KING5 news reports on UW CSE’s StopFinder, a public transit app that talks to the blind, bringing the features of UW CSE’s OneBusAway transit app to a new community of users.
“OneBusAway became one of the most popular mobile apps in the Seattle area in the last couple of years, providing easy access to maps, schedules and real-time updates on when a bus will arrive at a particular stop …
“A University of Washington student developed OneBusAway. Now students and… Read more →
“Video: Watch Bill Gates explain how technology is reshaping our world, again”
GeekWire highlights UWTV’s broadcast and web archive of Bill Gates’s Distinguished Lecture in UW CSE:
“This is Bill Gates, coming full circle.
“During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus — where he snuck into buildings with his boyhood friend Paul Allen to learn how to program — the Microsoft co-founder talked about the evolution of computer science and explained how the latest advances in technology are fueling the work of his foundation and its partners… Read more →
GeekWire reprises Daniil Kulchenko as a “GeekWire Newsmaker of 2011”
“Of all the stories we covered on GeekWire in 2011, one of the most remarkable was the tale of Daniil Kulchenko, a high school sophomore from Kenmore, Wash., who sold his first startup this year at the ripe old age of 15.”
Daniil is the son of UW CSE Ph.D. student Paul Kulchenko.
Read more here and here.… Read more →
Jason Yi-Bing Lin receives 2011 TWAS Prize in Engineering Sciences
Jason Yi-Bing Lin, a 1990 Ph.D. alumnus of UW CSE, has been recognized with the 2011 Prize in Engineering Sciences from TWAS, the academy of sciences for the developing world.
Jason is Dean of the College of Computer Science, lifetime Chair Professor, and Vice President of the National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. He has been widely recognized for his many contributions to wireless communication, including (among many other honors) being named a Fellow of the Association for Computing… Read more →
“Boosting infant nutrition through cell phone technology”
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 →