“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 →
“UW, Microsoft Research Aim to Turn Northwest Into a Neural Engineering Hotspot”
Read the article in Xconomy here.
A report on the opening session of the 2008 Workshop on Neural Engineering sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering.
“The goals of this effort, called the Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering, are to foster more collaboration among the region’s engineers, physicists, biologists, computer scientists, and neuroscientists. About 145 people signed up for the conference, including Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, although I didn’t see him last night. Too bad–… Read more →
CSE’s Steve Tanimoto elected to 2009-2010 IEEE Board of Governors
Read the article at the IEEE Computer Society site here.
With nearly 100,000 members, the IEEE Computer Society is the world’s largest organization of computer professionals. Founded in 1946, it is the largest of the 39 societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).… Read more →
“A Clear Choice on Science, Technology, and Innovation”
Read the article in Xconomy here.
CSE’s Ed Lazowska on the presidential election in Xconomy:
“Washington’s economy is one of the most technology-intensive in the nation. Software. Precision agriculture. Aerospace. Biomedicine. E-tailing. New media. Alternative energy. Public and private research institutions. Even narrowly defined, the technology sector is responsible, directly or indirectly, for nearly 50 percent of the jobs in Washington. East to west, north to south, we are driven by innovation. It benefits all of our citizens. It… Read more →
UW’s Vocal Joystick in Seattle Times
Read the article in the Seattle Times here.
“Say ‘ahh’ and the cursor zips toward the northeast corner of the computer screen. ‘Ooo’ sends it shooting straight south. Want it to head southeast? Say ‘ohh.’ To make the cursor do a circle or figure eight, let vowel sounds bleed into one another, like eee into ahh into aww and so on. You can make it hurry or slow by regulating the volume of your voice. To open a link,… Read more →
“Professionals to discuss the melding of neuroscience and engineering”
Read the article at UW News here.
“The new Pacific Northwest Center for Neural Engineering will host the 2008 Workshop on Neural Engineering— co-sponsored by the University of Washington, Microsoft Research, and the National Science Foundation— from Thursday October 9 through Saturday October 11 on the Microsoft campus.”… Read more →
“Director of Intel Research Seattle Focuses on Game-Changing Technologies, Opening New Markets”
Read the article at Xconomy here.
Xconomy interviews UW CSE’s David Wetherall, Director of Intel Research Seattle. “‘Our strongest ties are with the University,’ he replies, citing joint projects with faculty in computer science, electrical engineering, public health, and aeronautics and astronautics.”… Read more →