July 1, 2012
Fredrik Ryden in IEEE Potentials Student Magazine
The recent issue of IEEE Potentials features an excellent article written by UW EE PhD student, Fredrik Ryden. The article titled, “Tech to the Future: Making a “Kinection” with Haptic Interaction” describes how Microsoft Kinect’s RGB-D camera has “opened new opportunities for applications that previously used a combination of regular video cameras and expensive cameras.”…
June 6, 2012
Xiaoyong Li Receives Chinese Thousand Talents Award
UW EE alumnus Dr. Xiaoyong Li has received the Thousand Young Talents Award from the Chinese Thousand Talents Program, which is the most prestigious Chinese National Program for recruiting global experts, and is akin to the US NSF CAREER Award. The program provides top salaries and attractive funding to elite researchers who are expected to…
June 5, 2012
Affiliate Professor Jacob Rosen named 2012 Health Care Hero
June 4, 2012
Ubicomp lab’s SoundWave in the News
Ubicomp lab‘s SoundWave project has been in the press quite a bit lately. Below is our current list of related news stories. Next Up in Kinect-Style Motion Sensing: Ultrasound? Popular Mechanics – May 25, 2012 Microsoft devices turn the body into a wireless computer controller Washington Post – May 21, 2012 Gesture Control System Uses…
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…
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