UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska joins GeekWire‘s Todd Bishop and John Cook for a conversation on GeekWire Radio. Topics include:
- Regular GeekWire content:
- The Microsoft Band (Todd had a review model – way cool!)
- Starbucks home delivery (John thinks they’re transforming into a technology company)
- Interview with Ed (9:00-16:25)
- What’s cool in computer science?
- How much is this reflected in education?
- What about student demand for computer science? What’s driving the dramatic increase?
- What can we do to meet our local student and employer demand?
- Regular GeekWire content:
- App of the Week: PhotoMath
- More with Ed (18.05-24:05)
- What about the planned new building for UW CSE?
- The four components of UW CSE’s value proposition:
- “We are the #1 place in the state that prepares Washington’s kids for Washington’s leadership jobs”
- “Research and entrepreneurship .. Carlos Guestrin … Oren Etzioni … Shwetak Patel … Microsoft Photosynth … Picasa Face Movie …”
- “Interdisciplinary activities that are transforming UW … data science … neural engineering … game science …”
- “Community engagement … advocacy for K-12 STEM … outreach to schools, because that’s our pipeline …”
- Trends in student entrepreneurship: “I think this region is on the cusp of something great”
- Regular GeekWire content:
- GeekWire‘s Trivia Challenge
- Final segment with Ed (27:30-31:36)
- Advice for parents to prepare their kids for 21st century careers? “Keep your kid inquisitive”
- A hat-tip to Code.org: “Programming is the hands-on inquiry-based way we teach computational thinking”
- A final message about computer science: “This is a field that’s great for everybody, and a field that gives you the power to change the world”
GeekWire airs on KIRO Radio in Seattle (97.3 FM) at 7 p.m. Saturdays and 1 p.m. Sundays – but it’s always available by podcast here.