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Really Good Computer Programmer

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Data/Analytics
Engineering
Internships
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
brandon.dohman@syngenta.com
Description: 

The Syngenta Digital Innovation Lab is a place of exploration. Not only for our Syngenta Scientists and internal Business Partners but for our interns as well. The lab is currently looking for 2-3 more developers to join its ranks. We have a need for Python, full stack, HPC, and CUDA talent. 

Required qualifications are:

  • You know Python so well its parents send you a birthday card with money
  • Your middle name is "full stack"
  • Your HPC programs can beat Usain Bolt in a race
  • Without googling, you know what CUDA means

Qualifications

  • Nature of curiosity
  • Entrepreneurial spirit
  • Wants to learn new things
  • Enjoys challenges and being challenged
  • Will debate other interns on nerd stuff
  • You can explain what a Doppio and Restretti is.

Office Benefits

  • Snacks
  • Lit Spotify playlist
  • THEE BEST COFFEE MACHINE IN THE RESEARCH PARK. SERIOUSLY IT MAKES CAPPUCINO DOPPIOS AND RISTRETTIS. 
  • Ton's of corporate visitors for you to engage with
  • Real live office plants
  • No spiders
  • 5 tv's and 1 projector
  • Patio
  • Competitive whiffle ball games

 

Think you're this person? Please apply here


Data Analyst

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Data/Analytics
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
brandon.dohman@syngenta.com
Description: 
Data Analyst - (1702656) 
Data Analyst will: 

• Work as part of the Digital Data and Insight team enabling the integration of data sources with next generation technologies across functional boundaries.
• Review legacy data platforms and data sets to innovate and integrate across the business to collaborate and partner with key stakeholders to deliver the next generation data platform for Syngenta. 
• Work with analysts, project teams and others within Syngenta, translating data-driven insights into actions and decisions
• Identify and establish analytics tool guidelines and standards, driving best in class solutions for data preparation, analysis, visualization, and reporting.
• Set clear and inspiring visions, bringing to life the business and architectural context showing how the analytics tools fit within the overall infrastructure and high-performance data architecture.
• Drive, organize and deliver the data integration support for a corporate computing capability.
• Promote a corporate entrepreneur mindset within the Digital Digital Data and Insight Lab that will positively influence the successful delivery of fast paced digital Digital Data and Insight solutions, ideas & opportunities. 
• Ensure experiments and sprints are delivered within compliant Syngenta's project standards, security standards.

 

Knowledge, experience & capabilities

Experience and skills:
• Expert knowledge of applied data analytics and informatics.  
• Experience with large scale data integration and analysis.
• Experience in Big Data tools, analysis, methods and integration.
• Knowledge of informatics, analytics, computational science, service management, delivery.
• Knowledge of toolsets and capabilities utilized by expert data scientists and modelers.
• NoSQL and RDBMS databases. 
• Hadoop-based tools (Hive, Hbase, MapReduce, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Data modeling and ELT / ETL.
• Data analytics and visualization.
• Working with cross-functional / organizational / geography people and teams.

Applications
Please submit your application through this link

 

 

Research Park Honors Most Valuable Interns of 2017

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CHAMPAIGN – Research Park’s most influential and valuable interns were honored on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Research Park Summer Intern Picnic.  Almost 600 highly skilled students work for Research Park tenant companies, where they gain valuable work experience and make significant contributions to internal corporate research and development programs. They also are able to work on valuable projects and build their professional networks and personal skillsets with by being exposed to scenarios that cannot be learned in the classroom. The interns nominated for this year’s intern awards represent a wide range of skills and backgrounds, and are all students at the University of Illinois. A team of Research Park professionals evaluated all nominations and determined the finalists and winners.

The honorees are as follows:

Best Technological Innovation

Dario Aranguiz, Research Intern, Petronics. “Dario is confident and persistent. If he believes something is possible when others are skeptical, he will work at it until he proves them wrong. He is an extremely fast learner, and is great at bouncing ideas around. His work on single pixel SLAM is absolutely outstanding for any employee, let alone an intern.” Dario is incredibly close to demonstrating single pixel SLAM, which, if successful, will bring capabilities to our robot never before seen in a commercial product. He has helped us stretch the bounds of what functionality is possible to provide from a robot at this price" 

 Finalists: Wanxin Bai, Gartner; Daniel Gardner, OceanComm

 

Most Outstanding Undergraduate Student

Roshen Samuel, Market Research Analyst, Abbvie. “Roshen would gather, document, and ingest information for all relevant vendors and technologies-effectively becoming a local subject matter expert for numerous systems competing to solve the same business challenge. In many cases, Roshen needed to reach directly out to vendors to setup meetings and gather additional information. Roshen not only built a deck summarizing all of his findings and analyses, but also presented the deck.”

 

                                             

Finalists: Luke Calian, IllinoisRocstar LLC; Daniel Yuan, Reconstruct Inc.

