Today marked the 15th annual UW CSE Symposium on Potentially Computer Science (PoCSci ’15) “The Premier Sham Conference for Potentially Computer Science Research.”
PoCSci is the conference that in 2002 – its second year – revolutionized the field of Potentially Computer Science research through Doug Zongker’s work “Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken” (YouTube video of Zongker’s presentation at AAAS 2007 here). Fittingly, Zongker was honored this year with the PoCSci “Test of Time” award.
The keynote was… Read more →
The next paradigm of computing: UW’s Shwetak Patel and Mayank Goel featured in UW Daily
UW Daily reporter Arunabh Satpathy writes:
“A house that knows when you’re inside. A cellphone that doubles as a spirometer. A sensor that gauges how much energy is being consumed and by what device. These are some of the applications of a developing field of computing called ‘ubiquitous computing,’ or ‘ubicomp.’
“Shwetak Patel, professor in the Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, defines ubicomp as ‘the next paradigm of computing.’
“‘Computing is going to be pushed into… Read more →
UW’s “PoWiFi” could power the Internet of Things, says MIT Technology Review
A UW research project that seeks to power the Internet of Things using Wi-Fi signals – dubbed “power over Wi-Fi” or “PoWiFi” for short – is the topic of a recent paper and an article in MIT Technology Review. The project was developed by a team that includes CSE professor Shyam Gollakota, CSE and EE professor Josh Smith, EE Ph.D. student Vamsi Talla, CSE alum (and current EE Ph.D. student) Bryce Kellogg, former CSE postdoc Ben … Read more →
Seattle Times: “Legislature should fund UW computer science expansion”
The Seattle Times editorial board writes:
“WHILE computer science and engineering jobs boom in Washington, the state is graduating too few of its own residents in this field, which plays such a crucial role in the state’s fortunes.
“The University of Washington argues persuasively that it needs more space to address the demand both from students and employers.
“The state Legislature should appropriate funds this year to help pay for a new 130,000-square-foot computer science and engineering building.
“The university… Read more →
TUNE and Seattle Women in Tech team up in support of UW CSE’s DawgBytes program
UW CSE’s DawgBytes is one of three programs recently selected by mobile marketing company TUNE (formerly HasOffers) and Seattle Women in Technology as beneficiaries of a new partnership that aims to cultivate more women leaders in technology fields. DawgBytes, which hosts girls-only and co-ed summer day camps in computing, in addition to engaging in teacher support, community partnerships and other outreach activities, is part of a long tradition at UW CSE of encouraging women to pursue computer science education… Read more →
Seattle: Tops for well-read cities, opportunities for new STEM grads
Amazon ranks Seattle as the #1 “well-read city.”
NerdWallet ranks Seattle top 5 in opportunities for new STEM grads (but you wouldn’t want to live in the other 4).
Read more here and here.… Read more →
UW CSE’s Brian Ferris brings real-time transit data to Google Maps
UW CSE Ph.D. alum Brian Ferris is the patron saint of transit riders. Not only did he create the wildly popular app OneBusAway while a Ph.D. student here, but now he has gone one better: he and his team at Google have added enhanced real-time transit data to Google Maps for a handful of cities, including Seattle. The new feature will enable transit riders to make judgments about which mode or route to use based on actual traffic conditions and… Read more →
Why Washington?
A terrific new short video from the Washington Tech Industry Association, “Why Washington,” explains why the Puget Sound region is the software capital of America.
Watch it here.… Read more →
Sergey Levine joins UW CSE faculty
We’re delighted to announce that Sergey Levine, who works at the intersection of robotics, machine learning, graphics, and animation, will join the UW CSE faculty.
Sergey pioneered the recent trend in using deep learning to create neural network controllers for animated characters and robots. His learning techniques enable robots to solve control tasks that have been elusive using traditional approaches. This past week he won the Best Robotic Manipulation Paper Award at ICRA, the IEEE flagship robotics conference, for… Read more →
UW CSE’s Steve Seitz and Google’s Jump
UW CSE’s Steve Seitz is the engineering lead on Jump, announced this week as a dramatic enhancement of Google’s Cardboard “VR for the masses” system. UW CSE postdoc alum Sameer Agarwal leads the computer vision team that built the assembler – work carried out at Google Seattle by the computer vision group that Steve assembled and leads there. The Jump team also includes UW CSE bachelors alums Riley Adams and Sam Riesland.
USA Today writes:
“But the biggest news involves… Read more →