The Living Voters Guide is a free and non-partisan forum for civic discourse – a service provided by Seattle City Club and the University of Washington. Even more cool than that, it’s being advertised on the side of buses!
UW CSE’s Living Voters Guide takes to the road!
UW CSE Affiliates recruiting
“Invigorating chaos” is the only way to describe it!
Google’s Yin Lu wins the “best costume” award (snatching it from Zillow, the 2010 and 2009 winner – see 2009 photo here … maybe Yin re-used the hair …).
See the list of recruiting companies here. See Bruce Hemingway’s many wonderful photographs here.
On a less upbeat note, Indochino Apparel wins this year’s “shunned because of sexist swag” award. Kudos to multiple students, male and female, for expressing concern. Read about last year’s winner here. Sexism must not and will not be tolerated. Read more →
“Better typing while walking, and other cool stuff from UW”
Gabe Cohn
GeekWire reports on the UW CSE Affiliates meeting:
“Maybe this is a commentary on my own bad habits, but WalkType was one my personal favorites among some 70 projects on display last night during an open house and poster session at the department’s annual Industrial Affiliates meeting. The annual Madrona Prize, handed out by Madrona Venture Group, went to UW student Gabe Cohn and the “Humantenna” project, which uses a receiver on the human body to determine a person’s position in relation to electrical noise emanating from a home’s wiring system.”
Read the full post here. Read more →
UW CSE Affiliates Meeting and Alumni Open House
Paul Beame describes recent curricular revisions - very well received by Affiliates
Greg Gottesman congratulates Franzi Roesner, runner-up for the annual Madrona Prize for research
Greg Gottesman congratulates Gabe Cohn, winner of the annual Madrona Prize for research
Hank Levy congratulates Nicki Dell, winner of the People's Choice prize for research (provided by Madrona Venture Group)
MacArthur Award winner Shwetak Patel describes his research
Joe Tucci, Chairman and CEO of EMC, receives a Husky football jersey following his keynote address
UW CSE annually hosts a day of research presentations for members of our Affiliates program, capped by an evening of posters and demos to which we also invite regional alumni and friends. More than 100 Affiliates spent the day with us today, and more than 100 alumni and friends joined them this evening. Many Bruce Hemingway photos here and here. Read more →
The Economist features UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel
We hear you – you’re thinking “Geez, haven’t we read enough about Shwetak this week/month/year?”
But how can you possibly resist an article that refers to Shwetak as “The 29-year-old boffin” and “A relative stripling”???
Gotta love those Brits! Read it here. Read more →
Melissa Westbrook, CSE once-removed, is one of Seattle Magazine’s 2011 “Most Influential”
Shame on us. On first reading, we only noticed Shwetak Patel as a CSE family member recognized by Seattle Magazine in its annual “Most Influential” feature. But Seattle Schools activist Melissa Westbrook, wife of long-time CSE faculty member Gaetano Borriello, is there too!
“Tenacious, persistent and prescient: The bloggers behind one of Seattle’s feistiest public-interest websites (saveseattleschools.blogspot.com) have been called that, and more… ‘What I see as our biggest success is that we have become a source used by parents, staff and community for Seattle schools’ news,’ says Westbrook, a former PTA copresident and school board committee member. ‘We break stories and write stories that readers know they won’t find anywhere else.'”
Read the writeup on Melissa here and the full article here. Read more →
CSE’s Shwetak Patel one of Seattle Magazine’s 2011 “Most Influential”
Every year, Seattle Magazine recognizes a handful of individuals in its “Most Influential” feature. This year, UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel is among those recognized:
“Imagine if the amount of energy used by your home was broadcast to you like a traffic sign flashing a car’s speed to a rushed driver. Thanks to a soon-to-be-released technology using sensors developed by Zensi, an energy-monitoring startup founded by University of Washington assistant professor and 2011 MacArthur Fellow Shwetak Patel, consumers will soon be able to monitor how much electricity, water and gas their homes use—right down to a gas-guzzling heater or water-wasting spigot.”
Read the writeup on Shwetak here and the full article here. Read more →
CSE’s Hank Levy inducted to National Academy of Engineering
On Sunday, the National Academy of Engineering inducted UW CSE’s Hank Levy as one of 68 Members of the Class of 2011. Hank was recognized “For contributions to the design, implementation, and evaluation of operating systems, distributed systems, and processor architectures.”
Other newly-inducted Members of NAE Section 5 (Computer Science & Engineering) are Susan Dumais (Microsoft Research), Daphne Koller (Stanford), Jitendra Malik (UC Berkeley), Nick McKeown (Stanford), Don Norman (Northwestern), Ari Requischa (USC), Fred Schneider (Cornell), and Mihalis Yannakakis (Columbia).
Election to the National Academy of Engineering is among the highest professional distinctions accorded to an engineer. Hank joins UW CSE’s Susan Eggers and Ed Lazowska as NAE Members.
Congratulations Hank! Read more →
CSE’s Stuart Reges honored at UW-Colorado football game
The big news from Husky Stadium on Saturday was not the Washington Huskies’ 52-24 victory over the Colorado Buffaloes. (Three cheers for league expansion!) Nope – it was the on-the-field and on-the-scoreboard recognition of UW CSE’s Stuart Reges for his receipt of the 2011 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award.
Congratulations Stuart! Read more →
National Science Foundation on UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel
“Most Americans don’t have a clue how much electricity or water each of their household appliances or fixtures uses on any given day. If they did, they might be surprised. Moreover, they also might change their habits.”
Read the full post here. Read more →