Our friends at GeekWire cover Sujal Patel’s terrific talk on startups during the first day of UW CSE’s 2012 Industry Affiliates Meeting:
“The University of Washington computer science department sends more than half of its grads to just four companies: Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. And while those tech giants pay well – on average more than $100,000 for software developers – they’ve certainly moved well beyond the startup phase.
“So, what’s it going to take to get more… Read more →
Seattle … Startups … You?
Last night, CSE alum Wayne Yamamoto hosted “Seattle … Startups … You?” – a gathering to help UW CSE students understand why they might want to join a startup. More than 100 students inhaled 25 pizzas and heard from Wayne, Anthony Wu, Chris DeVore, Chris Tolles, David Creemer, Robert Chu, and Jason Tan. Thanks to all for a terrific event!
Learn more here.… Read more →
UW CSE Startup Recruiting Day
Fifty startup companies from Seattle and the Bay Area – many founded by UW CSE alums – are recruiting today at the Startup Recruiting Day preceding the 2012 UW CSE Industry Affiliates Meeting.
We wish we could fit more!
The day was kicked off by a terrific talk by Sujal Patel, co-founder (with UW CSE alum Paul Mikesell) of Isilon Systems.
Many Bruce Hemingway photographs here.… Read more →
UW CSE Industry Affiliates meeting – October 23, 24, 25
This year’s meeting of the UW Computer Science & Engineering Industry Affiliates Program takes place this Tuesday-Thursday October 23-25.
Tuesday: Recruiting by startup companies, preceded by a talk by Sujal Patel, co-founder of Isilon.
Wednesday: Research interaction day, followed by a reception, poster session, and lab tours for affiliates, alumni, and friends, plus the presentation of the Madrona Prize for the most commercializable student project.
Thursday: Recruiting by established companies.
Information here. Be there! (But don’t forget to register!)… Read more →
UW Women @ Microsoft Research
On Wednesday, 75 women Ph.D. students from UW Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Human Centered Design & Engineering, and the iSchool spent the afternoon at Microsoft Research discussing research with women Ph.D.s working at Microsoft.
Among the 9 Microsoft participants were UW CSE Ph.D. alums Saleema Amershi, Kate Everitt, Julie Letchner, and Maya Rodrig, and UW CSE affiliate professors Merrie Morris; and Karin Strauss (who is also the partner of UW CSE professor Luis Ceze).
Thanks to Microsoft (particularly… Read more →
“Award-Winning Living Voters Guide 2012 Launched in Washington & California”
UW News, Seattle’s CityClub, the Sacramento Bee, and the Seattle Times report on the 2012 edition of UW CSE’s Living Voters Guide:
“Living Voters Guide invites participants to discuss ballot measures together, to explore one another’s positions, and to build a personal, customized platform that will inform their final vote. This voters’ guide is co-created by everyone who participates. It evolves as you and neighbors across our state consider the tradeoffs for each measure. It requires participants to pledge… Read more →
Brad Smith, Microsoft General Counsel: UW CSE Distinguished Lecture on October 30
The next CSE Distinguished Lecture – co-sponsored with the UW School of Law – will be given on Tuesday October 30 at 3:30 by Brad Smith, General Counsel of Microsoft and a long-time advocate, regionally and nationally, for education and innovation.
Brad’s talk is titled “Creating an Environment for Innovation.”
Please join us! Additional information here.… Read more →
HMC @ CSE
Eighteen Seattle-area Harvey Mudd College alums socialized last night with HMC President Maria Klawe in the Jaech Gallery at UW Computer Science & Engineering. Many are UW CSE Ph.D. students – HMC sent us four students just this year!
CSE-ers in the photo: (back row) Adrian Sampson, Dan Halperin, Stuart Pernsteiner, Eric Mullen, (middle row) Lilian de Greef, (front row) Will Scott, (missing in action) Megan Campbell.
Hear Maria’s CSE Distinguished Lecture Tuesday at 3:30 in the Microsoft Atrium at… Read more →
UW CSE’s Yoshi Kohno to be featured Wednesday on PBS TV NOVA scienceNOW
The Seattle Times describes this Wednesday’s PBS TV NOVA scienceNOW:
“For most people, computer security means just that: Keeping viruses off your desktop or laptop, your PC or your Mac.
“But when Tadayoshi Kohno thinks of computers and security, he thinks about the vulnerabilities inherent in a whole range of devices that are increasingly connected wirelessly to the Internet, to cellphones or to each other.
“A computer scientist at the University of Washington, Kohno has proved that you can hack… Read more →
Maria Klawe, President of Harvey Mudd College, kicks off CSE 2012 Distinguished Lecture Series
Maria Klawe, renowned computer scientist and President of Harvey Mudd College, will speak Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 3:30 p.m. in the Microsoft Atrium of the UW’s Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. Her talk, “The Harvey Mudd Story: From 10 percent to 40 percent female in computer science in three years,” will explore how her institution began an effort in 2006 that quadrupled its female representation in computer science majors to 40 percent – the same percentage… Read more →