Articles about UW – Page 5 of 7

Jeremy Jaech, Shwetak Patel form UW home sensor spin out WatchFrog

Entrepreneur Jeremy Jaech has been at the center of two of Seattle’s biggest technology successes, helping to create Aldus (sold… Read More

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It’s an election year, which means a lot of mud is being slung in various media outlets. Oftentimes, it’s hard… Read More

UW computer science profs immortalized in Google T-shirt

Ed Lazowska and Hank Levy are two of the University of Washington’s best known computer science professors. And while they… Read More

U.S. Census Bureau opens new research center at UW

The U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Washington today formally announced the opening of a new Census Research Data… Read More

Tweet, tweet: UW tags help study animal social networks

While researchers studying animal behavior can’t quite yet track how many tweeting birds have lots of “followers” and which ones… Read More

Stanford in town for the big game? You may pay more for those tickets

Organizations love the idea of variable or dynamic pricing, in part because they can make more money when demand is… Read More

Coursera to distribute free online courses from the UW and 11 other universities

The University of Washington and 11 other universities will begin free distribution of some courses through Coursera, the online education platform… Read More

Forget MIT and Stanford: UW computer science department wins high praise in NYT piece

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain and asked him pointedly to name one missing ingredient… 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

Newly-formed W Fund to pump $20M into university spinouts

Washington’s startup community is getting yet another shot in the arm, thanks to the efforts of a newly-formed venture capital… Read More

New research: Meditation makes you a better geek

As if you needed one more reason to convince your boss that you need a break at work, the University… 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

Startup advice from Zulily CEO Darrell Cavens: Move fast, because speed matters

For the past few years, Keith Vernon of Bristlecone Advisors has taken the stage at the University of Washington’s annual… Read More

Rooftop urban farm may sprout at Microsoft’s Redmond campus

Microsoft is one of the world’s biggest technology companies. But a new type of business may be sprouting on the… Read More

Internet Week NYC: A Seattle view

“Boy was I ever important,” New York Times columnist David Carr declared during his Internet Week keynote. That’s when the… Read More

Kineta, UW receive biodefense grant to study ways to wipe out deadly viruses like Ebola

The University of Washington, University of Texas Medical Branch and Kineta — a Seattle biotechnology upstart — have received an… Read More

These 16 student-led upstarts are trying to transform mobile payments, farming and more

Entrepreneurial students from colleges and universities throughout the region competed Wednesday in the annual University of Washington Business Plan Competition Investment… Read More

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh on why we need to invest in education right now

Cheezburger CEO Ben Huh may be in the business of cracking people up. But the Seattle Internet entrepreneur also has some… Read More

Survey shows changes in tech use at state’s biggest university

Enthusiasm for technology runs wide and deep at the University of Washington, which recently took a snapshot of current tech… Read More

U.S. Patent chief: New patent reforms are like an ‘intricate Swiss watch’

At the GeekWire Summit on Wednesday, former Swype CEO Mike McSherry received the loudest applause of the day when he… Read More

Nest tech chief Yoky Matsuoka officially flying the coop at UW

Yoky Matsuoka, the vice president of technology for Silicon Valley startup Nest, won’t be returning to the University of Washington,… Read More

Roadify arrives in Seattle, treads on the turf of transit app One Bus Away

The One Bus Away mobile application is used by thousands of Seattle area commuters each day to determine if their bus will… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft hires Cisco vet; Promotions at thePlatform; etc.

Microsoft has named Laura Ipsen as corporate vice president of Worldwide Public Sector. In the role, Ipsen will lead sales and… Read More

Porsches in the parking lot; Etch-a-Sketch in the sky; and other quotes of the week

The best insights, observations, comments, tweets and random zingers we heard this week. “This is much more than a building… Read More

UW president pledges to double startup production as new campus incubator hatches

University of Washington President Michael Young today announced an ambitious plan to double the number of startup companies coming out… Read More

University of Washington to hatch startup incubator today

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee earlier this week laid out an economic plan for Washington state that included ideas on how… Read More

UW spin-out born out of doctor’s frustration with paper-based records

The University of Washington is spinning out a new startup company by the name of TransformativeMed which has developed a… Read More

Fuel of the future: Seaweed?

Will you one day be driving a seaweed-powered SUV? If researchers at Bio Architecture Lab have their way, it may actually… Read More

A FarmVille for wetlands? Students create Facebook game with proceeds going to wetland restoration

The University of Washington Bothell is located on the edge of a marshy wetland, created by a vibrant ecosystem around… Read More

Amazon’s Bezos spends hours in computer science labs, checking in on the future

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos spent several hours at the University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering department before the holiday… Read More