Explained by WCIA
WCIA Channel 3 is the latest news outlet to investigate Champaign-Urbana's technology sector, following the announcement by techie.com that the community is a "tech hub to watch" in 2014.
The story features Volition, Wolfram Research as well as Research Park.
See the segment here: http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/local-city-is-a-top-tech-town/34528/RHCobGb6CUOZ_Vt8gNxaww
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Agricultural Informatics, LLC
60 Hazelwood Drive
Champaign
Illinois
61820
217-840-8199
Monday, January 27, 2014
Company Overview:
Ag Informatics is a growing big data technology and data products company, formed 18 months ago, focused in agriculture providing innovative science that farmers and ag companies can use easily every day to improve their production. We develop and sell products currently to independent growers, soil test laboratories, crop consultants, insurance agents, commodities companies, traders, and major ag chemical companies developing seed technologies and new production methods. Our plans are to expand sales while building new exciting data products and associated cloudbased delivery systems. We are a small ambitious group of experienced scientists, computer programmers, software developers, and business managers ready for growth. We are committed to the University and have roots in the Champaign-Urbana community, both major reasons for us to grow our business in this community. We have a business relationship with Waterborne Environmental, Inc., a successful research park business that the same management team brought to Champaign from Virginia 10 years ago and grew steadily. We have ties to the university through a faculty adjunct appointment with Ag and Bio engineering and an NDA where we are evaluating a project and our potential involvement on the data science side of a budding separate laboratory soils testing business.
Building:
Company Category:
Software/Hardware
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David Mizer Enterprises, Inc.
60 Hazelwood Drive
Champaign
Illinois
61820
217-202-9633
david@fmll.us
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Company Overview:
After 14 years managing information/websites for the automotive sector (with an exit 8/13), we're pursuing a number of for-profit technology ventures including an online dating site (http://www.findmylostlove.com) and a messaging platform for businesses to communicate with specific clients at specific times for specific purposes (all of which are variable to both parties).
Building:
Company Category:
Software/Hardware
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Research Park Offers Android Programming Course
Category:
Want to develop Android-based mobile applications? The Research Park's 8-week, non-credit course may be right for you. This introductory class will provide students with the skills required to develop Android-based mobile applications. The class will include an instructor-led, hands-on introduction to the Android development environment including the creation of simple but functional Android mobile applications. The topics covered include development tools, user interface creation and implementation, design patterns, persistent storage, database integration and information retrieval using webservices.
The instructor is William Seemann, a Software Engineer for Administrative Information Technology Services (AITS). William has several years of Android development experience and actively maintains a handful of open source Android applications and libraries. He recently developed the Android version of UI Dining, the first official University of Illinois mobile dining application.
It is recommended that students have experience with Java and object oriented programming. This course DOES NOT require additional purchases such as an Android device or developer license.
About the Class:
Where: EnterpriseWorks Conference Room 130 (60 Hazelwood Drive, Champaign)
When: Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8 p.m., starting Feb. 26 (no class March 26)
Fee: $150
To apply: go.illinois.edu/androidclass
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