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University of Washington
Computer Science & Engineering
At the Center of Change
Ed Lazowska
Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in
Computer Science
January 2001
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
Washington’s 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
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!
UW Computer Science & Engineering:
30+ years of leadership
Ranked among
the top ten
programs in the
nation since the
1980s
Brought
ARPANET and
modern VLSI
design to the
region
Early alums (co-)founded
Aldus, Visio, IC Designs,
Dialogic, Digital Research,
Pixar ...
Past decade: Rapid acceleration
Experiential learning
Interdisciplinary and undergraduate
research
Entrepreneurship
Using educational technology to reach
beyond our “captive audience”
Experiential learning
Capstone Design Courses: studentdefined multidisciplinary integrative
team projects
video
Art
Music
Architecture
CSE
Pixar
PDI
ILM
EA
video
Interdisciplinary/undergrad research
Nature is telling us something...
F Can add numbers together in
nanoseconds
í Hopelessly beyond the
capabilities of brains
C. Diorio, 10–8–00
F Can understand speech trivially
í Far ahead of digital computers
í …and Moore’s law will end
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Problem: How to study neural basis of behavior
F Measure neural signaling in intact animals
A. Tritonia and seapen
í Implant a microcontroller in Tritonia brain
F Tritonia is a model organism
í Well studied neurophysiology
í 500µm neurons; tolerant immune response
í Work-in-progress
Tritonia diomedea
MEMS probe tip,
amplifier
visceral
cavity
memory
C. Diorio, 10–8–00
B. Brain with implanted chip: Dorsal view
brain
tether
battery
microcontroller,
A/D, cache
Images courtesy James Beck & Russell Wyeth
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Silicon synapses can mimic biology
F Local, autonomous learning
Biological Synapses
Silicon Synapses
synapse source currents (nA)
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time (min)
Mossy-fiber EPSC amplitudes plotted over time, before and after the
induction of LTP. Brief tetanic stimulation was applied at the tim e indicated. From Barrionuevo et al., J. Neurophysiol. 55:540-550, 1986.
C. Diorio, 10–8–00
Synapse transistor source currents plotted over time, before and
after we applied a tetanic stimulation of 2×10 5 coincident (row
& column) pulses, each of 10 µs duration, at the time indicated.
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Many potential spinoffs
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Example: Multilevel EEPROM
í Synapse transistor “learns” a
multibit memory value
í Stores 4-bits/synapse
F
Other work in progress
í Learning chips
í Adaptive signal-processing chips
í Adaptive feature recognizers
C. Diorio, Sci ence & Technology Roundtable, 10–15–99
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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
Entrepreneurship
Simultaneous
Multithreading
Safeware
Engineering
Corporation
Etch
Educational outreach
Online
courses: selfsustaining
credit and
non-credit;
community
college; K-12
(with Office
of Educational
Outreach)
video
DISC -- Distributed Computer Science
Department
UW, MIT, CMU, Berkeley, Brown
Microsoft, Intel
Learning Federation -- a Sematechstyle research consortium to catalyze a
revolution in teaching and learning
UW, CMU, Berkeley, Brown
Microsoft, Washington Advisory Group
Instrumental role in K-20 Network (along
with UW Computing & Communications,
State Dept. of Information Services)
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
Chris Twigg,
Computer Science
‘02: 2000 UW
President’s
Sophomore Medalist
Thomas Carlson,
Computer Science
‘02: 2000 UW
President’s
Junior Medalist
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
UW is the nation’s #1 supplier of new
college graduates to Microsoft
UW is also the nation’s #1 supplier to
Intel (among Intel’s “focus schools”)
UW is the predominate supplier to many
outstanding regional firms
From:
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 9:14 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]
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
UW Annual Faculty Lecturer
UW Outstanding Public
Service Award
Seattle Alliance for Education
A+ Partnership Award
R1edu Educational Technology
Award
7 Sloan Research
Fellowship recipients
5 NSF Presidential
Faculty Fellow /
Presidential Early Career
Awards
8 NSF CAREER Awards
8 Fulbright recipients
2 Guggenheim recipients
17 Fellows in major professional
societies
Exemplifying change at UW