“As more of our casual lives are spent online, we need to find a middle ground on security and privacy. Not every transaction and gateway needs the digital equivalent of a scowling paramilitary guard demanding to see our papers. Yet most of us aren’t comfortable letting it all hang out online.
“That’s why I’m intrigued by an easy-access control system called Friendbo, which is being developed by a group of students and professors at the University of Washington.
“It… Read more →
“Research Stars Light the Path”
“The call came out of the blue to Yoky Matsuoka, associate professor of Computer science & Engineering. An official from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation instructed Matsuoka to sit down and put down her week-old baby. Then he revealed she had won a 2007 MacArthur Fellowship, the so-called “genius award” with a $500,000 no-strings-attached prize …”
Read the (PDF) article in Trend in Engineering.… Read more →
“Pastry-Powered T(o)uring Machines Endowed Fellowship in Computer Science & Engineering”
“What’s not to like about young alumni who work hard, pedal hard, and can point you to the best bakeries in the region? And, they contributed to the Campaign UW pie by establishing a fellowship to support “a starving grad student” through surely the most creatively named endowment in UW history. Meet CSE alumni Lauren Bricker (M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 1998), Ruben Ortega (M.S. 1994), and Paul Franklin (M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 1998).”
Read the (PDF) article in Trend in Engineering.… Read more →
“Researchers find problems with RFID passport cards” (New York Times, others)
“RFID tags used in two new types of border-crossing documents in the U.S. are vulnerable to snooping and copying … United States Passport Cards issued by the U.S. Department of State and EDLs (enhanced driver’s licenses) from the state of Washington contain RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags that can be scanned at border crossings …”
Extensive media coverage of research by CSE professor Yoshi Kohno and his students includes:
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
KOMO TV
KING TV
Slashdot
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CSE’s Classroom Presenter wins 2008 Engineering Pathway Premier Award for Courseware
“Engineering Pathway is proud to announce that Classroom Presenter has been named the Premier Courseware of 2008! Classroom Presenter, by Richard Anderson, Ruth Anderson, Natalie Linnell, Craig Prince and other members of the development team from the University of Washington, is a Tablet PC-based interaction system that supports the sharing of digital ink on slides between instructors and students.”
Read the article here.… Read more →
Schwetak Patel’s research on NPR
An NPR report on research by CSE’s Schwetak Patel on intelligent air conditioning systems that save power.
Schwetak Patel on intelligent air conditioning systems (MP3 audio file).… Read more →
Dear Mr. President: Let’s talk tech
“Computerworld recently asked nine high-tech luminaries [including UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska and Microsoft’s Rick Rashid] to offer their advice to the next U.S. president. Their answers appear below.”
Picked up by Xconomy, Crosscut.
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“Welcoming a New Class of Innovators”
“This year UW Engineering has attracted thirteen outstanding new faculty members to our departments. We are excited to have these distinguished professors join our community of innovators.”
Amongst the thirteen: new CSE faculty members Michael Ernst, Shwetak Patel (joint with EE), George Seelig (joint with EE), and Emanuel “Emo” Todorov.
Read more at the College of Engineering site here.… Read more →
Seattle Times on Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering
Read the article at the Seattle Times here.
“While markets crashed and investors sobbed, certified genius Yoky Matsuoka and 140 of her friends were … brainstorming how to make the region a world center for neural engineering.
“Their efforts could make Seattle the hub for developing brain-controlled robotic systems that may someday help amputees, stroke victims and people with spinal-cord injuries. Think of the ‘Bionic Man’ or the prosthetic hands used by Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader in ‘Star… Read more →
New CSE Professorships named for Bob Dinning, Jean-Loup Baer, and Richard Ladner
UW CSE alumna Anne Dinning and her husband Michael Wolfe have created three new Endowed Professorships in Computer Science & Engineering. Anne and Michael named the professorships to recognize Bob Dinning (Anne’s father and a UW EE alumnus), Jean-Loup Baer (who taught Anne her first course as a UW CSE major), and Richard Ladner (supervised Anne’s senior project).
Photos of the event are here.… Read more →