You are invited to participate in research on the usability of gaze prints, a new secure login technique that uses eye tracking!

The purpose of this research is to study requirements for creating a usable ATM interface for gaze prints. This system uses eye tracking technology to uniquely identify individuals, similar to a fingerprint or signature.

If you decide to participate, we will schedule an appointment with you in Sieg Hall at the University of Washington. This appointment will last about 1 hour. You will be asked some general questions about your security habits and preferences, and will be asked to give feedback on several user interface designs that we have. You may also be asked to interact with a computer equipped with an eye tracking system.

If you are over 18 and sighted, you may be eligible to participate. There are no foreseeable risks or benefits to you for participating in this research.

This study is being conducted in the Department of Human Centered Design 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 Michael Brooks by email atmjbrooks@uw.edu or by phone at (440) 865-2437.

We cannot guarantee the confidentiality of information sent by email.

Thank you!

Michael Brooks
PhD student, Human Centered Design and Engineering
University of Washington

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From: Tracy Erbeck <tracy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:54 AM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Break building hours

We have a LOT of amazing students, please consider applying to these prestigious national scholarships!!

From: Mona Pitre-Collins <mpitre@u.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Subject: Churchill, Gates Cambridge, Marshall, Mitchell,Rhodes:
Scholarships for Graduate Study in England, Ireland, Scotland and
Wales
To: Mona Pitre-Collins <mpitre@uw.edu>

Good Afternoon,

Campus deadline for the Churchill, Marshall, Mitchell, and Rhodes is
coming up Tuesday, April 12, 2011.  Although time is tight, there is
still time for students to apply and be considered for these
prestigious national scholarships. Although the national deadline is
in October 2011, we nominate students early to give them time to
develop competitive applications. The Churchill, Gates Cambridge,
Marshall, Mitchell and Rhodes Scholarships all provide funding for
students interested in attending graduate school in the UK.

Applicants must meet the following requirements to be considered:

1.    Have obtained a baccalaureate degree by August of 2012

2.    Are a U.S. Citizen at time of application.  (International
students may apply to the Rhodes and Gates Cambridge via their home
country).

3.    Have a 3.7 GPA with strong leadership, service and/or research
involvement.

4.    Age requirement as of October 1: Mitchell (29 or younger),
Rhodes (23 or younger).

Please encourage your eligible students to apply for these graduate
school opportunities.

Winston Churchill Scholarship:
https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/mitchell

The Churchill supports one year of study in mathematics, science and
engineering at Churchill College at Cambridge University.

Gates Cambridge:
https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/gatesc

The Gates Cambridge supports two to three years of study in any
discipline at Cambridge University.  Students must apply directly and
be accepted to the University before consideration.

Marshall Scholarship:
https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/marshall

The Marshall provides two years of support to fund study at an
institution of higher education in England, Scotland, Whales or
Northern Ireland.

Mitchell Scholarship:
https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/mitchell

The Mitchell provides funding for one year of study at any institution
of higher education in Ireland.

Rhodes American and Canadian Scholarship:
https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/rhodesa

https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/s/rhodesc

The Rhodes Scholarship supports funding for two to three years of
study at Oxford University in England.

Campus Application Deadline:  Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Upcoming Information Sessions:  120 Mary Gates Hall

Wednesday, March 30, 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Monday, April 4, 1:00-2:00 p.m.

For more information regarding any of the listed scholarships, please
see the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards website:

http://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/scholarships/uk

If you have any questions regarding these scholarships, please feel
free to contact me at the following address.

Mona

Mona Pitre-Collins | Director, Office of Merit Scholarships,
Fellowships & Awards
Center for Experiential Learning | 120 Mary Gates Hall | Box 352803
University of Washington | Seattle | WA 98195 | 206-221-6059 | Fax 206-616-4389
http://exp.washington.edu/scholarships

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From: Tracy Erbeck <tracy@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 1:14 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] building air Monday, March 21
To: cs-staff – Mailing List <cs-staff@cs.washington.edu>, faculty – Mailing List <faculty@cs.washington.edu>, cs-grads – Mailing List <cs-grads@cs.washington.edu>, cs-ugrads – Mailing List <cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu>, visitors – Mailing List <visitors@cs.washington.edu>
Cc: Heidi Dlubac <hdlubac@cs.washington.edu>

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From: Eleanor O’Rourke <eorourke@cs.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Subject: [cs-ugrads] Change Seminar – Spring Quarter
To: change@change.washington.edu, dub@dub.washington.edu, cs-grads@cs.washington.edu, cs-ugrads@cs.washington.edu

_______________________________________________

Hello, CSE Majors.

As we hear more news about the devastation in Japan, and enter the general stress of finals week, we want to remind you about UW counseling resources available to students.

