As scientists at the top US universities extend their research initiatives to the new frontiers of computing, Yahoo! has announced the expansion of its Hadoop-based M45 academic research initiative to include four additional US universities, including the University of Washington. Launched in November 2007, the M45 program is providing universities with the opportunity to conduct research otherwise impossible without the power and speed of a large-scale supercomputing resource. M45 consists of approximately 4,000 processors with 1.5 petabytes of storage.… Read more →
Ed Felten Named FTC’s Chief Technologist
UW CSE PhD alum Ed Felten was named as the US Federal Trade Commission’s first Chief Technologist. In this new position, Dr. Felten will advise the agency on evolving technology and policy issues. Felten is currently the Director of Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP), a cross-disciplinary effort studying digital technologies in public life. His research interests include computer security and privacy, and public policy issues relating to information technology. Specific topics include software security, Internet security, electronic… Read more →
Stanford President John Hennessy in UW CSE Distinguished Lecturer Series
Stanford President John Hennessy spoke to a packed house on November 2 in the UW Computer Science & Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series on “The Future of Our Research Universities: Challenges and Opportunities.”
Talk video linked here. Photographs here.… Read more →
“Intel Labs Seattle open house: Invasion of the depth sensors”
TechFlash reports on the Intel Labs Seattle open house, held on November 1.
“I’ve never seen so many 3D depth-sensors in my life.
“That’s what struck me on Monday afternoon as I snooped around Intel Labs Seattle, near the University of Washington campus. …
“Intel Labs Seattle operates in cooperation with the University of Washington, with Intel researchers and UW students working closely together on projects that explore the potential for ‘context-aware, sensor driven systems.’ Dieter Fox, an associate professor… Read more →
UW CSE’s Emo Todorov in NY Times
Emo is extensively quoted in the article “Seeing the Natural World With a Physicist’s Lens.” Read the article here.… Read more →
UW CSE’s Bruce Hemingway at MOmA
UW CSE’s Bruce Hemingway’s sculpture “Regina Sprocket (robot critic)” was recently displayed at the Seattle Museum of miniature Art (Kirkland Arts Center). Wonderful photographs here.… Read more →
Zoran Popovic, Most Influential!
Seattle Magazine has named UW CSE’s Zoran Popovic and his UW Biochemistry collaborator David Baker among its 2010 “Most Influential” for their collaboration on the protein folding game Foldit.
“’We’re involving people in science in a way that produces results that you can’t get any other way,’ says Popovic. ‘It’s democratizing science.’”
Read the article here. Play Foldit here.… Read more →
Annual UW CSE pumpkin carving TGIF
Halloween is near, and that means it’s time for the annual UW CSE pumpkin carving TGIF. Eyuccch! Photos here.… Read more →
“Influx of Silicon Valley branch offices churns up hot competition for Puget Sound talent”
The Puget Sound Business Journal and its partner TechFlash report on the computer science job market.
“David Truong, a 21-year-old University of Washington student from Kirkland, faces an uncertain future as he looks ahead to entering the workforce, hoping the remain in the region where he grew up. His biggest challenge: choosing among the multiple companies interested in hiring him. … Truong is a computer science major who has already started making his mark with internships at Intel, Lockheed Martin… Read more →
Photos from the UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting
The annual UW Computer Science & Engineering Industrial Affiliates Meeting took place on October 27th and 28th.
On the 27th, more than 100 representatives from Affiliates companies participated in a day of research presentations, as well as a keynote presentation by Linden Rhoads, UW Vice Provost and head of the Center for Commercialization.
That evening, more than 250 Seattle-area alumni joined for an evening of posters, demonstrations, and fellowship.
On the 28th, 42 companies recruited UW CSE undergraduate… Read more →