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May 23, 2002

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ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES

Seed Grant applications invited

The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants for the year 2002-03. The Seed Grants Program provides funding for promising research at the intersection of statistics and the social sciences. The goal is to stimulate scholarly initiative by encouraging faculty to explore new directions in research and scholarship that contributes at the cutting edge to the development of statistical methods for social scientific problems. Although we encourage collaborative research across disciplines — particularly between statisticians and social scientists — such collaboration is not a formal requirement of the program. We are particularly interested in projects that show a high probability of leading to extramural funding. Thus, the funds will typically be used to pursue pilot studies, feasibility studies, or preliminary research that initiates a larger line of research. A subsequent extramural grant that derives from seed grant funding would be administered through CSSS. Awards will be in the range of $10,000–20,000, and typically include one-month summary salary for a principal investigator and one quarter salary for a research assistant. In the past, proposals have had a high rate of funding. This year, we have funds to make more awards — as many as 10–15 awards this cycle.

Eligibility: Faculty holding the following ranks at the time of the award are eligible to apply: Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, Research Professor, Research Associate Professor, and Research Assistant Professor. Faculty with acting appointments at the time of the award may be eligible and should contact the Associate Director in advance of submitting a proposal. Faculty who have received a CSSS award as PIs are ineligible to receive another until three years following the termination of the first. A PI may submit only one proposal per round. Co-PIs may submit more than one proposal, but no more than one of the proposals will be funded. A proposal that is not funded may be resubmitted in a later round only if it is substantially revised or if the review committee recommends resubmission.

Research Project Requirements: Research projects must use statistical methods to address a social scientific problem. Strong proposals will use innovative statistical methods to address cutting-edge social scientific research questions. Collaborative interdisciplinary research such as between a social scientist and a statistician is encouraged but not required. All personnel funded by the grant are expected to participate regularly in the CSSS Seminar Series, both by attending and by giving at least one seminar on the project topic. The proposal should indicate which member(s) of the research team will be the primary seminar participants.

External Support: Proposals that show promise for future extramural funding will be given preference. Indeed, PIs who plan to submit an extramural grant proposal based on their Seed Grant proposed project can increase their chances of receiving a Seed Grant Award by guaranteeing that they will submit an extramural proposal through CSSS immediately after the funding period. In such cases, the review committee may grant awards conditional on the PI submitting an external grant within a year of the funding period. In general, support will not be given merely to extend or supplement existing funded research projects. Instead, proposals should seek to initiate new research ideas. An extramural proposal that derives from a project funded by the Seed Grants Program is expected to be administered through CSSS.

Application Form: A cover page and detailed instructions for preparing the four-page proposal can be found on the CSSS web site: http://www.csss.washington.edu/SeedGrants/

Deadline: The deadline for CSSS Seed Grant proposals is Oct. 21. Awards will be announced by Dec. 16. Submit proposals to Gayle Gray, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, C 23 Padelford Hall, University of Washington, Box 354320, Seattle, WA 98195.

Questions: Questions on preparing a proposal should be addressed to: Professor Ross L. Matsueda, Associate Director of CSSS, Department of Sociology, Box 353340, 206-616-2432, matsueda@u.washington.edu .


OTHER NEWS

UW Calling Cards

This month, as the result of a new State of Washington contract with AT&T, Communication Technologies will begin converting all existing Sprint SCAN Plus and AT&T Corporate calling cards to the new AT&T SCAN Plus calling cards. All current UW calling card holders will receive a new AT&T SCAN Plus calling card and number, and new dialing instructions. Please note that all existing Sprint and AT&T calling cards will be cancelled effective June 30. New cards with complete dialing instructions will be sent to all card holders in advance of this date. AT&T SCAN Plus calling cards will offer the same wide coverage and quality of service as the AT&T Corporate calling cards, but will be charged at the significantly lower current SCAN Plus calling card rate. SCAN Plus calling card calls within the United States are charged at a rate of $.0975 per minute, plus a $.25 surcharge per call. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Communication Technologies at comtech@cac.washington.edu, or call 206-543-0133.

Public Hearing Notice

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held at noon on Thursday, June 6 in Room 309 of the Husky Union Building (HUB) at the UW, Seattle campus. The purpose of the hearing is to allow all interested persons an opportunity to present their views, either orally or in writing, on the proposed rule revisions to WAC 478–116–131, “Parking for Events and Other University Functions.”