 

Most Competent and Collaborative Team

Andrew Steveson and Ethan Wisniewski, Medical Device Design Engineers, Cast21. “Andrew and Ethan work exceptionally well together. They convene each morning to discuss plans to achieve their self-set, large goals to make the best product for Cast21. Andrew and Ethan have done far and away more than anyone could possibly imagine for engineering interns. Andrew and Ethan fearlessly volunteered to represent our company at conferences and events around the country.”

                                                

Finalists: Rui Xia and Yiming Wang, AAPR; John Capozzo, Shimul Chaudhary, Fangyu Wu, Syngenta

 

Most Advanced Marketing and Business Development

Alexa Musgrove, Graphic Design Intern and Botanical Illustrator, Agrible. “Alexa works well as a member of a team, she looks for ways to support others and finds areas that she can help in. If she completes all her assigned work, or if it’s temporarily blocked, she will be proactive and see how she can help others on the team complete their work. She goes back to perfect details in her work, accepts critique, and makes revisions with a positive attitude. She strives to learn, not only at work but also on personal time, by pursuing a certificate in interactive design, pro-bono work for other companies in Research Park. She sets an example to us all with her work ethic, positive attitude, and communication skills.”

 

                                                   

 Finalists: Jacob Ebens, AARP; Kshitij Inamdar, Brunswick Corporation

 

Most Outstanding Graduate

Naila Bushra, Technical Developer, Yahoo!. “Naila’s work ethic and initiative combined with her research experience provide a potent combination to knock down barriers and solve research problems. Unafraid to propose novel methods, she has greatly improved many of our internal processes. She has identified bugs in our analytic pipelines and improvements to how our data is stored and processed. In her brief time here, she has demonstrated a skill in technical ability above and beyond an entry level graduate employee conducting most of her work with minimal supervision and guidance.”

                                                       

 Finalists: Fikriyah Winata, State Farm; Yang Liu, Caterpilar Inc

 

Best Entrepreneurial Leadership in a Startup 

Daniella Kalume, Laboratory Student Intern, SpectroClick. “Daniella is diligent, efficient, and timely. She works independently, realizes when she needs help or guidance, learns quickly, and then pushes on to the next goal. She has been more effective than the only other lab person I’ve had in the lab. Ms. Kalume has deftly carried out laboratory duties and performed well enough that she has clarified what problems we face in making foolproof analytical methods.”

                                                          

Finalists: Elizabeth R. Livingston, Illinois Rocstar LLC; Wiley Jones, Petronics

EnterpriseWorks Startups Changing the World of Agricultural Technology

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Illinois Farmer Today highlights an array of EnterpriseWorks startups that are creating innovative solutions in agriculture. 

The talent pipeline leads to finishing projects more efficiently, which makes Research Park an ideal location to harness the agricultural tech industry. Tech has been driven by Silicon Valley, but it makes sense to have a base here where there is a strong relationship with the agricultural community, says Laura Freichs.

Soil Diagnostics focuses on crops, and helps growers manage their their soil through cutting edge, low cost, high resolution monitoring services for soil nutrients and soil-dwelling pathogens to enable growers to maximize their profitability while reducing their input costs. Transitioning to livestock management, Aptimmune Biologics Inc. focuses on bringing effective prophylaxis against Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virusinto the market.

Another successful agtech startup is Ag-Sensus, who enable growers to retrieve their own near-real-time, high resolution images of their crops through an easy-to-operate personal remote sensing system. Earthsense utilizes robots to provide advice for farmers, ranchers, and other land managers by detecting issues up close. Intelinair delivers actionable insights using aerial imagery analysis and deep learning methodologies & algorithms focused on the agriculture industry.

Graduate companies of the EnterpriseWorks Incubator also continue to thrive, such as agriculture-tech company Agrible. “They are our best success story. They have grown the fastest,” says Laura Frerichs.

Research Park also hosts an annual Ag Tech Summit, where hundreds of participants from startups and large agricultural companies alike all gather in Champaign to exchange ideas.

For more on EnterpriseWorks ag tech startups, read the full article onIllinois Farmer Today.

 

 

Digital Marketing Intern

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
User Experience/Graphic Design
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
lswearingen@gsiag.com
Description: 

GSI is looking for a talented web developer to join our team at Research Park as our Digital Marketing Intern. This person will be instrumental in helping GSI build brand awareness on campus by developing a web presence for GSI’s Research Park office.

 

Role Responsibilities:

  • Lead design process and execution for building a web presence for the Champaign site, including recommendations on website platform, layout, design and functionality.
  • Develop website marketing strategy to keep content fresh
  • Work collaboratively with Marketing & Design intern to design materials for recruitment opportunities such as career fairs and networking events
  • Design digital signs to be displayed on TV’s around the office to  keep students informed of upcoming events and announcements
  • Other GSI projects as assigned

 

Qualifications:

  • Individual must be creative and collaborative, with interest in marketing
  • Junior or Senior student studying computer science, marketing, advertising or similar
  • Previous website design experience necessary, including skills in JavaScript, JQuery, PHP or Python, etc.
  • Experience designing various marketing materials
  • Background or general understanding of the Agriculture industry a plus

 

Additional Details

This is a paid internship for the fall of 2017 that requires the student to work 10-15 hours a week at GSI’s office in Research Park. Interested candidates should email a resume to Lena Head at lswearingen@gsiag.com .

