Microsoft Research has announced the ten recipients of its 2011 Graduate Women Scholarships. Among the ten, UW CSE Ph.D. student Katie Kuksenok, and 2010 UW CSE bachelors alum (and current UC Berkeley Ph.D. student) Justine Sherry.
Congratulations Katie and Justine!!… Read more →
“Intel Spreads Its University Research Bets”
The New York Times reports on Intel’s transition from three university-affiliated “lablets” to a larger number of university-based Intel Science and Technology Centers.
“The company said this week that it would pour $100 million over the next five years into projects at universities. Each of the projects will involve a few Intel researchers, typically four, with far-flung teams of researchers from several universities …
“‘This assembling of multi-university dream teams to work on big computer science problems is unusual for… Read more →
2011 Winter Recruiting Fair
UW CSE holds recruiting fairs each October and January for tech companies that are members of our Industrial Affiliates Program. The “buzz” is a great measure of the demand for Computer Science and Computer Engineering majors. On January 25th – as at other recent recruiting fairs – we weren’t able to accommodate all interested companies: we can only squeeze 41 tables into our Atrium.
See a list of the recruiting companies here. See other Bruce Hemingway photographs here… Read more →
CSE’s Morgan Dixon wins Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowship
UW CSE Ph.D. student Morgan Dixon has been awarded one of 12 2011 Microsoft Research Ph.D. Fellowships – from among 174 students nominated for the award!
Morgan is a third-year Ph.D. student working with professor James Fogarty, studying Human-Computer Interaction and User Interface Software and Technology. Learn about Morgan and his research here.
Congratulations Morgan!… Read more →
“Are Startup-Hungry MBAs Sleepless in Seattle?”
Xconomy Boston reports on the Seattle-area innovation ecosystem, noting UW CSE, Impinj, Madrona Venture Group, etc.
“The other component in the ‘entrepreneurial ecosystem’ is the University of Washington … the Computer Science & Engineering program is one of the top ten in the country …”
Read it here.… Read more →
Intel Science and Technology Center in Visual Computing
Intel has launched the first of a new breed of Intel Science and Technology Centers (ISTCs).
ISTCs are Intel-funded, jointly-led research collaborations between Intel and the U.S. academic community. Each ISTC will be centered at a leading U.S. university and will focus on a specific technology area or discipline, bringing together a community of top researchers from across academia.
The ISTC in Visual Computing is centered at Stanford and brings together thought leaders from Stanford, the University of Washington, UC… Read more →
CSE’s Krysta Yousoufian is UW Junior Medalist
Each year, the University of Washington recognizes a Freshman, Sophomore, and Junior Medalist – essentially, the most accomplished student in the previous year’s freshman, sophomore, and junior classes.
This year’s UW Junior Medalist is our very own Krysta Yousoufian.
CSE has a considerable string of UW Medalists, going back more than 20 years. This is testimony to the extraordinary abilities of CSE students. To be in a major this challenging and emerge at the top of the 5000-7000 students… Read more →
Undergraduates’ anthrax-killing protein wins international synthetic biology prize
We missed the news, back in November, that a team of UW undergraduates including CSE student Sean Wu took home the top prize in the Health and Medicine category at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) synthetic biology competition.
The team’s winning creation is a bacterium that has been modified to seek out and destroy anthrax. It is now being tested in Maryland by the U.S. Army’s Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases.
Read about it here. Congratulations to… Read more →
“The Budget Breakdown: Trimming higher ed may erode job opportunities”
The Seattle Times reports on the loss of opportunity represented by University of Washington budget cuts.
“Consider the situation faced by Brian Bershad, a former UW computer science professor who is now the engineering site director for Google Seattle/Kirkland. He’d like to hire more UW computer scientists and computer engineers — a lot more.
“‘If the UW could produce 1,000 amazing engineers every year,’ Bershad said, ‘we’d find a way to hire them.’
“But the university’s computer science program already… Read more →
“Meet the Growbots”
ScienceNews profiles the research of UW CSE professor Raj Rao.
“Boldly going where most computer scientists fear to tread, Rajesh Rao watches intently as 1-year-olds lock eyes with their mothers in a developmental psychology lab at the University of Washington in Seattle. Time after time, tiny upturned heads tilt in whatever direction the caretakers look. Naturally, Rao thinks of robots.”
Read the article here. Learn more about Rao and his research here.… Read more →