Why are video games the key to modern science? “Video gamers spend tons of time — for many it’s 10,000 hours by age 21 — battling mythic monsters, shooting aliens and rescuing princesses from digital castles.”
To harness these efforts, CMU faculty member (and UW CSE PhD alum) Adrien Treuille created two online games — Foldit and EteRNA — “that put video gamers to work solving epic scientific puzzles.” And the results have been staggering. For example, as reported in… Read more →
The Perfect Party
Recent issues of Seattle Met magazine have included a feature on “The Perfect Party” – a group of five individuals who they’d love to invite for a meal. UW CSE was included early-on in the person of computer security researcher Jake Appelbaum – part of a “Perfect Party” that included Rachel the Pig. In the November issue, it’s UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel – part of a “Perfect Party” that includes Tom Brokaw. (Sorry, Jake!)… Read more →
UW CSE’s Living Voters Guide takes to the road!
The Living Voters Guide is a free and non-partisan forum for civic discourse – a service provided by Seattle City Club and the University of Washington. Even more cool than that, it’s being advertised on the side of buses!
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UW CSE Affiliates recruiting
“Invigorating chaos” is the only way to describe it!
Google’s Yin Lu wins the “best costume” award (snatching it from Zillow, the 2010 and 2009 winner – see 2009 photo here … maybe Yin re-used the hair …).
See the list of recruiting companies here. See Bruce Hemingway’s many wonderful photographs here.
On a less upbeat note, Indochino Apparel wins this year’s “shunned because of sexist swag” award. Kudos to multiple students, male and female, for expressing concern. … Read more →
“Better typing while walking, and other cool stuff from UW”
GeekWire reports on the UW CSE Affiliates meeting:
“Maybe this is a commentary on my own bad habits, but WalkType was one my personal favorites among some 70 projects on display last night during an open house and poster session at the department’s annual Industrial Affiliates meeting. The annual Madrona Prize, handed out by Madrona Venture Group, went to UW student Gabe Cohn and the “Humantenna” project, which uses a receiver on the human body to determine a person’s… Read more →
UW CSE Affiliates Meeting and Alumni Open House
UW CSE annually hosts a day of research presentations for members of our Affiliates program, capped by an evening of posters and demos to which we also invite regional alumni and friends. More than 100 Affiliates spent the day with us today, and more than 100 alumni and friends joined them this evening. Many Bruce Hemingway photos here and here.… Read more →
The Economist features UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel
We hear you – you’re thinking “Geez, haven’t we read enough about Shwetak this week/month/year?”
But how can you possibly resist an article that refers to Shwetak as “The 29-year-old boffin” and “A relative stripling”???
Gotta love those Brits! Read it here.… Read more →
Melissa Westbrook, CSE once-removed, is one of Seattle Magazine’s 2011 “Most Influential”
Shame on us. On first reading, we only noticed Shwetak Patel as a CSE family member recognized by Seattle Magazine in its annual “Most Influential” feature. But Seattle Schools activist Melissa Westbrook, wife of long-time CSE faculty member Gaetano Borriello, is there too!
“Tenacious, persistent and prescient: The bloggers behind one of Seattle’s feistiest public-interest websites (saveseattleschools.blogspot.com) have been called that, and more… ‘What I see as our biggest success is that we have become a source used by parents,… Read more →
CSE’s Shwetak Patel one of Seattle Magazine’s 2011 “Most Influential”
Every year, Seattle Magazine recognizes a handful of individuals in its “Most Influential” feature. This year, UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel is among those recognized:
“Imagine if the amount of energy used by your home was broadcast to you like a traffic sign flashing a car’s speed to a rushed driver. Thanks to a soon-to-be-released technology using sensors developed by Zensi, an energy-monitoring startup founded by University of Washington assistant professor and 2011 MacArthur Fellow Shwetak Patel, consumers will soon be… Read more →
CSE’s Hank Levy inducted to National Academy of Engineering
On Sunday, the National Academy of Engineering inducted UW CSE’s Hank Levy as one of 68 Members of the Class of 2011. Hank was recognized “For contributions to the design, implementation, and evaluation of operating systems, distributed systems, and processor architectures.”
Other newly-inducted Members of NAE Section 5 (Computer Science & Engineering) are Susan Dumais (Microsoft Research), Daphne Koller (Stanford), Jitendra Malik (UC Berkeley), Nick McKeown (Stanford), Don Norman (Northwestern), Ari Requischa (USC), Fred Schneider (Cornell), and Mihalis Yannakakis (Columbia).… Read more →