 

ABOUT GSI:

GSI is a global manufacturer of grain systems and swine and poultry production equipment. GSI is a part of AGCO and one of their five core brands. AGCO (NYSE: AGCO) is a fortune 500 corporation that is a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of agricultural solutions. GSI is dedicated to protecting every acre, every harvest and every animal in our customer’s care. By doing this we help advance agriculture in developing countries and around the world. 

Cast 21's Ethan Wisniewski is featured on the News-Gazette's Wired In

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Ethan Wisniewski is the latest Research Park affiliate who has been featured on Wired In, an interview with a high-tech difference maker in the community. 

Ethan works as a Medical Device Design Engineer for Cast 21, a startup at EnterpriseWorks that is working on a exoskeleton pad that reduces the amount of heat a patient will feel during sleeve placement. While similar to a cast, this exoskeleton will be more comfortable and will allow the skin under the pad to breathe easier and be washed easier. 

The exoskeleton can also be mass-manufactured and can easily replace traditional fiberglass casts, without costing any more for the added luxuries. 

Ethan began working with Cast 21 after an email that was sent out to the Materials Science Department at the University, where Ethan is a student, peaked his interest because of the innovative mindset the email described. He interviewed and was offered the job. 

Recently, Ethan was a part of the team that won the Most Competant and Collaborative Team Award at Research Park's annual Intern Awards. 

To read the full article, click here.

Life Foundry

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PSYONIC, featured in Chicago Tribune, works to create affordable bionic limbs

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Wednesday August 2, 2017: Psyonic, a startup company at EnterpriseWorks that was launched in 2015, is changing the way that people with prosthetic limbs are navigating their way through life. The company's mission is to deliver advanced, neurally controlled prosthetics that are more advanced and more affordable than other state-of-the-art prosthesis that are currently avaible on the market. They were featured in the Chicago Tribune to shed light on how much their prosthesis could benefit those who could really use them. 

Retired Army Sgt. Garrett Anderson, a University of Illinois Masters student who is currently studying rehabilitation counseling, lost his right hand and part of his forearm in 2005 after an improvised explosive device exploded under his truck while he was serving in Iraq. He has been searching for a prosthetic that would be helpful, without being costly or cumbersome--which is exactly what PYSONIC could provide, with just a little more funding. 

Aadeel Akhtar, Psyonic's co-founder, said that Psyonic prosthetic limbs are 20 percent lighter than the average human hand weight, and has a distinctive flesh-like feel with flexibility that mirrors human tissue. It also costs less than a tenth in raw materials than other prosthesis on the market, which makes it very appealing to those in need. 

In July, Psyonic launched an Indiegogo campaign with the goal of raising $250,000. So far they have raised $5,000, and the campaign is ending on the 18th of August. The money that is raised by the Indiegogo campaign will be used to earn FDA approval, which is necessary to take the prosthetic to the market, and insurance coverage, as well as build an initial batch of 50 hands. 

To read the full article from the Chicago Tribune, click here.

To support, or to check out their Indiegogo campaign, go to their campaign page here.

 


Senior Software Engineer for Natural Systems

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Software & Web Development
User Experience/Graphic Design
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
careers@agrible.com
Description: 
Summary
Agrible is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer for Natural Systems to build world-class software systems and tools formed around the convergence of agricultural science with computer science. You will confront broad-ranging intellectual challenges while working with a multi-disciplinary team of highly skilled professionals in a fast-paced environment. Expand your abilities and push your limits as you make intuitive high-level decisions and implement high-quality solutions for the most advanced agricultural predictive analytics system on the planet. 
 
About Agrible
Agrible Inc. is an agricultural analytics business on the leading edge of dynamic soil modeling, crop growth modeling, and weather prediction technology. We are growers, agronomists, scientists, and developers who build world-class software in the heart of the heartland. We’re headquartered in Champaign, Illinois, where it’s only a few steps from the farm gate to our office doors.

Responsibilities
Collaborate with a cross-functional team to determine requirements for new software products or feature upgrades to existing software products 
Transfer prototypes into production software with attention to system integration, feasibility, and functional soundness
Develop test scenarios to ensure software meets all functional requirements as well as requirements for quality, security, modifiability, extensibility etc.
Approve final product before deployment and manage the release process
Successfully communicate implementation decisions, trade offs, and testing results to the development team and product owners
Maintain historical records by documenting program implementation and revisions
Provide technical guidance and coaching to developers and engineers
 
Qualifications
Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field plus five years experience, or Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field plus ten years experience
Proven experience as software engineer
Experience in software development and coding in Python
Excellent knowledge of software and application design and architecture
Excellent knowledge of object oriented programming
Understanding of software quality assurance principles
A technical mindset with great attention to detail
High quality organizational and leadership skills
Outstanding communication and presentation abilities
 
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with MapReduce and other Big Data programming models
Experience with cloud computing solutions
Experience with discrete event simulations
 
Salary and benefits will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Please send a resume and cover letter addressing your salary requirements and establishing your experience/qualifications for the criteria outlined above. Please submit these items to careers@agrible.com.
 
