We’ll have dropins as we usually do today at 2 in the Allen Center and also online via our ugrad-advisor@cs gmail account and also with ugrad-advisor as a Skype name. I’m not sure how the queue will work exactly, but we’ll give it a go and see how well it works.
Crystal
From: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 3:05 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] CSE 451, Spring Quarter
To: Cs-Ugrads <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: Ed Lazowska <lazowska@cs.washington.edu>
During Spring Quarter, CSE 451 will use a new open-source web-based
textbook being written by UW CSE’s Tom Anderson and several
colleagues.
While the text is not 100% finished yet, it is WAY WAY better than the
various over-priced behind-the-times pieces of crap available from
commercial publishers.
So, DO NOT PURCHASE A TEXTBOOK for 451. Have a nice weekend with the
$100 you save …
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From: Marcial, Laura <marcial@ad.unc.edu>
Date: Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Subject: Undergraduate student recruitment for HCI study
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Call for Participation: Investigating Searching tasks across devices–desktop, iPad and iPod
My name is Laura Marcial. I am a Doctoral Candidate at UNC Chapel Hill working locally at UW. My dissertation research is focused on studying searching task efficiency across the current suite of devices: desktop, tablet (iPad) and mobile (iPod). We are looking for participants to help by performing searching tasks on these devices in a lab setting.
You will be asked to perform some searching tasks on a desktop computer, an iPad and an iPod. The study will take place in Room 418 of Sieg Hall on the University of Washington campus. It will consist of a single 3-4 hour session with breaks.
We are looking for undergraduate students over the age of 18 who are current iPod, iPhone or iPad users. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at marcial@unc.edu.*
Beyond the basic requirements for device experience and age, participants of all genders, ethnicities, abilities, and familiarity levels with computers are encouraged to participate!
WE WILL REIMBURSE YOU $60 FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS STUDY.
Sincerely,
Laura Haak Marcial
Doctoral Candidate
School of Information and Library Science, UNC Chapel Hill
*Please note that the confidentiality of your email cannot be guaranteed
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Thank you for your help!
Laura Marcial
Open to CS and CE majors. Spring 2012 course.
Transformational Technologies for Biology, Medicine & Health
Honors 222B and MEBI 498 (cross-listed courses)
5 credits
Tues/Thurs 1:30 — 3:20pm
In this course, you will learn how information technology is transforming the study and practice of biology, medicine, and health care. We introduce the field of biomedical & health informatics through four modules that focus on current technologies in the field: (1) Electronic health records, (2) Medical imaging informatics, (3) Bioinformatics and synthetic biology, and (4) Public health surveillance systems. The technologies we cover in these modules arose from multi-disciplinary research—some blending of computer science, information science, biology research, and clinical research.
Each module includes (a) some hands-on experience with a specific software application, (b) discussion of the pragmatic uses and implications of the software, (c) discussion of the theory and concepts underlying that application, and (d) a hands-on assignment where students (or teams of students) must use, modify or adapt the software to a particular setting or purpose. In addition, across the modules, we will learn common themes and open research problems that hold in the field of biomedical informatics.
In addition to the four projects (some of which are team-based), there will be two on-line exams. As a multi-disciplinary research seminar, there will be readings from the primary literature, and I expect classroom participation in discussions. For more information see http://faculty.washington.edu/
UW Environmental Innovation Challenge
Tuesday, January 31 Panel of Past Winners
6–7:30 p.m., Denny Hall 216 – FOOD!
What does it take to win the EIC? Find out at this panel discussion with past competitors.
We will be running the event similar as Q & A – asking them a series of questions about preparation, what they got out of it, and how they could have better prepared, etc.
Still looking for a team/teammates? Mix and mingle on Tuesday – and connect via EIC Facebook.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Intent to Submit Due (Preliminary Team Information)
If you believe in the need to create ‘solutions for the planet,’ then put your passion to work. The cleantech sector is exploding! Make connections and get started NOW. And, if you’re thinking about entering the Business Plan Competition with your cleantech idea, competing in the EIC a great way to get experience and visibility. The Intent to Submit link will be available here in early Feb: http://www.foster.washington.
Learn more about the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge: http://www.foster.washington.
Pam Tufts, Assistant Director
Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
UW Foster School of Business
Connect!
UW EIC Facebook
For the third year in a row, the NSF-funded AccessComputing Alliance is pleased to announce the availability of funds to support undergraduate research students with disabilities during the summer. Please let your undergraduate students know about these opportunities and have them fill out the application form at the website:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/
Students interested in an internship should also apply to be an AccessComputing team member by filling out the application at
http://www.washington.edu/
To enhance the research experience we are working in cooperation with the CRA-W DREU program where students and mentors will join that program to help enrich the research experience.
