CSE Undergrad News

Need another CSE course in spring? Want some exciting project experience? CSE 477 has space, sounds super interesting, the prereqs are somewhat flexible, and you get to work with MacArthur “Genius” Grant winner Shwetak Patel.
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From: Shwetak Patel <shwetak@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 9:32 AM
Subject: Re: cse 477

The aim of 477 is to work on an end to end class project that combines hardware and software (i.e., embedded systems), which will prove valuable to have in your portfolio and resume. This spring, we’ll talk about new embedded platforms, learn about software radios, PCB layout and design, 3d printing of cases, and other concepts. This year we are lucky to have a large company donate a new embedded consumer electronics device (not available to the public yet), which we will have the opportunity to hack and build new capabilities on top of. This platform is called WeMo (http://www.belkin.com/wemo/), which is a WiFi-based home automation system recently debuted at CES. Some of your projects may have a chance of making it into the final product release!

Although CSE 467 is listed as a pre-requisite for this class, a strong understanding of the concepts in CSE 466 or EE 472 is more than sufficient. Please contact the instructor if you have any questions.

shwetak

LAW FOR ENGINEERS
AA498A/AA598A
1 credit Cr/Nc

Mondays 3:30 – 4:20
134 Sieg Hall

Course Description: Engineering and legal principles govern most everything in our society today. This course examines and explains the practical application of the law to engineering, and assists the engineer in industry, higher education, and life. Topics focus on intellectual property law, business and contract law, tort law, and engineering ethics. Discussions explore patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, specifically what they are, how to obtain them, how to use them, and how to lose them. Additionally, the class considers how businesses are started and governed, product liability law, and the ethical duties an engineer owes to an employer and the public. This course is applicable to all engineering disciplines.

Instructor: Joel Lohrmeyer, J.D.

SLN 10016 AA498A and 10053 AA598A

Course Assignments and Grading:
In-class participation. Optional out of class exercises.
Remit feedback to the instructor

More detailed information may be found at: http://www.aa.washington.edu/courses/courseDetail.php?courseID=AA498&search=ALL*

Course web page may not be active yet.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Get the word out about Google Games 2012 at the Google Fremont Office!

We are happy to announce Google Games Seattle 2012! We are inviting students from the University of Washington to join us for a day of fun challenges in Geek Trivia, Lego Building, Puzzles and Coding Competition in our Seattle office on Saturday, March 31. UW is the first school to host Google Games this year so we’ve gotta kick it off with a big bang!

Compete for victory with your friends in challenges that test your creative and mental mettle, meet other students from your school, and hang out with lots o’ Googlers. If you still aren’t sold, we will be providing refreshments and prizes for the top competitors (sweet prizes too)! Check out all the fun we’ve had in past Games here.

So, save the date! If you would like to make sure that you are on the email list when we officially open registration, please complete this form. We will be providing more details once registration opens. Please note that completing this form does not guarantee you a spot in the Games.

Questions? Email googlegames@google.com

Home networking students create homes of the future! Come see their work!

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From: John Zahorjan <zahorjan@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:53 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Home Network Capstone presentations tomorrow

CSE 481m, the Home Networking Capstone course, will be presenting its work tomorrow:

Wednesday, March 7
3:30-4:10
CSE Atrium

The 13 students in this course worked on a single project, attempting to build something we weren’t sure could be built.

What was it? Did we manage to build it?

Come tomorrow to for answers to those and other nagging questions, and a chance to ask your own.

Wednesday, March 7
3:30-4:10
CSE Atrium

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Helene Martin <ln@cs.washington.edu> wrote:

Hello,

I want to remind any of you who like working with kids, enjoy teaching
or are interested in issues around computer science education in K-12
to join the spring K-12 Computing Education seminar.  We will read
about and discuss existing K-12 CS initiatives with the goal of being
better advocates and supporters of K-12 CS education.  Participants
will be involved in volunteering projects with a commitment from
anywhere between 2 hours a quarter to 10 hours a week.  The course can
be taken for 1 to 5 credits depending on volunteer hours.  Help us
inspire the next generation of computer scientists!

You’ll need an add code to participate.  Please e-mail me for more
details and to join.

