190B: DA Seminar, Autumn 2014

University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering

CSE 190B: DA Seminar, Autumn 2014
Thursdays 4:30-5:20pm
Room CSE 691 (Gates Commons)

Welcome to CSE 190B (Direct Admissions Seminar)!

In this seminar, CSE faculty members and students will introduce you to exciting areas of research at the cutting edge of computer science. There will be no exams or homeworks - just come to class with an open mind and plenty of curiousity to learn about the diverse world of computer science!

Course Moderators

Raven Alexander, Undergraduate Advisor (ravena at cs)

Magdalena (magda) Balazinska, Associate Professor, CSE Department (magda at cs)

Course schedule

Note that this schedule is subject to change, so please check it before coming to the seminar each week.

Date	Subject	Presenter	Location
09/25	Welcome!	Raven Alexander and Magdalena Balazinska	Guggenheim 218
10/02	Big data management	Magdalena Balazinska [slides]	CSE691
10/09	Wirelessly powered sensing, computing, and communication	Joshua R. Smith [slides]	CSE691
10/16	Security, privacy, and user expectations	Franziska Roesner [slides]	CSE691
10/23	Cure cancer from your laptop	Su-In Lee [slides]	Guggenheim 218
10/30	How can you prove that an algorithm is optimal?	Anup Rao [slides]	CSE691
11/6	Approximate Computing: Imperfection is Beautiful and Efficient	Luis Ceze [slides]	CSE691
11/13	A Trillion Photos	Steve Seitz [no slides because too many movies]	CSE691
11/20	From Language to the Mind	Yejin Choi [slides]	CSE691
11/27	Thanksgiving	NO CLASS	--
12/02	TBD	Raven Alexander	Guggenheim 218


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