OVP Venture Partner’s Mark Ashida writes in Xconomy about the UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting, particularly the panel discussion on “The Changing Face of Venture Capital” which featured Mark, Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Ron Howell (WRF Capital), Bill McAleer (Voyager Capital), Cam Myhrvold (Ignition Partners), and was moderated by CSE’s Ed Lazowska.
“The University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering Affiliates day is one of the most fun and rewarding days of the year for me as venture investor… Read more →
“Vanish” on NPR
UW CSE’s Vanish project on self-destructing data is featured in an NPR piece on privacy in the digital age.
“Roxana Geambasu is a computer science graduate student at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she’s been working on self-destructing data. The simplest application is a form of e-mail that comes with a finite life span.
“‘After the time out, you will never be able to read the message again,’ she says.
“The system is called Vanish, and it works… Read more →
Celebrating the Washington Research Foundation, Dan Weld, and Oren Etzioni
At the UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting, Ron Howell, CEO of the Washington Research Foundation, congratulates Dan Weld on his reappointment to the WRF Thomas J. Cable Endowed Professorship, and Oren Etzioni on his appointment as the inaugural holder of the WRF Entrepreneurship Professorship.
The WRF Thomas J. Cable Professorship was established in 1999 by the Washington Research Foundation. The WRF Entrepreneurship Professorship was established in 2009 by the Washington Research Foundation with additional generous contributions from Madrona Venture … Read more →
The 2009 UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Meeting
The UW CSE 2009 Industrial Affiliates Meeting, October 29-30, was a huge success.
On October 29, more than 150 representatives of member companies participated in research presentations, poster sessions, feedback sessions, and an evening panel on “The Changing Face of Venture Capital.”
On October 30, more than 30 companies recruited UW CSE students in the Microsoft Atrium of the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering.… Read more →
Seattle Magazine 2009 “Power List”
Seattle Magazine‘s list of 2009’s influentials includes many UW CSE friends:
Person of the Year Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com.
Jim Jiambalvo, Dean of UW’s Foster School of Business.
Tricia McKay, Executive Director of the Medina Foundation.
John Cook and Todd Bishop from TechFlash.
Ken Myer, CEO of the Washington Technology Industry Association.
Dan Rosen, Chair of the Alliance of Angels.
UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska served on the selection panel.… Read more →
Seattle Business “Top 25 Innovators and Entrepreneurs”
Seattle Business magazine has named its “Top 25 Innovators and Entrepreneurs” for 2009. Friends of UW CSE are well represented, which we are assured has nothing to do with the fact that UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska was on the selection panel. See the full list here, which includes:
CSE friend Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon.com.
Apptio CEO Sunny Gupta, who cut his teeth with UW CSE startup Performant, which was sold to Mercury Interactive.
UW CSE affiliate professor Lee… Read more →
Open Data Kit is “Computing Research Highlight of the Week”
The Computing Research Association and the Computing Community Consortium have featured UW CSE’s Open Data Kit initiative as the Computing Research Highlight of the Week.
“Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data collection device. Organizations that want a fully customizable way to, say, snap pictures of a deforested area, add the location coordinates and instantly submit that information to a… Read more →
“Top Tech Events of the Fall – An Xconomy Guide”
Xconomy previews the top tech events in the Puget Sound region for the remainder of the fall. UW CSE is the headliner:
October 28th’s TechFlash “Women in Tech” event, a panel that featured UW CSE professor Yoky Matsuoka.
October 29th’s UW CSE Industrial Affiliates meeting panel presentation on “The Changing Face of Venture Capital,” moderated by Ed Lazowska and featuring Mark Ashida (OVP Venture Partners), Greg Gottesman (Madrona Venture Group), Ron Howell (WRF Capital), Bill McAleer (Voyager Capital), and Cam… Read more →
“Cell phones become handheld tools for global development”
A UW news release concerning the Open Data Kit initiative, led by UW CSE professor Gaetano Borriello.
“Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. Organizations that want a fully customizable way to, say, snap pictures of a deforested area, add the location coordinates and instantly submit that information to a global environmental database now have a flexible and free… Read more →
“Five Things Nathan Myhrvold Taught Us About Cooking”
Xconomy reports on the CSE Distinguished Lecture given by Nathan Myhrvold and Chris Young.
Read the post here.
Watch the video of this terrific talk here.… Read more →