Six months after Linden Rhoads took the reins as Vice Provost at UW Tech Transfer, Xconomy Seattle reporter Luke Timmerman has done a two-part interview with her to find out what’s been accomplished so far and what lies on the road ahead.
UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska had this to say about the Rhoads era at Tech Transfer:
There’s been a dramatic change since Linden’s arrival. The tech transfer officers are crawling all over our building working with students… Read more →
“Today’s Research is Tomorrow’s Infrastructure”
An op-ed by UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska and Sun Microsystems’ Bob Sproull appears today on the website of Scientists and Engineers for America. They write:
“Congress is now debating the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Included in this package is over 10 billion dollars for science facilities, research, and instrumentation.
“The reason for this inclusion is simple: today’s research is tomorrow’s infrastructure.
“When our nation faces immediate challenges, the feasible solutions depend upon the ideas, resources, and… Read more →
Jeff Dean elected to National Academy of Engineering
Jeff Dean, 1996 UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering — one of the highest honors accorded to engineers. Jeff was one of 65 individuals — 12 in the Computer Science & Engineering section — elected to membership in the 2009 class, announced on February 6.
Jeff began his career at DEC WRL, and moved to Google in 1999. At Google, Jeff and MIT EECS Ph.D. alumnus Sanjay Ghemawat — also elected to… Read more →
Eggsprout – how ‘hot’ a job prospect are you?
Former UW whizzes Brian Ma, 22, a graduate of Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering, and Hsu Ken Ooi, 25, a graduate of Mathematics and Statistics, are launching Eggsprout with the help of CSE’s Oren Etzioni. The Bellevue startup is planning to transform the way people find jobs online.
Read the TechFlash article here.
Read the Techvibes entry here.
Read the Cheezhead article here.… Read more →
UWeek: UW TechTransfer secures two highly experienced IP professionals to join unit
UW TechTransfer, the unit that facilitates the commercialization of UW research, has hired Todd Alberstone as director of intellectual property management and Ed Cummings as a licensing officer focused on computing technologies. Both have experience in the local high-tech industry.
“We’re excited to have somebody with Ed’s skills and experience at UW TechTransfer,” said Hank Levy, professor and chair of CSE. “He will play a major role in helping us to move technologies quickly out of the university to… Read more →
Use your cell phone to track down your bus
“It’s a question heard at countless bus stops: ‘Have you seen the number 48 go by?'”
After spending countless rainy nights waiting for his bus to go by, Brian Ferris, a UW CSE grad student, decided to do something about it. Over the past year, he created a tool, OneBusAway, that allows King County bus riders to use a cell phone, iPhone, or computer to keep tabs on their bus. OneBusAway’s website averages 1,000 hits a day, and… Read more →
Skytap one of “10 start-ups to watch in ’09”
UW CSE startup Skytap was identified as one of “10 start-ups to watch in ’09” by NetworkWorld. Skytap offers cloud-based virtual lab solutions that reduce IT costs, accelerate lab provisioning time, and enable global team collaboration via the Web. Skytap was founded by UW CSE faculty members Brian Bershad, Steve Gribble, and Hank Levy, plus UW CSE graduate student Dave Richardson; it was funded by our friends at Madrona Venture Group, Ignition Partners, Bezos Expeditions, and Washington… Read more →
TechFlash: Some tech firms are actually hiring staff in 2009
John Cook’s Venture Blog today discusses some of the bright spots in the local tech hiring scene. UW CSE’s Mark Oskin, co-founder of PetraVM, is highlighted, as well as other CSE Industrial Affiliate partners.
Read the full TechFlash piece here.
A corresponding article in the Puget Sound Business Journal features a photo of the brains behind PetraVM, Moe.… Read more →
There are still jobs out there
UW CSE hosted its Industrial Affiliates Winter Recruiting Fair on January 28th. Proving that there are still jobs out there, twenty companies participated in this event, with opportunities for both interns and full-time positions. The Winter Recruiting Fair is an annual “reduced” version of our main Recruiting Fair, which is held in conjunction with our October Industrial Affiliates meeting. Participation is restricted to UW CSE students and UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Program member companies.… Read more →
“Intel Researchers Demo RF Energy Harvester”
At the recent Rawcon Conference in San Diego, Intel Research Seattle staff member and UW CSE affiliate professor Joshua Smith described the scavenging of 60 microwatts of RF power from a TV tower 4.1 kilometers distant. The power was used to drive a thermometer/hygrometer and its LCD display. The approach harvested enough energy to drive many Wireless Identification and Sensing Platform (WISP) applications. A WISP is essentially an RF identification (RFID) tag with a microcontroller on it, according to Smith. … Read more →