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Knerd shirts: maybe you’ve seen them around Union Square or on the subway. Here at Knewton, we’re big fans of our oh-so-soft American Apparel tees. For our last hack day, our Head of Recruiting, Dave Garfinkel was inspired to create his very own T-shirt cannon. Facilities Coordinator Patrick Ward and Software Engineer Nick Ward helped turn his vision into a reality. Check out this video of the cannon in action. On November 1, we’ll be… Read more

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Join us on Tuesday, November 13 at one of the nation’s finest research universities, the University of Chicago. Esteemed Knerd and U of Chicago alum, Jordan Lewis will talk about tackling some of the world’s toughest engineering problems. Click here for event details! Here’s Jordan: And here’s David Yourdon, another Chicago alum at Knewton.

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This past Tuesday, Knewton hosted one of NY’s most intense machine learning/big data events of the year. Over 100 people came out to mingle and listen to an awesome lineup of speakers. If you have the time, check out the full recording: Otherwise, here’s a quick look at what went down. The evening was kicked off by one of Knewton’s lead data scientists, George Davis. George talked about how Knewton develops scalable statistical models of… Read more

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In the coming months, we’ll be traveling to some of the most venerated institutions of higher learning to find rockstar engineers — and bring them back to Knewton. We’ll be at Harvard’s Faculty Club on October 9 talking Knerd shop. Click here for all the event details. Check out this short video we put together featuring three Harvard-educated Knerds!

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The trek continues! Next up on our tour of the best engineering schools in the country: Cornell. We’ll be talking Knerd shop on October 5 in the beautiful land of Ithaca, NY. Alum David Siegel will be presenting another great Knerd talk. Join us! Check out the Facebook page for event details.

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In a few weeks, we’ll be at one of the most venerable seats of higher learning all the world over: Cambridge, Massachusetts. Join us as we cast our genius net at MIT on September 28! Check out the Facebook page for event details!

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Over the next few months, we’ll be trekking around the country to visit college engineering programs and recruit a few good Knerds. Our first stop is Carnegie Mellon, which just happens to be the alma mater of two of Knewton’s greatest data scientists. We made a short video about how George and Jesse’s experiences in Pittsburgh helped shape their careers as Knerds. Take a look, and meet George in the flesh at our campus Knerd… Read more

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Somehow, Labor Day has come and gone and fall is fast approaching. In the midst of a busy August, we welcomed three new Knerds to the Knewton team. Shawn Lauzon joins us as a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team. Originally from Austin, TX, and Madison, WI, Shawn graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Before coming to Knewton, he was working on Android development in Austin. As a brand-new New Yorker, Shawn’s… Read more

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This is the latest installment of our blog series about Knerd side projects. When he’s not busy coding at Knewton, Senior Software Engineer Nikos Michalakis keeps busy writing stories and making up games for kids. I talked to Nikos to learn a bit more about the website he runs, called DrTechniko. What’s the purpose of DrTechniko? DrTechniko educates young kids (starting at age 5 or so) about computer science and technology through stories and games…. Read more

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This is the latest installment in our blog series highlighting Knerd side projects. I started the literary magazine LitCouture 4 years ago, right after I graduated from an MFA program in creative writing. Using my own network of writers and my knowledge of small presses, I was able to build up an organization fairly quickly. Right off the bat, I was thrilled with the kind of talent we were able to attract. We published winners of… Read more

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