“Wondering what steps you can take to reduce your cancer risk? Dr. Anne McTiernan, a cancer prevention researcher in the Public Health Sciences Division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, offers the following tips …”
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President Obama recently sent a hand-written note of apology to University of Texas Senior Lecturer in Art History Ann Collins Johns, resolving a flap that began a few weeks previously when, during an event at a GE gas engine plant in Wisconsin, the President emphasized that Americans would be better off if more of them could work in the manufacturing industry. “Manufacturing jobs typically pay well,” he said. And while some young people might not think of the skilled trades as a lucrative career, Obama added, they can probably earn more “than they might [with] an art history degree.”
CNN asked UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska to provide a 650-word written commentary, on 6 hours’ notice. He complied. They rejected it. But through the magic of the interweb, you can read it here. Read more →
Writing in the Computing Community Consortium blog, Ran Libeskind-Hadas discusses desiderata for computer science courses for non-majors, specifically calling out UW CSE’s introductory course “Data Programming” as well as courses at Berkeley and Harvey Mudd College. Read more in the CCC blog here. Read more →
2006 UW CSE bachelors alum Jon Su received his Ph.D. from Stanford, spent several years as a Research Scientist at Intel’s Parallel Computing Lab, then co-founded PhiSix Fashion Labs, a Bay Area technology company helping apparel e-tailers increase sales and reduce returns through the application of innovative 3D modeling and physical simulation technologies – creating 3D models of clothing from photos, pattern files and other sources and simulating the behavior of the garments.
This week, PhiSix was acquired by eBay (which previously acquired UW CSE startup Decide.com).
Jon comes from an amazing family: his sister Sara is a 2002 UW CSE bachelors alum who received her Ph.D. from MIT (like Jon, in computer graphics), spent several years as a faculty member at Tufts, and is now at Google.
Congratulations Jon! Learn about PhiSix and the eBay acquisition in TechCrunch here. Read more →
“US News has released its list of the 100 best jobs in 2014, and the No. 1 job on the list is: software developer.
“The work is meaningful, touching every aspect of our lives. It pays well. It is in demand in all parts of the country and doesn’t require a lot of grad school to get started …
“Plus, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts there will be nearly 140,000 brand-new software development jobs created before 2022, says the US News study.
“If you can’t be a software developer, your next bet is computer systems analyst, which is a job that deals with tech design, troubleshooting and analysis. The systems analyst role is morphing into something called a “data scientist,” a new job title in huge demand thanks to the big data trend. A data scientist helps companies munch through massive amounts of information — like tweets, news articles and sales stats — to find business insights …
“Both of these jobs are better than being a dentist or a doctor, US News says.”
Well, duh … Read more here. Read more →
The OneBusAway research team in CSE has just launched a new service, called StopInfo, that provides very detailed information about bus stops in Puget Sound, aimed initially at increasing the accessibility of bus stops for people who are blind or visually impaired. Knowing detailed information ahead of time about a bus stop, such as which side of the intersection it is on and what type of bus sign it has, can reduce the time and hassle it takes to find the bus stop. In the future the team plans to expand this project to provide information about other facets such as wheelchair accessibility.
A NOVA profile of UW CSE Ph.D. alum Adrien Treuille has won the 2013 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award.
In announcing the award, Seftel Productions, who produced the video, says:
“We’re honored to have won the prestigious 2013 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Award for our NOVA scienceNOW profile on crowdsourcing computer scientist, Adrien Treuille.
“The award is described as “the pinnacle of achievement for science journalism.”
“We’re flattered, but we’ve got to give credit to the inspiring Adrien Treuille for this one.”
Watch the video here. See the Seftel Productions announcement here. Read more →
“Seattle is home to some of the biggest names in tech, including Amazon and Microsoft.
“The vibrant and laid back seaport town is also the location of a series of new start-up firms including the comical website icanhas.cheezburger.
“So what makes it attractive to tech firms and does it have enough entrepreneurial spirit?”
Listen to the report here. Read more →
UW CSE Ph.D. alums Jeff Bigham and Tapan Parikh are two of the sixteen recipients of 2014 Sloan Research Fellowships, awarded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to top young faculty members in eight fields of science.
Jeff, who studied with CSE’s Richard Ladner, is an associate professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He studies crowd sourcing for the benefit of people in their everyday lives.
Tapan, who studied with CSE’s Ed Lazowska and David Notkin, is an assistant professor at UC Berkeley. He studies the design and use of information and communication technologies for sustainable development.
Jeff and Tapan join 20 current UW CSE faculty members and many superb UW CSE Ph.D. alums as recipients of this extraordinarily prestigious award.
Congratulations Jeff and Tapan! Read more →
Today we held the second of four UW CSE “Saturday Scratch Workshops” (never mind that it’s Monday …). CSE alumna and lecturer Allison Obourn leads students in grades 6-8 with no programming experience in creating cool games and animations using Scratch, a drag-and-drop programming environment.
Learn more about UW CSE’s many K-12 outreach activities – carried out under the “DawgBytes” (“A Taste of CSE”) umbrella – here.
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