Forget MIT and Stanford: UW computer science department wins high praise in NYT piece

The Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering (Ed LaCasse photo)

A few weeks ago, I interviewed Madrona Venture Group’s Matt McIlwain and asked him pointedly to name one missing ingredient that’s holding back Seattle’s technology community. The veteran venture capitalist didn’t hesitate, suggesting that outsiders (and even Seattleites to some degree) don’t fully appreciate what’s being built around them. “The Pacific Northwest culture of humility… Read More…

Wavii exits stealth mode, touts a better way to consume news

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It’s been nearly two years since we first encountered Wavii. Operating in the equivalent of a bunker, the Seattle startup has offered just a few clues of the news aggregation service that it is building. But the company — backed by some of Silicon Valley’s top angel investors and led by former Microsoftie Adrian Aoun… Read More…

Introducing the GeekWire Summit: Our new conference will go inside the future of tech

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As journalists and participants in the Pacific Northwest tech community, we’ve long believed that Seattle deserves a world-class tech conference that involves people not only from our region but also from other tech hubs such as Silicon Valley and Boston — bringing leaders together for a conversation about the future of technology and innovation in the Northwest and… Read More…

Geek of the Week: Oren Etzioni on Siri, Burning Man and the promise of algorithms

Oren Etzioni. GeekWire photo via Annie Laurie Malarkey

Our new Geek of the Week, Oren Etzioni, is a computer scientist and serial entrepreneur who has a knack for building businesses based on complex algorithms that help people make decisions. If you’ve used the price prediction engine in Microsoft Bing Travel, you’re familiar with his work. Etzioni was the founder of Farecast, which Microsoft… Read More…

‘Hello, computer!’ UW prof and students search outside the box

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Like Scotty in Star Trek, the day is coming soon when we’ll talk with our computers instead of just typing at them, according to a prominent UW computer scientist and his team of researchers. Back in August, when it was still sunny in Seattle, and on the 20th anniversary of the alt.hypertext news group birthed… Read More…