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ACM will present the 2007 Eugene Lawler Award to Randy Wang and the Digital Study Hall team for innovative use of cost-effective digital technology that helps improve the education of underserved children in South Asia. Wang’s vision was for a system that harvested community-generated videos of the best grassroots teachers to help schools in urban slums and rural areas in India.
Wang was a Ph.D. student of UW CSE professor Tom Anderson. A number of… Read more →
CSE’s Yoky Matsuoka in Columns
Columns, the UW alumni magazine, interviews CSE professor and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Yoky Matsuoka here.… Read more →
Columns recognizes CSE alums and near-alums
Columns, the UW alumni magazine, celebrates its 100th year by highlighting the accomplishments of 100 distinguished living alumni. Among those included with ties to CSE are:
Tim Paterson, author of QDOS, which became MS-DOS
Brad Fitzpatrick, creator of LiveJournal
Chris DeWolfe but inexplicably not Aber Whitcomb, co-founders of MySpace
James Sun, founder of Zoodango
Jeremy Jaech, co-founder of Aldus, Visio, and Trumba, and board member of RealNetworks
Loren Carpenter, part of the Pixar founding team… Read more →
UW CSE 2008 commencement!
Photographs and videos from the 2008 UW Computer Science & Engineering commencement ceremony.… Read more →
CSE’s Susumu Harada recognized by NISH
Read the article here (Microsoft Word).
Harada was recognized for his “‘Hands-Free Voice-Driven Drawing and Diagram Creation Method for People with Motor Impairments,’ a voice activated speech recognition technology that allows the user to create diagrams and drawings on the computer. This technology successfully bridges the gap that has existed between voice activated technology for dictation and hands free control of the computer. It also serves as a low cost method of drawing and designing via the computer. Harada was… Read more →
“The Inexact Science Behind DMCA Takedown Notices” (NY Times)
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“A new study from the University of Washington suggests that media industry trade groups are using flawed tactics in their investigations of users who violate copyrights on peer-to-peer file sharing networks …
“The paper finds that there is a serious flaw in how these trade groups finger alleged file-sharers. It also suggests that some people might be getting improperly accused of sharing copyrighted content, and could even be purposely framed by other users.”
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“Free video game from UW: Wiggling and shaking for science” (Seattle Times)
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“A group at the University of Washington developed a clever new way to get the public’s help with the massive computing challenge of researching cures for conditions such as HIV and Alzheimer’s.
“They created a free, downloadable video game called FoldIt! that ‘turns protein folding into a competitive sport.’
“I was skeptical, too, but after I downloaded it and played for awhile, it became addictive. The game draws out any latent obsessive-compulsive disorder you may… Read more →
“A Tribute to Jim Gray: Sometimes Nice Guys Do Finish First” (NY Times)
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“‘He was one of the world’s great listeners,’ said Ed Lazowska, a University of Washington computer scientist who in recent years had collaborated with Dr. Gray on a series of projects designed to provide powerful computational tools to scientists. ‘I thought we had a special relationship,’ he said, only to realize that there were 500 special relationships of the same kind.
“Several speakers quoted Jimi Hendrix, who once noted, ‘Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens,’ to… Read more →
“Gathering in Berkeley, Calif., today to honor legendary scientist, Microsoft researcher Jim Gray” (Seattle Times)
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“Today’s event will also include the announcement of the Jim Gray Chair, which drew contributions from up and down the West Coast.
“Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt, and Marc Benioff, CEO of Microsoft rival Salesforce.com, each donated $250,000 within a few hours of being asked, according to Ed Lazowska, a University of Washington computer science professor who helped with the fundraising. A fourth donor, Mike Stonebraker, also donated $250,000. He is… Read more →
CSE’s Yoshi Kohno, Yoky Matsuoka, Tapan Parikh featured in UW College of Engineering lecture
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“Join us for a fascinating afternoon of lectures by five of the College of Engineering’s rising stars. In an unprecedented year, the MacArthur Foundation and MIT Technology Review honored three faculty members, an alumnus, and a student for their exceptional contributions to society. Learn more about their inspiring work.” (The College of Engineering seems to have ignored CSE Ph.D. alumna Karen Liu and CSE Affiliate faculty member Desney Tan, both of whom also were recognized… Read more →