“AllSee, a gesture-recognition system being developed by UW researchers, is bringing this technology to smartphones and similar devices.
“AllSee uses existing signals put out by other electronic devices to read the users’ hand movements, using 1,000 to 10,000 times less power than similar systems. The technology can even operate on devices without batteries.”
Read the UW Daily article here. Learn more about AllSee here.… Read more →
UW CSE Ski Day 2014 @ Stevens Pass
Friday was UW CSE Ski Day 2014 – faculty, staff, and students enjoying more than 100″ of snow at Stevens Pass. Hank was all smiles until Tina smoked him …… Read more →
UW CSE @ Paul G. Allen’s Living Computer Museum
On Thursday, 250 UW CSE alumni, friends, families, faculty, and staff gathered at Paul G. Allen’s Living Computer Museum for an evening of fellowship and nostalgia.
For those of you who have not yet visited the Living Computer Museum, it’s a treat! Everything works, and everything is hands-on!
Bruce Hemingway photos of the event here.… Read more →
CSE’s Gaetano Borriello wins UW’s 2014 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
The Marsha L. Landolt Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award allows the UW Graduate School to honor those members of the faculty who exemplify excellence in graduate education.
Gaetano Borriello, the Jerre D. Noe Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, has been announced as the 2014 recipient of this award. In his letter announcing the award, UW President Michael Young said: “Your students and colleagues nominated you with the highest praise for your exemplary commitment and skill in mentoring graduate students. … Read more →
UW CSE Networks & Wireless Lab in Xconomy
Xconomy describes a collection of astonishing innovations from UW CSE’s Networks & Wireless Lab, led by Shyam Gollakota:
“The chorus of Hotel California sings out from the mobile phone in Bryce Kellogg’s pocket. He waves his hand to turn down the volume. He flicks his fingers a couple of times and Stairway to Heaven plays. The phone never leaves his pocket.
“It looks like a parlor trick, but the underlying technology, developed by a team of University of… Read more →
Congratulations to UW CSE’s 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients!
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are among the most prestigious awards available to graduate students in the STEM fields. The 2014 NSF GSRFs were announced today, and UW CSE has a bumper crop!
UW CSE Ph.D. student Camille Cobb
UW CSE Ph.D. student Scott Lundberg
UW CSE Ph.D. student Lauren Milne
UW CSE Ph.D. student Greg Nelson
UW CSE Ph.D. student Trevor Perrier
UW EE Ph.D. student Edward Wang, who works with CSE/EE faculty member Shwetak Patel
UW CSE Bachelors alum… Read more →
The Atlantic: ROI for colleges and for specific degree programs
We firmly believe that you shouldn’t choose a college or a specific degree program based on financial return-on-investment (ROI).
But if you choose to ignore our advice … take a look at The Atlantic‘s article on ROI for colleges and for specific degree programs.
The University of Washington ranks among the nation’s top ten colleges and universities for institutional ROI.
And 9 of the nation’s top 10 specific degree programs in terms of ROI are Computer Science – including UW… Read more →
Seattle Business reports on UW’s Data Science efforts
Seattle Business magazine reports on UW’s Data Science efforts:
“The University of Washington has launched a new project that could dramatically increase the power of academic research by giving a broad universe of scientists — including astronomers, physicists, chemists and biologists — faster and smarter ways of extracting information and meaning from the increasingly large amounts of data they have available to them.
“The new project is managed by the UW’s newly established eScience Institute and paid for in part… Read more →
Washington Research Foundation provides $9.3M for UW Data Science efforts
The Washington Research Foundation has awarded $9.3 million to the University of Washington eScience Institute to consolidate UW’s leadership position in Data Science. Xconomy reports:
“UW professors and research leaders say the WRF funding will help programs that span some of the campus’ strongest departments become even better. The main focus is attracting and retaining elite faculty and post-doctoral researchers who work across multiple disciplines …
“The WRF money will also help finance new physical spaces at the UW, including… Read more →
Amazon Prime Air: Special delivery!
At today’s UW CSE robotics colloquium, Gur Kimchi, VP of Prime Air at Amazon.com, described to a standing-room-only crowd this new delivery system, whose goal is to get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles. “From a technology point of view, we’ll be ready to enter commercial operations as soon as the necessary regulations are in place. One day, Prime Air vehicles will be as normal as seeing mail trucks on the road today.”… Read more →