@ the University of Washington
Come join UPA for a night of networking followed by a lecture from Persona Guru, Tamara Adlin. This is a great way to meet people in the field and to learn from the best.
Details:
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010
6:00pm to 6:30pm – Check-in and Networking
6:30pm to 7:30pm – Lecture by Guest speaker – Tamara Adlin Continue reading ‘Come to UPA Puget Sound Networking and Guest Speaker at Google Freemont’
Hey everyone, sorry to be so dramatic, but this is important.
The department has a proposal in to get some funds for LUTE (Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluation) from the Student Technology Fee. This year, we are making some big upgrades to the video console (we want to trash it and put in an end-to-end digital video solution), the eye-tracker, usability software and mobile testing stations, and the Vimeo white board capture kits.
There’s only one catch, we need student endorsements for the proposal in order to get it approved. We’re not asking for much, just a paragraph or so explaining how you used the lab and how it would have been a better experience with the cool new stuff we want. The money is there, we just need to persuade the committee to hand it over to us.
If you could, please take a look at the proposal at:
http://techfee.washington.edu/proposals/view/2010-068-1/
Then, scroll to the bottom and click the “Add Comment” link to give your two cents. All of the upgrades we want to do will make the lab more useful, and you will have the opportunity to get some hands-on experience on some industry-standard tools and software applications.
Thanks for your help,
Eric Nordlund
Please join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) this Friday for our Winter 2010 Usability Issues in HCDE Seminar Series. The presentation format is a 30-minute talk followed by a Q&A session. Members of the UW community and the public are welcome.
The week’s featured speaker is:
Who: Tristan Robinson, User Experience Engineer for GE Healthcare
Topic: Physician Responses to UI Aesthetics: Plastic Surgery or Just a Little Botox?
When: 12:30-1:20 pm, Friday, February 12, 2010
Where: Loew Hall, room 216 Continue reading ‘Join HCDE this Friday for User Experience Engineer Tristan Robinson’
My name is Mike Watt and I’m a fellow MS student in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering at the University of Washington. I am currently involved in a new user centered design research project where my research team is investigating a iPhone/iPod application called Yelp.
You may have heard of Yelp.com online, a popular restaurant and business review service based on user-driven reviews. The aim of our research is to examine how users use the Yelp Mobile application, and more importantly, what can be done to improve this application. Continue reading ‘Do you use the Yelp iPhone/iPod application? Have a few minutes?’
KEXP offers internships in all areas of radio broadcasting. Interns will gain real world experience in a broad array of fields including non-profit fundraising, marketing, sales, web design, sound engineering, and music programming. KEXP interns will learn skills in business communication, project management, problem solving, audio technology, database management and more. These skills and experiences offer our interns a unique ground-level glimpse of the day-to-day life of a community radio station, while offering relationship building and networking opportunities that will aid in securing future employment in the music industry.
More information about the internship positions available at http://kexp.org/support/internships.aspx.
The deadline for applications is March 1st. We can be contacted at internship@kexp.org or volunteer@kexp.org
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New Year, New Opportunities
With the new year upon us, FareStart is looking for support with key projects and programs that help us to continue meeting our mission in 2010. We need your help as we strive to offer more people in our community than ever the opportunity to change their lives!
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Next week is brings a special series of workshops from the UW Career Center for people with graduate degrees interested in working in academics, from community college to higher ed.
http://careers.washington.edu/GradStudents/Academic-Careers/Job-Opportunities
Co-sponsored by The Career Center and The Graduate School as part of a series called Academic Careers: Diverse Job Opportunities in Higher Education, we are offering these three great opportunities. Students do not have to register for these events.
Ever thought about teaching at the community college level or wonder how working at a community college might be different than working at other types of educational institutions? Come listen to community college professors and administrators describe their positions – work environment, responsibilities, students, and more. They’ll also provide tips on how you can make yourself marketable for community college jobs. Co-sponsored by The Career Center and The Graduate School as part of a series called Academic Careers: Diverse Job Opportunities in Higher Education. No registration required.
Panelists will represent: English department at North Seattle CC and South Seattle CC; Writing program at Highline CC; Anthropology department at Edmonds CC; Political Science department at Edmonds CC; Math department at South Seattle CC; and Biology department at Edmonds CC
Mon, Feb 8, 3:30-5:00, Smith 211
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/certificate_public_scholarship.htm
Overview
The Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington announces a new graduate Certificate in Public Scholarship. This project and portfolio-based certificate is designed to bring together cross-disciplinary cohorts of graduate students and faculty interested in:
- public scholarship in the cultural disciplines and other fields that work with culture as a form of public practice;
- revitalized emphases on campus-community partnerships across all sectors of higher education;
- non-traditional forms of scholarly dissemination (digital publication, multimedia formats, exhibitions, learning environments, and performance, among others);
- emerging trends and methodologies of community-engaged research, teaching, and service;
- professional development for university careers and other sectors inside or outside higher education.
In spring 2010, the Certificate in Public Scholarship will admit its first cohort.
Graduate students of good standing in any program at the University of Washington are eligible to apply.
Upon admission, students become Simpson Center Public Scholarship Fellows, are assigned a portfolio advisor, and pursue a self-directed 15-credit course of study that includes a capstone project.
Applications due April 19, 2010. Coursework begins autumn 2010.
For details, see Admissions, Curriculum, and Advising on this site.
http://depts.washington.edu/uwch/certificate_public_scholarship.htm
Questions? Contact Associate Director Miriam Bartha at mbartha@uw.edu or 206.543.3920. Continue reading ‘Spring 2010 UW Simpson Center Public Scholarship Fellows: application deadline April 19′
On Thursday:
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Computer Science and Engineering COLLOQUIUM
SPEAKER: Harry Shum, Microsoft Corporation
TITLE: Bing: Intent, Knowledge, and Decision Engine
DATE: Thursday, February 11, 2010
TIME: 3:30pm
PLACE: EEB-105
HOST: Ed Lazowska
ABSTRACT:
On June 1, 2009, Microsoft Corporation released its search engine www.bing.com and called it decision engine. According to analysis firm ComScore, Microsoft’s Bing saw its search count grow faster than any of the other top search engines in 2009. Bing captured 4.1 Billion searches in the month of December 2009, an increase of 70% compared with 2.4 Billion searches a year ago. In comparison, the overall market grew 46% in 2009.
Continue reading ‘UW CSE Colloq / 2-11-10 / Shum / Microsoft Corporation / Bing: Intent, Knowledge, and Decision Engine’
Learning and Scholarly Technologies (the folks at Catalyst) is looking for a Graduate Student Assistant.
Full tuition paid and graduate student stipend.
Application deadline is 2/15.
Description:
Learning & Scholarly Technologies (LST) supports members of the University of Washington (UW) community as they discover, work toward, and achieve their learning, teaching and research goals. We explore innovative technologies and offer proven solutions, in collaboration with our clients, to help them stay at the forefront of their work.
LST is seeking a UW graduate student to serve as a Graduate Staff Assistant for spring, summer, and autumn 2010. The Graduate Staff Assistant will contribute to current and future research projects at LST. Duties include: coordinating research activities, assisting with data collection and analysis (both quantitative and qualitative), and contributing to written reports of study findings. 
Full job description and application instructions: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=JobProfile&szOrderID=61372&szlocationID=88