Reminder: you should view the talks calendar if you want to hear about all talks, these two will be of particular interest to ugrads. http://www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloquia
Next week – we have *2* Distinguished Lectures!
For live viewing remotely, see:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloq_info
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Computer Science and Engineering
*DISTINGUISHED LECTURE*
SPEAKER: Hadi Partovi, Co-founder of non-profit Code.org, Entrepreneur
TITLE: Computer Science: Changing the World vs. Making Money
DATE: Tuesday, October 28, 2014
TIME: 3:30pm
PLACE: Atrium, Paul G Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering
HOST: Ed Lazowska
ABSTRACT:
Computer Science is a field with limitless possibilities.
It is often seen as the gateway to creating the next amazing tech startup,
and some students are lured by the dream of riches – the hope of inventing
the next Instagram-like billion-dollar overnight success.
It is also, though, a field that lies at the heart of addressing many of
our national and global challenges. Many of the ways in which Computer
Science is changing our world involve bridging the brick-and-mortar “old”
world world with the new world of tech, creating new opportunities not
only to make lots of money, but also to have major social impact.
As somebody who has been involved founding and advising tech startups,
working at one of the largest companies, and also having founded a
nonprofit, Hadi Partovi has a unique vantage point on how a career in
computer science could be used to make money, for social impact, or for
both, simultaneously.
Undergraduates contemplating their careers should make a special effort to
join the “regular” faculty and graduate student audience at this talk.
Bio
A graduate of Harvard University, Hadi Partovi began his career during the
browser wars in the 1990s, when he was Microsoft’s Group Program Manager
for Internet Explorer. After the release of IE 5.0, Hadi left Microsoft to
co-found Tellme Networks. Tellme was acquired by Microsoft, and Hadi
returned to run the MSN portal for its only year of profit, where he
delivered 30% annual growth and incubated Start.com.
After leaving Microsoft a second time, Hadi co-founded iLike with twin
brother Ali Partovi, and together they built the leading music application
on the Facebook platform. In 2009, iLike was acquired by MySpace, where
both Partovis worked as Senior Vice Presidents.
Today Hadi is an angel investor and strategic advisor whose portfolio
includes Facebook, Dropbox, airbnb, Zappos, OPOWER, IndieGogo, Bluekai,
and many others. He is also co-founder of the education non-profit
Code.org, whose mission is to make computer science available in every
school in the nation.
Reception to take place *after* the lecture in the Atrium, Paul G Allen
Center for Computer Science & Engineering.
*NOTE* This lecture will be broadcast live via the Internet. See
http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/colloq.info.html for more information.
Email: talk-info@cs.washington.edu
Info: http://www.cs.washington.edu/
(206) 543-1695
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Computer Science and Engineering
*DISTINGUISHED LECTURE*
SPEAKER: Marti Hearst, UC Berkeley
TITLE: Seeking Simplicity in Search User Interfaces
DATE: Thursday, October 30, 2014
TIME: 3:30pm
PLACE: EEB-105
HOST: Dan Weld
ABSTRACT:
It is rare for a new user interface to break through and become
successful, especially in information-intensive tasks like search, coming
to consensus or building up knowledge. Most complex interfaces end up
going unused. Often the successful solution lies in a previously
unexplored part of the interface design space that is simple in a new way
that works just right. In this talk I will give examples of such successes
in the information-intensive interface design space, and attempt to
provide stimulating ideas for future research directions.
Bio:
Dr. Marti Hearst is a professor in the School of Information at UC
Berkeley, with an affiliate appointment in the Computer Science Division.
Her primary research interests are user interfaces for search engines,
information visualization, natural language processing, and improving
MOOCs. She wrote the first book on Search User Interfaces. Prof. Hearst
was named a Fellow of the ACM in 2013 and has received an NSF CAREER
award, an IBM Faculty Award, two Google Research Awards, an Okawa
Foundation Fellowship, three Excellence in Teaching Awards, and has been
principal investigator for more than $3.5M in research grants. Prof.
Hearst has served on the Advisory Council of NSF’s CISE Directorate and is
currently on the Web Board for CACM, member of the Usage Panel for the
American Heritage Dictionary, and on the Edge.org panel of experts. She is
on the editorial board of ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
and was formerly on the boards of ACM Transactions on the Web, !
Computational Linguistics, ACM Transactions on Information Systems, and
IEEE Intelligent Systems. Prof. Hearst received BA, MS, and PhD degrees in
Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley, and she
was a Member of the Research Staff at Xerox PARC from 1994 to 1997.
Reception to take place *after* the lecture in the Atrium, Paul G Allen
Center for Computer Science & Engineering.
*NOTE* This lecture will be broadcast live via the Internet. See
http://www.cs.washington.edu/news/colloq.info.html for more information.
Email: talk-info@cs.washington.edu
Info: http://www.cs.washington.edu/
(206) 543-1695
