An overview of the University of Washington, the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, and the Puget Sound region.
A description of the role played by universities in innovation in information technology -- both nationally, and with a University of Washington focus.
Our Professional Masters Program and our twice-weekly Colloquium Series are available live and on-demand via the Internet.
The 1998 edition of UW CSE's "capstone design course" in software system design. Led by Professor John Zahorjan and Microsoft developer Dennis Canady, teams of UW CSE students learn commercial software development methodology and synthesize knowledge from a variety of previous courses by designing, implementing, documenting, and demonstrating 3-D multi-player distributed videogames built using VC++, Visual SourceSafe, and DirectX.
1998's undergraduate capstone design course on Computer Animation was taught to teams of students from Computer Science & Engineering, Art, and Music by Cassidy Curtis, visiting from Pacific Data Images, with guidance from Professor David Salesin. This year's course was a two-quarter sequence, allowing much greater depth. The video includes an introduction by Curtis, followed by the "product" of the course -- a 2:49 animation called The Art of Survival (TAOS), which begins at 01:55. TAOS has been accepted into the Official Competition of the 1998 Ottawa International Animation Festival. Only 80 films were selected, from more than 1200 entries representing nearly 50 countries. TAOS also has been accepted for the 1998 Classical Festival of Animation, a fifty-city tour that will also include Pixar's Oscar-winning "Geri's Game." It will be shown at the awards evening of the London Effects & Animation Festival. The course was recently profiled in the Chronicle of Higher Education and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Additional course artifacts from the first quarter can be found here; from the second quarter, here. (A higher-resolution version of the animation itself can be found here (2:49, in Microsoft VXtreme format).
The 1998 edition of UW CSE's Computer Engineering "capstone design course," in which teams of students undertake embedded system design and implementation projects -- this year focused on personal digital assistants, with support from Rob Short, Intel Corporation, Motorola Mobile Data Systems, Philips Multimedia Center, Texas Instruments, Trimble Navigation, and the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center.
An integrated version of the three preceding videos: software system design (begins at 00:51), computer animation (begins at 05:08), and embedded system design (begins at 09:55).
In a disgustingly brazen piece of self-promotion, we prepared a promo piece to be shown on the new video scoreboard at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium.
Three teams of CSE undergraduates, led by Professor John Zahorjan and professional software developer Dennis Canady from Microsoft, learned commercial software development methodology and synthesized knowledge from a variety of previous courses by designing, implementing, documenting, and demonstrating 3-D multi-player distributed videogames built using VC++, Visual SourceSafe, and DirectX.
The "product" of 1997's undergraduate course on Computer Animation, taught to teams of students from Computer Science & Engineering, Architecture, Art, and Music by CSE Professor David Salesin, Cassidy Curtis from Pacific Data Images, and various guest lecturers. As with our other student animations, WHIT has received a warm reception at prestigious animation festivals; WHIT's international debut is at the Holland Animation Film Festival in November 1998.
A documentary describing seven projects from 1997's undergraduate Computer Engineering capstone design course, including a computer-controlled Etch-a-Sketch, an interface for controlling hardware devices over the web, a system for unobtrusively getting the instructor's attention in distance learning situations, a small robot car that holds a "wheelie," an Internet mouse that controls multiple computers simultaneously, a Bloedel rotating chair used by physicians at the UW Medical Center, and an industrial robot programmed to physically play checkers (including visual recognition of the human opponent's moves).
An integrated version of the three preceding videos, including some introductory material and some contextual material regarding the Whose Hat is That?, the term project in the Computer Animation capstone.
A documentary describing three neat embedded system projects from 1996's undergraduate Computer Engineering capstone design course: an autonomous vehicle, a 4-legged walking robot, and a voice-activated talking toaster.
A documentary describing an innovative multi-disciplinary course, taught to teams of undergraduates from Art and Computer Science & Engineering by Professor David Salesin, Ronen Barzel (Pixar Animation Studios), and Annabella Serra (Rainsound), with guest lecturers from Disney, Dreamworks Interactive, Microsoft, Pacific Data Images, Pixar, Rhythm & Hues, and the UW School of Music.
The Alliance for Education presented the University of Washington with its 1997 "A+ Partnership Award" for Outstanding Contributions to the Seattle Public Schools. Special recognition went to Ed Lazowska of the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Steve Corbato, Scott Mah, and Bill Mar of the UW Office of Computing & Communications, for their work in designing and implementing a metropolitan-area network for the Seattle School District. This video was prepared by KOMO TV and shown at the awards ceremony.
John Yeager from Q13 News interviews UW CSE faculty member Chris Diorio (2:46, in Windows Media Player format).
"Oren is one of the most respected figures in the world of Web search technology," said Russell C. Horowitz, Go2Net chief executive officer. "We're extremely fortunate to be adding someone of his caliber and experience to take an active role on our Board and in helping to shape the company's future."
