HB 1813, a bill to invest in K-12 computer science education, yesterday was passed by the Washington State House of Representatives by the overwhelming vote of 91-7. We don’t know who the 7 were, but it’s presumably the same folks who don’t like puppies.
The bipartisan measure was sponsored by Reps. Drew Hansen, D-Bainbridge Island, and Chad Magendanz, R-Issaquah.
“We want every student in the state to have the opportunity to learn computer science” said Hansen.
“Seventy percent… Read more →
“The best universities in the world are now judged by the quality of their computer science departments”
Or so says a petition being circulated at Yale, where students are pushing for increased investment in the field.
Bloomberg Business writes:
“Want a Job in Silicon Valley After Yale? Good Luck With That …
“Yale, one of the world’s top universities in most respects, has fallen behind in computer science. It doesn’t crack the highest tier of schools measured by the number of graduates in software companies or by salaries for majors in the discipline; it’s struggling to educate… Read more →
Big, and Getting Bigger: UW CSE and Washington’s Leadership in Big Data
On Tuesday, UW CSE, the non-profit Technology Alliance, and more than 150 business and research leaders participated in a day-long conference, “Insight to Impact: Transforming Washington’s Industries Through Big Data,” that examined the role of data science, sensing, machine learning, and data visualization in driving our economy. From optimizing airline routes and building efficiency, to personalizing health care and retail customer interactions, it is clear that our region has the infrastructure and expertise to take full advantage of rapidly expanding… Read more →
Leaders write in support of K-12 Computer Science in WA
A group of top business, education, and non-profit leaders – including Ana Mari Cauce and Ed Lazowska from UW – have written in support of HB 1813, stating:
“House Bill 1813 offers a comprehensive solution: it establishes education standards for computer science and matches private funding to train teachers, who are critical to expanding access to this field – and prioritizes investments to reach underrepresented students first. Nine out of 10 Washington voters support these proposals. We encourage you to… Read more →
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska on current efforts in the WA legislature to increase computer science educational opportunities
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska writes in the WTIA blog:
“Our industry creates a wide variety of jobs, employing people with a wide variety of preparation. But at its heart, our industry (and our state’s overall economic growth) is powered by the “essential ICT occupations” as defined in WTIA’s recent ICT Economic & Fiscal Impact Study …
“There are several moves afoot in the current legislative session that would make a real difference if enacted.
“One is H.B. 1813, introduced by… Read more →
“Insight to Impact: Transforming Washington’s Industries Through Big Data”
Matt McIlwain (Madrona Venture Group), Carlos Guestrin (UW CSE and Dato), Joseph Sirosh (Microsoft), and Dina Bass (Bloomberg News) engage the audience at “Insight to Impact: Transforming Washington’s Industries Through Big Data,” co-sponsored by the Technology Alliance and UW CSE.
More about the event here.… Read more →
Welcome to Seattle, Uber engineering!
Our alum Tim Prouty writes:
“It’s now official that I will be starting up Uber‘s Seattle engineering team! I’ll be working directly for Paul Mikesell [also a UW CSE alum], and we’re going to do an official launch in early April. I couldn’t be more excited! …
“At Uber one of my primary goals will be to grow the team very rapidly from 0 to 50+ people this year, so we’ll be working hard to make a splash in… Read more →
Meet the next generation of UW CSE student
We better get a move on with the construction of our new building, if this photo is any indication of future demand! Kudos to mom, a former colleague in the UW College of Engineering, for steering him toward the right major. Maybe we should relax our early admission policy …
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UW CSE’s Richard Ladner receives Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award
On Friday February 20, UW CSE professor Richard Ladner received the Richard A. Tapia Achievement Award for Scientific Scholarship, Civic Science and Diversifying Computing.
Richard was honored “for his incredible commitment and contributions to the disability community in computing.” After many years of research in theoretical computer science, he turned his attention to accessibility technology research, especially technology for deaf, deaf-blind, hard-of-hearing, and blind people.
In addition to being a Guggenheim Fellow, a Fulbright Scholar, and a Fellow of ACM… Read more →
Nova Barlow of UW CSE’s Center for Game Science delivers straight talk on community management at GDC
Next week, tens of thousands of interactive game industry professionals will converge on San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference® (GDC) – the world’s largest and longest-running event of its kind – for five days of lectures, roundtable discussions, tutorials, and celebrations of all things game-related. Among them will be Nova Barlow, community manager at UW CSE’s Center for Game Science, who is leading a panel of industry veterans in some straight talk about community management.… Read more →