Prism, the flagship publication of the American Society for Engineering Education, features the teaching of UW CSE/EE’s Shwetak Patel:
“The 50 students who enrolled in Shwetak Patel’s Embedded Microcomputer Systems class last winter could not have expected to draw a public spotlight. But once they rose to his challenge, building and programming controllers for a fleet of remotely piloted quadrocopters, a video of their drones’ successful flight leapt from YouTube into the local media.
“Engaging students in exciting practical… Read more →
Vote for Foldit!
MSNBC asks readers to vote among “11 scientific twists from 2011.”
Two are from the field of computer science: Watson’s Jeopardy! triumph, and the cracking of a decade-old AIDS-related protein structure problem by players of UW CSE’s Foldit game.
Read the article here. And vote!… Read more →
The craziest idea out there that just might succeed: That technology can actually play a significant positive role in education
As a New Year’s exercise, Xconomy asked a select group of Xconomists to answer this question: “What’s the craziest idea out there that just might succeed?”
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska answers:
“That technology can actually play a significant positive role in education. The false promises go back at least 100 years – to extravagant claims by Thomas Edison. Certainly ‘computers in the classroom’ have contributed relatively little to this point …
“But one has to believe that there is hope,… Read more →
UW CSE’s Alexei Czeskis on The Voice of Russia: “Chinese hack into US Chamber of Commerce”
“The break-in is one of the boldest known infiltrations in what has become a regular confrontation between US companies and Chinese hackers.
“Bradley Shear, George Washington University professor and Attorney At Law with the Law Office of Bradley S. Shear, LLC, Alexei Czeskis, Security and Privacy Research Lab with the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, and Paul Rosenweig, Principal with Red Branch Consulting and a visiting fellow at Heritage, talk about this complex… Read more →
UW CSE’s Yoshi Kohno on American Public Media: “Could that new toy robot be hacked?”
“Look, I’m not trying to freak you out here. Well, OK, maybe a little. But think about it: We have computers all over the place. Your laptop or desktop PC; maybe you have a tablet too, maybe a smartphone. And it doesn’t stop there. Your car might be computerized, your kitchen, the toys your kids got for Christmas. If any of those computers are connected to any kind of network, there exists an issue of security …
“Yoshi Kohno… Read more →
“Geeks Who Give Back: Hélène Martin, UW Computer Science & Engineering”
GeekWire honors UW CSE’s Hélène Martin in their “Geeks Who Give Back” feature:
“Hélène Martin taught hundreds of high-school students the power of computer programming during her two years teaching computer science at Garfield High in Seattle, inspiring many to pursue degrees in technology. Now a lecturer in the UW’s Computer Science & Engineering Department, she continues to shape the next generation of geeks.”
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“Geeks Who Give Back: Kevin Ross, Washington FIRST Robotics”
UW CSE alumnus Kevin Ross, a long-time Microsoft employee who is also the founder of Washington FIRST Robotics, is celebrated by GeekWire in their 2012 “Geeks Who Give Back” calendar.
“The founder of Washington FIRST Robotics has spent has spent countless hours building one of the largest statewide networks of robotics competitions, giving students from kindergarten through high school an exciting new way to learn science, math and programming, and to experience first-hand the potential of technology and teamwork.”… Read more →
CSE’s Jake Appelbaum, Sidhant Gupta in Forbes “30 Under 30”
Forbes highlights 30 superstars under the age of 30 in each of 12 fields: Art & Design, Energy, Entertainment, Finance, etc.
In the “Technology” field, two of the 30 are UW CSE’s Jake Appelbaum and Sidhant Gupta.
Jake is highlighted as “Digital anonymity and crypto expert gained fame finding security bugs in software and consulting to WikiLeaks.”
Sidhant is highlighted as “Developing new sensors and software for the home that conserve electricity, heat and gas.”
Forbes… Read more →
Geeks can’t sing …
But that didn’t keep them from celebrating Shwetak Patel‘s EE472, “Embedded Microcomputer Systems”:
On the 12th day of lab, Patel gave to me …
12 shattered spirits
11 sleepless nights
10 colored papers
9 dented rotors
8 cracked hulls
7 missing tags
6 red LEDs
5 broken drones
4 rusty motors
3 frozen makeboards
2 crappy routers
And some code that was written in C!
Watch the video here (be sure to turn captions on)!
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Jeff Bezos @ UW CSE
Jeff Bezos spent several hours in UW CSE labs on December 16 – discussing ubiquitous computing and sensing with Shwetak Patel and students; the future of search with Oren Etzioni; and the security of computer-controlled personal devices (such as automobiles) with Yoshi Kohno and students; as well as discussing future directions for the computer science field with Ed Lazowska and Hank Levy.
Photos from the Ubicomp lab here.
Our friends at GeekWire picked it up, here.… Read more →