Global Innovation Exchange - GIX

The recent Career Fest for UW MS in Tech Innovation students enabled students from both current cohorts to network wtih and hear directly from industry leaders and emerging professionals representing Microsoft , Amazon.com, Apple, Expedia , T-Mobile , Accenture plus growing startups. The forum included lively networking and deep discussion featuring both an industry insider panel and dynamic alumni panel. Conversation centered on career management, leadership, networking, design, technology strategy, product development, software engineering, program management, consulting, entrepreneurship, AI/ML, user research and much more.

Learn more about the future of the cloud and tech industries from Merrie Williamson, Corporate VP of Azure Infrastructure in a virtual talk this upcoming Tuesday, April 26, at 5:00 p.m. Learn about new advancements in the cloud and tech industries, and what the next generation of innovators will contribute. Merrie is responsible for Microsoft’s global commercial sales, strategy and ex*****on for the core multi-billion dollar Azure business.

Before joining Microsoft Merrie worked in the technology sector for over 20 years. She directed strategic investments in products from technical inception to launch, typically in a cutting-edge area for the business, bringing together organizations, corporate partnerships, and leading sales teams to deliver revenue. With a background in Manufacturing Engineering, Merrie is ardent about finding solutions for the under-representation of women and underrepresented people in STEM and sales.

RSVP: https://forms.zohopublic.com/gix/form/Registrationfor042622MerrieWilliamsonTalk/formperma/Um1BupiEOcL1ED21I18lri0Oc2rFv2ieJnTZiV2qCHM

🚀 We are proud to present the GIX Innovation Competition 2022 judges! These experienced professionals will select winners from the ten finalists on Feb 16. More than $15,000 in cash and prizes are up for grabs!

Adam Loving graduated with a CS degree from UW before working in a range of companies from startups to large organizations. He is now is principal engineer at Pioneer Square Labs where he helps validate and launch startup teams.

Ted Fuse is Vice President and General Manager of Mitsubishi Corporation Seattle. In his 25 years at Mitsubishi Corporation, he has worked in business development in various fields including clean energy and decarbonization.

Deli Zhang is a software engineer at Meta, where he leads development of capacity management tooling. Previously, he worked at Microsoft Research as a Senior Research Software Development engineer working to improve datacenter efficiency.

Aaron Nech is a Software Engineering Manager for Meta and is currently working on Facebook's new smart glasses project. Previously Aaron was a technical lead / engineer at Facebook in which he built and set direction for parts of Facebook Marketplace, now a prominent part of the Facebook App.

Keyu Chen is a research scientist at Google. His research is the intersection of sensing and machine learning, particularly in HCI, ubiquitous computing, wearables / mobile sensing and novel interaction.

Gabe Cohn is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, where he works in the Biomedical Computing Group on improving the processing of large-scale genomic workloads in the cloud. He was a co-founder of SNUPI Technologies, a sensor and services company built around his Ph.D. thesis work on the SNUPI ultra-low-power wireless sensor network, and acquired by Sears in 2015.

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The GIX Innovation Competition 2022 challenges students to create an innovative technological or robotic solution for the home that helps address a problem related to health and wellness or the environment. Thank you to our sponsors Meta and the Mitsubishi Corporation of America for providing more than $15,000 in cash and prizes.

Visit our website to learn more: https://gixnetwork.org/community/outreach-programs/innovation-competition/

"We ran a test by having the robot navigate through the crowded Labs, but we didn’t tell people there was a test. We got a lot of data about how people naturally interact with robots in the real world."

Hear from MSTI grad Daniel Azua and learn about how his team worked to combine a Fetch Robotics mobile robot base with a Kinova robotic arm with computer vision and AI to create an intelligent automated stockroom retrieval system.

Read the blog:
https://gixnetwork.org/blog/2022/02/07/qa-with-msti-students-about-their-robotics-stockroom-system/

We would like to thank the sponsors of the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition: Mitsubishi Corporation and Meta. Ten teams from around the world will compete to advance technology at home and win part of the $15,000 in cash and prizes!

Finding Internships Workshop (Online) Join us to explore tangible strategies and resources you can use to find or create an internship that aligns with your interests. We’ll brainstorm barriers you might encounter as you search and met…

The Year of the Tiger is here! Wishing everyone good health, happiness, and success. Happy Lunar New Year, 新春快乐, 새해 복 많이 받으세요, and Chúc mừng năm mới to all those celebrating!

Want to get more perspectives on UX? Check out Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) 's UX speaker series, on campus and virtually this quarter!

UX Speaker Series In winter quarter, the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering hosts a 10-week seminar series on User Experience (UX), where we welcome industry experts to speak about current issues and research in the field.

Pardon our dust! Our website is down at the moment and we'll bring it back as soon as we can. Have any questions about applying to the MSTI? Email us at [email protected]

2021 Launch Projects! This and sponsored project created a robotic retrieval system for stockrooms. This system is a proof-of-concept integrating a mobile robot and manipulator arms to work together on tasks to extend the throughput of equipment or supplies. The system can be extended to additional use cases such as library book stocking, food tray assembly, and delivery in assisted living facilities. Congrats to Annan Li, Daniel Azúa, James Muir, Sulaiman Al Akbari, and Yifei Fang.