CSE Assistant Professor Chris Diorio is one of 24 winners nationally of 1998 Packard Foundation fellowships. The 5-year fellowship is worth $625,000. Chris Stubbs (Astronomy) and David Baker (Biochemistry) are UW's only other Packard Fellowship recipients.See also Packard Foundation announcement and University of Washington press release
Seattle Post Intelligencer article announcing that David Salesin has been named Washington State Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.
A description of the many roles played by UW CSE, from the University of Washington's annual Report to the State.
Tacoma News Tribune lead editorial concerning the information technology workforce shortage. See further information here.
Tacoma News Tribune, ABCNEWS.com, Ramp;D Magazine, and Wired articles about the University of Washington / Microsoft Summer Research Institute in Computer Science, "Intelligent Systems: Biological and Computational Perspectives." Other material:
- Scientists From University of Washington and Microsoft Probe Links Between Human Intelligence and Technology at Summer Institute (Microsoft press release
- What Do Sea Slugs, People, and Computer Circuits Have in Common? (Microsoft press release)
- Summer Institute home page
- Material from last year's Summer Institute, "Datamining."
The Chronicle of Higher Education profiles UW CSE's undergraduate Computer Animation course sequence. See further information (including the student video) here.
Horizon Air magazine article concerning UW CSE startup Netbot, Inc.
Seattle PI article concerning the Spring 1998 capstone design course on computer animation, taught by Cassidy Curtis. See further information (including the student video) here.
A 10-minute video commissioned by the Technology Alliance that makes the case for investments that aid the growth of Washington State's technology sector. UW CSE chair Ed Lazowska is interviewed.
Columns (UW alumni magazine) article concerning Ed Lazowska's receipt of the 1998 University of Washington Outstanding Public Service Award.
UW press release concerning this year's Computer Animation capstone course, taught by Cassidy Curtis. See further information (including the student video) here.
UW CSE Chair Ed Lazowska addresses the second annual NASDAQ Science and Technology Summit.
David Salesin's image querying research was profiled in the June 1998 issue of Popular Science.
The Harvey Prize has been awarded annually since 1972. It "rewards excellence by recognizing breakthroughs in ... science, technology, medicine, government, and literature."
Où sont les cerveaux qui nous préparent les futurs applications de demain ? Qui va nous pondre la puce modelée sur une molécule d'ADN, l'internet sans embouteillage dans les laboratoires de recherche des universités américaines. Elles se donnent les moyens d'une véritable politique en matière de recherche scientifique. Pour en savoir plus, Julien Pot notre envoyé spécial aux Etats-unis, a rencontré John Zahorjan et Henry Levy de l'université de Washington à Seattle.
University Week article concerning Ed Lazowska's receipt of the 1998 University of Washington Outstanding Public Service Award.
A UW Daily article concerning CSE space problems.
The University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (the "Internet2 people") have announced the creation of three expert advisory councils: the Application Strategy Council, the Network Planning and Policy Advisory Council, and the Network Research Liaison Council.
A Seattle Times op-ed piece by UW President Richard L. McCormick discussing the implications of the state's under-investment in higher education.
A 30-minute made-for-television video produced in 1998, featuring University of Washington students and faculty. "The world of computing is exploding with opportunities, especially for women. And you don't have to be a nerd to be successful. This program presents accomplished female computer scientists and specialists working in the fields of software and hardware development, finance, health care, education, research and publishing. The program emphasizes the need for more women to take part in shaping the technology that will define the next millennium.
CIO Magazine profiles UW CSE spinoff Appliant, Inc.
US News has ranked UW among the top ten programs in Computer Engineering. The 1996 Computer Science rankings also place UW among the top ten overall, and in most subfields.
The top story on Microsoft.Com for the week of February 15 describes UW CSE's use of Windows NT.
A UW Daily article concerning UW tech transfer, featuring UW CSE professor Dan Weld.
Mentor Graphics has formed a research consortium with Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of Washington, and Germany's University of Tubingen.
Excite, Inc., has acquired UW CSE spinoff Netbot, Inc., for $35M. Excite already owns UW's WebCrawler technology, the original Internet web indexing service.
A year-long evening lecture series featuring CEOs from high-tech startups, co-sponsored by CSE, Molecular Biotechnology, the Program on Entrepreneurship of the Business School, WSDMA, WBBA, and AEA.
Article from the Austin (TX) American-Statesman profiling new Trilogy Development Group employee Samy Aboel-Nil, 1997 UW Computer engineering graduate.
Intel has continued its strong support of the University of Washington with a $5.9 million award from Intel's "Technology for Education 2000" program. The campus-wide award builds on a long-standing close relationship between Intel and UW's departments of Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
Microsoft Corporation continues to work with UW CSE on a variety of initiatives in research, education, and infrastructure.
New York Times article on Java security, featuring UW's Kimera project.
KIRO TV covers the UW/Microsoft Summer Research Institute in Data Mining.
Littlefield, a UW CSE alumnus now working at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, WA, received the top award in the "Computer Hardware & Electronics" category for the design and implementation of a portable ultrasound system.
