Always glad to host Red, Greene, and New Tech Seattle’s largest event of the year, at UW’s Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering! An amazing networking opportunity!… Read more →
Allen School undergraduates recognized in the Husky 100
Allen School undergraduates Camille Birch and Kelsie Haakenson have been selected as members of the 2017 class of the Husky 100. The Husky 100 program recognizes students from across the three UW campuses who are making the most of their Husky experience while making a difference on campus and in their communities through discovery, leadership, and a commitment to inclusivity.
Camille Birch is a senior from Woodinville, WA pursuing degrees in bioengineering and computer science. After developing an interest… Read more →
Allen School’s 2017 Women’s Research Day
Check out the agenda for today’s Women’s Research Day at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering! Facebook group here.… Read more →
Discover magazine on Oren Etzioni, Ali Farhadi, Allen Institute for AI
“Nestled among Seattle’s gleaming lights on a gloomy September day, a single nonprofit wants to change the world, one computer at a time. Its researchers hope to transform the way machines perceive the world: to have them not only see it, but understand what they’re seeing.
“At the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2), researchers are working on just that. AI2, founded in 2014 by Microsoft visionary Paul Allen, is the nation’s largest nonprofit AI research institute. … At AI2,… Read more →
Allen School’s Shyam Gollakota wins 2017 SIGMOBILE RockStar Award
Professor Shyam Gollakota, who is widely known for his pioneering work on ambient backscatter as leader of the Allen School’s Networks & Mobile Systems Lab, has been named the winner of the 2017 SIGMOBILE RockStar Award. The award, which was voted on by a committee of his peers and senior researchers in the mobile computing community, acknowledges Gollakota’s outstanding early-career contributions and the depth, novelty and impact of his research.
Since he joined the Allen School faculty… Read more →
Allen School students excel in NSF Graduate Research Fellowship competition
Every year, the National Science Foundation highlights outstanding graduate student research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through its Graduate Research Fellowship Program — and every year, our students’ performance in this competition confirms the Allen School as one of the nation’s top destinations for promising young researchers in the computing fields. In the latest round, nine Allen School students were recognized by NSF, including seven graduate students and two undergraduates.
The competition for these fellowships is intense: More than… Read more →
UW CSE: The Case for Continued Growth
UW CSE – the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering – seeks legislative support for additional enrollment growth. The case is overwhelmingly strong:
Student demand is extraordinary
Employer demand is extraordinary
CSE’s track record of delivering on its commitments is exemplary
$70 million in private fundraising for a second building to accommodate recent and future CSE growth is complete
Read more here!… Read more →
University of Washington establishes the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
Dear Friends of CSE,
A few minutes ago – in an extraordinary launch to our 50th Anniversary year – the University of Washington Board of Regents approved the establishment of the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. The elevation of UW CSE’s status from a department to a school signifies our increasing prominence on the campus, in the region, and around the world. Becoming a school also positions us to have even greater impact through our… Read more →
Wilma Bradley Matching Challenge will amplify UW CSE alumni giving
Wilma Bradley, a longtime friend and generous supporter of UW CSE, has established a $1 million matching fund aimed at promoting alumni giving toward construction of a second computer science building on the UW campus. The new fund will match, dollar for dollar, multi-year pledges by recent alumni that total between $5,000 and $50,000 — enabling young alumni to double (or more, if a corporate match is applied) the impact of their personal gifts to CSE2.
For more than 20… Read more →
UW CSE’s Tom Anderson, James Fogarty and Dan Ports win Google Faculty Research Awards
UW CSE professors Tom Anderson, James Fogarty, and Dan R. K. Ports have been selected to receive Google Faculty Research Awards, a competition designed to support world-class faculty conducting cutting-edge research that advances core and emerging areas of computer science.
Anderson, who earned an award in the networking category, focuses on the construction of robust, secure, and efficient computer systems. His recent work concerns the development of next-generation peer-to-peer systems and approaches to dramatically improve internet availability… Read more →