Location of Position: Champaign, IL
Agrible, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer 
EOE/AA

AWARE POC Grant Applications Available

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GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE:
AWARE (Accelerating Women And underRepresented Entrepreneurs) will fund up to $5,000 for teams to create a minimum viable product. 

The goal of the AWARE (Accelerating Women And underRepresented Entrepreneurs) POC grant program is to provide participants funding that will enable them to build a viable prototype that will accelerate commercialization. Applications will be evaluated based on 1) the project’s ability to successfully prepare the technology for an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) proposal and 2) the project's ability to be executed within the requested budget and timeframe. Teams will be provided with UP TO $5,000 grants of proof-of-concept funding.

To qualify, teams must be led by a PI from an underrepresented group. Awards will be granted to teams that can demonstrate a need, true commercial potential of the idea, and that there is reasonable potential that the project can be completed within the project deadline. 

REQUIRED:
- Awardees must have a University of Illinois affiliation (faculty, staff, student.) 
- Awardees must comply with University rules. 
- Awardees must submit a detailed budget to be included in their award agreement (a budget is required for this application, but it does not have to be as precise.)
- Award recipients will deliver a one-page final report by a deadline agreed to in their award agreements.
- Award recipients will be required to give a final presentation, in person. 
- Awardees will be required to meet with EnterpriseWorks EIRs to ensure that they are meeting milestones and making progress, a minimum of twice. 

SPENDING PARAMETERS:
- Grant money cannot be used for salaries, stipends and/or honorariums.
- Grant money cannot be used for permanent equipment.  


Applications will be due on August 25, 2017, with awards made by September 5. Applicants will have three months from award to completion to spend the money. For questions and more information, contact Research Park associate director Laura Weisskopf Bleill (lwbleill@illinois.edu)

The AWARE (Accelerating Women And underRepresented Entrepreneurs) program is a collaboration between the College of Engineering and the EnterpriseWorks incubator at the University of Illinois Research Park, and is being funded by the National Science Foundation.

To apply and for more information, click here: http://go.illinois.edu/AWAREPOC

 

 

Mobile Software Developer Intern

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Internships
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Internship
Contact Email: 
jobs@countryfinancial.com
Description: 

COUNTRY Financial is seeking Mobile Software Developer interns to be part of the team delivering technical web and mobile application solutions in our Digital Strategy program. These positions will be located in our DigitaLab at the University of Illinois Research Park in Champaign, IL. As a DigitaLab intern, you will be working with business partners, designers and IT to develop and test rich user interfaces across all digital devices for our COUNTRY Financial customers, representatives, and employees.
Responsibilities:



  • Developing mobile applications (iOS and Android) along with web solutions that are high performing and meet technical standards

  • Creating solid technical solutions by selecting the appropriate technology, leveraging our defined technology standards and knowledge of multiple programming tools and techniques

  • Designing solutions after gathering business and technical requirements

  • Supporting the development of test cases, execution and related problem solving during all phases of project testing in alignment with overall test plans

Requirements:



  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

  • Must be actively pursuing a college degree for the duration of the internship

  • Must be able to work part-time during the school year (typically 10-15 hours per week)

  • Experience working with some of the following:

    • Cordova, Angular, PhoneGap, Ionic, Node, React

    • Java, JavaScript, JSON, Rest, CSS, HTML5, XML

    • Spring / SpringBoot

    • Eclipse / Spring Tool Suite

    • Maven, Gradle

  • A working knowledge of the following is preferred:

    • Cloud-Native Architectures and micro-services

    • Cloud Platforms (PaaS) - Cloud Foundry

    • Version Control tooling (Git, SVN)

    • Agile development process

    • Infrastructure & middleware technologies utilized in providing application services

    • Deployment methodologies and tooling, including DevOps for CI/CD

    • Multiple database architectures, structured and unstructured

 


To apply, please visit https://www.countryfinancial.com/en/digitalab.html

Mobile iOS Developer

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Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
GerwinHowardR@JohnDeere.com
Description: 

As a Mobile Developer working at John Deere’s Innovation Center in Champaign, IL, you will have front row seats to bringing the digital revolution to farming. You will support and sometimes lead projects with complex software challenges that help deliver a “connected experience” for John Deere’s customers. We are looking for individuals who enjoy tackling interesting problems, such as helping farmers with logistics during harvest (GrainTruckPlus on iOS & Android) or connecting the lawn care experience (MowerPlus on iOS & Android). If you are passionate about mobile software development and are looking for interesting problems to solve, please continue reading.

