PATH, a global health non-profit headquartered in Seattle, announces a joint project with UW CSE funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to develop a safety monitoring system for human breast milk, based on UW CSE’s FoneAstra technology.
“Flash-heating is a simple, effective way to pasteurize breast milk that is more affordable for human milk banks in low-resource settings than standard commercial-grade pasteurization. The total cost for the monitoring system will be less than US$100, compared to commercial-grade… Read more →
Decide.com in NY Times
“In June, Oren Etzioni, the brains behind airline price predictor Farecast, brought forth Decide.com, a Web site that predicted the future prices of laptops, cameras and televisions. With a Wait or Buy signal, it gave you the probability prices would change or that a new model was coming …
“The company, based in Seattle where Mr. Etzioni teaches computer science at the University of Washington, now predicts prices for 30 other electronics categories including camera lenses, computer games, tablets and… Read more →
TechFlash “Youth of the Year”
At the encouragement of UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel, TechFlash added a “Youth of the Year” category to their annual “Flashies” recognition.
Two of the four 2011 nominees have UW CSE connections. Akash Badshah worked in Shwetak’s lab. Daniil Kulchenko is the son of UW CSE graduate student Paul Kulchenko.
Vote for a UW CSE nominee for the TechFlash “Youth of the Year” here!… Read more →
Refraction wins NHK Japan Prize
Refraction, a game created by UW CSE’s Center for Game Science to teach fractions to elementary school students, has been honored with The Ministerof Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Prize for the BestWork in the Primary Category in the 38th NHK Japan Prize, an international competition for educational media.
Refraction placed 1st among the 60 entries in the Primary category, competing with major international broadcasting organizations such as PBS, NHK, Sesame Street, and the National Film Board… Read more →
UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel in International Examiner
A nicely done article on Shwetak Patel’s MacArthur Fellowship.
“Patel earned this award for his innovative work with a series of sensor-technology systems, specifically for the home. These low-cost, user-friendly sensors can be used to monitor electricity and water consumption, broken down to the individual fixture and appliance simply by plugging one into the wall. Users can see which areas of the home are responsible for the highest percentage of use, allowing them to specifically target those gadgets and conserve… Read more →
UW CSE’s Carl Ebeling, Dan Suciu, David Wetherall named Fellows of the ACM
UW CSE professors Carl Ebeling, Dan Suciu, and David Wetherall have been elected Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery.
The ACM Fellows Program, initiated in 1993, celebrates the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the computing field.
Carl, Dan, and David join UW CSE faculty members Tom Anderson, Jean-Loup Baer, Alan Borning, Gaetano Borriello, Susan Eggers, Richard Ladner, Ed Lazowska, Hank Levy, David Notkin, Alan Shaw, Larry Snyder, and Dan Weld as ACM Fellows.
Also… Read more →
UW CSE at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing is a series of conferences, dating back to 1994, designed to bring the research and career interests of women in computing to the forefront.
UW CSE has consistently been a leader in inclusion, and has consistently had a strong representation of undergraduate students, graduate students, staff, and alums at the Hopper conferences. The 2011 conference was conveniently located in Portland Oregon, and UW CSE attendance broke all records.
Why choose CSE? Check… Read more →
“Seattle and UW look to light up 500 miles of fiber to help solve broadband woes”
GeekWire reports on Seattle’s instantiation of the national Gig.U initiative, spearheaded by Blair Levin of the Aspen Institute, who formerly led the FCC’s National Broadband Plan.
“University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska, who will be on hand at Monday’s press conference and is familiar with Gig.U, said that the idea is to try to build unique private-public partnerships that bring true broadband to communities. At the same time, it will attempt to break the stranglehold that telecommunications companies… Read more →
“On Campus, a Law Enforcement System to Itself”
A thought-provoking article from the New York Times, here.
Think it would never happen in Seattle? Read this book.… Read more →
“S is for Security; S is for Spam; S is for Stefan Savage”
S is for “Support UW CSE so we can produce more graduates like this guy.”
Read more here.… Read more →