UW CSE’s uTouch technology is featured in a number of recent tech posts.
“Researchers at the University of Washington’s aptly named Ubiquitous Computing Lab can turn any LCD monitor in your house into a touchscreen, with nothing more than a $5 sensor that plugs into the wall and some clever software.
“The technology, called uTouch, works by measuring the electromagnetic interference (EMI) caused by your hand when it moves near or touches an LCD monitor. This might sound a little… Read more →
CSE’s Dan Grossman named to UW College of Engineering J. Ray Bowen Professorship for Innovation in Engineering Education
J. Ray Bowen served as the University of Washington’s Dean of Engineering from 1981-1996. Upon his retirement, the J. Ray Bowen Professorship for Innovation in Education was established “to recognize distinguished faculty in the College of Engineering who display dedication to educational innovation and curriculum development.”
Effective July 1, CSE’s Dan Grossman will assume the Bowen Professorship. Dan earned this distinction for a wide range of contributions: leading CSE through a major modernization of our undergraduate curriculum, leading our efforts… Read more →
Xconomy: “New UW, PNNL Institute Attracts Supercomputing Expert Thom Dunning”
“The Northwest Institute for Advanced Computing (NIAC) has landed supercomputing luminary Thom Dunning Jr., who will help lead the effort to tie together two of the region’s top centers of computing research …
“NIAC, situated in Sieg Hall on the UW campus in Seattle, is designed as a center for collaboration among researchers from both institutions—previously separated by a three-plus-hour drive—focusing on new technologies to advance computing, data-enabled discovery, and computational science …
“‘Most fields of discovery are… Read more →
Jerry Large celebrates his friend David Notkin in the Seattle Times
Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large writes:
Computing mensch had special way with people
David Notkin, accomplished software engineer, helped diversify his field and showed others how to live a complete life.
David Notkin was a big deal in the world of computer science, but you wouldn’t know that being around him. He was a modest-living mensch with a gift for making other people feel special, like they were a big deal. And to him, they were.
Read this lovely tribute… Read more →
UW CSE’s Susan Eggers elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
UW CSE professor Susan Eggers has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, as a member of the Class of 2013.
The Academy was founded during the American Revolution by John Adams, James Bowdoin, John Hancock, and other leaders who contributed prominently to the establishment of the new nation, its government, and its Constitution. Its purpose was to provide a forum for a select group of scholars, members of the learned professions, and government… Read more →
David Notkin, 1955-2013
Our dear friend and colleague David Notkin passed away at home at 3:30 a.m. on April 22 2013 following a long battle with cancer. Our hearts go out to David’s wife Cathy, his children Emma and Akiva, his sister Debbie, and all who knew him and loved him.
Information may be found on David’s CaringBridge page here.
In February, hundreds of David’s friends honored him at Notkinfest – a tribute to his extraordinary personal and professional contributions – where… Read more →
UW CSE Ph.D. alum Jeff Bigham in NY Times
The New York Times focuses the article “An Instant Path to an Online Army” on the work of UW CSE Ph.D. alum Jeff Bigham, now on the faculty at the University of Rochester but about to join the faculty at Carnegie Mellon.
“Computer science researchers have been trying to build systems that summon online workers on demand and produce immediate results. Much initial work has focused on completing tasks for people with disabilities, because that is where the need is… Read more →
UW CSE launches two new Coursera MOOCs
With Coursera MOOCs on Programming Languages and Computer Networks under our belts, we’ve just launched two new MOOCS:
The Hardware/Software Interface, taught by CSE professors Gaetano Borriello and Luis Ceze, examines key computational abstraction levels below modern high-level languages: number representation, assembly language, introduction to C, memory management, the operating-system process model, high-level machine architecture including the memory hierarchy, and how high-level languages are implemented.
Computational Neuroscience, taught by CSE professor Raj Rao and Physiology & Biophysics professor… Read more →
UW CSE’s Dieter Fox in Seattle Weekly, UW Daily
“In ‘The Jetsons,’ a cartoon about a space-age nuclear family, the robot Rosie seamlessly understands and performs the commands of the Jetson family, easily completes household chores like vacuuming and dusting, while effortlessly caring for the Jetson children.
“Although this sort of technology remains out of our reach, UW researchers are bringing us one step closer.”
Read more in The Daily here. Read more in Seattle Weekly here.… Read more →
Xconomy: “University Grants Could Aid Data Science Push in New York, Seattle”
“The New York Times turned its attention last weekend toward education of data scientists, highlighting a budding ‘rivalry’ between New York City and Seattle.
“The paper’s Education Life section focused on the relative merits of the two cities as big data hubs, and efforts to build curricula in this field at universities around the country. But what the coverage didn’t mention is that universities in New York and Seattle are also competing for a major grant aimed at… Read more →