UW CSE Ph.D. alum Brian Ferris and Ph.D. student Caitlin Bonnar take two of the region’s transit agencies to task in an op-ed in the Seattle Transit Blog for ongoing issues with the quality of the data they provide to OneBusAway, the Transit App, Google, and other transit information sources. (Brian wrote all the original code for OneBusAway, and Caitlin currently coordinates maintenance and development of the iPhone app.) Read it here, along with numerous comments from other riders.… Read more →
The economic impact of the University of Washington
A new study finds that the University of Washington generates $12.5 billion per year in economic activity, only one third of which is attributable to the salaries of athletic coaches and administrators. Read more here.… Read more →
CSES 2015!
At Friday’s 2015 UW Computer Science & Engineering Symposium (CSES 2015), 18 graduate students from across the field presented 15-minute research talks to an audience of more than 100 UW CSE graduate students and faculty members.
The goal of CSES is to create a forum for interaction between the different fields of research in CSE. The Symposium organizers – graduate student Yoav Artzi and faculty members Franzi Roesner and Zach Tatlock – invited visionary talks that place current research within… Read more →
UW CSE bids fond farewell to Lindsay Michimoto
There are academic counselors … and then there is Lindsay Michimoto.
Lindsay joined the UW CSE family as our staff graduate advisor in November 2000. Since then, she has:
processed 14,245 applications to the Ph.D. program,
personally attended to the needs of 602 Ph.D. students,
and provided more than 250,000 M&Ms (peanut and plain) to students, staff and faculty.
Current and former students, faculty, and staff gathered on Friday to thank her and wish her a wonderful retirement.
Many Bruce… Read more →
What do Oren Etzioni, Pete Carroll, Andy Jassy, Steve Singh, Matt McIlwain, and Christian Chabot have in common?
For one, they’re all friends of UW CSE. But the real answer is that they’re among the Puget Sound Business Journal‘s “15 in 15: Here’s who to watch in 2015.”
“He may not be a household name, but Etzioni is a force to be reckoned with. Years ago, he developed and sold the technology Bing Travel uses to find fares, and then went on to found Decide.com, which was acquired in 2013 by eBay. In fact, Etzioni has co-founded six… Read more →
UW Regents select LMN Architects to design additional building for UW CSE
On Thursday, the UW Board of Regents approved the hiring of Seattle’s LMN Architects to carry out pre-design for a new facility for UW CSE – a second building to complement the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (which LMN also designed) and accommodate growth.
We’re firmly committed to responding to the ever-increasing demand for computer science education by students and by employers. This is the first step in a process to develop the physical capacity that… Read more →
Computer science at Seattle’s Sand Point Elementary School
UW CSE professor Magda Balazinska has a child at Sand Point Elementary School. Last year, Magda encouraged the school to try out Scratch on the 5th grade class; CSE’s Allison Obourn provided some mini-lectures. This year Sand Point expanded Scratch to the 4th grade, and during CS Ed Week, the 2nd through 5th grades participated in the Hour of Code.
Comments from teachers:
About the Hour of Code: “The kids loved the coding activities with Frozen and Angry Birds. I’m… Read more →
Seattle is best city in the U.S. to find a job, according to new report
WalletHub reports that Seattle is the best city in the U.S. in which to find a job.
The next six are Des Moines IA, Gilbert AZ, Sioux Falls SD, Fremont CA, Chandler AZ, and Omaha NE … which either says something about where you should head, or about the study’s methodology …
Remember … we highlight the studies where we look good, and categorically reject and bury the others … Read this highly authoritative study here.… Read more →
Mike Ernst, Adam Finkelstein, Eric Horvitz are 2014 ACM Fellows
ACM’s most prestigious member grade recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology. ACM has just recognized 47 of its members as new ACM Fellows for their contributions to computing that are driving innovations across multiple domains and disciplines.
Among the new class of ACM Fellows:
UW CSE professor Michael Ernst “For contributions to software analysis, testing, and verification”
UW CSE Ph.D. alum (and Princeton professor) Adam Finkelstein “For contributions to non-photorealistic… Read more →
UW CSE startup GraphLab -> Dato, raises additional $18.5M
GeekWire writes:
“There are big changes afoot at GraphLab, the Seattle-based startup that aims to make it easier for small and medium businesses to make sense of mounds of data. First off, the company has rebranded to Dato, a move that it hopes will better encompass the breadth of its machine learning product.
“In addition, Dato announced today that it raised an $18.5 million Series B investment round. The round saw participation from NEA and Madrona Venture Group, two firms… Read more →