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“When Jeff Bigham started developing a Web-based screen reader for people who are blind, he had no idea his work would bring him international recognition as one of the brightest young stars of computer science and accessible technology. He was just trying to help people.
“Bigham, 27, and a Ph.D candidate in computer science at the University of Washington, won the first-ever Accessible Technology Award for Interface Design in the 2008 Imagine Cup technology competition sponsored by Microsoft …”
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“‘It’s easy to lose track of the fact that [Microsoft] was two kids with a dream,’ said Ed Lazowska, who holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science amp; Engineering at the University of Washington and serves on the technical advisory board for Microsoft’s research arm.
“Lazowska credits Gates with helping inspire many students to go into computer science, and he says the mystique surrounding Gates still exists even as other technology luminaries, such as the co-founders of Google, have ascended as role models. When Gates recently spoke at the University of Washington, attendance was limited to 750 people, but Lazowska said ‘we could have gotten 10,000 people to show up.'” Read more →
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CSE’s Ed Lazowska in Xconomy: “By now you’ve seen the 2008 Milken Institute “State Technology and Science Index.” Washington ranks fifth, behind Massachusetts, Maryland, Colorado, and California. Not too shabby? Let’s take a look under the covers.” Read more →
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“WebAnywhere, launched today, lets blind and visually impaired people surf the Web on the go. The tool, developed at the University of Washington, turns screen-reading into an Internet service that reads aloud Web text on any computer with speakers or headphone connections.” Read more →
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“Forty years ago, while an eighth-grader at the private Lakeside School in Seattle, Gates was introduced to his first computer. He was immediately smitten, as was fellow student Paul Allen.
“The two became fast friends, says Ed Lazowska, who holds the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington.
“‘They did the scheduling for Lakeside School – there are rumors they and their friends got into the classes of their choice,’ says Lazowska. ‘It was just a couple of brilliant guys who got captured by this cool field.'” Read more →
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“A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on peer-to-peer file sharing networks …
“The paper finds that there is a serious flaw in how these trade groups finger alleged file-sharers. It also suggests that some people might be getting improperly accused of sharing copyrighted content, and could even be purposely framed by other users.”
Slashdot (“Why would a printer, an inanimate object with no reproductive organs, be downloading pornography? It doesn’t fit … if the toner cartridge won’t fit, you must acquit.”) here. Read more →
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Harada was recognized for his “‘Hands-Free Voice-Driven Drawing and Diagram Creation Method for People with Motor Impairments,’ a voice activated speech recognition technology that allows the user to create diagrams and drawings on the computer. This technology successfully bridges the gap that has existed between voice activated technology for dictation and hands free control of the computer. It also serves as a low cost method of drawing and designing via the computer. Harada was mentored by Dr. Jacob Wobbrock, a previous first place award winner in the National Scholar Award program.” Read more →
Photographs and videos from the 2008 UW Computer Science & Engineering commencement ceremony. Read more →
Columns, the UW alumni magazine, celebrates its 100th year by highlighting the accomplishments of 100 distinguished living alumni. Among those included with ties to CSE are:
- Tim Paterson, author of QDOS, which became MS-DOS
- Brad Fitzpatrick, creator of LiveJournal
- Chris DeWolfe but inexplicably not Aber Whitcomb, co-founders of MySpace
- James Sun, founder of Zoodango
- Jeremy Jaech, co-founder of Aldus, Visio, and Trumba, and board member of RealNetworks
- Loren Carpenter, part of the Pixar founding team and Academy Award winner
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Columns, the UW alumni magazine, interviews CSE professor and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Yoky Matsuoka here. Read more →
