UW CSE is thrilled to announce that we will once again offer elementary school students the opportunity to learn about computer science in a fun and inclusive environment as part of our DawgBytes summer camp lineup.
Scratch Adventures is a day camp open to students entering grades 3, 4 or 5 who have no previous experience using the visual programming language Scratch. During the sessions, which will take place June 29-July 2 on the University of Washington’s Seattle… Read more →
Whitman College hires UW CSE Ph.D. alum Janet Davis to lead new computer science program
Whitman College is a top liberal arts college in eastern Washington. They have raised $8M from Microsoft and other friends to launch a computer science program – not because anyone would go to Whitman for vocational reasons, but rather:
“As we see how computation has literally pervaded every aspect of our lives over last 20, 30 years, it seems reasonable that computational thinking and computer science in particular should be a part of a person’s liberal education.”
We’re delighted that… Read more →
UW CSE’s Richard Ladner in Interactions Magazine: Design for user empowerment
UW CSE professor Richard Ladner penned the cover article for the March/April 2015 issue of Interactions Magazine, the flagship publication of the ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction (SIGCHI). In the article, “Design for User Empowerment,” he advocates that users of technology who have disabilities should be empowered to solve their own accessibility problems, drawing on nearly 10 years of experience at the helm of the National Science Foundation-supported AccessComputing alliance.
Richard explains how, with self-determination and… Read more →
Levy installs zipline in Allen Center atrium, sends Lazowska on inaugural ride
Today marked the debut of the new zipline in the Microsoft Atrium of UW’s Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. A good time was had by all!… Read more →
2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships: UW CSE rocks!
The 2015 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships – the most prestigious graduate fellowships in science and engineering – were announced today. To our delight, UW has the second largest number of fellowship recipients in the “Computer and Information Science and Engineering” category of any institution in the country!
NSF’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding student researchers who have demonstrated their potential for significant achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Congratulations to the UW students… Read more →
UW CSE @ F8
Five UW CSE undergraduates attended F8 this week – the Facebook developer conference in San Francisco.
“Join us at the intersection of creativity and technology. Product experts from Facebook, Instagram, Parse, Oculus, LiveRail and other apps will share what we’ve learned and built for developers. You’ll get access to our latest tools, new product demos and thought-provoking discussions to help you plan for your next build and beyond.”
Learn more about F8 here. Facebook Seattle is growing to 2000… Read more →
UW CSE @ Amazon
UW CSE hosts alumni events annually at major employers of our students (Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Tableau, …) and in geographies where large numbers of our alumni live and work (Seattle, the East Side, the Bay Area, …).
Tonight was Amazon night – the largest employer of UW CSE graduates in each of the past three years.… Read more →
UW CSE’s James Fogarty recognized with CMU’s Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence
UW CSE professor James Fogarty just returned from collecting the prestigious Allen Newell Award for Research Excellence at his Ph.D. alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University.
The award, which James shares with his Ph.D. adviser, Scott Hudson; fellow CMU alumni Daniel Avrahami, Chris Harrison and Johnny Lee; and current CMU student Robert Xiao, honors an impressive body of research into “innovative and practical physical interaction techniques.” Their work produced more than 25 papers on subjects ranging from novel uses of sensors,… Read more →
“Drones Beaming Web Access Are in the Stars for Facebook”
The New York Times reports on Facebook’s initiative to provide Internet access in under-served regions of the world:
“Taking to the skies to beam Internet access down from solar-powered drones may seem like a stretch for a tech company that sells ads to make money. The business model at Facebook, which has 1.4 billion users, has more in common with NBC than Boeing …
“‘The Amazons, Googles and Facebooks [and Microsofts!] are exploring completely new things that will change the… Read more →
“Igniting a revolution in scientific research and development”
The Guardian reports on scientific advances in global health care, highlighting FoneAstra, a collaboration between UW CSE Ph.D. student Rohit Chaudhri, Microsoft Research India, and Seattle global health non-profit PATH.
“For thriving societies, you need healthy communities. But despite significant advances in global health over the past decade, millions of people are still without access to basic healthcare …
“In partnership with global health organisation PATH and the University of Washington’s department of computer science and engineering, the team… Read more →