You will:

·       Develop, support and augment mobile app solutions such as GrainTruckPlus, PlanterPlus, and MowerPlus

·       Work closely with other mobile developers, UX staff, product/vehicle engineers, and strategic suppliers to deliver mobile app solutions to market 

·       Plan, design, implement and test system components of various degrees of complexity

You should be able to demonstrate experience with:

·       Development in iOS (e.g., at least 1 year of experience, and/or significant involvement in delivering at least 1 app to the App Store)

·       Broad knowledge of features available in Apple’s Frameworks and of best practices for Cocoa Touch and Foundation

Ideally, you also have:

·       BS degree or equivalent

·       Experience with other languages such as C++, Python, Java

·       Experience in mobile development for Android

·       Experience with revision control systems such as GitHub

·       Broad knowledge of features available in Apple’s Frameworks and of best practices for Cocoa Touch and Foundation

·       1-3 years of experience in aspects of the mobile lifecycle such as application structure, debugging, performance, security, accessibility and deployment

·       1-3 years of experience in one or more of the following: Using RESTful APIs, Bluetooth LE, Location Services

This is a Full-Time Contract Position (with opportunity to become permanent).

Location: Champaign IL

Travel: less than 10%

Please send your resume and cover letter to Howard R. Gerwin at GerwinHowardR@JohnDeere.com

 

Dario Aranguiz of Petronics Talks Robotics and Mousr Product

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Dario Aranguiz, Petronics Intern and winner of the Best Technological Innovation Award at the 2017 Research Park Intern Awards, sits down with The News-Gazette to talk about the future of robotics and what Petronics has in store.

Petronics, an EnterpriseWorks startup, has been working on bring Mousr to the market, a robotic mouse designed to autonomously entertain cats. Dario admits that, "Startups can have a difficult time entering a market with big players like the robotics industry. Our co-founders have worked hard to find a niche that we are uniquely suited to fill." 

Dario's research focus is enabling robots like Mousr to navigate and understand their environment. He has been recognized for his work in demonstrating single pixel SLAM, which, if successful, will bring capabilities to the Petronics robot never before seen in a commercial product. If somebody is interested in entering the robotics industry, Dario advices that individuals "Find a project that you can really sink our teeth into, like an automated door lock system or a little RC car, and just go. Anything that gets you started is the right thing to do."

Read more about Dario and Petronics on The News-Gazette.

Granular Acquired by DuPont in Efforts to Help Farmers Run More Profitable Businesses

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August 9, 2017: DuPont, a world-renowned science and engineering company that focuses on agriculture and nutrition, advanced materials, and bio-based industrials, has aquired Granular, a San Francisco agriculture software company that has its regional headquarters at the University of Illinois Research Park. 

The purpose behind this aquirement is primarily to accelerate the digital agriculture strategy, which will lead to farmers running more profitable businesses. Since being founded in 2014, Granular has made its mark on the agriculture industry as a company that makes it easier for farmers to manage a large farm and use pinpointed data to make calculated and accurate business decisions. In addition, Granular operates AcreValue.com, which is currently the leading digital marketplace for farmland real estate. 

Sid Gorham, Granular's co-founder and CEO, will continue as the the leader of Granular, as well as the new leader for Digital Agriculture for DuPont. This will include responsibility for Encirca services, which is DuPont's agronomic software business. 

This aquisition will connect growers, analytics, and public and private data, which will enhance Granular and DuPont's mutual dream of a more digitally connected and sustainable agriculture industry. James C. Collins, DuPont's Executive Vice President, said "This aquistion is an important component of our commitment to leading and shaping the agtech market." 

Delivering more value to growers throughout the world is a vision that has been shared by Granular and DuPont, even before aquistion. "We started Granular to make an big impact on the business of farming" said Sid Gorhman.  "I am confident that as a part of DuPont we will make a bigger impact even faster. Dupont shares our vision for using technology to help farms improve their dollar yield, not just their bushel yield. We are excited to pursue that vision together." 

Granular will continue to maintain its office in the Research Park. 

To read the full press release, click here.

Software Engineer

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Category: 
Software & Web Development
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
sredman@illinois.edu
Description: 
The Illinois Applied Research Institute (ARI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has openings for software engineers to support research projects in medical imaging or digital manufacturing by contributing to the development of complex software systems from design through test and validation. These positions are full-time, benefits-eligible academic professional positions appointed on a 12-month service basis. The expected start date is as soon as possible, based on the business needs of the organization. Salary is commensurate with experience and qualifications. 
 
ARI’s mission is to provide rapid, cost-effective solutions for industry and federal clients. From the beginning, our vision has been to create a new model for a university-based laboratory. With a sharp focus on maturation and validation of technologies before they leave the laboratory, ARI currently focuses on the following technical thrusts: Advanced Manufacturing, Engineering Design and Simulation, Indoor Climate Research and Training, Information Processing and Systems, and Visual Analytics for Precision Medicine. More information is available at http://www.appliedresearch.illinois.edu/
 
