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
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“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”
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“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”
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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 →
“Tracking Laptop Thieves Safely”
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“Kohno and his colleagues at the University of Washington and the University of California, San Diego, have developed Adeona, a free piece of software that records location information in such a way that only a legitimate user should ever be able to gain access to it.”… Read more →
CSE’s Brian DeRenzi on location in Uganda
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“An application for household registration of births and deaths is being developed in a project under the umbrella of the UN Millennium Project.
“Brian DeRenzi, a graduate student in computer science at the University of Washington in the US, is helping test the application as it is being fine tuned at a health facility in Uganda.
“In Uganda, DeRenzi says, there are community health workers who go from house to house to collect health information… Read more →
Dave Cutler receives National Medal of Technology & Innovation
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CSE Affiliate Dave Cutler received the National Medal of Technology & Innovation at a White House ceremony on September 29, “for having designed and implemented standards for real-time, personal, and server-based operating systems, carrying these projects from conception through design, engineering, and production for Digital Equipment Corporation’s RSX-11 and VAX/VMS, and for Microsoft’s Windows NT-based computer operating systems; and for his fundamental contributions to computer architecture, compilers, operating systems, and software engineering.”… Read more →
“Just in time for school: Free Adeona service tracks stolen laptops”
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“As college students head back to school with gleaming new laptops, some will, unfortunately, see the last of their machine in a library, cafeteria or dorm room … Researchers at the University of Washington and at the University of California, San Diego have created a new laptop theft-protection tool. The software not only provides a virtual watchdog on your precious machine – reporting the laptop’s location when it connects to the Internet – but does… Read more →
“UW grad gives it all up for poker: $1.4 million richer, 22-year-old holding his own against seasoned pros” (Seattle PI) (September 2008)
“Sitting at the final table of the prestigious Borgata Poker Open last week, $1.4 million on the line and a clear advantage in chips, University of Washington graduate Vivek Rajkumar had a plan …
“This isn’t the situation either he or his parents envisioned a few short years ago when Rajkumar was compiling his whiz-kid academic resume: He enrolled in the U-Dub’s Early Entrance Program at 15 and graduated before turning 19 with degrees in applied mathematics and computer engineering… Read more →
“Science prizes: Best in class”
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Nature profiles four MacArthur “Genius” Award winners, including UW CSE’s Yoky Matsuoka.… Read more →