A superb UW CSE Distinguished Lecture by Hadi Partovi of Code.org. Links to streaming and downloadable video of Hadi’s talk here.
Next up: Marti Hearst on Thursday – information here.… Read more →
Seattle Times: “UW researchers pulling energy out of thin air”
Brier Dudley writes in the Seattle Times:
“Cisco claims the next big thing in technology — the “Internet of Things” — is a $19 trillion opportunity for businesses and governments.
“The Internet of Things refers to billions of sensors, cameras and other data-gathering gadgets and related services emerging to monitor, analyze and manage the world …
“They’ll all need electricity and connectivity so you’d think half of the $19 trillion might end up spent on batteries, and the labor to… Read more →
[UW CSE Ph.D. alum] “Anne Condon: Computer Scientist. Passionate academic. Triathlete.”
UW CSE Ph.D. alum Anne Condon, the head of the CS department at the University of British Columbia, talked to TechRepublic about her career in academia and the power of teaching computer programming:
“Anne Condon had to choose her college major while she was in high school. She’d never seen a computer, so she picked computer science. It sounded like a promising field.
“Luckily, she loved it the moment she began programming …
“It felt like a field in… Read more →
GeekWire: “To meet demand, University of Washington moves forward with plans to build new computer science building”
GeekWire writes:
“Demand for computer science education at the University of Washington is reaching record levels, and now the school is taking action to accommodate it.
“The UW today submitted an official request to architects interested in designing a second computer science and engineering building that “will allow a dramatic expansion of our activities in education, research, and interaction with the campus, the region, and the nation,” according to the nationally-recognized CSE department.”
Read more here. And read our… Read more →
Computer Science & Engineering II
Today the University of Washington published a “Request for Qualifications for Architectural Services for Computer Science & Engineering II” – a second building for UW CSE that will enable a dramatic expansion of our activities in education, in research, and in interaction with the campus, the region, and the nation.
The University is requesting a state appropriation, and will seek significant private donations for the remaining funding of the project.
Eleven years ago – in October 2003 –… Read more →
Google’s Alan Eustace jumps from 135,908 feet, breaking world record!
John Markoff reports in the New York Times:
“For a little over two hours, the balloon ascended at speeds up to 1,600 feet per minute to an altitude of 135,908 feet, more than 25 miles. Mr. Eustace dangled underneath in a specially designed spacesuit with an elaborate life-support system. He returned to earth just 15 minutes after starting his fall.
“‘It was amazing,’ he said. ‘It was beautiful. You could see the darkness of space and you could see the… Read more →
Seattle Business Magazine: “UW as an Idea Factory”
A wide-ranging article with a great deal of interesting material (if, occasionally, an overly negative tone):
“Now, after years of slow but steady progress, the UW is poised to break out of the old clothing of the research-dominated institution and try on a new outfit as one of the country’s most entrepreneurially focused centers of education …
“Last year, UW was rated the nation’s top university for the number of commercialization agreements and individual technologies under license. It moved to… Read more →
How do you recruit UW CSE students?
Here’s an idea …
Send engineers who are recent UW CSE alums to the recruiting event, and feature them on postcards!
Welcome back, Jenny Abrahamson and Catriona Scott!… Read more →
Xconomy: “The Startup Hall Story – How it Could Transform Seattle’s U District”
Xconomy writes:
“The second floor of what used to be known only as Condon Hall – and the University of Washington’s ugliest building [editorial note: Sieg Hall is offended by this!] – holds seeds of a re-invented neighborhood where students, researchers, and entrepreneurs learn, work, and live; where tech startups and established companies build businesses with the technology and talent flowing from the university; and where professionals zip to jobs downtown on light rail …
“Chris DeVore is barefoot… Read more →
UW wins Best Student Paper Award at ASSETS 2014
The paper “Tactile Graphics with a Voice: Using QR Codes to Access Text in Tactile Graphics” has been named Best Student Paper at ASSETS 2014, the 16th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility. The authors are UW CSE graduate students Catherine Baker and Lauren Milne, UW CSE staff member Jeffrey Scofield, UW HCDE graduate student Cynthia Bennett, and UW CSE faculty member Richard Ladner.
Tactile graphics are a major way for blind people to access… Read more →