http://news.cs.washington.edu News from University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:28:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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/ UW CSE graduate student Shiri Azenkot interned this past summer at AT&T Labs Research.  Shiri's research focuses on making technology accessible to people with disabilities, especially people with low vision.  While at AT&T Labs Research, she explored how technology could be used to create an easy-to-use navigation tool for enabling ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/06/a-summer-intern-making-a-difference/ MSNBC.com's Technology & Science section reports on UW CSE grad student Tamara Denning's recent presentation at the International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing, following it up with a lengthy and informative interview. “'Robots may look like toys or appliances but they’re not, says Tamara Denning, lead author of the study, A Spotlight ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/05/what-happens-when-good-robots-go-bad/ [caption id="attachment_2403" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Adrian Sampson"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2404" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Michael Bayne"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2406" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Peter Hornyak"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2410" align="alignright" width="105" caption="Franzi Roesner"][/caption] TechFlash interviews UW CSE graduate students Franzi Roesner, Peter Hornyak, Michael Bayne, and Adrian Sampson regarding their experiences with the Amazon.com Kindle DX educational pilot project. Read the post here. http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/04/kindle-on-campus-reality-check/ Xconomy reports on Mundie's themes.  Hear his talk in Kane 120 on Thursday at 4:15.   Read the post here. http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/04/more-coverage-of-craig-mundies-college-tour/ The Seattle Times reports on Craig Mundie's university speaking tour, which concludes with a talk sponsored by UW CSE on Thursday November 5th at 4:15 in Kane 120.  Mundie, Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer, will speak on "Re-Thinking Computing."  Earlier in the day, he will meet with UW CSE's ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/02/craig-mundie-to-speak-at-uw-on-november-5/ OVP Venture Partner's Mark Ashida writes in Xconomy about the UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting, particularly the panel discussion on "The Changing Face of Venture Capital" which featured Mark, Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Ron Howell (WRF Capital), Bill McAleer (Voyager Capital), Cam Myhrvold (Ignition Partners), and was moderated by ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/11/02/the-changing-face-of-venture-capital/ UW CSE's Vanish project on self-destructing data is featured in an NPR piece on privacy in the digital age. "Roxana Geambasu is a computer science graduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she's been working on self-destructing data. The simplest application is a form of e-mail that comes ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/10/31/vanish-on-npr/ [caption id="attachment_2369" align="alignright" width="228" caption="Oren Etzioni, WRF Entrepreneurship Professor"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2371" align="alignright" width="217" caption="Dan Weld, WRF Thomas J. Cable Professor"][/caption] At the UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting, Ron Howell, CEO of the Washington Research Foundation, congratulates Dan Weld on his reappointment to the WRF Thomas J. Cable Endowed Professorship, and Oren Etzioni ... http://news.cs.washington.edu/2009/10/31/celebrating-the-washington-research-foundation-dan-weld-and-oren-etzioni/