FIUTS CulturalFest 2012 – Feb. 10

Published on February 8, 2012 in Community, Events and International. 0 Comments

CulturalFest is one of the biggest annual cultural events in University of Washington. It is intended to celebrate diversity and harmony that international students bring to our region. It brings together over 100 participants from 30 countries who take the unique sights, sounds, tastes from their home countries in front of you.

During the day in Meany Hall, you may explore country exhibition booths, participate in interactive games and activities,and meet students from more than 30 countries. Booths are free and open to everyone.

In the evening, over 1,000 guests will fill the Meany Hall and enjoy music and dance performance of traditional and modern artistes from all over the world.

As the world is becoming more integrated, CULTURALFEST provides a great opportunity to mingle and become close friends with students from around the world. These global friendships among students are priceless assets in your future careers. Please join us at the CULTURALFEST on Feb 10. Continue reading ‘FIUTS CulturalFest 2012 – Feb. 10′

Stating the Obvious: Why does it take an outsider to tell you your user experience is broken? (2/10)

Published on February 7, 2012 in Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

HCDE logoPlease join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in Winter Quarter for a 10-week seminar on current topics in the HCDE field by industry experts. Each 40-minute talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Members of the UW community and the public are welcome. More information about the series is available online at hcde.uw.edu/521.

Title: Stating the Obvious: Why does it take an outsider to tell you your user experience is broken?
Date: February 10, 2012
Speaker: Kelly Franznick

When: Fridays, 12:30-1:20 PM
Where: Loew Hall, Room 206, UW Seattle campus

Business stakeholders can often seem blind to the most obvious flaws in the experiences they are delivering to their end-users. Sometimes the user research findings and design recommendations that have the most impact on businesses are not the result of hundreds of hours of observation or ideation, but of simply pointing out what these stakeholders are not seeing. This talk will show some examples, explore some of the reasons stakeholders develop these blind spots, and suggest some strategies for stating the obvious in ways that don’t condescend. Continue reading ‘Stating the Obvious: Why does it take an outsider to tell you your user experience is broken? (2/10)’

Towards Adaptive Incentive Systems for Online Collaboration, with Judd Antin

Published on February 6, 2012 in Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

Judd Antin, photo courtesy Judd Antin via www.technotaste.comJoin us for a guest lecture by Yahoo! Research Scientist Judd Antin!

Title: “Towards Adaptive Incentive Systems for Online Collaboration”
Speaker: Judd Antin, Post-Doctoral Research Scientist, Yahoo! Research
Date: Friday, February 10, 2012
Time: 10:30-11:30 AM
Location: Allen Auditorium, Allen Library, UW Seattle campus
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Recap of ScienceOnline 2012 (2/7)

Published on February 6, 2012 in Community and Events. 0 Comments

Miss ScienceOnline 2012 but wish you had been there? Get a recap of “scio12” from five Seattle science communicators who attended the meeting and discuss the latest challenges and opportunities in communicating science online.

Topics will include: communicating personalized genomics, dealing with abuse over the internet, disconnects between scientists and journalists, crowdfunding for science, cybersecurity for blog posts, emails and other online activities, writing for men’s and women’s magazines, and more.

Join the Northwest Science Writers Association (NSWA) Tuesday, Feb. 7, 6-7:30 p.m. for pizza and discussion at the School of Aquatic Fishery Sciences, Room 107 on the UW Seattle campus (directions). RSVP to Molly McElroy (mcelroymw@gmail.com) by Monday, Feb. 6. Free for NSWA members, $5 for NSWA non-members. Continue reading ‘Recap of ScienceOnline 2012 (2/7)’

UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (Intent to Submit by 2/10)

Published on February 6, 2012 in Competitions and Current Students. 0 Comments

Wind turbine bladesInnovation in Clean-Tech + Market Opportunity =
Solutions for the Planet
March 29, 2012, Seattle Center Exhibition Hall

Intent to Submit due February 10  Click here  for the online application.  Information requested on team members and the prototype/computer simulation.  This helps us plan the event!

General Information

If you’ve got a passion for cleantech, the smarts to play in the emerging “green economy,” and the desire to make an impact, the UW Environmental Innovation Challenge can provide just the platform you’ve been looking for.  The grand prize is $10,000, and in all the EIC awards more than $27,500 to student teams.

