Recent UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus Jonathan Carlson has received the 2009 University of Washington Graduate School Distinguished Dissertation Award. Carlson’s thesis work on “Phylogenetic Dependency Networks: Inferring Patterns of Adaptation in HIV,” co-supervised by Larry Ruzzo of UW CSE and David Heckerman of Microsoft Research, seeks to enable improved HIV vaccines by identifying HIV adaptations that the virus employs against the immune system. Carlson now works with Heckerman in the Microsoft Research eScience Group in Los Angeles.… Read more →
Bing Travel = UW CSE spinoff Farecast
Microsoft’s Bing Travel technology – which provides advice on when to buy in order to minimize cost – represents technology from UW CSE spinoff Farecast, acquired by Microsoft for more than $100 million last year. See a new spot that captures the magic of Bing Travel, here.… Read more →
The Broader Impact of Technologies for the Blind and Deaf
UW CSE’s Richard Ladner talks with Rachel Tompa in an Xconomy article regarding the hurdles that must be cleared to make a phone or a computer usable to the blind or deaf. He believes that technologies developed for the blind and deaf may eventually lead to broader technological advancements. This belief is not such a far-fetched idea: mobile GPS, now used by milliions, was originally developed as an aid for the blind. Ladner, along with his students, use engineering and… Read more →
Hydrosense on NPR
NPR’s “Living on Earth” features UW CSE’s Hydrosense technology:
“In the heat of summer, droughts bring water rationing and limits on outdoor use. A new household sensor could soon detect every drip coming out of your pipes, making it easier to conserve water.
“Professor Shwetak Patel from the University of Washington has invented a gadget that he calls Hydrosense … A single Hydrosense device can detect water use from anywhere in the house.”
Listen to the story here.… Read more →
“UW Profs, Tech Execs Talk Next-Generation Graphics, Imaging, and Interfaces for Games”
Xconomy reports on the UW Tech Showcase, where faculty members Yoky Matsuoka, Zoran Popovic, Brian Curless, and Steve Seitz demo’d their latest innovations to leaders of the gaming industry.
“In my time, I’ve seen dozens of really cool academic projects in graphics, imaging, and robotics that would never see the light of day in a commercial game, despite their best intentions. Because of the caliber of the UW labs and the nature of their applications, I wonder if they’ve actually… Read more →
“Vanish” in the news!
Widespread press coverage of UW CSE’s “Vanish” project. From the New York Times: “A group of computer scientists at the University of Washington has developed a way to make electronic messages ‘self destruct’ after a certain period of time, like messages in sand lost to the surf. The researchers said they think the new software, called Vanish, … will be needed more and more as personal and business information is stored not on personal computers, but on centralized machines, or… Read more →
“Forget computer hacking, your brain may be next”
UW CSE’s Yoshi Kohno is featured in the Times of India — a report on Yoshi’s recent paper in the journal Neurosurgical Focus. Read the article here (pdf).… Read more →
UW CSE’s Raj Rao in Smithsonian Magazine
“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 →