http://news.cs.washington.edu News from University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:57:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bill Howe, Senior Scientist at the UW eScience Institute and adjunct professor in CSE, is quoted in a New York Times story on the democratization of access to scientific computing and scientific data. "For decades, the world’s supercomputers have been the tightly guarded property of universities and governments. But what would ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/23/bill-howe-in-ny-times/ Another very nice promotional video from the University of Washington, featuring a number of CSE faculty, students, and themes. Watch it on YouTube here. http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/19/advancing-our-world-its-the-washington-way/ The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on research by UW CSE grad student Carl Hartung et al on using cellphones in rural Kenya to help test and counsel people about HIV. "'We were working in villages miles from electricity or running water, but we still had cell coverage,'" he wrote  in ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/17/android-cellphones-dial-up-african-health-in-university-project/ The UW Daily reports on Craig Mundie's November 5 visit to UW. “'In every generation, students have a blend of altruism, optimism and sensitivity with the issues that are forming,' Mundie said ... 'We think computing is in its infancy ... It’s going to be important to continue investing in computing. ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/13/microsoft-exec-visits-uw/ "Online search and information discovery are being transformed before our eyes ... A lot of the action is happening around Seattle ... So get your tough questions ready for our panel, which will feature Brian Bershad from Google, Harry Shum from Microsoft (Bing), Steve Hall from Vulcan Capital, and Oren ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/11/future-of-search-event-nov-30-to-draw-top-startups-vcs-and-execs-to-uw/ [caption id="attachment_2459" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Chandu Thekkath"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2460" align="alignright" width="138" caption="Gaetano Borriello"][/caption] Professor Gaetano Borriello is the latest UW CSE faculty member to be named a Fellow of the ACM. ACM is the major professional society in computer science.   Roughly 1% of ACM's members are elevated to the rank of Fellow.  Gaetano is ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/09/uw-cses-gaetano-borriello-named-acm-fellow/ [caption id="attachment_2445" align="alignright" width="128" caption="Craig's CSE Distinguished Lecture"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2446" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Congratulating Anna Karlin"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2447" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Faculty roundtable"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2448" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Undergraduate student roundtable"][/caption] Craig Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, visited UW CSE as part of a four-campus swing in November 2009.  Craig met with UW CSE's Ed ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/09/craig-mundies-visit-to-uw-cse-november-6/ Three teams from UW CSE competed in the 2009 Pacific Northwest Region Intercollegiate Programming Contest held at the University of Oregon in Eugene on Saturday, November 7, competing in a region that stretches from southern California up to Canada and over to Hawaii. The contest was held at five different ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/08/stellar-cse-showing-at-the-2009-acm-icpc-pacific-northwest-region/ Each year at UW CSE's Industrial Affiliates Meeting, our friends at Madrona Venture Group recognize the most "entrepreneurially interesting" graduate student research presentations. This year, a truly interdisciplinary team of students won the Madrona Prize.  CSE Ph.D. students Jon Froehlich and Sidhant Gupta, EE Ph.D. students Eric Larson and Gabe Cohn, ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/06/the-madrona-prize/ Following in Marty's footStepps, UW CSE's Wendy Chisholm is featured as the Seattle PI's "Geek of the Week." "I believe that through design and technology we can change the world. We can change how society views 'disabilities' - we all need tools to do things. Why do we discriminate against some ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/06/uw-cses-wendy-chisholm-is-the-seattle-pis-geek-of-the-week/