Reasons why working at Portland State doesn't suck...
1. Close proximity to Intel's research groups (i.e. $)
2. Large existing projects with a sizeable amount of group collaboration (i.e. $)
3. Highly successful recruiting pipeline set up with the co-op program
at Univ. of Waterloo and ENSEIRB (Bordeaux)
4. Huge networked games of Half-Life and Counter-Strike plus our own foosball table
5. Computer Science department doubles as a bicycling club (no joke!)
6. Portland's urban-growth boundary, no sprawl, city built for people not
cars
7. Located in downtown Portland
60 minute drive to the beach
60 minute drive to Mt. Hood and year-round skiing
20 minute drive to the Columbia River Gorge
5 minute ride from great cycling and mountain
biking