“When the federal government needs the best scientific information on any subject, it turns to the National Academy of Sciences.
“Now, the state of Washington will be able to do the same thing with a group of local luminaries. … The Washington group is modeled after the National Academy of Sciences, established by President Lincoln in 1863 to ‘investigate, examine, experiment and report upon any subject of science or art.’ …
“‘An increasing number of public-policy questions require scientific input,’… Read more →
KING5 Healthlink reports on UbiFit
KING5 HealthLink reports on UbiFit, a joint project of the University of Washington Design, Use, Build Laboratory and Intel Research Seattle in Use your cell phone to lose weight.
“Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel have created a new cell phone application that could help you keep those holiday pounds off. UbiFit helps you track your workouts using a colorful display… [using] a sensing device, clipped to the user’s waist, which determines what the user is… Read more →
Track your fitness, environmental impact with new cell phone applications
“Planning on gobbling a few extra treats this holiday season? Soon, your cell phone may be able to help you maintain your exercise routine and keep the pounds off over the winter months, without your having to lift a finger to keep track.”
“Researchers at the University of Washington and Intel have created two new cell phone applications, dubbed UbitFit and UbiGreen, to automatically track workouts and green transportation. The programs display motivational pictures on the phone’s background screen that… Read more →
Recent Additions to CSE Faculty
UW CSE welcomes new faculty members Luis Ceze, Michael Ernst, Mausam, Shwetak Patel, Georg Seeling, and Emo Todorov.
See brochure here.… Read more →
Pinning down the fleeting Internet: Web crawler archives historical data for easy searching
“The Internet contains vast amounts of information, much of it unorganized. But what you see online at any given moment is just a snapshot of the Web as a whole — many pages change rapidly or disappear completely, and the old data gets lost forever.”
” ‘Your browser is really just a window into the Web as it exists today,’ said Eytan Adar, University of Washington computer science and engineering doctoral student. ‘When you search for something online, you’re only… Read more →
Yoky Matsuoka featured in Project Lead The Way “2008 Model Schools Yearbook”
Project Lead The Way is offered in nearly 3,000 schools in fifty states and the District of Columbia. The 2008 Model Schools Yearbook highlights the programs in fourteen schools, including Seattle’s Roosevelt High School, where PLTW students paid a visit to UW CSE professor Yoky Matsuoka’s Neurobotics Laboratory.
Read the (PDF) excerpt here and the (PDF) full Model Schools Yearbook here.… Read more →
“Using Robots to Help Humans” (KUOW)
“The human hand is capable of more delicate movement than comparable organs of any other animal. It can wield a tool or weapon as easily as it can make a subtle gesture. So when a human loses her hand, she’s lost a remarkable implement. Yoky Matsuoka wants to ensure a loss like that isn’t permanent. She runs the Neurobotics Lab at the University of Washington. That’s where she and her staff build robots that function like hands and other human… Read more →
Job prospect report (The Daily)
“‘The overall picture for computer science is that both nationally and within the state of Washington, it’s projected as the fastest growing professional occupation between now and 2016,’ wrote Ed Lazowska, the Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering at UW. ‘With that said, employment is always cyclic …
“‘Major in something you love, and take it seriously,’ Lazowska said. ‘Ten or 15 years down the road, your success will be due to things that the philosophy… Read more →
“Inflexible security? Lighten up!” (Seattle Times)
“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 →