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Research Night is Next Week

Hey All,

Just a reminder that research night is one week from today. If you want to start research this Fall or do a project over the Summer, you absolutely should attend this event!

I’ve already gotten RSVPs from some of my very favorite grads in many research areas, including Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction, Systems and Technology for Development. Don’t miss it!

The schedule:

1) Come to EEB 125 at 4:30 for a talk and a panel. Gaetano Borriello will be our faculty speaker, and will be sharing some advice from his experience advising undergrad researchers at UW. The panel will include current undergrad researchers ready to answer your questions about their experiences doing undergrad research. Refreshments will be served!

2) Come to the Atrium at 5:30 for the poster session. This is where grad students will be presenting posters about their work, describing their current projects, and filling you in on what undergrads can do to get involved with their research projects. This is your VERY BEST CHANCE to find a sweet project – last Spring we had 17 projects presented!

Justine

May 4, 2010

College of Engineering “Innovator Awards”

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:56 AM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] College of Engineering “Innovator Awards”

The annual UW College of Engineering “Innovator Awards” have been

posted, and CSE has TWO WINNERS.

Congratulations to Carol Matsumoto and Jon Froehlich!!

https://www.engr.washington.edu/mycoe/awards/coera_index.html

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April 30, 2010

[cs-ugrads] NAE Grand Challenge Summit: Sunday and Monday

—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Lazowska
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 11:24 AM
To: cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads-urgent – Email Alias; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-grads-urgent – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] NAE Grand Challenge Summit: Sunday and Monday

You have already been spammed to death regarding the National Academy

of Engineering “Grand Challenge Summit” that our Dean, Matt O’Donnell,

is organizing.  I’m afraid this is one more …

Matt is intent on student attendance.  There is a special registration

“deal” below.

The event is Sunday (on campus) and Monday (downtown).  Details and

registration here:

//www.engr.washington.edu/naesummit/

Here’s the note from Matt, edited slightly:

=====

I have a deal you can’t refuse.

The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Summit is right

around the corner on May 2–3.  I feel strongly that this is a

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students and want to ensure

that we have maximum student participation.  I need your help to sign

up more students.

Tell your students to register online and when they reach the field

“budget number” type in the department chair’s last name (Levy, for

CSE). For every student who registers in this way, your department

will pay $10 and the College of Engineering will pay the remaining $10

of the registration fee. Every department can fund up to 100 students

in this way. If all departments actively participate, we can have

nearly 1,000 students register for this once in a lifetime

opportunity.

What if some of your students have already paid?

If your department has already committed to pay student registration

fees, we will pay you back for 50% of the cost up to a total of $1,000

(BioE – I know you have already been paying for all student

registrations)

If a student has already registered on their own, please have them

contact Heather Hoeksema and we will figure out how to transfer costs

to your department and the CoE and repay the student.

We have encouraged all students from across the Pacific Northwest to

participate because their careers will focus on finding solutions to

the 21st century’s grand challenges in both developed and developing

societies.  Students must be prepared to collaborate on

cross-disciplinary teams that are often geographically dispersed.

Don’t let them miss this opportunity. Please forward this information

to all student organizations in your department and hype the event!

Thanks,

Matt

Matthew O’Donnell

Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering

Professor of Bioengineering

206-543-1829

odonnel@uw.edu

www.engr.washington.edu

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April 30, 2010

ACM Research Night – May 11th

Hey All,

Wondering how to get in on that AWESOME RESEARCH our department is so well-known for? Looking for a great summer project? Planning on writing a senior thesis, but don’t know where to start?

Come to Research Night on May 11th. Due to the overwhelming number of attendees last Fall, this Spring we’ve split Research Night into two events:

1) Come to EEB 125 at 4:30 for a talk and a panel. Gaetano Borriello will be our faculty speaker, and will be sharing some advice from his experience advising undergrad researchers at UW. The panel will include current undergrad researchers ready to answer your questions about their experiences doing undergrad research. Refreshments will be served!

2) Come to the Atrium at 5:30 for the famous poster session. This is where grad students will be presenting posters about their work, describing their current projects, and filling you in on what undergrads can do to get involved with their research projects. This is your VERY BEST CHANCE to find a sweet project – last Spring we had 17 projects presented!

Keep in mind that this is your chance to find a project for Summer OR Fall, so make sure to plan ahead!

Justine

April 30, 2010

Study participants need, pays $25

We are looking for CS students nearing graduation to participate in a study about how APIs, documentation, and online content are used to assess the feasibility of software projects. The study is being conducted by Microsoft and the UW Information School.

Each session will last 2 hours and take place on the UW campus in Sieg Hall. Participants will receive $25 for their participation.

If you are interested, contact Yann Riche for participation and details at v-yarich@microsoft.com (or by phone at 206-910-6315). Sessions will be run during the week of May 3rd to May 7th.

