Will Johnson, a senior majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics, has been named a Putnam Fellow for finishing among the top five students in the nation — from among 4,036 competitors — in this year’s William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. Will is the first University of Washington student to win a Putnam Fellowship since the competition was initiated in 1938.
Four other UW students finished among the top 500 in this year’s Putnam Competition, including Computer Science senior Keyun… Read more →
“Software behaving badly: Machine learning could resolve issues raised by multicore processors”
Widespread press coverage of research by UW CSE professors Luis Ceze, Dan Grossman, and Mark Oskin and UW CSE graduate students Owen Anderson, Tom Bergan, Joseph Devietti, Brandon Lucia and Nick Hunt.
“Ceze and his colleagues … have developed a way to get modern, multiple-processor computers to behave in predictable ways, by automatically parceling sets of commands and assigning them to specific places. Ceze and several colleagues from the university’s Safe MultiProcessing Architectures (SAMPA) group are presenting their proposed fix… Read more →
Scott Hauck, Anu Taranath win UW Teaching Awards
Scott Hauck and Anu Taranath have been recognized with 2010 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Awards.
Scott, a UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus, is a faculty member in UW Electrical Engineering.
Anu, wife of UW CSE professor Raj Rao, is a faculty member in Comparative History of Ideas and in English.
Congratulations to Scott and Anu! Read the announcement here.… Read more →
Photos from the Accessibility Capstone
Each year, UW CSE offers a number of “capstone design courses” in a broad range of areas. In these courses, students work in teams to conceive, design, implement, and deploy complete solutions to interesting problems.
As cell phones become more capable with connectivity with the internet and sensors such as cameras, compasses, GPS, and accelerometers, there are opportunities to use them as accessibility or assistive devices. This was the focus of the Accessibility Capstone, taught by professor Richard Ladner. Students… Read more →
Happy 80th, Hellmut Golde!
UW CSE alum Judy Maleng hosted CSE faculty and students from the early years (when UW CSE was purely a graduate program) to celebrate the 80th birthday of Hellmut Golde, who played an instrumental role in launching UW CSE. Photos of the event are posted here.
The same group convened at Judy’s 7 years ago to celebrate the 80th birthday of Jerre Noe, founding chair of UW CSE. Photos of that event can be seen here.
Our warm… Read more →
Richard Ladner honored with Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lectureship
CSE’s Richard Ladner has been selected to deliver the 2010 Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture. The event will take place on April 22 at 6:30 p.m. (reception at 5:30 p.m.) in Johnson Hall 102 on the UW campus.
Named in honor of the University of Washington’s first Vice President for the Office of Minority Affairs, the Samuel E. Kelly Distinguished Faculty Lecture is dedicated to acknowledging the work of UW’s distinguished faculty by spotlighting nationally recognized research focusing on… Read more →
“Conquering the chaos in modern, multiprocessor computers”
Beneath their smooth exteriors, modern computers behave in wildly unpredictable ways. UW CSE faculty members Luis Ceze, Mark Oskin, and Dan Grossman and UW grad students Owen Anderson, Tom Bergan, Joseph Devietti, Brandon Lucia, and Nick Hunt have found a way to “tame” multiprocessor computers.
“‘With older, single-processor systems, computers behave exactly the same way as long as you give the same commands. Today’s computers are non-deterministic. Even if you give the same set… Read more →
Google’s bicycle route mapping feature bears UW CSE imprint
Google’s new bicycle route mapping feature, launched today, bears a strong UW CSE imprint.
The project was conceived by UW CSE alum Andy Schwerin. Among the 7 engineers on the team were UW CSE alums Scott Shawcroft and Ryan Sturgell. The Site Director of the Google Seattle engineering office, where the work was done, is former UW CSE faculty member Brian Bershad.
Read a Seattle Times article here.… Read more →
OneBusAway wins WTIA Industry Achievement Award!
OneBusAway, a suite of tools to make using public transit easier for King County riders, has won the Washington Technology Industry Association’s 2010 Industry Achievement Award in the category “Best Use of Technology in the Government, Non-Profit, or Education Sector.”
OneBusAway is the passion of UW CSE graduate student Brian Ferris.
Congratulations to Brian and the OneBusAway team! Try it!… Read more →
Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer at UW, Thursday March 4
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, will discuss what’s ahead for computing, with a particular focus on how cloud computing will change the way people and businesses use technology. The event will take place on Thursday March 4 at 10 a.m. in the Microsoft Atrium of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering. Plentiful open seating and standing room will be available. Please join us for what’s sure to be an interesting talk about the world of tech.
A… Read more →