On November 19, Xconomy hosted a half-day forum “Big Insight: Making Sense of Big Data in Seattle.”
The opening keynote was provided by UW CSE alum Jeremy Jaech, currently CEO of UW CSE spinoff SNUPI.
A panel on data-intensive science was moderated by UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska.
And the closing keynote was provided by UW CSE professor – now Executive Director of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence – Oren Etzioni.
Agenda here. Photographs from the event here… Read more →
UW CSE remembers Ben Taskar
Faculty, students, staff, and friends observed a period of silent reflection coinciding with services in San Francisco. Ben passed away on the early morning of November 18 of sudden and severe heart failure, leaving behind his wife Anat Caspi, their two year old daughter Aviv Taskar, his mother, father, and sister, and an array of other family members, friends, and colleagues – all of whom will miss him tremendously.
Memorial website here.
Memorial service at the University of Pennsylvania,… Read more →
UW CSE Security & Privacy Research Lab at FTC “Internet of Things” workshop
The subject of today’s U.S. Federal Trade Commission Internet of Things workshop was security and privacy. The workshop included four panels – on the smart home, connected health and fitness, connected cars, and privacy and security. These are topics that UW CSE’s Security & Privacy Research Lab has been working on for years now.
In his opening remarks, Keith Marzullo from the National Science Foundation included a slide on exemplar security and privacy projects for cyber-physical systems. The slide listed… Read more →
Ben Taskar, 1977-2013
It is with deep sadness that we announce that Ben Taskar, Boeing Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, passed away on the early morning of November 18 of sudden and severe heart failure. Ben leaves behind his wife Anat Caspi, their two year old daughter Aviv Taskar, his mother, father, and sister, and an array of other family members, friends, and colleagues – all of whom will miss him tremendously.
Ben joined UW CSE one… Read more →
Oren Etzioni in NY Times on deciding whether to sell a startup
The New York Times interviews eight startup veterans on the “sell vs. remain independent” decision, including UW CSE’s Oren Etzioni:
“Oren Etzioni caught the start-up bug so many times while working as a professor of computer science at the University of Washington that it seems he will never shake it. All four of the start-ups he has helped found have been acquired, the most recent ones by eBay and Microsoft …”
Read more here.… Read more →
Xconomy: “SNUPI Technologies’ Home Sensor Network Monitors Water Leaks, Babies”
“SNUPI Technologies wants to help homeowners spot mold, leaks, and appliance failures before they become a big problem, but that’s just the beginning.
“This Seattle startup is building a platform at the intersection of low-cost, low-power sensor networks, cloud computing, and machine learning, that is showing potential beyond the initial product and service that SNUPI is bringing to market.
“SNUPI is also notable for its location in a surprising space on University Way – better known as The Ave –… Read more →
UW CSE @ Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum
More than 100 UW CSE students spent the afternoon at Paul Allen’s Living Computer Museum.
Despite Moore’s Law, one thing hasn’t changed in 40 years: 19-year-olds are seduced by an IBM 029 card punch!
The Living Computer Museum is extraordinary. Every important PC and minicomputer is up and running!
Bruce Hemingway photos of our excursion here.… Read more →
UW CSE’s Yoshi Kohno on “ethical hacking”
KUOW (Seattle NPR) interviews UW CSE professor Yoshi Kohno:
“Yoshi Kohno is a cyber security professor at the University of Washington. He has a class that is designed for students to understand computer security threats against modern technologies. ‘We teach students both how to violate the security of a computer system and how to protect the security of a computer system,’ he said.
“With a group of smart students actively engaged in building and breaking security systems, the natural concern… Read more →
Seattle named “Smartest City in North America”
Or so says Fast Company.
I mean, how dumb is that???
But, as we always say, “We advertise the surveys whose results we like, and we do our best to bury the other ones.”
Read this highly authoritative survey here.
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CSE startup SNUPI: First among GeekWire’s “Seattle 10”
GeekWire writes:
“Seattle is ripe with innovation …
“With that in mind, we’re excited to announce the Seattle 10, presented in partnership with the Museum of History & Industry and the new Bezos Center for Innovation.
“This is a list of some of the most promising emerging technology companies in the region …
“As a member of the Seattle 10, each company will get the opportunity to sketch their business concepts on giant six-foot by six-foot cocktail napkins. Those napkins,… Read more →