A Seattle Times op-ed by State Senator Rosemary McAuliffe and UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska:
“But, we must do more to grow STEM programs in our schools. We must increase the focus on inquiry-based learning in all fields. We must increase the emphasis on “computational thinking”, which is changing every field. We must increase computer-science offerings in high schools — both here and nationally. The vast majority of job openings across all STEM fields are in computing. Let us not forget… Read more →
Bill Gates at UW CSE
Bill Gates spent the afternoon at UW CSE, visiting labs and speaking to a hanging-room-only crowd.
Bill met with Gaetano Borriello, Yaw Anokwa, Rohit Chaudhri, and Nicola Dell concerning technology for health care in the developing world; with Oren Etzioni, Kevin Clark, and Alan Ritter concerning the future of search; and with Shwetak Patel, Eric Larson, Sidhant Gupta, and Gabe Cohn concerning sustainability sensing.
A web archive of Bill’s talk and Q&A (“The Opportunity Ahead: A Conversation… Read more →
“If found down, take me to Harborview”
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska is featured in one of a series of articles on “Why I Chose UW Medicine.” Read it here.… Read more →
Aruna Balasubramanian wins UMass Amherst Outstanding Dissertation Award
Aruna Balasubramanian, a Computing Innovation Fellow postdoctoral researcher in UW CSE working with professor David Wetherall, has received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, her Ph.D. institution.
Congratulations Aruna!… Read more →
Bill Gates on Thursday
Reminder: Bill Gates will deliver the UW CSE Distinguished Lecture on Thursday at 3:30 in the Microsoft Atrium of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. Details (including live webcast information) here.… Read more →
“Brave New Thermostat: How the iPod’s Creator Is Making Home Heating Sexy”
Nest Labs, a Palo Alto startup, announced its “Nest Learning Thermostat” today. UW CSE’s Yoky Matsuoka is currently on leave as Vice President for Technology at Nest.
“But probably the most sophisticated feature of the Nest is the artificial intelligence that helps it regulate the temperature to your liking — without your having to engage in complicated setup tasks.
“Included among Nest’s advisors is Stanford AI head and Google researcher Sebastian Thrun, who told Fadell and Rogers that the… Read more →
“Bigger Grants for Athletes Are Discussed”
No problem placating the smaller conferences – you could pay >1,000 athletes out of the President’s salary.
“Emmert said the minimum Academic Progress Rates required for teams to compete in the postseason could be raised to 900 in time for this season’s N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament. It could increase to 930 — essentially corresponding to a 50 percent graduation rate — in two years.” Heavens to Murgatroyd!
Read more from the NY Times here. Even better, read a damning… Read more →
“200 new jobs for Pioneer Square as EMC Isilon moves into new building”
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn reports on the Pioneer Square expansion of EMC Isilon, co-founded by Sujal Patel and UW CSE alumnus Paul Mikesell:
“The 200 new jobs over the next fifteen months signals a big investment in Seattle, said [EMC CEO Joe] Tucci, adding that EMC sees Seattle as a hub for data storage and cloud computing technology, with both Amazon.com and Microsoft as major players, along with Seattle’s excellent talent pool. ‘Bringing Isilon into the EMC family was a… Read more →
“Hacking Cars”
Communications of the ACM reports on UW CSE research concerning the vulnerability to hacking of modern automobiles:
“Researchers Tadayoshi Kohno of the University of Washington and [UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus] Stefan Savage of the University of California at San Diego announced the startling results of a two-year investigation into potential vulnerabilities in modern automotive computer systems …”
Read the article here.… Read more →
UW CSE and the National Center for Women and Information Technology
UW CSE is one of 24 academic programs and corporations that are members of the “NCWIT Pacesetters” program of the National Center for Women and Information Technology – committed to fundamental enhancements in their recruitment and retention of women.
At the Pacesetters Roundtable in Boulder CO on October 23 and 24, here’s what we said:
Here’s our philosophy at the University of Washington:
Yes, including more women in the field is important as a matter of equity.
And yes, it’s… Read more →