HCDE News
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Alex Thayer Co-chairs Workshop at CHI 2012.
Alex Thayer, HCDE PhD Candidate, received funding from HCDE to attend the CHI 2012 conference. Thayer organized and co-chaired a workshop on Educational Interfaces, Software, and Technology (EIST).
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
How Public Should Public Records Be?. 
Incoming HCDE Assistant Professor Sean Munson is lead author on a paper that explores how the explosion of the availability of public records has also sparked privacy concerns. UW Today recently reported on the findings of the paper.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Alumni, Students Connect at Mentor Event.
Current and past students from the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) met at HCDE's Third Annual Mentor Event, sponsored by Boeing, a Corporate Affiliate of the department.
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Human-Centered Infrastructure?.
Dharma Dailey, HCDE Master's student, participated in a response panel at the conference "Defining and Measuring Meaningful Broadband Adoption" on April 11, 2012, in Washington, DC.
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Kolko and Hope Travel to Kenya.
Professor Beth Kolko and Master's student Alexis Hope traveled to Kenya earlier this spring to expand on the work they did for the 2012 Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) conference.
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Monday, May 7, 2012
Kate Starbird Quoted in New York Times.
Incoming Assistant Professor Kate Starbird was recently quoted in an article about the Collective Intelligence 2012 conference that took place at MIT this April and was the first-ever interdisciplinary research conference on the subject.
Thursday, May 3, 2012
HCDE Celebrates Judy Ramey's Career.
Friends and colleagues of Professor Judy Ramey joined the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) on Tuesday for a celebration of Ramey's 29 years at the University of Washington.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Mark Zachry and David McDonald Receive NSF Award.
University of Washington researchers Dr. Mark Zachry in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) and Dr. David W. McDonald in the Information School have received a three-year research award to study self-managed, voluntary virtual work teams.
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Adventures in Hero-Centered Design.
The HCDE Student Association partnered with the Laboratory for Usability Testing and Evaluation to represent the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering during Engineering Discovery Days.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012
HCDE Faculty Appointments in Seattle Times.
Brier Dudley of The Seattle Times recently wrote an article on the faculty appointments of Kate Starbird and Sean Munson, with a focus on the growth of HCDE's programs.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
HCDE Bids Adieu to Patty Foster.
Patty Foster, Grants Coordinator in the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE), will be leaving the department this spring.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Jonathan Morgan to Present at CHI 2012.
PhD candidate Jonathan Morgan will present two papers at the 2012 ACM SIGCHI Conference in May, a full conference paper and a workshop paper, both of which make a substantial contribution to computer-mediated communication research.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Robert Racadio to Present at CHI 2012.
PhD student Robert Racadio will present at the 2012 ACM SIGCHI Conference this May. His paper explores the use of Science Fiction Prototyping for generating technologies and interfaces for the developing world.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Kate Starbird Joins HCDE Faculty.
The Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Starbird as an Assistant Professor in HCDE.
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