The Co-operative (Co-op)
Education Model
 A three way partnership between
– students
– employers
– the Dept of Computer Science
Programs in Computer
Science Co-op
– Computer Science (Hons & Major)
– Computer Science / Math Joint
Honours
– Computer Science / Physics &
Astronomy Joint Honours
– Computer Science / Stats Joint
Honours
– Coursework Master’s
Why?
 Earn a competitive salary
 Apply classroom learning
 Develop crucial employability skills
 Resume & cover letter development
and interview skills - an easy
transition to work is facilitated
 Soft Skills
 Have the opportunity to work outside
of Manitoba/Canada.
 Build a network!
 Get better grades! ……… usually. 
 Gain a realistic understanding of the
choices available with your degree.
Stats
 150+ placements per year across
Canada
– 2012 – 156
 67 placements in summer 2013
– 11 west coast
– 3 Coursework Master’s
Employer!
Robotics Lab
HCI Lab
Ag Canada
Prime Focus
Rim (Blackberry)
Currently: EA)
EISI (Zywave)
RIM (Blackberry)
Currently:
iQmetrix
Shell Canada
DND/ Invenia
Currently: Masters
in Comp Sci
TRIUMF is one of the
world’s leading subatomic
physics laboratories.
Summer 2013 Employers
Special Guest #1
William Humphreys-Cloutier
– Freshbooks, Toronto (Work Term I)
– 500px, Toronto (Work Term II)
FreshBooks
– Freshbooks – “Cloud Accounting”
– Sounds super boring.
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My best summer ever?
Lots of independence.
Learn a ton!
Amazing culture.
FreshPics!
FreshPics!
500px
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“World’s Best Photography”
Rockin’ lean startup team (~20)
Loads of independence and trust
Worked with really cool, cutting
edge web technologies
– Connections in T.O. tech scene
– Perks!
500px HQ
Success!
Special Guest #2
Robin Swanson
Canada Japan Program
– Taiyo Industrial, Wakayama, Japan
(Work Term I, II & III)
– TRIUMF, Vancouver (Summer
Student
– Dept of Computer Science (Optional
Work Term IV)
Canada Japan Coop Program
 Amazing Employers
– NTT, SONY, Panasonic, Osaka
Gas, Kao Chemicals, Fujitsu,
SANYO ...
 Great Students
– From students across Canada
– UBC, SFU, Toronto, Manitoba
 Spectacular Country
– Rich history
– Easy travel
– Friendly people
Taiyo Industrial Co., Ltd.
 Wakayama, Wakayama
 Specialty in FPC
– Cameras, Cell Phones, etc.
 Test Systems Department
– Visual inspection of FPC
 My Work:
– Low-level interaction with
motors & cameras
– Image processing
– GPU programming
– Android development
TRIUMF
 Canada’s national laboratory for
particle and nuclear physics
 Nuclear Medicine, Materials
Science, Particle Accelerators
 Excellent Student Program
– Lab Tours, Lectures, Excursions
 My Work:
– DEAP-3600 Dark Matter
Experiment
– Analysis & Simulation of DAQ
hardware
Current Work
 Transversals in Rectangles
– Working with Dr. John van Rees
– Creating an algorithm to find the maximum
frequency in which a rectangle has a transversal
– Learning something nobody has ever known
before
 UMSATS
– Inter-University Satellite Competition
– Acting lead of Science and Payloads
– Sending animals to space
Special Guest #3
Heather Kuppe
Cogmation Robotics (Work
Term I)
Questions?