If you have further UW-related questions about the study, you can also contact Assistant Professor Andy Ko (ajko@uw.edu).

April 29, 2010

[cs-ugrads] NSDI best paper

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tom Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 9:33 AM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Cc: Arvind Krishnamurthy
Subject: [cs-ugrads] NSDI best paper

I am thrilled to announce that a UW paper, Reverse Traceroute was just awarded the best paper award at the leading research conference on network systems, NSDI 2010.  More information about Reverse Traceroute, and a prototype you can try out, can be found here:

http://revtr.cs.washington.edu/

The paper is the result of a remarkable research collaboration between UW grad students and undergrads.  Congratulations to co-authors UW grad student Ethan Katz-Bassett, UW undergrads Justine Sherry, Colin Scott, and Peter van Wesep, and UW recent PhD grad Harsha Madhyastha!  The paper was co-advised by Arvind Krishnamurthy and myself.

Tom

April 28, 2010

A Deal You Can’t Refuse – RE: NAE Grand Challenge Summit!!!

I have a deal you can’t refuse.

The National Academy of Engineering Grand Challenges Summit is right around the corner on May 2–3.  I feel strongly that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students and want to ensure that we have maximum student participation.  I need your help to sign up more students.

To participate in this program tell your students to register online and when they reach the field “budget number” type in the department chair’s last name (Levy). If all departments actively participate, we can have nearly 1,000 students register for this once in a lifetime opportunity.

What if some of your students have already paid?
• If a student has already registered on their own, please have them contact Heather Hoeksema, and we will figure out how to repay the student.

We have encouraged all students from across the Pacific Northwest to participate because their careers will focus on finding solutions to the 21st century’s grand challenges in both developed and developing societies.  Students must be prepared to collaborate on cross-disciplinary teams that are often geographically dispersed.  Don’t let them miss this opportunity. Please forward this information to all student organizations in your department!

Thanks,
Matt

Matthew O’Donnell
Frank and Julie Jungers Dean of Engineering
Professor of Bioengineering

April 28, 2010

[cs-ugrads] Alarm testing, ventilation shutdown Wed (4/28) 5am-9am- Allen Center for CSE

From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Tracy Erbeck
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:00 PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List; faculty – Mailing List; visitors – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Alarm testing, ventilation shutdown Wed (4/28) 5am-9am- Allen Center for CSE

The alarm shop will be doing some testing of the system in the building tomorrow morning (4/28) from 5am to 8am.

The alarm will sound, the strobes will flash, the fire doors will close, the elevators will be recalled to the first floor.  There is no need to leave the building during testing.

To add to the fun, the building ventilation system will shutdown from 7:30am to 9am.  This means no air supply to the vents in offices and labs.  This will not affect cooling in the machine rooms.  It will likely be just a little warm, but certainly shouldn’t be an issue.

Tracy Erbeck, Facilities Manager

Paul G Allen Center for CSE

Box 352350

Seattle, WA 98195

206.543.9264 (desk)

206.543.2969 (fax)

April 27, 2010

[cs-ugrads] powerpoint

—–Original Message—–
From: cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:cs-ugrads-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Hal Perkins
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 8:32 PM
To: faculty – Mailing List; cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List; cs-staff – Mailing List
Subject: [cs-ugrads] powerpoint

Great article in the NYTimes on PowerPoint and the military.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/27/world/27powerpoint.html

A link to the presentation that’s illustrated at the top of the article:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/Afghanistan_Dynamic_Planning.pdf

“When we understand that slide, we’ll have won the war,” – Gen. McChrystal

April 27, 2010

Startup Weekend at UW–opportunity. [I’m just spreading the word]

From: faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu [mailto:faculty-admin@cs.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Oren Etzioni
Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:17 PM
To: cs-grads – Mailing List; cs-ugrads – Mailing List
Cc: faculty – Mailing List
Subject: Startup Weekend at UW–opportunity. [I’m just spreading the word]

This is a special offer for the CS students at UW. This event is already SOLD OUT, but if you are interested in attending, please join the waitlist and include in your profile that you are from the CS program, and you will be admitted!

What is it?

This the first Startup Weekend University with University of Washington and Seattle University. The event will be focused on bringing Graduate and undergraduate students together with entrepreneurs and startups from the local community.

uw.startupweekend.org

JOIN US May 7th – 9th @ The UW Campus
– You’ll get the full Startup Weekend experience plus a great mentor driven and educational twist!
– Tickets are $20 including all meals and drinks thanks to our sponsors: REGISTER HERE – Spread the word – Send this email or direct everyone you can to the website
– Twitter #suw – Sponsor – We will be offering TWO sponsorship levels for the University events that are the same recognition at a lower price point to encourage more supporters. (standard sw sponsorships)
* GOLD – $250
* Platinum – $750

For any idea or questions please contact u@startupweekend.org or call 206.659.4484

Check out the amazingly successful event that was just held at Adobe

April 27, 2010

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