Duties and Responsibilities 
Medical Imaging - Develop a common framework that streamlines data collection and analysis from disparate medical imaging modalities and accelerates data classification.
Digital Manufacturing - Design and implement two critical components of a cyber-physical manufacturing network: (a) an operating system, with network interfaces, capable of rapidly integrating a set of physically isolated manufacturing resources and (b) a network support tool for administering the network. 
Provide support to research projects by gathering and analyzing software requirements and investigate optimal software solutions
Collaborate with a cross-functional software development team to architect, design, implement, and test those solutions
Conduct and document software testing to evaluate software robustness, identify bugs and defects, and verify requirements gaps
Write detailed supporting documentation including software requirements specification, system architecture specification, operational requirements specification, and user interface specification
Prepare activity reports to monitor progress and track the status of the projects
Assume additional appropriate related software engineer duties to further the mission of the institute
 
Minimum Qualifications 
Bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering with 1-3 years of industry experience or an advanced degree with at least one year of industry experience. Alternate degree fields will be considered if accompanied by equivalent experience
Solid Computer Science foundation in data structures and algorithms, object-oriented programming (OOP), and modern software engineering practices
Demonstrated proficiency with C++, Java, Python, Matlab or other programming language
Demonstrated experience debugging and testing software systems
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent problem solving and multi-tasking skills
Minimum Requirements Specific to Each Project
Medical Imaging: Experience working with Linux or Embedded-Linux, Matlab and scientific computing
Digital Manufacturing: Experience working with networking protocols stacks, cloud-based software development environment, and web services
 
Preferred Qualifications 
Three to five years of industry experience
Experience working with open source applications and frameworks
Experience with agile software development
Experience with version control systems (GIT, P4, ClearCase, etc.), bug tracking systems (Jira, Bugzilla, GitHub, etc.) 
Experience with cloud computing or other distributed programming environments
Experience with database programming
Experience working with machine learning algorithms to solve classification and clustering problems, perform information retrieval from unstructured and semi-structured data, and build supervised and semi-supervised learning solutions
Experience with big data and analytics
Eligibility to obtain security clearance (requires U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Resident status)
 
 
To apply for this position, please create your candidate profile at https://jobs.illinois.edu and upload your cover letter, resume, and names/contact information for three references as a single PDF file by August 22, 2017. Interviews and hires may take place prior to the closing date and early applications are encouraged; however, full consideration will be given to complete applications received by the closing date. For further information regarding application procedures, contact Summer Redman at sredman@illinois.edu or 217-300-5400.
 
The University of Illinois conducts criminal background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer.
 
Illinois is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. Illinois welcomes individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas who embrace and value diversity and inclusivity.  (www.inclusiveillinois.illinois.edu).
 

Staff Engineer - Cloud Solutions

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Company Name: 
Category: 
Engineering
Status: 
Full-Time
Contact Email: 
Rhiannon.clifton2@huawei.com
Description: 

The Programming Technologies Lab of Huawei is seeking candidates w/ expertise in the broad area of cloud computing technologies. Our lab is young but growing and has a vast technical space to explore. We welcome researchers and engineers alike. More information about Huawei can be found here.

As a member of a highly talented team, you get to do creative work and make an impact by solving real customer problems. While our current projects include language design, compiler & JVM, and performance optimization, the lab continues to grow and expand to explore software technologies in new domains (e.g., cloud, distributed computing, smart devices). As such, we are not looking for people w/ a fixed set of skills, but rather for “growth-mindset” people who have versatile experience in the field and are undaunted by acquiring new skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Research in: performance analysis & optimizations; program analysis tools design, prototypes and implementation; with focus on distributed and cloud computing.
  • Proactively engage with customers to identify opportunities for cloud technology solutions; bootstrap projects from scratch; and turn ideas into prototypes and production.

Requirements:

  • Ph.D. in Computer Science or 5+ years of work experience in the relevant areas
  • Expertise/experience in one or more of the following areas:
    • Distributed and cloud system architectures, tools technologies, its challenges and solutions on these systems.  
    • Methodologies of performance optimization in VM; runtime and library; and full stack software profiling; software engineering tools on distributed or/and cloud systems.
    • Performance measurement, analysis and optimization via experience in a relevant area, such as performance modeling, parallel software development.
  • Strong software development skills, proficient in software engineering techniques and methodologies
  • Fluency in C/C++/Java and many other cloud-based programming languages

Preferred qualifications:

  • Because we develop cloud tools technology for a variety of purposes, competence in a breadth of distributed systems in heterogeneous environment is a plus
  • Experience with runtime system, such as memory management and concurrent task scheduling, and in newer, cloud based languages like Go, Rust, Scala, and Swift
  • Experience with developing programming technologies for the Cloud and/or distributed environment and smart devices
  • Prior engagement in open-source projects, developers’ community, and/or research community
     

Availability: starting as soon as possible.

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Rhiannon Clifton at Rhiannon.clifton2@huawei.com.

Huawei Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

 

Software Intern - Cloud Solutions

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Contact Email: 
Rhiannon.Clifton2@huawei.com
Description: 

The Programming Technologies Lab of Huawei is seeking candidates w/ expertise in the broad area of cloud computing technologies. Our lab is young but growing, has a vast technical space to explore, and we welcome researchers and engineers alike.

