Articles by Ed Lazowska

Ed Lazowska is a professor in UW's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering with broad and deep ties to the tech community regionally and nationally. He was GeekWire's "Geek of the Year" in 2017.

The geography of tech: Seattle’s oft-forgotten tech ecosystem

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Commentary: Washington state’s tech industry will continue to grow, despite layoffs

by Ed Lazowska on January 20, 2023January 20, 2023 at 1:25 pm

Tech is experiencing layoffs. Without downplaying the significant impact on those directly affected, this post attempts to provide some perspective. The graph above shows monthly Washington state tech employment1 from… Read More

Dear GeekWire: A coding bootcamp is not a replacement for a computer science degree

by Ed Lazowska on November 11, 2015November 11, 2015 at 4:24 pm

[Editor’s Note: University of Washington computer science professor Ed Lazowska offered this response to a piece yesterday by Jeff Meyerson of Software Engineering Daily, titled “Coding bootcamps question the need for computer… Read More

The geography of tech: Seattle’s oft-forgotten tech ecosystem

by Ed Lazowska on October 21, 2013October 21, 2013 at 3:55 pm

The October 21st story in The New York Times — “Tech Wealth and Ideas Are Heading Into News” — includes Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos among “Silicon Valley and its various power brokers.”… Read More

GeekWire Debate: Why Barack Obama should get your vote for president

by Ed Lazowska on October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 at 7:47 am

I’m not a partisan. I’m nominally a Democrat, but I served as co-chair (with Marc Benioff) of George W. Bush’s President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee – where, I assure you,… Read More

What the budget crunch is doing to computer science, and what to do about it

by Ed Lazowska on June 20, 2011June 20, 2011 at 12:44 pm

Guest Commentary: For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, the University of Washington has again taken a massive hit to its state budget. This will largely (but by no… Read More

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The geography of tech: Seattle’s oft-forgotten tech ecosystem

Latest from Ed Lazowska

Commentary: Washington state’s tech industry will continue to grow, despite layoffs

Dear GeekWire: A coding bootcamp is not a replacement for a computer science degree

The geography of tech: Seattle’s oft-forgotten tech ecosystem

GeekWire Debate: Why Barack Obama should get your vote for president

What the budget crunch is doing to computer science, and what to do about it