Anthony Tether, the head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, spoke about his nearly eight years at DARPA in an interview with the EE Times. Tether states he has reinvigorated DARPA’s innovative spirit during his tenure; critics claim he has cut back on basic research. CSE’s Ed Lazowska commented, “there was tremendous deterioration in the agendas of specific agencies and DARPA is a prime example. DARPA’s focus became transitioning existing research results into products for the military.”
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Cell Phones with Sensors Aid Fitness, Environmental Awareness
Joint dub (UW Human-Computer Interaction and Design Laboratory) and Intel Research Seattle research projects UbiFit and UbiGreen are the Computing Research Highlight of the Week at the Computing Community Consortium. Both projects use visual feedback on a cellphone screen– UbiFit to promote sticking with your personal excercise program, UbiGreen to promote environmentally-friendly transportation choices.
We reported on local media attention attracted by UbiFit in November here.… Read more →
“Where Humans and Robots Connect” on UWTV
In October, CSE Professor Yoky Matsuoka presented a lecture called Where Humans and Robots Connect in the University of Washington College of Engineering Fall Lecture Series. UWTV will air video of the talk three times in early January (Monday,January 5 at 5:00 PM, Thursday, January 8 at 9:00 AM, and Saturday, January 10 at 2:30 AM, all times Pacific).
You can also download MP3 audio or MPEG-4 video from the UWTV site, or stream video in Quicktime or… Read more →
CRA Awards for Undergrad Research, 1999-2009
Each year, the Computing Research Association recognizes undergraduates from across North America who have excelled at research in their CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Awards program. Our friends at University of Virginia have compiled a list of the number of students who have been recognized over the past ten years. We’re Number One!!! Congratulations to all of UW CSE’s superb undergraduates.… Read more →
Recipients of Third Annual Mellon Awards for Technology Collaboration Announced
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded prizes to ten not-for-profit institutions. UW CSE’s own WebAnywhere was one of this year’s recipients. Vint Cerf, presenting these awards at the Fall Task Force meeting of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) said the following:
“The MATC Awards have a history of recognizing projects that improve accessibility for people with visual or other impairments, and this year is no exception. The next awardee is the University of Washington, for Project WebAnywhere. By… Read more →
Amazon hopes to cash in on research market
Andrea James’ article and blog (Seattle P-I Seattle Tech Report) highlight how Amazon has had to overcome its public perception as an online bookseller so that developers and researchers would take it seriously as a technology provider.
“Last week, Amazon unveiled a new offering that would make its ‘cloud computing’ service even more appealing to researchers. Amazon will make large data sets available free — some of which are so large they would take hours to download.
“Amazon’s… Read more →
Zoetrope in the News
Zoetrope, an application that is designed to help users easily search the historical web, is in the news this week. This tool is featured as the research highlight of the week by the Computing Community Consortium, and is also profiled by Technology Review‘s Erica Naone.
Technology Review coverage here.
“Computing Research Highlight of the Week” here.
We reported earlier on Zoetrope coverage here and here.… Read more →
Julia Schwarz and Jessica Leung recognized by CRA
UW CSE undergraduates Julia Schwarz and Jessica Leung were among 66 students from across the country recognized in the 2009 Computing Research Association Outstanding Undergraduate Award competition.… Read more →
Richard Ladner Receives 2008 Purpose Prize
Richard Ladner, UW CSE professor, was one of 15 recipients of the 2008 Purpose Prize, an award for social innovators over 60. Ladner has shifted his focus from computer science theory to developing better technologies for disabled people. He and his students and colleagues have developed such applications as WebAnywhere, software to allow the blind to use the internet on the go, MobileASL, an application for deaf people to use video communication on cell phones, and… Read more →
Researchers work on developing sign language for cellphones
A group of University of Washington researchers are working on MobileASL (American Sign Language) which would allow the hearing-impaired to use sign language on cellphones. The MobileASL project is led by Eve Riskin, a UW professor in electrical engineering; co-leaders include Computer Science & Engineering professor Richard Ladner, and Information School professor Jacob Wobbrock.
We reported earlier on UW News coverage of MobileASL here.
Read the full article here.… Read more →