As a member of a highly talented team, you get to do creative work as well as making real impact by solving real customer problems. While our current projects include language design, compiler & JVM, and performance optimization, the lab continues to grow and expand to explore software technologies in new domains (e.g., cloud, distributed computing, smart devices). As such, we are not looking for people w/ a fixed set of skills, but rather for “growth-mindset” people preferably w/ versatile experiences in the field and definitely not daunted by acquiring new skills.

Responsibilities:

  • Work involves a good amount of research in performance analysis & optimizations, and program analysis tools design, prototypes and implementation with focus on distributed and cloud computing.
  • Be creative, keep on learning, and stay connected w/ the community

Requirements:

  •  Enrolled in Ph.D. or M.S. program in Computer Science or related field
  •  Expertise in one or more of the following areas:
    • In-depth knowledge and understanding of distributed and cloud system architectures, tools technologies, its challenges and solutions on these systems.  
    • Experience in methodologies of performance optimization in VM, runtime and library, and full stack software profiling, software engineering tools on distributed or/and cloud systems.
    • Performance measurement, analysis and optimization, via experience in a relevant area, such as performance modeling, parallel software development.
  • Strong software development skills, proficient in software engineering techniques and methodologies
  • Fluency in C/C++/Java and many other cloud based programming languages

Nice to haves:

  • Because we develop cloud tools technology for a variety of purposes, competence in a breadth of distributed systems in heterogeneous environment is a plus
  • Program analysis and compiler experience
  • Experience with runtime system, such as memory management and concurrent task scheduling, and in newer, cloud based languages like Go, Rust, Scala, and Swift
  • Experience with developing programming technologies for the Cloud and/or distributed environment and smart devices
  • Prior engagement in open-source projects, developers’ community, and/or research community

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Rhiannon Clifton at Rhiannon.clifton2@huawei.com.

About Huawei

Huawei is a leading global information and communications technology (ICT) solutions provider. Through our dedication to customer-centric innovation and strong partnerships, we have established end-to-end advantages in telecom networks, devices and cloud computing. We are committed to creating maximum value for telecom operators, enterprises and consumers by providing competitive solutions and services. Our products and solutions have been deployed in over 170 countries, serving more than one third of the world’s population. Huawei has over 150,000 employees, approximately 70,000 of which are engaged in Research & development. Huawei operates a global network of 14 regional headquarters, 16 R&D Centers, 28 Innovation Centers jointly operated with customers, and 45 Training Centers. Huawei is leading the way by rethinking the future. From devices to telecom infrastructure to cloud computing and convergence solutions, we are rethinking every link in the chain with ICT based innovation to deliver a better future... faster.

Huawei Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Derek Hoiem, co-founder of Reconstruct, featured on The News-Gazette

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August 13, 2017: Derek Hoiem is the most recent EnterpriseWorks affiliate to be featured on the News-Gazette's Wired In section, which features a different high-tech difference maker in the Champaign-Urbana community every week. 

Derek Hoiem, University of Illinois computer-science professor, is the co-founder and CTO of Reconstruct, Inc. Reconstruct's mission is to improve efficiency and reduce risk in constructin using new computer techniques. 

In the past year, Reconstruct has advanced from having a protoype and one job site, to having 6 full-time employees and having completely reconstructed their original web-based platform. They just released the newest version in July. The future of Reconstruct, Inc is looking good, as the goals for the company are keeping every new building project on time and on budget, as well as helping to monitor the health of aging infrastructure across the world. 

Hoiem shares this piece of advice for those who are interested in starting a company: A startup is like a marriage: it needs passion, commitment, and lots of work. Make sure you're ready for that. Also, focus on building your team because it takes a wide range of talents and personalities to create a successful team."

To read the full interview click here.

Partner Operations Manager -- Amobee (formerly Turn, Inc.)

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Management
Project Management
Sales/Business Development
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Full-Time
Contact Email: 
champaign-jobs@amobee.com
Description: 

JOB DESCRIPTION

Amobee is seeking a Partner Operations Manager who works proactively and collaboratively with Amobee partners and core business teams to ensure high-quality and flawless operational management that drive results for our customers.

We are looking for a highly motivated, detail-oriented individual with technical aptitude and a desire to learn. Primary responsibility is maintain the health and efficiency of Amobee’s global inventory and verification partners, while collaborating with both internal and external teams to ensure a seamless experience. Additional key functions include working with product and business development to identify, shape and drive inventory and verification partner process improvements and serve as a subject matter expert to internal teams and external teams on partner operations. Continually seeking ways to share insights and enhance the operational processes is a key component of this role.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Become an expert on the Amobee inventory and verification partner ecosystem.

  • Work as the technical lead for a subset of global inventory partners (SSP, Exchanges, direct publishers) and verification vendors (fraud, brand safety, quality).

  • Proactively investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve sensitive escalations while communicating to cross-functional teams throughout the process

  • Understand policies and risks with the ability to effectively translate them into scaled workflows that improve support and product experiences

  • Assess, quantify, and implement workflow improvements to scale business.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with finance, operations, product, business development and client teams to implement operational improvements and design new processes to support inventory and verification partner products and partner offerings.

