This morning in Meany Hall, UW Computer Science & Engineering recognized 185 Bachelors graduates, 80 Masters graduates, and 22 Ph.D. graduates. Congratulations to our extraordinary students, and to their extraordinary families!
See the program (and list of graduates) here.
Many wonderful Bruce Hemingway photographs:
Graduation preliminaries
Graduation program, including awarding of Bachelors degrees
Masters processional
Ph.D. hooding
Reception in the Paul G. Allen Center… Read more →
“Computer Studies Made Cool, on Film and Now on Campus”
In a front page article, the New York Times reports on booming interest in computer science across the nation.
“The new curriculums emphasize the breadth of careers that use computer science, as diverse as finance and linguistics, and the practical results of engineering, like iPhone apps, Pixar films and robots …
“Still, computer science graduates do not come close to filling the jobs available. Technology is one of the few bright spots in the economy, with jobs growing at double… Read more →
Stuart Reges receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award
Today at the annual University of Washington awards ceremony, Stuart Reges was recognized with the UW Distinguished Teaching Award. And he even wore a tie!
Congratulations, Stuart. And, a million thanks for your extraordinary accomplishments with our introductory sequence.… Read more →
“Stuart Reges: UW Distinguished Teaching Award”
UW Today published a special supplement, highlighting recipients of the 2011 UW Awards of Excellence. As reported earlier, UW CSE’s Stuart Reges has won this year’s University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, which is given to faculty who show “a mastery of their subject matter, intellectual rigor and a passion for teaching.”
Congratulations again to Stuart!
Full UW Today special award edition here.… Read more →
“Skew in MapReduce” wins Open Cirrus Summit Best Student Paper
“A Study of Skew in MapReduce Applications,” a paper describing the causes and manifestations of skew in MapReduce applications with best practice recommendations to avoid such behavior, has received the “Best Student Paper” award at the Open Cirrus Summit 2011. The paper was authored by UW CSE graduate student YongChul Kwon, UW CSE faculty members Magda Balazinska and Bill Howe, and Jerome Rolia from HP Labs. Open Cirrus is an open cloud-computing research testbed designed to support… Read more →
“9 Companies Hiring Now”
US News, in a May 31 article, identifies 9 major companies who are recruiting like crazy. Many have a big Seattle presence, including:
“1. Boeing. The company … plans to hire a total of 4,000 to 5,000 employees this year … The bulk of those positions are located in the Puget Sound region … Boeing’s looking first and foremost for engineers … ‘We look for individuals who have a passion for technology and innovation’ … The company is also… Read more →
“UW researchers develop trick to help devices use less energy”
A GeekWire post on UW CSE’s EnerJ project, to be presented next week at PLDI:
“University of Washington researchers have come up with a way to reduce energy consumption in computers and mobile devices by 50 percent or more by segmenting software code into areas that require high levels of accuracy — and therefore high levels of energy — and those that don’t.”
Read the GeekWire post here. Read the PLDI paper here. Read a UW press… Read more →
MerchantCircle acquired by Reply! Inc.
MerchantCircle, co-founded by UW CSE alum Wayne Yamamoto, has been acquired by Reply! Inc. MerchantCircle is the largest online network of local business owners in the nation, combining social networking features with free marketing tools that enable merchants to maximize their online visibility. Press release here.… Read more →
“Spammers and Their Bankers”
An editorial in today’s New York Times follows up on an article ten days ago describing work led by UW CSE Ph.D. alums Stefan Savage and Geoff Voelker. Savage, Voelker, and 13 collaborators carry out an end-to-end analysis of the spam value chain, and determine that 95% of spam-advertised pharmaceutical, replica and software products are monetized using merchant services from just a handful of banks.
The New York Times editorial states: “The Times’s John Markoff reported that computer scientists… Read more →
Will Johnson wins UW A&S Dean’s Medal for the Sciences
Will Johnson, a senior majoring in Computer Science and in Mathematics, has been awarded the 2011 UW College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Medal for the Sciences, recognizing the most accomplished graduating student in the natural sciences.
Will has a remarkable record of accomplishment and recognition: he recently won an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship; he was celebrated in the Washington State Senate and in the Seattle Times for being named a Putnam Fellow (for finishing among the top five… Read more →