Among the 41 distinguished computer scientists named ACM Fellows today:
Affiliate professor Doug Burger, Microsoft Research, “For contributions to distributed microprocessor architectures and memory systems”
Ph.D. alumna Anne Condon, University of British Columbia, “For contributions to complexity theory and leadership in advancing women in computing”
Ph.D. stepchild Mike Dahlin, University of Texas at Austin, “For contributions to the science and engineering of large-scale distributed computer systems” (Mike was a student of Tom Anderson’s when Tom was a faculty member at… Read more →
We’re Number One!
US News has a new college ranking category this year: “Best Colleges for Shoppers.” We have only one thing to say: “Who Da Man?!?!”
(Actually, we have something else to say: The National Academies would have crapped this up.)
See here and here.… Read more →
Dot Diva profiles UW CSE alums Siobhan Quinn, Kendal Sager
Dot Diva is a website built by WGBH Boston to expose high school women to the power of computer science to change the world.
Dot Diva has just rolled out fifteen great profiles of young women using their computer science education in interesting ways. Two of them are UW CSE alums: Siobhan Quinn and Kendal Sager.
Siobhan works at Foursquare in New York City, following several years at Google and Blogger.com. She says she didn’t think she’d be interested… Read more →
Photos of the 2010 CSE Holiday Party
A good time was had by … even Pete. See Bruce Hemingway’s photographs here.
Twenty five years ago, the faculty skit was a lot funnier, mostly because it included things you wouldn’t attempt today.… Read more →
UW CSE Ph.D. alum Sorin Lerner recognized by adult entertainment industry
No, we are not making this up. Just exaggerating a bit.
XBIZ newswire, “Adult entertainment industry news for the media” – a division of XBIZ.com, “The leading source for adult industry news” – reports on the paper “An Empirical Study of Privacy-Violating Information Flows in JavaScript Web Applications.”
We cannot in good conscience quote from the XBIZ article in this family-oriented blog, but you can read it here. We will note, however, that based upon extensive research,… Read more →
“Standing Tall” – Artwork to honor Norm Maleng
A new art installation at the King County Courthouse will honor Norm Maleng, King County Prosecuting Attorney from 1978-2007. Norm’s wife, Judy, is an early graduate program alumna of UW CSE; Judy continues to host wonderful events for early UW CSE faculty and alums, a tradition that she and Norm began many years ago.… Read more →
SNUPI in Popular Mechanics
“Typically, walls block wireless signals, so the sensors monitoring ‘smart’ homes quickly drain their batteries … the researchers invented a device that can send signals to the wiring behind walls using 100 times less power, allowing sensors to run almost indefinitely.”
Learn more about SNUPI here.… Read more →
TechFlash “Newsmaker of the Year”
The Flashies have been awarded! One winner in each of 15 categories, chosen by reader balloting among a half dozen candidates.
In the “Newsmaker of the Year” category, who was the winner?
Was it Paul Allen, who “recovers from non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, sues some of the Internet’s biggest names for patent infringement, and pledges along with other billionaires to give the majority of his fortune to charity”?
Was it Steve Ballmer, who “attempts to reverse the company’s mobile fortunes,… Read more →
Will a flood of tiny sensors help us cut emissions?
Advances in information technology have some companies dreaming of a world abuzz with sensors, some of which could reduce carbon emissions. How to power these sensors is one of the problems to be tackled. UW CSE associate professor Josh Smith, who recently moved from Intel Labs Seattle, has been working on this issue.
“‘That’s been a real problem for sensor units: People can build these sensor networks that send data wirelessly, but their battery only lasts a couple… Read more →
Intel Labs Seattle / UW CSE “RGB-D” project
The RGB-D project is a joint research effort between Intel Labs Seattle and University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering. The goal is to develop techniques that enable future use cases of depth cameras. Using the Primesense depth cameras underlying the Kinect technology, we’ve been working on areas ranging from 3D modeling of indoor environments to interactive projection systems and object recognition to robotic manipulation and interaction.
A number of interesting demonstration videos are linked here.… Read more →