UW CSE is preparing to welcome two game-changing senior hires, robotic manipulation expert Siddhartha “Sidd” Srinivasa and influential computer engineering researcher Michael Taylor, this fall. Srinivasa, who is widely regarded as one of the leading minds in robotic manipulation and human-robot interaction, will advance UW CSE as one of a few truly world-class centers of robotics research. Taylor, who has accepted a joint appointment in CSE and Electrical Engineering, brings expertise in leading-edge hardware design — further building UW’s reputation… Read more →
Frontiers of Science and Engineering at UW
Join us for this symposium highlighting the accomplishments of some of the University of Washington’s outstanding women scientists and engineers.
Friday January 20
3:00-5:00 (reception starting at 2:30)
Savery 260
Full agenda here.… Read more →
UW CSE Winter Quarter résumé review workshop
Many thanks to the alums and friends from Amazon, CDK Global, Facebook, GE Digital, Google, Impinj, Microsoft, PayScale, Qumulo, RealSelf, and Whitepages who reviewed the résumés of 129 CSE students on Wednesday evening!
Next up: technical interview coaching next Wednesday!… Read more →
UW Regents launch construction of CSE2
The UW Board of Regents today approved the immediate start of construction on a second building that will accommodate a significant expansion of CSE. The building – slated to open in two years – will occupy a site across Stevens Way from the existing Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering on UW’s Seattle campus.
Today’s action by the Regents is the culmination of a multi-year effort on the part of leaders from the University, state government, the… Read more →
White House recognizes UW’s Emily Fox with Presidential Early Career Award
Emily Fox, Amazon Professor of Machine Learning, has been selected to receive a 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). The award is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government upon scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Fox is among 102 scientists and engineers (only 19 via the National Science Foundation) who are being recognized by the White House for advancing the frontiers of science and technology and serving… Read more →
Seattle-based Zillow Group commits $5 million to expand UW CSE
Zillow Group has pledged $5 million to support the construction of a second computer science building on the UW’s Seattle campus. The gift is the first-ever corporate donation made by the company and will provide the space needed for UW CSE to double annual degree production in response to growing student and employer demand. Zillow Group COO Amy Bohutinsky highlighted UW CSE’s vital role in the region’s technology ecosystem and its leadership in education and diversity in announcing the gift.… Read more →
UW CSE’s Mitchell Hashimoto, Armon Dadgar recognized in Forbes’ “30 Under 30”
UW CSE alums Mitchell Hashimoto and Armon Dadgar feature prominently in the 2017 edition of Forbes magazine’s 30 Under 30—which recognizes change-makers and innovators spanning 20 different industries. The pair are recognized for their contributions to enterprise tech through their company, San Francisco-based HashiCorp.
Hashimoto and Dadgar earned their bachelor’s degrees in computer science from UW CSE in 2011. They co-founded HashiCorp a year after graduation with the aim of revolutionizing data center management, including application development, delivery, and… Read more →
UW CSE’s Shyam Gollakota named a Forbes “30 Under 30” All-Star
What do UW CSE professor Shyam Gollakota, basketball player LeBron James, and singer Taylor Swift have in common?
They all were named among Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30” All-Star Alumni — a who’s-who of luminaries in technology, sport, the arts, and more who are “leading the millennial revolution of game changers.”
Gollakota was previously recognized by Forbes on its list of “30 Under 30” in energy for his work on ambient backscatter, which turns existing wireless signals into a… Read more →
WSU socks proclaim “Go Dawgs”
The Seattle Times reports:
“Washington State University Cougar fans are going to want to spend a bit of time staring at their feet this morning.
“Bartell Drugs issued a recall this week for an $18 Christmas pair of Strideline WSU College ‘Cougar Socks.’ The red-and-white socks have a not-so-Cougarish slogan printed on the inside cuff. It reads, ‘Go Dawgs’ …
“Using the rival University of Washington’s ‘Go Dawgs’ slogan for WSU socks was a quality-control error, co-founder Jake Director said… Read more →
UW CSE Ph.D. student Irene Zhang is GeekWire’s “Geek of the Week”
Irene Zhang is UW CSE’s Geek of the Year, but we’ll settle for GeekWire’s Geek of the Week:
“I’m really a Midwestern girl at heart.” (Give me a break!)
“I do research in distributed programming platforms for mobile/cloud applications. Application programmers today are writing code that runs on mobile device and cloud servers, so they are really tackling a lot of hard distributed systems problems. Companies like Facebook, Twitter and Google have figured out how to build these kinds of… Read more →