For general well-being:
Hall Health and the Counseling Center in Schmitz Hall both provide mental health counseling, plus a variety of resources from general stress management to urgent care. Counseling through the Counseling Center in Schmitz is free for students! This page has links to both offices, along with a couple other resources:
http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/ugrad/advising/counseling_resources.html

If you find yourself in a state of crisis, you have lots of options!

• Hall Health offers Urgent Care: students are eligible for one “crisis intervention” per quarter at no charge.
• The Counseling Center in Schmitz typically has someone on-call for urgent walk-in appointments, during normal office hours.
• If you need to speak with someone urgently, outside of normal office hours, call the non-profit Crisis Clinic at (206) 461-3222 or (866) 427-4747. (If a situation is life-threatening, use 911.)
• You can also call the Safe Campus hotline: (206) 685-SAFE.

If you notice a friend needs help, please share these resources with him or her. You can also report your concerns anonymously (or openly) to the Office of Student life: livewell@uw.edu, or call (206) 543-6085.

And remember that while CSE advisers are not mental health counselors, we are available to talk with you. If you have an issue and are not sure where to start, feel free to contact one of us.  🙂

The UW team of David Nufer, David Truong, and Alex Leone won the Yahoo HackU competition this year, the team’s third year winning the competition!

Check out their Katamari Damacy Hack (which only works on Chrome) at:

www.kathack.com 

Congratulate them on their success, their fantastically fun hack, and wish them luck as they compete in the Open Hack competition later this year in California!

The Center for Language and Speech Processing at the Johns Hopkins University is seeking outstanding members of the current junior class for a summer research workshop on language engineering from June 27 to August 19, 2011.

The 8-week workshop provides an intense intellectual environment.
Undergraduates work closely alongside more senior researchers as part of a multi-university research team, which has been assembled for the summer to attack some problem of current interest.  The teams and topics for summer 2011 are described here:

http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/ws11/internship.php

We hope that this stimulating and selective experience will encourage students to pursue graduate study in human language technology, as it has been doing for many years.

The summer workshop provides:

* An opportunity to explore an exciting new area of research
* A two-week tutorial on current speech and language technology
* Mentoring by an experienced researcher
* Participation in project planning activities
* Use of a computing cluster and personal workstation
* A $5,000 stipend and $2,520 towards per diem expenses
* Private furnished accommodation for the duration of the workshop
* Travel expenses to and from the workshop venue

Initial applications should be received by MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2011, and should include the name of a faculty nominator who would be willing to serve as a reference if asked.  Apply online here:

http://www.clsp.jhu.edu/workshops/ws11/internship.php

Applicants are evaluated only on relevant skills, employment experience, past academic record, and the strength of letters of recommendation.  No limitation is placed on the undergraduate major.  Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.

For those of you who were quick to register, we thank you for continuing to support our developer initiatives–this year’s I/O is slated to be one of our best yet. For the rest of our developers, we weren’t kidding when we told you we <3 our developers.

Starting Wednesday, March 16, we will be launching Last Call for Google I/O: A contest that spans 10 days, 10 developer challenges and 100 chances to win tickets to attend the now-sold-out Google I/O 2011.

Here’s how it works. We will announce a new challenge on the contest site on select dates at either 9am or 4pm PDT, that will last for 24 hours each. There will be 10 days of challenges with 10 winners on each day, spanning the following developer products:

March 16 – Android, 9:00 am
March 17 – Chrome, 9:00 am
March 18 – App Engine, 9:00 am
March 21 –  YouTube APIs, 9:00 am
March 22 – Game Developers, 9:00 am
March 23 – Google Maps / Geo, 4:00 pm
March 24 – Commerce, 9:00 am
March 25 – Developer Tools / GWT, 9:00 am
March 28 – Accessibility, 4:00 pm
March 29 – Google Apps / Enterprise, 4:00 pm

Each of the challenges will focus on one of our developer products and has two rounds. Plan to be in front of your computers for the first half-hour that the challenge starts to complete a series of questions for Round I, which will qualify you for the main coding challenge in Round II. You will have a little over 20hrs to complete Round II.

We want to make sure that we provide the opportunity to attend Google I/O to as many developers as possible and hope you’re feeling up to the task. The contest is valid in the 50 United States and the District of Columbia with winners being announced on April 4. And don’t forget that we will be livestreaming the keynotes and taping sessions during Google I/O. Stay tuned!

For more information and contest rules, visit https://sites.google.com/site/lastcallforio2011/Home

Brian Ferris, creator of OneBusAway, needs your help!

“I’m looking for a few participants for a quick pilot user study this afternoon concerning OneBusAway (a suite of tools for public transit riders – http://onebusaway.org ).

If you are a bus rider and can spare 10 minutes this afternoon between 1pm and 5pm, drop me an email and I will fill you in on the details.

As a bonus, I can promise tasty snacks from Trader Joe’s in exchange for your time.

Thanks,
Brian
bdferris@cs.washington.edu”