In the UW Challenge, interdisciplinary student teams define a cleantech problem, design and develop the solution, and produce both a prototype (proof of concept/computer simulation) and a 5-7 page business summary that demonstrates the market opportunity. Continue reading ‘UW Environmental Innovation Challenge (Intent to Submit by 2/10)’

C4C Entrepreneur Speed Dating (2/15)

Published on January 31, 2012 in Current Students, Masters and PhD. 0 Comments

University of Washington Center for Commercialization (C4C) LogoCalling All Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows

Think your research might have commercial value?
Interested in how commercialization works at UW?
Wonder about what it takes to launch a start-up?

Join the UW Center for Commercialization for an Entrepreneur Speed-Dating event for grad students and postdocs. Continue reading ‘C4C Entrepreneur Speed Dating (2/15)’

521 Seminar: Making sense of chaos: An evaluation of the current state of information architecture for the Web (2/3)

Published on January 31, 2012 in Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

HCDE logoPlease join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in Winter Quarter for a 10-week seminar on current topics in the HCDE field by industry experts. Each 40-minute talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Members of the UW community and the public are welcome. More information about the series is available online at hcde.uw.edu/521.

Title: Making sense of chaos: An evaluation of the current state of information architecture for the Web
Date: February 3, 2012
Speaker: Anne de Ridder

When: Fridays, 12:30-1:20 PM
Where: Loew Hall, Room 206, UW Seattle campus

The introduction of new devices and advancements in web standards has created an environment for innovation and experimentation. With heavy weight on visual design that draws on patterns from traditional media mixed with interactions pulled from natural user interfaces, designing for the web now feels a bit like a beautiful, but lawless free-for-all. What about the best practices for the web that we’ve learned, tested and accepted? Do these/when do these/how do these apply in this new landscape? And for information architects, how should you approach your designs moving forward—stay the course, alter your path, or take a completely new direction? This talk will highlight findings from an initial exploration into these questions.!–more–>

Instructor: Professor Judy Ramey
1 Credit (Credit/Non-credit)
Registration for UW students is available by entry code; contact the HCDE advisor by emailing hcde@uw.edu.

About the Speaker
Anne de Ridder is the Director of User Experience at White Horse Productions, a digital marketing agency in Portland, OR, where she is responsible for all aspects of user experience research and design focused on the Web and mobile and tablet devices. Anne is an active participant in the Computer Human Interaction Forum of Oregon, IxDA, and UPA.

UW Bridge Club

Published on January 26, 2012 in Current Students. 0 Comments

Know how to play bridge or want to learn?  Come to free bridge lessons each Friday from 5:30-7:00pm beginning on Jan. 27, or attend our weekly duplicate bridge game each Friday at 7:30pm beginning on Feb. 3.  Both events are located near campus at: 1305 NE 47TH ST Seattle.

Questions/Comments?
Email bridgewa@uw.edu or visit our website athttp://students.washington.edu/bridgewa/

521 Seminar: Creating Great First Impressions: Designing Out of Box and First Time User Experiences to Delight Your Customers (1/27)

Published on January 24, 2012 in Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

HCDE logoPlease join the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) in Winter Quarter for a 10-week seminar on current topics in the HCDE field by industry experts. Each 40-minute talk will be followed by a Q&A session. Members of the UW community and the public are welcome. More information about the series is available online at hcde.uw.edu/521.

Title: Creating Great First Impressions: Designing Out of Box and First Time User Experiences to Delight Your Customers
Date: January 27, 2012
Speaker: Cathy Moya

When: Fridays, 12:30-1:20 PM
Where: Loew Hall, Room 206, UW Seattle campus

Your product never gets a second chance to make a first impression with users. Designing a great first encounter helps get the relationship off to a good start and helps reduce the chance that users will shelve – or return – the product.

This session will present case studies drawn from painful experience with users and user research regarding out of box experience (OOBE) and first time user experience (FTUE). We’ll examine what we can learn from unboxing physical products, but also draw parallels to software and online services.

You will learn:

  • How to create a cross-group framework to determine OOBE and FTUE priorities in the design process
  • How to define your “out of box experience” even if your product doesn’t ship in a box
  • What types of onboarding experiences you can create to help users transition into the most effective learning mode for the product
  • Ways to think about product design that might even eliminate the need for directions

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UX Happy Hour Meetup

Published on January 24, 2012 in Community, Current Students and Events. 0 Comments

When: Wednesday, January 25th at 6PM
Where: Substantial HQ

For additional details, visit: http://www.uxhappyhour.com/sea or follow http://twitter.com/uxhappyhour.