  • Develop and maintain a deep, understanding of technical solutions, products and positioning offered by Amobee.

  • Analyze performance to investigate hypotheses and to identify meaningful patterns in large, multi-dimensional datasets.

  • Support inquiries from internal teams and partners related to inventory and verification partner integrations.

  • Leverage Excel and Amobee internal tools for analytics and reporting.

  • Manage delivery standards and create ad hoc reports.

  • Communicate with team members located around the world

 

Required Skills / Experience:

  • Minimum 3-5 years of work experience in an operations role, ideally in an ad technology, media, and/or software company.

  • Experience in working with SFDC, Excel, and PowerPoint

  • Excellent analytical skills

  • Excellent organizational skills, diligent, and accustomed to handling multiple responsibilities and tasks.

  • Exceptional written and verbal communication capabilities

  • Ability to communicate effectively with diverse people and individuals at various levels within the organization.

  • Self-starter who can think quickly and creatively in a fast-paced environment; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid change.

  • Ability to investigate, analyze and solve problems, and clearly communicate results both internally at Amobee and externally with partners and customers.

  • Willing to work with team members located in other offices around the world

  • Eager to get hands-on with the technology and figure out how things work.

  • BA / BS degree or equivalent work experience.

 

To Apply

Apply via email at champaign-jobs@amobee.com.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

 

Location: Champaign, Illinois; On the University of Illinois campus in the Research Park

In addition to our great environment, we offer a competitive base salary, bonus program, stock options, employee development programs and other comprehensive benefits. Please send a cover letter along with your resume when applying to the position of interest to champaign-jobs@amobee.com.

The Amobee Innovation Center, located in the University of Illinois Research Park, is Amobee’s only engineering office affiliated with a major university. The Amobee Innovation Center offers the same excitement and challenges working in the fast-paced online advertising industry as Amobee’s headquarters, plus many various opportunities to engage with the University and students. The Research Park, consistently ranked as one of the top research parks and tech incubators in the country, offers a variety of social and training events throughout the year. All employees at companies within the Research Park are affiliate members of the University, and receive benefits accordingly (http://researchpark.illinois.edu/at-illinois/affiliation-benefits). Follow the Amobee Innovation Center on Facebook at @AmobeeInnovationCenter.

 

About Amobee

Amobee, formerly Turn Inc., is a global marketing technology company serving the world’s leading agencies and brands, including Airbnb, Dell EMC and Lexus. Amobee’s patented Brand Intelligence technology measures digital engagement to provide a deeper understanding of audiences, their mindset and interests. Our unified platform enables marketers to seamlessly plan and activate cross-channel, programmatic media campaigns using Brand Intelligence, and includes ads API integrations with Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and Snapchat.

We deliver real-time insights that transform the way leading advertising agencies and enterprises make decisions. Our digital advertising hub enables audience planning, media execution, and real-time analytics from a single login, and provides point-and-click access to more than 150 integrated marketing technology partners.

Amobee’s leadership in marketing technology innovation has been widely recognized, winning the Internet Marketing Association Impact16 Award for Best Predictive Analytics & Measurement Technology, iMedia’s ASPY Award for Best Industry Innovation, and Mobile Marketing Campaign of the Year in partnership with Lexus and Team One at the OMMA Awards.

The company is committed to investing in our employees and creating a vibrant people-driven culture. Individuals have a direct impact on the success of the company. We blend large scale real-time big data problems with a culture that embraces challenges, entrepreneurship, and fun. In 2016, Amobee was named one of Fortune Magazine’s Top 10 Places to Work in Marketing & Advertising and Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Medium-Size Workplaces, as well as being recognized as a Best Places to Work Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, Australia and London.

Amobee is a wholly owned subsidiary of Singtel, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world. The Singtel Group has presence in Asia, Australia and Africa and reaches over 640 million mobile customers in 22 countries. Amobee operates across North America, Europe, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

 

Agrible Co-founder Paul Miller is a finalist for the Technologist of the Year Award

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Paul Miller, Co-founder and Chief Science Officer for Agrible, a University of Research Park based company, was selected as a finalist for the 2017 Illinois Technology Association's CityLIGHTS, Technologist of the Year Award. 

The Technologist of the Year Award is presented to a talented individual who has sparked true innovation by using existing technology for a new purpose or developing a new technology that serves a unique purpose or service. 

The Illinois Technology Association's CityLIGHTS began 18 years ago and has been notable in giving out tech awards each year ever since. As of last year's Awards, the 96 companies and individuals within the CityLIGHTs winners' circle represents billions of dollars in exits, IPO's, and venture capital. These numbers prove that there is indeed a correlation between CityLIGHTS achievement and future success. 

The 2017 ITA CityLIGHTS Awards will take place on September 14, from 6-10PM at Morgan Manufacturing in Chicago, Illinois.

Help Paul Miller take home the Technologist of the Year Award and vote by August 18, here.

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