2011 UW CSE Ph.D. alum Roxana Geambasu, now on the faculty at Columbia University, is one of 14 faculty members worldwide named 2014 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellows.
Roxana’s research concerns computer systems in a broad sense, including distributed systems, the Web, security and privacy, operating systems, and databases. More specifically, her current research focuses on the challenges and opportunities created by today’s emerging technologies, such as the Web, cloud computing, and powerful mobile devices.
Roxana joins a long… Read more →
CSE featured at Madrona Venture Group “Internet of Things” media dinner in San Francisco
On Wednesday, Madrona Venture Group hosted an Internet of Things media dinner in San Francisco. Media attendees included journalists from Forbes, Fortune, NPR, the New York Times, Recode, Tech Review, Thomson Reuters, the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Xconomy.
The panel was moderated by Madrona Managing Director Tom Alberg. Panelists:
Chris Diorio, co-founder and CTO of UW CSE startup Impinj (and former UW CSE faculty member), a leader in the RFID space.
Shwetak Patel, co-founder UW CSE startup SNUPI Technologies… Read more →
UW startup SNUPI Technologies is Technology Alliance “Innovation Showcase Company of the Year”
At today’s annual Technology Alliance “State of Technology” luncheon – keynoted by Crossing the Chasm author Geoffrey Moore – UW startup SNUPI Technologies was recognized as “Innovation Showcase Company of the Year.”
SNUPI’s first product, Wally, is an environmental sensor system for the home. The company was co-founded by UW CSE+EE professor Shwetak Patel, UW CSE+EE professor Matt Reynolds, UW CSE alum Jeremy Jaech, and UW EE Ph.D. student Gabe Cohn.
Shwetak accepted the award on behalf of the team,… Read more →
Vote for SNUPI as GeekWire’s “Gadget of the Year”
Balloting for the GeekWire Awards continues, with UW startup SNUPI (Gabe Cohn, Jeremy Jaech, Shwetak Patel, Matt Reynolds) one of five finalists for “Gadget of the Year.”
Vote for SNUPI as “Gadget of the Year” here!
And while you’re at it …
UW’s Ambient Backscatter is a finalist for “Innovation of the Year,” here.
Long-time UW CSE professor Oren Etzioni, who recently left to lead Paul Allen’s Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, is a finalist for “Hire of the… Read more →
Georg Seelig wins ONR Young Investigator Award
Georg Seelig, UW CSE+EE professor, is one of 24 “early-career academic researchers whose scientific pursuits show exceptional promise for supporting the Department of Defense” named recipients of 3-year Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Awards.
Over the years, research by ONRYI recipients has led to breakthroughs in nanoscience, fiber-laser systems, ultrafast optoelectronic devices and more. This year’s 24 recipients were selected from a pool of roughly 280 candidates.
Georg’s research is focused on understanding how biological organisms process information using… Read more →
Congratulations to UW CSE’s 2014 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship recipients!
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships are among the most prestigious awards available to graduate students in the STEM fields. The 2014 NSF GSRFs were announced today, and UW CSE has a bumper crop!
UW CSE Ph.D. student Camille Cobb
UW CSE Ph.D. student Scott Lundberg
UW CSE Ph.D. student Lauren Milne
UW CSE Ph.D. student Greg Nelson
UW CSE Ph.D. student Trevor Perrier
UW EE Ph.D. student Edward Wang, who works with CSE/EE faculty member Shwetak Patel
UW CSE Bachelors alum… Read more →
UW’s Shwetak Patel in NAE “E4U” video contest
The Computing Community Consortium has entered a video featuring UW CSE+EE professor Shwetak Patel and his students in the National Academy of Engineering’s “Engineering For You” video contest – a contest designed to surface inspirational engineering-0riented videos as part of NAE’s 50th Anniversary celebration.
Watch the video here.
(Thanks to the Computing Community Consortium and to videographer Patrick Sammon!)… Read more →
UW CSE startup SNUPI Technologies featured in Seattle Business magazine
UW CSE startup SNUPI Technologies (co-founded by faculty Shwetak Patel and Matt Reynolds, graduate student Gabe Cohn, and alum Jeremy Jaech) is featured in this month’s Seattle Business magazine:
“The so-called internet of things, in which objects transfer data without requiring human interaction, is so hot that Google recently invested $3.2 billion in Nest Labs, which sells a ‘smart’ household thermostat that learns the owner’s behavior to reduce energy use.
“This infatuation isn’t lost on SNUPI Technologies, which is debuting… Read more →
Shwetak Patel, Dave Eaton in Seattle Times on “Why Tesla?”
UW CSE and EE professor Shwetak Patel and UW Dean of the Graduate School Dave Eaton are two of Washington State’s Tesla Model S owners. They’re interviewed in today’s Seattle Times:
“‘We’re subsidizing the future car,’ said Shwetak Patel … He never thought he’s spend so much on a car, but that was never the only thing they were buying.”
Read more on the Seattle Times website here. Pdf here.… Read more →
UW startup SNUPI in MIT Technology Review
“Earlier this month, as Google was snatching up the smart-thermostat maker Nest for $3.2 billion, a lesser known home sensor company made its own announcement. SNUPI Technologies, a Seattle startup, said it had garnered $7.5 million in funding. That might be pocket change compared to the Nest deal, but it was a significant endorsement just ahead of SNUPI’s first product launch: a low-power wireless sensor network called WallyHome that tracks humidity, water leaks, and temperature throughout a building.”
SNUPI’s… Read more →