Best,

Hélène.

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From: Rajesh Rao <rao@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Subject: New course this Spring: Introduction to Brain Computer Interfacing (CSE 599E)

TITLE: Introduction to Brain Computer Interfacing (CSE 599E, SLN 12585)

OPEN TO:
Grad students from all colleges.
Advanced undergraduates with permission of instructor.

TIME:  Spring quarter, Tue-Thu 10:30-11:50am

DESCRIPTION:

Can the brain directly exert control over external objects? Can
information from the outside world be directly relayed to the brain
without using our sensory organs? Can our mental and physical
capabilities be augmented beyond the limits imposed by biological
evolution? These are some of the questions we will explore as we delve
into the emerging world of brain computer interfacing. We will learn
about invasive and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) for
controlling cursors, prosthetic arms, wheelchairs, and robotic
avatars. We will learn how such BCIs are enabling communication in
locked-in patients and helping restore movement and mobility in
paralyzed and disabled persons. We will also learn about other
applications of BCI technology such as security, lie detection,
alertness monitoring, entertainment, gaming, education, and human
augmentation.

The course will be self-contained and include primers on neuroscience,
signal processing, and machine learning, followed by specific case
studies of BCIs based on multi-neuronal activity, electrocorticography
(ECoG), and electroencephalography (EEG). The course is directed at
graduate students and advanced undergraduates from the physical
sciences (e.g., computer science, engineering, physics, mathematics)
and the life sciences (e.g. neuroscience, biology, psychology).

CREDITS: 3

WORKLOAD AND GRADING
Detailed notes in the form of book chapters will be provided for all
topics covered. Students will be graded based on their presentation of
a selected BCI research paper, a Matlab-based homework involving
analysis of brain data, and a final team project involving
implementation and testing of a simple closed-loop BCI system.

PREREQUISITES
Basic calculus, linear algebra, discrete probability and statistics,
some familiarity with Matlab.

One more capstone poster session for you to attend. Mark your calendars!

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From: bruceh <bruceh@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:16 PM
Subject: Audio Capstone demos

Please join us for the CSE481i Sound Capstone demo and poster session, on Thursday March 8th ,10:30-12 noon in CSE503.

See the Sound Blob interactive virtual controller; the Virtual DJ iPhone app; and the Film Composer’s click-track tool.

-Bruce

Come see your peers’ hard work! If you’re new to CSE, checking out this year’s capstone projects is a great way to plan for your future capstone.

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From: Alan Borning <borning@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Sun, Mar 4, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] invitation to poster session for Accessibility Capstone course, March 12

Hi all – I am teaching the Accessibility Capstone course in CSE this quarter (CSE 481h).  We will be having a poster session for the student projects for the course on Monday March 12, 10:30am – 12:20pm, in room 691 (Gates Commons) in Allen Center.  There are 5 projects this quarter, with a really interesting range of activities, primarily for blind and low vision users but also one for deaf users.  We’ll have light refreshments as well.

We are looking for student researchers to assist in the development of a system to process and visualize the social media activity of the Occupy Wall Street movement.  We’ve already collected over 25 million tweets, and we’re adding anywhere from 300,000-1 million new tweets each day.  The system we are developing (an information flow atlas) will be able to process the social media data in real-time and create interactive visualizations such as information flow or retweet maps.

You are invited to evaluate a tool for verifying the absence of bugs in software.

Participants will spend 2-3 hours using a software verification tool, and answering a questionnaire. Each participant will be given a $35 Amazon gift certificate. The study will take place at the Paul Allen Center at the University of Washington.

If you are over 18 and have completed CSE 331 (or its equivalent), you may be eligible to participate. The risks associated with study are consistent with the risks of regular computer use, including but not limited to: ergonomic risk, and possible frustration when learning and performing the computer task.

This study is being conducted in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington, Seattle campus. Your participation in this research is voluntary, and you are free to refuse to participate or quit the experiment at any time.

If you have questions about the research or are interested in participating, please contact Todd Schiller by email at tws@cs.washington.edu. The University of Washington Human Subjects Division requires us to inform you that we cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information sent by email.