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The University of Washington Department of Computer Science & Engineering (www.cs.washington.edu) reaches out in many ways to active professionals in our region's burgeoning information technology industry. Among them:


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The UW CSE Professional Masters Program

The UW CSE Professional Masters Program ( www.cs.washington.edu/masters) enrolls students from more than two dozen leadership companies. It is a part-time, evening/distance program with courses available in four formats:

  1. In the "host" classroom. Students and faculty, with visuals projected from a PC using Microsoft PowerPoint.
  2. In remote interactive classrooms at Microsoft and -- coming soon -- Intel Dupont. Students are connected interactively to the "host" classroom using ISDN-based videoconferencing. A second screen shows visuals identical to those in the "host" classroom, transmitted and synchronized over the Internet using Microsoft NetMeeting.
  3. Live on the Internet. The same audio/video signal that is fed into the videoconferencing system is transmitted live over the Internet in two formats: Microsoft NetShow, and MBONE (the Internet multicast backbone). Internet students can connect to the NetMeeting session to receive synchronized visuals, as well.

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  4. On-demand on the Internet. Audio/video of each lecture is archived for later "on-demand" access using Microsoft's Windows Media Player. Visuals are available, as well. See www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/course_index.html for currently available on-demand courses.

The UW CSE Colloquium

The twice-weekly UW CSE Colloquium ( www.cs.washington.edu/news/colloq.info.html) features accessible talks by the world's leading computer scientists and computer engineers. It, too, is available in four formats:

  1. Live and in person. Normally Tuesdays and Thursdays at 3:30, in EE-105 Auditorium.
  3. Televised on UWTV. Each UW CSE Colloquium is videotaped. Those that are most suitable for a broad audience are subsequently cablecast on UWTV, and by university cable systems throughout the nation (e.g., on the Stanford Channel).
  4. Live on the Internet. The same audio/video signal that is fed to the videotape unit is transmitted live over the Internet in two formats: Microsoft NetShow, and MBONE (the Internet multicast backbone).

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  5. On-demand on the Internet. Our colloquia are archived and available on the Internet using Microsoft's Windows Media Player.

The UW CSE Industrial Affiliates Program

Roughly 75 leadership information technology companies from our region and the nation belong to our Industrial Affiliates Program ( www.cs.washington.edu/affiliates). Key benefits range from extensive interaction at our annual Industrial Affiliates Meeting, to close contact with students which facilitates co-op, internship, and permanent employment.

Servers donated by power UW CSE's distance learning activities. See http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/dl/tools/ for technical information.

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