In either case, the application should be submitted before February 29, 2012.
If you have any questions please contact me or Brianna Blaser, blaser@uw.edu.
Thanks,
Richard E. Ladner
Boeing Professor in Computer Science and Engineering
University of Washington
PI for AccessComputing
HARD WORK & LOW PAY: Opportunity to Build an Open Source EMR for a Leading Hospital in Rural India
A leading non-profit healthcare organization in rural India, JSS (www.jssbilaspur.org), is building an open-source health information system (Raxa) and is seeking a few energetic, talented programmers. In a catchment area of about 300,000 JSS operates a multi-nodal hospital, three remote village sub-centers and an extensive public health outreach program with 104 community health workers.
Its founding doctors hail from AIIMS, the premier teaching hospital in south Asia. They left their cushy positions in the city for a life of toiling in a challenging rural environment where severe malnutrition, multiple drug resistent TB and leprosy are common. To further their vision of high-quality healthcare in resource-poor environments, JSS has set forth the ambitious goal of transitioning from its current paper-based recordkeeping system to a cloud-based digital Health Information System. This project will undoubtedly benefit tens of thousands of people in the near term and many more in the long term.
This project not only involves building a health information system for JSS, using a modified data model of the robust and field-tested OpenMRS platform (www.openmrs.org), but also making this system modular, extensible, freely and widely available for other organizations to implement as easily as possible in the future.
We need your help! We are designing the system to be completely cross-platform and are prioritizing the mobile device; users interact with the application through web-based services that are accessed by a basic browser. In a sense, we are making a canonical open-source point-of-care system, one that will hopefully be the seed for a large number of such developments in the future.
The project already has a small but dedicated group of very talented programmers in the US and India, but is looking for an additional handful of skilled developers to round out the team, to be based between the hospital, in rural Chhattisgarh, and our development hub in New Delhi, for the summer of 2012.
Extensive documentation about the project is available. Main expertise required for participation is in javascript, jquery, enthusiasm, logic, vision and to be able to learn by doing.
Drop us a line and we’ll invite you to our shared DropBox folder with most of our designs.
For more information about JSS itself please see the link above and this news item about its work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
Please contact: daniel.pepper@gmail.com and visit our project wiki at:
https://wiki.openmrs.org/
Many thanks,
Daniel
As part of an ongoing study of the mobile development environment, a team of UW MBA students is seeking input from fellow UW students studying computer science.
You’re invited to take part in this meaningful focus group study: “The Primary Drivers in Choosing a Platform.” The study will help produce information about the existing mobile platforms that are currently on the market from your point of view. The study should be very interesting for anyone interested in mobile app development.
Please sign up to this focus group, on Friday Feb 3rd, 12:30AM to 1:20PM through this Google Docs link:
Lunch will be provided.
Jenea Sengupta
jenea@uw.edu
Just a reminder that the info session for CSE direct exchanges will be this Wednesday at 4:30 in CSE 403. Snacks provided!
Original blog post: /2012/01/13/cse-direct-exchange-info-session/
Hey CSE Students!
Want to get away? Want to get 400-level CSE credit while doing so? Consider studying abroad through one of our direct exchange programs: http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/beyond/exchanges.html
The CSE department has one-for-one student exchanges with:
-ETH in Zurich, Switzerland
-KTH in Stockholm, Sweden
-Saarland University in Saarbrucken, Germany
We will be hosting an info session to tell you more about these three programs. Faculty and students who have visited each school will be on-hand to share their experiences. Snacks will be provided!
What: CSE Direct Exchange Info Session
When: Wednesday, Feb 1 4:30-5:30
Where: CSE 403
Study abroad applications for CSE exchanges during the academic year 2012-2013 will be due on February 16, 2012.
Does your mobile phone battery run out on you often? Do you wish that your mobile applications were more energy efficient? Help researchers study energy consumption in your mobile phone (You need to be over 18 years of age, should have an Android phone, and optionally have a Mac computer).
Researchers in the computer science department at the University of Washington invite you to participate in a study focused on characterizing mobile usage behavior.
We will provide you with a $5 Amazon gift card for every week your participate, for a maximum of 2 months (i.e., for a total of $40).
The study requires that you download an application on your Android phone ( and optionally on your personal computer.) The application and the browser extension will log the battery levels as well as certain activities you perform. No personally identifiable data will be recorded. This includes the mobile phone number, the phone’s device ID the contacts on the phone, etc. The logged data will be encrypted and sent securely to a server. The data collected by the server cannot be linked to your computer or your phone.
For more information, please visit: abstract.cs.washington.
Thank you.