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“A Seattle computer scientist who helped expose how hackers can mess with electronic voting machines is part of a team that has shown how new, wireless cardiac devices implanted in thousands of heart patients also are vulnerable to electronic attack … “[UW CSE’s Yoshi] Kohno and others have shown they can wirelessly extract personal medical information from an implantable cardiac defibrillator as well as reprogram or disrupt the device. The team includes Harvard University cardiologist… Read more →
UW CSE / UW Oceanography / Microsoft Research collaboration featured at 2008 Microsoft Research TechFest
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UW CSE, UW Oceanography, and Microsoft Research are collaborating to create an “Ocean Scientists’ Workbench” in connection with the NSF Ocean Observatories Initiative. This work was featured prominently in press coverage of the 2008 Microsoft Research TechFest.
UW oceanographers Debbie Kelley and Mark Stoermer appeared in ComputerWorld. CSE’s Keith Grochow and Microsoft’s Jared Jackson appear in Microsoft’s own coverage of the event. Other coverage in Scientific American, AppScout, and CosmicLog.… Read more →
KUOW (NPR) interviews CSE’s Steve Gribble concerning spyware
“Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna wants to better protect computer users from spyware. He’s called for legislation to close loopholes in existing law. KUOW’s Joshua McNichols has more.”
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Technology Review on Photosynth
“Photosynth was born from … the marriage of Seadragon and Photo Tourism, a Microsoft project intended to revolutionize the way photo sets are packaged and displayed. Photo Tourism had begun as the doctoral thesis of a zealous 26-year-old University of Washington graduate student named Noah Snavely. One of Snavely’s advisors was Rick Szeliski, a computer-vision researcher at Microsoft Research, the company’s R&D arm … Working with Szeliski and a University of Washington professor named Steve Seitz, Snavely was intent on… Read more →
“CRA A. Nico Habermann Award 2008 presented to Richard E. Ladner”
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This award honors the late A. Nico Habermann, who headed NSF’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Directorate and who was deeply committed to increasing the participation of women and underrepresented minorities in computing research. Ladner, Boeing Professor of Computer Science & Engineering at UW, is recognized for his lifelong, strong and persistent advocacy on behalf of people with disabilities in the computing community.… Read more →
DUB dominates CHI (University Week)
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“Members of the UW’s Design:Use:Build (DUB) Center for Human-Computer Interaction and Design swept the top conference in their field, which explores the interface between human and machine. UW researchers nabbed three out of seven Best Paper Awards selected from more than 700 submissions to this April’s CHI 2008 meeting. Not only that – they had 16 papers accepted, more than any other university.”… Read more →
UW RFID research on KIRO TV 7
Magda Balazinska and Evan Welbourne are interviewed in this KIRO TV 7 report on RFID and privacy.
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“Academic Cluster Computing Initiative” (YouTube video)
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A terrific Google video describing the Academic Cluster Computing Initiative launched by Google, IBM, and NSF based on work done by Google and UW Computer Science & Engineering. UW CSE alumnus and Google engineer Christophe Bisciglia is featured, along with various UW CSE faculty and students.… Read more →
“‘Dinosaur’ computer stalls Seattle schools’ plans” (Seattle Times)
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“An aging computer – so old that the University of Washington has an early model on display as a museum piece – stands between the Seattle School Board and the changes it wants to make in how the district assigns students to schools …
“The VAX was first sold in 1979, and early models were about as big as two refrigerators. Hank Levy, chairman of the UW’s computer-science and engineering department, was part of the… Read more →
Ten years of CRA “Outstanding Undergraduate” awards
This spreadsheet from the University of Virginia tallies ten years of Computing Research Association “Outstanding Undergraduate” awards. In a nutshell:
Total students recognized: UW #1, tied with CMU
Number of winners: UW #1, tied with CMU, Dartmouth, Cornell, and Princeton
Number of runners up: UW #1, tied with CMU and Harvard
Number of finalists: UW #2, behind CMU and tied with Harvard
Number of honorable mentions: UW #2, behind UVa
Go team!
See an excellent blog post by CMU Computer… Read more →