Remember last spring’s Washington State Algebra Challenge? In a partnership between UW CSE’s Center for Game Science and the Technology Alliance, 4,192 Washington State K-12 students solved over 390,000 algebra equations during the first week of June, using an adaptive version of the game DragonBox.
This week marks the Norwegian Algebra Challenge. Those of us who live in Ballard are excited to report that on the first day, all previous records were shattered: over 1.6 million equations were… Read more →
DawgBytes update – UW CSE’s K-12 outreach program
DawgBytes (“A Taste of CSE”) is UW’s Computer Science & Engineering K-12 outreach program – we introduce students, parents, and teachers to the exciting world of computing.
Learn about recent activities and upcoming events here!… Read more →
UW startup SNUPI on KING5 TV
“Whatever you call it – the Internet of Things, connected homes, smart homes – Jacquelyn Jaech knew it would become one of the big themes from the recent International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas …
“Jaech and her husband, SNUPI CEO Jeremy Jaech, hope WallyHome ends up as the must-have hardware for homeowners looking to spare themselves the expensive grief of mold and water damage. The $299 kit includes six sensors that monitor moisture, humidity and temperature around the… Read more →
CSE grad student and ex-Googler Will Scott – teaching CS in North Korea
From Business Insider:
“Will Scott is a computer science graduate student at the University of Washington and ex-Googler who spent last fall in North Korea teaching courses on Operating Systems and Databases at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology.
“Will documented much of his time spent in the DPRK via Instagram. Together with the descriptions of his adventure from his recent Reddit post, they give us a clearer picture of what life is like in North Korea.”
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New video features Shwetak Patel’s UbiComp Lab
The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) is releasing the third segment in its Computing Research in Action Series. This segment features the Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp) research lab, led by Professor Shwetak Patel, at the University of Washington. The UbiComp lab, which consists of an interdisciplinary team of students, focuses on solving interesting and socially meaningful problems using a mix of hardware and software applications. The UbiComp lab focuses on four areas of ubiquitous computing:
Novel interaction techniques
Sustainability sensing… Read more →
“Invest in proven, successful programs at UW, WSU, and WWU”
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska and UW Tacoma’s Rob Friedman write in the Seattle Times:
“It takes years and many dollars to build a new technical institute. It is far more effective to invest in proven, successful programs at the UW, Washington State University and Western Washington University.”
Read the letter in today’s Seattle Times here; pdf here.… Read more →
Google buys Nest for $3.2B
Former UW CSE faculty member Yoky Matsuoka is Vice President of Technology at Nest.
Read more here and here.… Read more →
CSE startup SNUPI Technologies raises an additional $7.5M for Wally
From GeekWire:
“SNUPI Technologies, the University of Washington spin out led by serial entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech, has scored $7.5 million in financing that it will use to launch a new home sensor product known as Wally. Total funding in the 2-year-old startup now stands at $9 million.
“Wally, which we wrote about last November, is a $299 device that’s designed to detect leaks and moisture in homes.”
Read more in GeekWire here.
Learn about SNUPI and… Read more →
CSE alum Brian Ma and his new startup Weave featured in GeekWire
“Brian Ma likes going to networking events. But what he doesn’t particularly care for is stepping into the room and not knowing where the interesting people are located.
“‘It’s awkward, inefficient, and completely hit and miss,’ says Ma. That’s why the Decide.com co-founder started Weave, a new mobile app for iOS that allows people to connect with LinkedIn professionals who might be lingering nearby. A user can choose to anonymously say whether they want to meet them or not. If… Read more →
Go Seahawks!
Back by popular demand in the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering: the 2006 Seattle Seahawks playoff banner that Paul was kind enough to provide back then. Go Hawks!… Read more →