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“Yoshi Kohno, assistant professor of computer science & engineering, has been awarded a Sloan Research Fellowship, given each year to outstanding young scientists … A total of 118 fellowships were awarded this year in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics and neuroscience … Kohno’s research interests are in computer security, electronic privacy and cryptography. Some of his past studies have investigated security concerns related to electronic voting machines and… Read more →
“Seattle has a distinct and remarkable tech ecosystem”
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A short commentary by CSE professor Ed Lazowska. “[Markoff] simply observed that Seattle is exhibiting some of the entrepreneurial success of Silicon Valley; he described ome of the evidence and explored some of the reasons … We have managed to develop a tech ecosystem here – a feat that has eluded many other regions of the nation. It’s distinctly our own, and it’s pretty remarkable.”… Read more →
“Balancing technology with privacy” (KING-5 Television)
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A KING-5 Television feature on the tradeoff between technology and privacy for RFID. Features interviews with UW CSE faculty members Magda Balazinska and Gaetano Borriello, as well as with on-leave faculty member Chris Diorio, who is the founder, Chairman, and CTO of CSE-spinoff RFID technology company Impinj.… Read more →
“Wearable Tracking Tags Test Privacy Boundaries at the U. of Washington” (Chronicle of Higher Education)
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“It’s 2 a.m. Do you know where Evan Welbourne is? …
“While RFID isn’t a household word, the technology behind it has long been a part of the lives of just about every American …
“Now, because the tags can emit individual codes, companies are using them to track specific inventory items, credit cards, and ID badges. Conceivably, sensors could follow people throughout their daily lives.
“But who should track whom? Where, when, and how?… Read more →
“Social Networks Move Into Meatspace with ‘RFID Ecosystem'” (Wired Science)
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“In the past, I’ve written about natural and built environmental sensors, and wondered whether people should be included among the vital signs of an urban ecosystem. But I’ve skirted most of the privacy issues because I don’t have great answers for you, so I’m happy to see that these researchers, led by Magda Balazinska, are trying to come up with good tech or policy solutions, as they put it, ‘before such systems become commonplace.'”… Read more →
“Future of social networking explored in UW’s computer science building” (UW News & Information Services)
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“If you need information, the Internet offers a wealth of resources. But if you’re hunting down a person or a thing, a computer’s not much help. That may soon change. Electronic tags promise to create what some call the ‘Internet of things,’ in which objects and people are connected through a virtual network.
“To see what this future world would be like, a pilot project involving dozens of volunteers in the University of Washington’s computer… Read more →
“Seattle Taps Its Inner Silicon Valley” (New York Times)
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“Many communities dream of becoming the next Silicon Valley. This one is actually doing it.
“Stroll through the hip Fremont District and you will sense the Valley vibe. Google recently opened a research lab here, its second in Microsoft’s backyard. Technology start-ups are sprouting up amid quirky neighborhood landmarks like a bronze statue of Lenin and the Fremont Troll, the giant concrete creature lurking beneath the George Washington Memorial Bridge.
“More young companies are moving… Read more →
“Local boy genius makes good” (Tacoma News Tribune)
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“Google ‘Christophe Bisciglia.’ You’ll learn how the 27-year-old Google wunderkind, who grew up in Gig Harbor, made the cover of Business Week magazine last month for a breakthrough technological innovation.
“Bisciglia devised a way to re-create for the academic community a computational platform similar to the one used by Google engineers to manage a world’s worth of data and provide eye-blink-fast Internet searches. Bisciglia’s approach started with a bank of interconnected, data-packed computers installed at… Read more →
“CU sells campus bathroom’s naming rights for $25K” (Boulder Daily Camera)
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UW CSE Ph.D. alumnus John Bennett, Director of the University of Colorado’s Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society (ATLAS) Institute, sells naming rights to a bathroom in the ATLAS building for $25K. Why didn’t we think of that???
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“Using Robots To Help Humans” (KUOW/NPR)
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“The human hand is capable of more delicate movement than comparable organs of any other animal. It can wield a tool or weapon as easily as it can make a subtle gesture. So when a human loses her hand, she’s lost a remarkable implement. Yoky Matsuoka wants to ensure a loss like that isn’t permanent. She runs the Neurobiotics Lab at the University of Washington. That’s where she and her staff build robots that function like hands… Read more →