“The Indus civilization, which flourished throughout much of the third millennium B.C., was the most extensive society of its time … About 22 years ago, in Hyderabad, India, an eighth-grade student named Rajesh Rao turned the page of a history textbook and first learned about this fascinating civilization and its mysterious script. In the years that followed, Rao’s schooling and profession took him in a different direction – he wound up pursuing computer science, which he teaches today at the… Read more →
Luis Ceze on Microsoft New Faculty Fellowship
A Microsoft video interview of UW CSE professor Luis Ceze, one of five recipients nationwide of 2009 Microsoft New Faculty Fellowships. See the interview here.… Read more →
UW CSE Interactive Media Technology Showcase
On Wednesday July 22, UW CSE faculty members Brian Curless, Yoky Matsuoka, Zoran Popovic, and Steve Seitz will present an “Interactive Media Technology Showcase” co-sponsored by Enterprise Seattle and UW TechTransfer.
The event, which runs from 9:00-6:30, will be held at Enterprise Seattle, 1301 5th Avenue #2500.
Announcement here.
Speaker biographies here and talk topics here.
Registration information here.… Read more →
UW CSE’s Emo Todorov explained!
Imagine having the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences publish a paper of yours, and in the same issue, a paper explaining your paper. UW CSE professor Emo Todorov, whose research concerns optimal control, no longer has to imagine it. Start with the explanation, here. Then brave the paper, here. When you’re done, send a note to PNAS telling them that in their next life they should choose a name with a different acronym.… Read more →
Luis Ceze named 2009 Microsoft New Faculty Fellow
UW CSE’s Luis Ceze was named a 2009 Microsoft New Faculty Fellow for his work on improving the programmability of multicore systems. His research spans computer architecture, compilers, operating systems, and programming languages. One of his group’s key projects is to completely remove nondeterminism from multiprocessor systems, potentially changing the way we debug, test, and deploy multithreaded code.
Luis joins UW CSE’s Magda Balazinska as a Microsoft New Faculty Fellow — Magda was recognized in 2007.
More information may be… Read more →
UW CSE Kindle DX pilot program on KUOW
KUOW (Seattle’s NPR station) interviews UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska regarding the Amazon.com Kindle DX pilot program that will be launched by UW and six other colleges and universities this fall.
Streamed version of the interview here. MP3 download here. Or listen from your browser below.
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Lazowska labeled “cockroach” in web post
Not exactly newsworthy, but too good to pass up. Read the post here.… Read more →
“The Next Hacking Frontier: Your Brain?”
UW CSE’s Yoshi Kohno is interviewed by wired.com regarding concerns recently published July 1 in Neurosurgical Focus. The research paper, written with CSE’s Yoky Matsuoka and CSE Ph.D. student Tammy Denning, highlights neural devices and the potential for security risks. While most current devices carry few security risks, as neural engineering becomes more complex and more widespread, the potential for security breaches will mushroom.
“’Neural devices are innovating at an extremely rapid rate and hold tremendous promise for the… Read more →
Kai Li in Xconomy
UW CSE’s friend and year-long visitor Kai Li is interviewed in Xconomy regarding his startup Data Domain, much in the news lately.
“Now I know why venture capitalists walk the halls at the University of Washington – you never know who you might run into. My timing was impeccable yesterday as I sat down with Kai Li, the co-founder and chief scientist of Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP), the Santa Clara, CA-based data storage company that just got bought by… Read more →
“Defense Agency, Faulted For Scaling Back University Computer Research, Gets New Leader”
“The Pentagon’s research agency has historically maintained a tight relationship with the computing research community. Civilians may recognize some results: the Internet, personal computing, and high-performance computer graphics, says the University of Washington’s Edward D. Lazowska.
“But that relationship ‘has become less close in recent years,’ says Mr. Lazowska, the university’s Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering …
“Now new leaders are taking over the agency. And Mr. Lazowska says ‘we’re looking forward to restoring’ a… Read more →