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Press coverage of the SIGCOMM paper “Interactive WiFi Connectivity for Mobile Vehicles” by John Zahorjan (UW), Ratul Mahajan (UW Ph.D., now at Microsoft Research), and Aruna Balasubramanian, Brian Neil Levine, and Arun Venkataramani (UMass Amherst).
“‘Today’s Wi-Fi handoff protocols are incredibly fragile in outdoor environments and mobile environments,’ Mahajan said in an interview. Under existing approaches, he explained, computers and devices are ‘artificially limited to talking to only one access point, or only one base… Read more →
UW CSE friends and family among 2008 TR 35 (Technology Review)
Each year since 1999, Technology Review has honored 35 young innovators under the age of 35 — the TR 35. The 2008 TR 35 includes:
Blaise Aguera y Arcas from Microsoft Live Labs, recognized for creating Photosynth by combining work from his startup Seadragon (acquired by Microsoft) with work by UW CSE professor Steve Seitz, UW CSE graduate student Noah Snavely, and Microsoft Research computer vision researcher Rick Szeliski.
Tanzeem Choudhury from Dartmouth, an Affilate faculty member in UW CSE,… Read more →
“Microsoft launches free Photosynth for combining shots into one picture”
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“Photosynth is a distinctly Seattle innovation. It makes use of technology for smoothly streaming large digital images, developed by Seadragon Software, a Ballard startup Microsoft acquired. The system for arranging photo collections in their three-dimensional context was developed by University of Washington computer scientists.”… Read more →
“Microsoft launches 3D photo program”
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“Available at photosynth.com, the program is a combination of technologies from Microsoft Research, the University of Washington and Seadragon Software, a Seattle-based startup that Microsoft acquired in 2006. Up until now, it has been a technology preview. Everyday users could view custom synths of photos created by Microsoft and selected others, but they couldn’t create collections of their own.”… Read more →
“Microsoft unveils fruits of online shake-up”
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“The technology, developed by the University of Washington and Microsoft Research, identifies patterns in pictures, then matches these with related photos to produce overlapping montages that users can then navigate in a browser.”
Articles that fail to credit UW appeared in the New York Times (“Photosynth is brought to you by a 15-person team at Microsoft Research …”), the Wall Street Journal (“Microsoft is a little like the General Motors of technology … Photosynth, based… Read more →
“Intel Moves to Free Gadgets of Their Recharging Cords”
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“Intel has made progress in a … technique for wirelessly powering consumer gadgets and computers, a development that could allow a person to simply place a device on a desktop countertop to power it.”
The work was carried out at Intel Research Seattle by UW CSE Affiliate faculty member Josh Smith.… Read more →
Widespread coverage of P4P
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Research by UW CSE professor Arvind Krishnamurthy has yielded dramatic bandwidth conservation for peer-to-peer file sharing. Extensive press coverage of Arvind’s P4P includes:
“Throttling P2P traffic is shortsighted, experts say” (ITbusiness.ca) (8/22/08)
“The Internet’s New Shortcut” (Forbes) (8/21/08)
“Can P4P Solve Bandwidth Bloat? (GIGaom) (8/21/08)
“Comcast Does About-Face: Declares Love for P2P” (Wired) (8/21/08)
“Share Locally, Unclog the Internet” (Chronicle of Higher Education) (8/20/08)
“Local Sharing Saves Bandwidth on BitTorrent/P4P Tests” (Slyck News) (8/20/08)
“The … Read more →
CSE’s Ed Lazowska featured in Harborview Medical Center’s Report to the Community
UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska is featured in UW Medicine’s 2008 Report to the Community. Lazowska contracted a life-threatening spine infection that was successfully treated by a team at Harborview Medical Center led by Dr. Jens Chapman.
“As a patient at Harborview, Lazowska said he received expert care but perhaps the most extraordinary part of the experience was seeing how employees at every level, not just those providing direct patient care, took pride in patients doing well.
“‘After surgery, I… Read more →
Noah Snavely and Photosynth on Microsoft Channel8
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“There’s no denying that some of the coolest research and projects going on happens right on your campuses by you and your professors … One of my favorite projects going on here at Microsoft’s Live Labs is PhotoSynth … It turns out this project originated at the University of Washington by a graduate student there, Noah, the ‘PhotoSynth Mastermind.’ He joined us in MSR’s fancy new building 99 to talk about how it all works,… Read more →
Dr. Dobb’s CodeTalk interviews UW CSE alumnus Ethan John
“Ethan John professes to not enjoy writing code. Testing, on the other hand, he enjoys immensely. That makes him my kind of Computer Science graduate: the kind who codes only because it gives him an excuse to test. Ethan currently works for Isilon Systems, who I am sure is happy to have the advantage of his love for testing.
“Here is what Ethan has to say:
“DDJ: What was your first introduction to testing?
“EJ: I was in school, and… Read more →