“Gary and Pamela Hammer did more than help their son Jeremy find a job when he graduated from the University of Washington three years ago.
“The Hammer family decided that was a good time to start a technology company, employing Jeremy, two of his classmates and another son who had been working at Fluke in Everett.
“Now their company, Kirkland-based Ceton, is releasing a gadget that has caught the imagination of digital-media enthusiasts and could find its way into… Read more →
“Charles Simonyi, Software Giant Turned Space Tourist, Talks Technology and Exploration at UW”
Xconomy reports on Charles Simonyi’s kickoff of the 2009-10 UW Computer Science & Engineering Distinguished Lecturer Series.
“Simonyi, the father of Microsoft Word and Excel, and now head of Bellevue, WA-based Intentional Software, regaled the crowd of a couple hundred students, faculty, and guests with stories and videos from his second trip to space last March. Simonyi rode a Russian Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station (ISS), docked and spent some time there, and returned safely to Earth, looking… Read more →
“Intel Labs Seattle’s New Director, Dieter Fox, on Why the Future of Robotics Matters to Intel”
UW CSE’s Dieter Fox is the fourth director of Seattle’s Intel Labs, officially succeeding UW CSE’s David Wetherall two weeks ago. At Intel Labs Seattle’s open house yesterday afternoon, Xconomy’s Gregory Huang had a chance to talk to both about the lab’s role in shaping the future of computing.
“‘Our role with respect to Intel is performing what they call disrupting research that is off-roadmap, but essentially our task is also to surprise Intel,’ Fox says. ‘If we show what… Read more →
“Fighting Botnets with Doc Savage”
Voice of San Diego profiles UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus and UCSD CSE faculty member Stefan Savage.
“The poster outside the third-floor office in the University of California, San Diego’s computer sciences building depicts Doc Savage, the big-muscled, bald-headed, fearsome-faced comic book hero. Inside the office sits a different Doc Savage.
“Stefan Savage is a pale-faced, 40-year-old, T-shirt-and-shorts-wearing college professor. But in the world of cybercrime fighting — where the strength of your code, not your biceps, is what matters —… Read more →
UW CSE Professional Master’s Program expands
For the first time since its inception in 1996, the UW CSE Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is expanding: from 130 students to 160, and from three offered courses each quarter to four. The PMP – a part-time evening program targeted towards talented software industry professionals with strong undergraduate preparation in computer science or computer engineering and three or more years of professional experience – has awarded nearly 500 degrees since its inception.
Longtime PMP Advisor Dave Rispoli is excited about… Read more →
“Hands on: UW students get Kindles for pilot project”
TechFlash interviews UW CSE students participating in the Kindle DX academic pilot project.
“At the University of Washington, more than 30 computer science graduate students are taking part in the pilot, and are just receiving their devices. We sat in on a Kindle DX orientation on the UW campus this morning, and talked to a couple students about their expectations for the reader, which they’ll be using in various courses.”
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UW CSE Kindle DX pilot project on KOMO TV
UW CSE professor Dan Grossman discusses the UW CSE Kindle DX pilot project with KOMO-4 TV news. Watch the video here. Learn more about the UW CSE Kindle DX pilot project here.… Read more →
Dan Halperin, Kathleen Tuite Awarded Intel Fellowships
UW CSE graduate students Dan Halperin and Kathleen Tuite are among 26 exemplary Ph.D. students from across the nation who have been named recipients of Intel Ph.D. Fellowships. The Intel Ph.D. Fellowship program focuses on research in Intel’s principal technical areas: Hardware Systems Technology and Design, Software Technology and Design, and Semiconductor Technology and Manufacturing.
Dan, who is advised by Tom Anderson and David Wetherall, was awarded his fellowship for research “enabling the realistic design of next generation wireless systems.”… Read more →
“The Internet is proof that the government doesn’t bungle everything”
The LA Times discusses the Internet and the government’s role in basic research.
“Since it’s so fashionable these days to question whether government can do anything right … it’s worth noting that we’re about to celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the most important federal initiatives of our time … the Internet.
“[Bob] Taylor tried to interest private industry in his project, but the companies he approached dismissed the idea. IBM told him its computers already talked to one… Read more →
“Caught in the college arms race, students and parents pay more and more”
The Seattle Times discusses college costs. “Still, undergraduate tuition and fees at the UW — $7,700 this year — remain a bargain when compared to what people pay at private colleges, says UW computer-science professor Ed Lazowska: ‘Why is a parent willing to pay $35,000 for an education that’s not any better? I don’t understand the psychology of it.'”
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