In the June 23, 1997 issue, Business Week reports a survey of information technology researchers that ranks UW CSE 5th among academic computer science research organizations.
Appeared in the Seattle Times and Seattle PI.
MSNBC reports on Jango, from UW spinoff Netbot, Inc.
On June 4, in a ceremony at Harvard University, UW CSE Professor Dick Karp was one of four recipients of the Centennial Medal of the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. The medal has been awarded annually since 1989, "For contributions to society that have emerged from their graduate education at Harvard." Other recipients this year were chemist Stuart Alan Rice, economist Henry Rosovsky, and romance languages scholar and Smith College president Ruth Jean Simmons.
The Economist praises Jango, the intelligent Internet shopping agent from UW spinoff Netbot, Inc.
UW press release concerning Jango, from UW spinoff Netbot, Inc.
A UW CSE team has developed an alternative security architecture for Java. The work includes the implementation of a secure Java verifier, and an automatic testing methodology that covers a large number of security attacks. Application of the UW test suite against commercial Java implementations has exposed a number of security holes, weaknesses, and ambiguities in commercial Java verifiers.Kimera project overview
Developer.com analysis
Sun announcement
The Net announcement
Microsoft announcement
University Week article
On May 21, the Alliance for Education presented its 1997 "A+ Partnership Award" for Outstanding Contributions to the Seattle Public Schools to the University of Washington. Special recognition went to Ed Lazowska of the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering and Steve Corbato, Scott Mah, and Bill Mar of the UW Office of Computing & Communications, for their work in designing and implementing a metropolitan-area network for the Seattle School District.Video shown at the awards ceremony (2:08, Windows Media Player format)
KOMO TV public service announcement (0:33, in Windows Media Player format)
Fish Shtick, the animated short produced by teams of undergraduates from Art and Computer Science & Engineering in Associate Professor David Salesin's "Computer Animation" course last spring, was accepted for screening at the Seattle International Film Festival.
CSE Associate Professor David Salesin has been selected as one of four recipients of the 1997 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award. See articles from Columns, the University of Washington alumni magazine, and from University Week
UWTV has received Bronze Telly awards (finalist status), competing nationally with 9000+ other videos, for the videos "Undergraduate Digital System Design," featuring three undergraduate projects from last spring's CSE Computer Engineering capstone design course, and "Undergraduate Computer Animation," describing last spring's CSE Computer Animation course taught to teams of students from Art and Computer Science & Engineering. UWTV received a third Bronze Telly in this year's competition, for Episode 4 of the Internet Roadside Cafe, "History of the Internet."
Puget Sound Business Journal article on UW startup Netbot and the debut of their Jango online shopping robot.
Seattle Times "Personal Technology" columnist Paul Andrews features UW startup Netbot's debut at Esther Dyson's PC Forum in Tucson.
A team of 3 UW CSE students finished a close second to Harvey Mudd. Other top-10 teams, in order: University of Queensland (Australia), National Taiwan University, University of Waterloo (Canada), Umea University (Sweden), Comenius University (Bratislava), St. Petersberg State University, MIT, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology. (UW Daily article.)
Seattle PI front-page photograph of Governor Gary Locke's February 27 visit to the University of Washington, spent visiting with undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.
UW Daily article about the visit, including photograph of Computer Science senior undergraduate Mel Eriksen showing Governor Locke online materials for CSE 142.
University Week photograph of Computer Engineering senior undergraduate Greg DeFouw showing Governor Locke the 4-legged walking robot he built in CSE 477.
Seattle PI article on the economic impact of UW research, featuring UW CSE.
NY Times article including information on UW CSE AI "Shopbot" research.
UW Daily article concerning UW CSE Professional Masters Program.
A team of 3 UW CSE students bests 43 other teams, advancing (along with runner-up Stanford) to the finals in San Jose in March.
UW Daily article concerning NETbot, Inc., a UW Internet agent spinoff.
Patrick Naughton, Starwave; Jeff Bezos, Amazon.com; Charles Simonyi, Microsoft
Seattle PI article concerning NETbot, Inc., a UW Internet agent spinoff.
Paul Hudak, Yale; Bob Sproull, Sun; Randy Davis, MIT; Randy Bryant, CMU
UW Daily article concerning K-12 outreach efforts.
Including an article from the UW Daily, and a followup letter.
A Seattle Times profile of Professor David Salesin.
A University Week profile of Professor David Salesin.
Including articles from the New York Times and University Week, plus a White House press release.
Article from the New York Times describing work by Dick Karp and others.
UW Daily article concerning Prof. Nancy Leveson's undergraduate software engineering course taught using a Boeing case study.
Seattle Times letters section.
A University Week article.
A Seattle Times article concerning the UW MetaCrawler web search engine.
A Seattle Times profile of Professor Richard M. Karp.
Professors Gaetano Borriello and Carl Ebeling win the 1995 University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award; University Week article.
