DataBlade, a cloud-based data analytics company co-founded by UW CSE alumni Jeremy Brudvik (B.S., ’08) and Allen Chen (B.S., ’07), was recently profiled by GeekWire as part of its “Startup Spotlight” series. DataBlade, which bills itself as “data insights without the overhead,” is one of 11 emerging companies that make up local incubator Techstars’ class of 2015.
Chen, who is DataBlade’s CEO, identified the company’s secret sauce as, “The strength of our team and the depth… Read more →
Seattle Times reporter visits UW CSE recruiting fair, lives to tell the tale
Seattle Times reporter Rachel Lerman stopped by the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering on Wednesday to witness firsthand the magic and the mayhem that is established company recruiting day for UW CSE students.
As she notes in her article, “It was nearly impossible to walk unimpeded through the huge atrium of the University of Washington’s computer science building Wednesday. The space had been taken over by dozens of booths run by companies hungry for engineering talent,… Read more →
UW CSE featured in national story on strategies to increase gender diversity in computing
An Associated Press story that is being picked up by hundreds of outlets nationwide highlights the efforts of UW CSE and others to recruit and retain more women in the computing field. The article features UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska and students Megan Hopp, Meredith Lampe, Aishwarya Mandyam and Karishma Mandyam sharing their perspectives on what works when it comes to encouraging women to consider a career in computer science.
From the article:
“Last June, 31 percent of UW’s computer… Read more →
Brad Smith at the Seattle Metro Chamber Leadership Conference: “We need a second CSE building at UW”
Microsoft President Brad Smith is an extraordinary civic leader in so many ways – including serving as chair of the committee tasked with raising the private funding for a second building that will enable UW CSE to double its enrollment, responding to student demand, employer demand, and intellectual opportunity.
His message at today’s Seattle Metro Chamber Leadership Conference: “We need a second CSE building at UW.”
Thank you Brad!… Read more →
Feed your mind with UW CSE’s Ed Lazowska on “Lunch Break”
“Lunch Break” is an online video series featuring Brad Anderson, Corporate Vice President for Enterprise Client & Mobility at Microsoft, interviewing tech industry luminaries from the comfort of his car during – what else? – his lunch break. This week’s episode features UW CSE professor Ed Lazowska, who chatted with Brad about topics ranging from Seattle’s contributions to civilization (coffee, grunge, retail), to UW-based efforts to enable data-intensive discovery in a variety of fields.
Along the… Read more →
UW’s and Microsoft’s HyperCam featured on KING 5 and KOMO 4 news
HyperCam, the new low-cost hyperspectral imaging camera developed by UW’s Ubiquitous Computing Lab and Microsoft Research, recently got some screen time of its own thanks to KING 5 and KOMO 4 news. Crews from our local NBC and ABC stations interviewed UW CSE Ph.D. student Mayank Goel, who demonstrated how HyperCam works and explained its potential commercial applications.
Watch the KING 5 segment here and KOMO 4 segment here.
The HyperCam project has been in the limelight since… Read more →
Recruiting fair for established companies packs ’em into the Allen Center
UW’s Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering was rocking today as recruiters from 60 established companies – and many hundreds of CSE students – descended upon the Allen Center as part of our 2015 Industry Affiliates meeting. Thanks to everyone who showed up – it was especially great to reconnect with so many of our alums who have carved out careers in industry and who return to campus to talk to future graduates about their next… Read more →
UW CSE and Madrona Venture Group celebrate student innovation
Each year, the Madrona Prize is awarded to students participating in UW CSE’s Open House whose work shows the greatest potential for commercialization. This year’s crop of one winner and three runners-up earned their awards by doing groundbreaking research in computer vision, systems and networking, health sensing, and ubiquitous computing.
WINNER
What Makes Tom Hanks Look Like Tom Hanks (Total Moving Face Reconstruction): Supasorn Suwajanakorn, Steve Seitz, Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman
RUNNERS-UP
ApneaApp – Diagnosing Sleep Apnea: Rajalakshmi Nandakumar
Building … Read more →
The Seattle Times visits UW CSE’s Industry Affiliates meeting
“Ricardo Martin-Brualla has created a time-lapse video that shows a massive glacier in Norway receding over the course of 10 years from a giant block of ice to a smaller frozen patch.
“But Martin-Brualla didn’t set up a camera to take photos for a decade. Instead, the University of Washington computer science Ph.D. student used computer-vision technology to find photos online of the popular landmark, warp them so they all appear to be taken from the same angle and stitch… Read more →
Don’t miss UW CSE’s Dieter Fox talking about our robotic future
UW CSE professor Dieter Fox, head of the UW Robotics and State Estimation Lab, is headlining the next installment of the 2015 Engineering Lecture Series this Wednesday, October 21st. Dieter will talk about the latest advances in robotics, including the development of robots that can do 3D mapping, track human movement and manipulate objects. The lecture will begin at 7:30 pm in Kane Hall on the UW’s Seattle campus. Attendance is free, but advance registration is required. Learn… Read more →