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University of WashingtonComputer Science
Engineering
At the Center of Change

• Ed Lazowska
• Bill Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science
• January 2001

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The new economy is knowledge-based

• The content of high-tech products is
  intellectual rather than physical (cf. software)
• The Washington Software Alliance estimates that
  75 of the jobs in Washingtons software industry
  require a Bachelors or Masters degree
• But Washington ranks in the bottom ten states in
  the nation in our capacity to grant these degrees

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Requires a multi-faceted approach

• Invest in our research institutions -- the 1
  factor in high-tech success
• Increase Bachelors capacity statewide -- both
  progressively and radically
• Continue to strengthen community college
  technology programs
• Continue to increase distance learning,
  learning-on-demand, lifelong learning
• Build the K-12 pipeline -- with equity!

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UW Computer Science Engineering30 years of
leadership

• Ranked among the top ten programs in the nation
  since the 1980s
• Brought ARPANET and modern VLSI design to the
  region

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• Early alums (co-)founded Aldus, Visio, IC
  Designs, Dialogic, Digital Research, Pixar ...

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Past decade Rapid acceleration

• Experiential learning
• Interdisciplinary and undergraduate research
• Entrepreneurship
• Using educational technology to reach beyond our
  captive audience

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Experiential learning

• Capstone Design Courses student-defined
  multidisciplinary integrative team projects

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Art Music Architecture CSE Pixar PDI ILM EA
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Interdisciplinary/undergrad research
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• One of dozens of interdisciplinary research
  activities
• Just within the biology space, CSE has ongoing
  activities with
• UW Molecular Biotechnology, UW Genetics,
  Zymogenetics, Rosetta genomics
• Cell Systems Initiative embedded systems for
  invisible instrumentation of biotech labs
  knowledge representation and datamining of
  experimental data
• Institute for Systems Biology graphics,
  databases, high-performance computing

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Entrepreneurship
Simultaneous Multithreading
Safeware Engineering Corporation
Etch
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Educational outreach

• Online courses self-sustaining credit and
  non-credit community college K-12 (with Office
  of Educational Outreach)

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• DISC -- Distributed Computer Science Department
• UW, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, Brown
• Microsoft, Intel
• Learning Federation -- a Sematech-style research
  consortium to catalyze a revolution in teaching
  and learning
• UW, CMU, Berkeley, Brown
• Microsoft, Washington Advisory Group

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• Instrumental role in K-20 Network (along with UW
  Computing Communications, State Dept. of
  Information Services)

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The finest students at UW -- the finest students
in the nation

• Emma Brunskill, Computer Engineering 00 2001
• Rhodes Scholar
• Kevin Zatloukal, Computer Science 01 2001
  Computing Research Association Outstanding
  Undergraduate national winner

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• Chris Twigg, Computer Science 02 2000 UW
  Presidents Sophomore Medalist
• Thomas Carlson, Computer Science 02 2000 UW
  Presidents
• Junior Medalist

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• William Chan, Ph.D. 00, and Mike Ernst, Ph.D.
  00 Two of the three students in the nation
  recognized in the 2001 ACM Outstanding Doctoral
  Dissertation Award competition
• Stefan Savage, Ph.D. 01 Faculty offers from
  MIT, Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon

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• UW is the nations 1 supplier of new college
  graduates to Microsoft
• UW is also the nations 1 supplier to Intel
  (among Intels focus schools)
• UW is the predominate supplier to many
  outstanding regional firms

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From Sent Friday, December 22, 2000 914 AM To
Ed Lazowska Cc Subject UW Program Ed, A note
from the other side of the fence. I want to thank
you for the quality you've built into the UW CS
program. We have a large number of
UW-trained engineers at Company. The group
includes undergrads (A, B), Masters C, D,
and E), and a Ph.D. (F). And, of course, we
have G. These students rock. Their training
gives them a tremendous boost relative to other
engineers. This is especially valuable to us
because of the technical nature of our product.
They have a tremendous work ethic too. They're
among the most dedicated and hard working of our
employees. They work well independently and are
quite generative. That is, they almost always
give back more than was asked for. Finally,
they're great team players. They help their
colleagues without a second thought. These are
the best people to build an organization
around. These are smart people. You clearly did
a good job selecting them. They are also
well-prepared by your program to have a big
impact and to be successful. Thanks. More
please. X VP, Engineering Company
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A faculty commitment to excellence

• Top-ten ranking by the National Research Council
• UW Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence
• 3 UW Distinguished Teaching Awards
• UW Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award

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• UW Annual Faculty Lecturer
• UW Outstanding Public Service Award
• Seattle Alliance for Education A Partnership
  Award
• R1edu Educational Technology Award

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• 7 Sloan Research Fellowship recipients
• 5 NSF Presidential Faculty Fellow / Presidential
  Early Career Awards

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• 8 NSF CAREER Awards

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• 8 Fulbright recipients
• 2 Guggenheim recipients
• 17 Fellows in major professional societies

Exemplifying change at UW