UW CSE alum Jing Jing Long gets Kai off to an early start at the Mac in a CSE t-shirt!
Video here. Read more →
Starting ’em young!
UW’s Shwetak Patel in NAE “E4U” video contest
The Computing Community Consortium has entered a video featuring UW CSE+EE professor Shwetak Patel and his students in the National Academy of Engineering’s “Engineering For You” video contest – a contest designed to surface inspirational engineering-0riented videos as part of NAE’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
Watch the video here.
(Thanks to the Computing Community Consortium and to videographer Patrick Sammon!) Read more →
Entrepreneurship: Company-Building from Formation to Successful Exit
This spectacular course was taught by Madrona Venture Group’s Greg Gottesman and Matt McIlwain to 40 students: CSE undergraduates, Ph.D. students, and Professional Masters Program students, plus MBA students from the UW’s Foster School of Business.
Today the students – divided into six project teams – presented their final pitches at Madrona’s offices. Afterward they heard from Madrona co-founder Bill Ruckelshaus – twice head of the EPA and hero (along with Elliott Richardson) of the Saturday Night Massacre.
Learn about the course here. Read more →
UW CSE in IEEE Computer annual “outlook” issue
Every year IEEE Computer publishes an outlook issue that highlights emerging technologies that promise to have a significant impact on computing in the near and distant future.
The 2014 issue – just out – features “The Emergence of RF-Powered Computing” by a quartet of UW CSE/EE faculty: Shyam Gollakota, Matt Reynolds, Josh Smith, and David Wetherall. The article describes small computers, already prototyped, that harvest energy from TV, cellular and other signals to run, sense and communicate. The Internet of Things has arrived!
Also featured in this outlook issue is an article by Karin Strauss and Doug Burger of Microsoft Research – both affiliate professors in CSE – “What the Future Holds for Solid-State Memory.” Read more →
Computer vision @ UW CSE
A special group of friends and alumni joined us on Wednesday evening for an hour of demos by UW CSE computer vision faculty Ali Farhadi, Ira Kemelmacher, Steve Seitz and their students, followed by dinner. Guests included Paul G. Allen, Austin & Pam Dahl, Benjamin Diament, Mike & Jenn Fridgen, Ed Fries, Bob Fries, Kirk Glerum, Ron Howell, Andy & Elana Jassy, Cam Myhrvold, Rob Short, Chris Stolte, and John & Patti Torode. Read more →
UW CSE alum Jessan Hutchison-Quillian profiled in Seattle Times
Jerry Large writes in the Seattle Times:
“Jessan Hutchison-Quillian, a young Google engineer in Seattle, uses his time and money to fight poverty and income inequality …
“Hutchison-Quillan, 27, wants this to be a more just and generous society. Achieving that can require some revolutionary action, and it’s true that his upbringing helped shape his values.
“What drew my attention to him is this: He graduated from the University of Washington at 19 (computer science, because it was fun); in June 2007 he took a job offered by Google and decided his pay, more than $100,000, was way more than he needed to live comfortably, so he started giving a growing portion (40 percent now) to causes he believes in, and now he’s helping other people embrace philanthropy.”
In addition to his personal dedication to social justice causes (such as Social Justice Fund NW), Jessan is one of three UW CSE alums (the others are Krista Davis and Jeff Prouty) who created Google’s G-Give program and supporting software on their 20% time, and who are now full-time engineers on Google’s corporate social responsibility team.
Read this inspiring Seattle Times profile here (see also pdf and jpg).
Profile: Saloni Parikh, Undergraduate, Public Health and Computer Science
The UW School of Public Health profiles Saloni Parikh, an undergraduate in UW’s interdisciplinary honors program majoring in Public Health and Computer Science:
“Saloni Parikh combines a passion for public health with a talent for computer programming. As an undergraduate in the interdisciplinary honors program, she’s already making an impact. For a global health study in Kenya, Parikh helped develop a mobile application that allows healthcare workers to track pregnant mothers with HIV. And when she’s not studying or Skyping overseas, Parikh competes on the UW’s Indian classical dance team. ‘It’s a really great break from all the hours I spend on a computer screen,’ she says.”
Read more here.
Read more → DawgBytes update
Learn the latest about DawgBytes, UW CSE’s K-12 outreach efforts:
- Our multiple DawgBytes summer camps in computing!
- The Paul Allen Computing Challenge!
- Engineering Discovery Days!
- Programming contests!
- AP CS review and ice cream social!
- Summer opportunities for teachers!
Here’s the latest update. Here’s the DawgBytes Facebook page. Read more →
UW CSE hosts Washington State NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing
On March 8th, twenty high school women from Washington State were honored at UW CSE with Awards for Aspirations in Computing from the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). We also recognized the two national NCWIT award winners from Washington State, Sampurna Basu and Alisha Saxena.
The NCWIT Awards for Aspirations in Computing honor young women at the high school level for their computing-related achievements and interests.
Awardees are selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education.
On March 8th we also recognized Maureen Coulton, CS teacher at Holy Names, as the Washington State Educator Award winner. The Holy Names CS program has grown rapidly over the past few years and has inspired many young women to pursue computing!
Many in the extended CSE community contributed to making this event a success. Kate Starbird from Human Centered Design and Engineering gave a fantastic keynote. Steph Burg from Microsoft (UW CSE Professional Masters Program student), Katie Chironis from Signal Studios, Krista Davis from Google (UW CSE alumna), and Colleen Ross from buuteeq Inc. (UW CSE alumna) were a great career panel.
CSE students Mike Chung, Hannah Misenar and Jessica Wong gave the girls a chance to program a PR2 robot by demonstration, and Lauren Milne exposed them to projects making technology more accessible.
CSE student Jen Kang was our fantastic photographer, and CSE professor Ed Lazowska spoke to the parents. Last but not least, CSE faculty member Hélène Martin organized and emceed the entire event.
Many thanks to Google, our primary sponsor. And thanks to CSE alumna Sierra Michels Slettvet and friends for donating a FitBit for each winner, to the Museum of Flight for giving them passes and to Valve for providing great swag.
Congratulations to the award recipients, their parents, and their teachers. We hope to see the award recipients as UW CSE students soon! Read more →
Microsoft highlights UW CSE Ph.D. student Kyle Rector
Kyle Rector, a fourth-year UW CSE Ph.D. student, has developed Eyes-Free Yoga, which uses Microsoft Kinect to track body movements and quickly offer verbal feedback for various yoga poses. A mix of a video game and exercise, Eyes-Free yoga makes a typically visual exercise accessible to people without sight.
Kyle is featured on the Microsoft Facebook Page and in Microsoft’s “The Fire Hose” news blog.
Learn more about Kyle and her work here. Read more →