June 3, 2012
Ubicomp lab’s Humantenna in the News
Ubicomp lab‘s Humantenna project has been in the press quite a bit lately. Below is our current list of related news stories. Microsoft devices turn the body into a wireless computer controller Washington Post – May 21, 2012 ACM User Conference Seeks the Magic in User Interfaces PCWorld – May 7, 2012 Cool Microsoft Research…
June 2, 2012
Portable diagnostics designed to be shaken, not stirred
June 1, 2012
Eric Larson Wins CoE Student Innovator Award
Graduate student Eric Larson has been honored with the “Student Innovator: Research” award as part of the UW College of Engineering’s 2012 Community of Innovators Awards. Eric is pursuing his PhD under Assistant Professor Shwetak Patel, working on healthcare and sustainability via the integration digital signal processing, sensing, and ubiquitous computing. He also collaborates closely…
May 8, 2012
American Sign Language Goes Mobile
May 7, 2012
Seelig Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award
Georg Seelig, assistant professor of EE & CSE, has received the 2012 DARPA Young Faculty Award from the Department of Defense. The DARPA Young Faculty Award program identifies and engages rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and exposes them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA’s program development…
May 6, 2012
Andrew T. Yang to Speak at UW EE’s Graduation Celebration
Dr. Andrew T. Yang is returning to the department as the 2012 graduation speaker. UW EE’s graduation ceremony will be held on Friday, June 8th, 7-9pm in Kane Hall 130. Yang’s distinguished career as a tenured faculty member was marked by his recognition as a National Science Foundation Young Investigator and a member of the…
May 5, 2012
Dementyev, Harris, Richmond win NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Artem Dementyev, Nicholas Harris, and Dustin Richmond have been named winners of the 2012 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Award. These prestigious awards from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) provide three years of support including an annual stipend, cost-of-education allowance, an international travel allowance, and TeraGrid supercomputer access. More details about the program…
May 4, 2012
Space weather forecast: Sunspotty, with an increasing chance of solar storms
May 3, 2012
Studarus and Greenhall win Hydro Research Foundation Fellowships
Graduate students Karen Studarus and Adam Greenhall have just won Hydro Research Foundation fellowships. Studarus will study short term optimal scheduling of the Bonneville Power Administration hydro system with real world constraints. Greenhall is developing an improved stochastic unit commitment algorithm for high-stochasticity generating resources, to permit coordinated scheduling of wind and hydro. Both students…
May 2, 2012
Google’s new goggles: “Project Glass,” with UW assist
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