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Electro-optic modulator

Plasmonic modulator could lead to a new breed of electro-optic computer chips

News Brief: Researchers have created a miniaturized device that can transform electronic signals into optical signals with low signal loss.… Read More

Seattle tunnel

‘One of the smartest tunnels ever built’: New video explains how tech will help keep Seattle drivers safe

Leave it to a high-tech city above ground to build a high-tech roadway underground. Seattle’s SR 99 tunnel project has… Read More

Fewer international grad students are seeking computer science degrees in the U.S. for the first time in years

The number of international students enrolling in American universities is declining for the first time in years, amid volatile shifts… Read More

Ribbon-cutting for NanoES

University of Washington’s nano institute is open for business, thanks to one giant snip

University of Washington officials used a scaled-up scissors this week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony that celebrated scaled-down science: the opening… Read More

Woman engineer

Six tips from Seattle Startup Week for fostering women in engineering

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The title of the panel was “Women in Hardware,” but the focus turned out to be more about… Read More

Clean Energy Institute

UW center targets moonshots in materials science with $15.6 million federal grant

The University of Washington has received a $15.6 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation to fund its Molecular… Read More

SpaceX Hyperloop test track

Teams from UW and other schools gear up for SpaceX’s Hyperloop pod showdown

Teams from the University of Washington and more than 20 other universities and colleges around the world are converging on… Read More

Product maker Simplexity opens Seattle office, scoops up former Stratos employees following closure

Portland-based Simplexity Product Development is opening an office in Seattle and hiring top personnel from Stratos Product Development, a Seattle company… Read More

Working Geek: Redfin VP of Engineering Jennifer Chao relieves stress by playing hooky every few weeks

Jennifer Chao has an unconventional strategy for relieving stress from her demanding job as Redfin’s vice president of engineering. Taking… Read More

Bertha

Watch Bertha, the world’s largest tunnel boring machine, emerge from beneath Seattle

From the dark depths beneath Seattle, Bertha the SR 99 tunnel machine headed out of the muck and into daylight on… Read More

Former Microsoft exec Charles Simonyi gives $5M to UW’s new computer science building

Charles and Lisa Simonyi are the latest high-profile donors to make big contributions for a second computer science building at the University of… Read More

Ruben Ortega

Ruben Ortega, former Amazon and Allen Institute exec, to head Pinterest’s Seattle engineering office

Ruben Ortega, a Seattle tech veteran who has led engineering teams at Amazon, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Google and… Read More

Job search giant Indeed expanding Seattle engineering center, grows through unconventional means

A number of big-name tech companies have landed in Seattle in recent years, attracted by top-notch engineering talent and a… Read More

Airbnb creates Seattle engineering outpost, led by former Facebook and Amazon execs

Airbnb is establishing a downtown Seattle engineering operation, GeekWire has learned, making the alternative accommodations giant the latest Bay Area company to set up… Read More

Uber CTO reveals how Travis Kalanick hired him and offers advice for entrepreneurs

Thuan Pham promised himself that it was time to take a vacation. He spent more than eight years helping build… Read More

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg: Here is what China is getting right

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continued his charm offensive in China this week, meeting with the country’s propaganda tsar and going on… Read More

Facebook security exec Regina Wallace-Jones: Why technical skills aren’t enough to be a great engineer

The head of security operations at Facebook, Regina Wallace-Jones, is in charge of protecting 1.6 billion people. She’s an engineer who does math and… Read More

Podcast

Is software development art or science? GeekWire podcast with Software Engineering Daily

Jeff Meyerson, the host of the podcast Software Engineering Daily, sparked a big debate on GeekWire last week with his piece… Read More

Podcast

Interview: Facebook’s big Seattle engineering office prepares for even more growth

Facebook’s Seattle engineering office is the social networking giant’s largest outside of its Silicon Valley headquarters, with more than 500 engineers… Read More

Head engineers talk about hiring, innovating and building world-class products in Seattle

Updated below with full video of session. While San Francisco might get all the attention for its engineering talent, Seattle… Read More

Geek of the Week: Engineering student Rahul Bhardwaj is already giving back

With more than 5,000 hours of engineering experience under his belt, college student Rahul Bhardwaj is already giving back to a… Read More

Best Buy to open new tech development center in Seattle with room for more than 100 staffers

Consumer electronics retailer Best Buy is opening a new technology development center in Seattle, joining a legion of technology companies… Read More

Facebook soars to 400 employees in Seattle — and now it’s doubling its space to make room for more

Facebook’s Seattle office has reached a whopping 400 employees — and it’s showing no signs of slowing down. Just this week, Facebook… Read More

Hey, out-of-practice coders: Zillow wants you for unique 3-month trial program

Software engineers who are coming back to development after spending some time away from coding now have a new opportunity… Read More

Cloud powerhouse Dropbox reveals plans for Seattle engineering office

[Update: Here’s the official announcement from Dropbox.] Dropbox, the San Francisco-based cloud storage and file sharing company, is planning to open… Read More

Groupon leases more space in Seattle with room to add another 75 employees

Two years after opening a Seattle office, Groupon is gearing up for another growth spurt. The Chicago-based daily deals company currently… Read More

Vinod Khosla: Engineers should ‘optimize for change’ in today’s market

SAN FRANCISCO–Engineers today should build systems that are designed to weather a changing technological landscape, tech industry legend Vinod Khosla… Read More

Analysis: The exploding demand for computer science education, and why America needs to keep up

The chart above tells quite a story. That blue line — the one that looks like a hockey stick — shows how interest in… Read More

One week after I-5 bridge collapse, UW hosting student steel bridge competition

Maybe Washington governor Jay Inslee should drop by the University of Washington this weekend for some ideas on how to… Read More

UW-Bothell becomes first university in Wash. to create School of STEM

A recent survey showed that an estimated 30,000 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) jobs in Washington will go unfilled in the… Read More

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