More than 200 graduate students, staff, faculty, and family members gathered on Friday evening for the annual UW CSE Holiday Party.
The critics have already weighed in regarding the faculty skit (see photos):
Mike Ernst’s 5-year-old: “They’re not actually acting, they’re just standing there talking.”
Steve Seitz’s 6-year-old: “When does the real play start?”
Oren Etzioni has delivered the faculty response:
“Years ago, my 6 year-old said the same thing when I took him to see Waiting for Godot.”… Read more →
GeekWire reprises Yoky Matsuoka as a “GeekWire Newsmaker of 2011″
We love John and Todd at GeekWire! A third UW CSE family member has been singled out as a “GeekWire Newsmaker of 2011”: Yoky Matsuoka.
“Yoky Matsuoka has long been interested in the frontiers of human interaction with machines, exploring new ways for the nervous system to work in conjunction with robotics and other mechanical devices …
“Matsuoka, a past MacArthur Genius award winner from UW Computer Science & Engineering, this year became the director of a new Engineering… Read more →
GeekWire reprises Shwetak Patel as a “GeekWire Newsmaker of 2011″
Two days ago, GeekWire‘s highlighted “Newsmaker of 2011” was UW CSE offspring Daniil Kulchenko (son of Ph.D. student Paul Kulchenko).
Today it’s UW CSE faculty member Shwetak Patel – the photo at left, from yesterday, shows Shwetak and Ph.D. student Sidhant Gupta describing the ElectriSense technology to Art Rosenfeld, Distinguished Scientist Emeritus at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Professor Emeritus of Physics at UC Berkeley, the impetus behind California’s extraordinary energy efficiency efforts, and father-in-law of UW CSE professor Dan… Read more →
TechFlash “Youth of the Year”
At the encouragement of UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel, TechFlash added a “Youth of the Year” category to their annual “Flashies” recognition.
Two of the four 2011 nominees have UW CSE connections. Akash Badshah worked in Shwetak’s lab. Daniil Kulchenko is the son of UW CSE graduate student Paul Kulchenko.
Vote for a UW CSE nominee for the TechFlash “Youth of the Year” here!… Read more →
UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel in International Examiner
A nicely done article on Shwetak Patel’s MacArthur Fellowship.
“Patel earned this award for his innovative work with a series of sensor-technology systems, specifically for the home. These low-cost, user-friendly sensors can be used to monitor electricity and water consumption, broken down to the individual fixture and appliance simply by plugging one into the wall. Users can see which areas of the home are responsible for the highest percentage of use, allowing them to specifically target those gadgets and conserve… Read more →
Shwetak goes to Washington
Hot on the heels of his Saturday night appearance on the field and scoreboard of Husky Stadium, UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel found his way to Washington DC to demonstrate his ElectriSense and HydroSense sustainability sensing technology to Secretary of Energy (and Nobel Laureate) Steven Chu.
Back-channel from a Department of Energy person at the meeting: “Had the Secretary interested – made him 15 minutes late for his next meeting! Good opportunity to discuss learning algorithms and other CS issues.”… Read more →
Shwetak Patel on the Husky Stadium scoreboard!
Huskies over Wildcats 42-30? Nice.
Shwetak Patel on the Husky Stadium scoreboard? Priceless!
UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel was recognized at this evening’s game as the University of Washington’s newest MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award” winner.
Congratulations Shwetak!
Additional photos here.
And a note from CMU MacArthur winner Luis von Ahn:
From: Luis von Ahn
Date: Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 10:22 AM
Subject: Shwetak
To: Ed Lazowska
Husky stadium for Shwetak? Man, you guys do it right.
When I got… Read more →
Bill Gates at UW CSE
Bill Gates spent the afternoon at UW CSE, visiting labs and speaking to a hanging-room-only crowd.
Bill met with Gaetano Borriello, Yaw Anokwa, Rohit Chaudhri, and Nicola Dell concerning technology for health care in the developing world; with Oren Etzioni, Kevin Clark, and Alan Ritter concerning the future of search; and with Shwetak Patel, Eric Larson, Sidhant Gupta, and Gabe Cohn concerning sustainability sensing.
A web archive of Bill’s talk and Q&A (“The Opportunity Ahead: A Conversation… Read more →
The Perfect Party
Recent issues of Seattle Met magazine have included a feature on “The Perfect Party” – a group of five individuals who they’d love to invite for a meal. UW CSE was included early-on in the person of computer security researcher Jake Appelbaum – part of a “Perfect Party” that included Rachel the Pig. In the November issue, it’s UW CSE’s Shwetak Patel – part of a “Perfect Party” that includes Tom Brokaw. (Sorry, Jake!)… Read more →
UW CSE Affiliates Meeting and Alumni Open House
UW CSE annually hosts a day of research presentations for members of our Affiliates program, capped by an evening of posters and demos to which we also invite regional alumni and friends. More than 100 Affiliates spent the day with us today, and more than 100 alumni and friends joined them this evening. Many Bruce Hemingway photos here and here.… Read more →