November 3, 2015
Cochlear Implant Users Closer to Hearing Music, Thanks to UW EE Technology
In what may be considered a prelude to cochlear implants that can relay the tone and pitch of music, UW EE patented technology has been licensed to medical instrument and pharmaceutical company Lishengte. The research team that developed the new technology is comprised of EE Professor Les Atlas, EE Affiliate Professor Kaibao Nie, EE graduate…
November 2, 2015
Jeff Bilmes’ Master’s Thesis on Music Gains More Attention
The impact of Professor Jeff Bilmes’ master’s thesis on music perception is gaining attention, featured in an Inverse article on November 9, 2015. In 1993, while Bilmes was a student at MIT, he proposed a concept that paved the way for automated music personalization, which is used by companies such as Pandora. Inspired by famous…
November 1, 2015
Upcoming Innovation Summit in Shanghai Features EE Innovators
UW EE will be well-represented at the upcoming University of Washington Innovation Summit in Shanghai on Friday, November 13, 2015. Of eight keynote speakers and innovators, three are from UW EE: Professor Vikram Jandhyala, EE & CSE Associate Professor Shwetak Patel and Ph.D. student Ben Waters. Featuring researchers and leaders from UW and China, the…
October 12, 2015
UW EE Researchers to Develop Smart Building Technology Through Regional Partnership
Thanks to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) matching a $2.25 million Department of CommerceClean Energy Fund grant, a team of UW EE researchers led by Assistant Professor Miguel Ortega-Vazquez and Professor Daniel Kirschen will be working on a regional clean energy research project to develop the technology needed to create responsive and energy efficient…
October 11, 2015
UW EE Researchers Develop New Model to Identify Genetic Mutations
A new model that identifies genetic mutations with three times more accuracy than existing models has been developed by a team of researchers including EE & CSE Assistant Professor Georg Seelig and EE Ph.D. student Alex Rosenberg. Able to better identify genetic mutations that may lead to diseases such as cancer and diabetes, the new…
October 10, 2015
Pacific Science Center Exhibit Features Research by Howard Chizeck
A new Pacific Science Center exhibit features the work of EE Professor Howard Chizeck and students in theBioRobotics Lab. The exhibit, called “Memory: Past Meets Present,” focuses on how the brain retains information on repetitive actions performed by the body. The exhibit runs through March 6, 2016. One panel of the exhibit highlights the Deep…
October 8, 2015
Developed in UbiComp Lab, Low-Cost Camera Captures Unseen Details
A new low-cost camera that captures unseen details beneath surfaces has been developed by researchers in the UbiComp Lab. Led by EE & CSE Professor Shwetak Patel, the camera, called HyperCam, uses infrared as well as visible light to capture details that can’t be seen with the naked eye. The technology may pave the way…
October 7, 2015
Eli Shlizerman Appointed UW eScience Institute Data Science Fellow
UW EE faculty member Eli Shlizerman, who has a joint appointment in EE and Applied Mathematics, has been appointed a Data Science Fellow for the University of Washington’s eScience Institute. An associated grant from Washington Research Foundation will support his research to analyze complex dynamic networks, particularly the nervous system. Analyzing the nervous system is…
October 6, 2015
Alum Steve White Joins BluHaptics as VP of Engineering
UW EE alum Dr. Steve White (BS EE ’85) has joined BluHaptics as VP of Engineering. BluHaptics is a UW EE and Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) spinoff, founded in 2013. The software company fuses 2D and 3D video in real time to enable precision control of robots and drones. “Being in the undergraduate program was…
October 5, 2015
Eric Klavins’ Research Featured In Short, One-Act Play
What do you get when playwrights and synthetic biologists put their heads together? For Eric Klavins, UW EE associate professor, the result is something of a modern take on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” In collaboration with the Infinity Box Theatre Project, Klavins worked with a playwright to develop a script for the “Thought Experiments on…
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