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Computer Science

New computing institute on UW campus will focus on big data problems

The University of Washington is already a budding hub for computer science. Now, with some help from a national laboratory,… Read More

Microsoft Research hires Carnegie Mellon leader as head of international labs

Microsoft Research today named noted computer scientist Jeannette Wing, the two-time head of Carnegie Mellon’s computer science department, to the… Read More

Geek of the Week: Kevin Wang is putting computer scientists into high schools

Microsoft employee Kevin Wang is a rare person in the computer science industry. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a… Read More

Love and marriage: How the UW is making bets on the brains of ‘big data’ and ‘machine learning’

Computer science is very much a discipline that revolves around numbers. But it was something a little less mathematical that… Read More

Geek of the Week: Melissa Winstanley, UW computer science standout

Melissa Winstanley didn’t set out to be a computer scientist, but she has become a remarkable one — and she’s… Read More

Meet the future: These 21 UW computer science grads are ready to change the world

It’s a good time to have a degree in computer science. And it’s not just because Amazon.com, Google and Microsoft are… Read More

Dear Stanford: Now that your NYC campus isn’t happening, how about Seattle?

Dear Stanford, First, we want to express our deepest sympathies about the loss in the Fiesta Bowl last night. It… Read More

Video: Watch Bill Gates explain how technology is reshaping our world, again

This is Bill Gates, coming full circle. During a rare appearance last month on the University of Washington campus —… Read More

Why Northeastern University chose Seattle, and what the UW’s Ed Lazowska thinks about it

In the words of Steve Ballmer, it’s all about “developers. developers. developers.” Seattle needs more of them, and the University… Read More

Boston’s Northeastern targets Seattle for new campus, says market underserved for IT

Northeastern University of Boston may soon find a home in the Northwest. The private 113-year-old University is planning to establish… Read More

UW computer scientist tries to crack the ancient Indus script

Save this one for when you have time to sit back and really absorb it. Rajesh Rao, a professor in… Read More

What the budget crunch is doing to computer science, and what to do about it

Guest Commentary: For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the University of Washington has again taken a massive hit… Read More

State university computer science faculty fear deeper cuts as pressure builds on WWU

Western Washington University’s computer science department isn’t the only one encountering the harsh realities of the state budget crisis. Eastern… Read More

Western Washington University computer science department faces the ax despite tech worker shortage

Western Washington University is considering eliminating or drastically reducing its computer science department, a proposal that comes amid a growing… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: 60 Minutes, Zynga, and what’s hot in computer science now

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about the time we spent with a “60 Minutes” crew, the opening… Read More

Dancing with Drones: UW students and autonomous aircraft

As part of their Embedded Systems 472 class at the University of Washington this quarter, electrical engineering students were challenged… Read More

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