The proposed parking amendment is necessary to reflect a change from not charging parking fees for the University of Washington’s commencement events to charging attendees for parking as a pre-paid special event. Previously, the University’s commencement budget covered the costs associated with managing the parking and transportation system for commencement. However, increasing costs and constrained resources have necessitated generating revenue from parking to cover costs associated with parking and traffic management, including staffing, printing, a shuttle bus system, and costs associated with traffic police. Amending WAC 478–116–131 is required to make this change

Advance copies of the proposed WAC rule revisions may be obtained by contacting Rebecca Goodwin Deardorff, Director, Administrative Procedures Office, 4014 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105–6203; Campus Mail: Box 355509; or by phone at 206–543–9199. Copies will also be available at the public hearing.

Persons wishing to provide written comment may submit their remarks to Ms. Deardorff at the above address, by e-mail to adminpro@u.washington.edu, or by fax to 206–616–6294, by June 6.

To request disability accommodation for this hearing, contact the UW Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance of the event at: 206–543–6450/voice, 206–543–6452/TTY, 206–685–7264/fax, or by email at dso@u.washington.edu .


DEGREE EXAMS

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

General Examinations


  • Robert Lee Blanding, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. Bowen Conference Room, Fluke. (Prof. George Turkiyyah).
  • Eric Bright, History, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 24. 306 Smith. (Prof. Raymond Jonas).
  • Pamela Grace Samia Costes, Music, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 24. Fishbowl, Music. (Prof. Ter Ellingson).
  • Elizabeth Bronson Fischel, English, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Gail Stygall).
  • Carol Joan Frey, Anthropology, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 115 Denny. (Prof. Donald Grayson).
  • Gwen Marie Lanphere Gross, Chemistry, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 24. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. Robert Synovec).
  • Hoon Han, Economics, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. 230 Social Work/Speech. (Profs. Neil Bruce and Elaina Rose).
  • Chia-Yin Lin, Music, D.M.A. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 206 Music. (Prof. Craig Sheppard).
  • Noah Malmstadt, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 29. 322 Harris Hydraulics Lab. (Prof. Patrick Stayton).
  • Brian T. Mayers, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. 339 Chemistry. (Prof. Younan Xia).
  • Edwin K. McFall, Drama, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 24. 150 Hutchinson. (Prof. Sarah Bryant-Bertail).
  • Jonathan W. Moore, Zoology, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 502 Kincaid. (Prof. Daniel Schindler).
  • n Elliot Richard Ohannes, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Group, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Friday, May 24. 65 Communications. (Prof. Michael Williams).
  • Jong-Jin Park, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 134 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Minoru Taya).
  • William Edward Pedersen, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 259 Mechanical Engineering. (Prof. Mamidala Ramulu).
  • Kathleen Hughes Potter, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. T529 Health Sciences. (Prof. Sarah Shannon).
  • Melanie Rose Roberts, Neurobiology and Behavior, Ph.D. noon Friday, May 24. G522 Health Sciences. (Prof. Thomas Reh).
  • Shih-Chen Tseng, Music, D.M.A. 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30. 206 Music. (Prof. Craig Sheppard).
  • Toshie Ueda, Music, D.M.A. 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. 206 Music. (Prof. Craig Sheppard).
  • Jackson D. Ver Steeg, English, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Thursday, May 30. A101C Padelford. (Prof. Katherine Cummings).
  • Cuilin Zhang, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. F348 Health Sciences. (Prof. Michelle Williams).

Final Examinations


  • Corin Ross Anderson, Computer Science and Engineering, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 322 Sieg. “A machine learning approach to web personalization.” (Profs. Pedro Domingos and Dan Weld).
  • Arabinda Basistha, Economics, Ph.D. 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 29. 326 Savery. “Essays on monetary policy and the output gap in the U.S.” (Prof. Richard Startz).
  • Kyoung Ho Choi, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Thursday, May 30. M406 EE/CSE. “A framework for automatic creation of talking heads for multimedia applications.” (Prof. Jenq-Neng Hwang).
  • Ulrike Dusek, Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Friday, May 24. 064 Johnson. “Characterization of the marine boundary layer aerosol from north Atlantic and european soures: Physical and chemical properties and climate forcing parameters.” (Prof. David Covert).
  • Song Gao, Chemistry, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 102 Chemistry. “Laboratory studies and field measurements of organic compounds in tropospheric aerosols.” (Prof. Dean Hegg).
  • Sandra Lee Glover, Music, D.M.A. 9 a.m. Thursday, May 30. Conference Room, Music. “Bel Canto vs. vocal science: Examining the old masters through the works of Cornelius L. Reid.” (Prof. Julian Patrick).
  • Valerie Faye Hunt, Political Science, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 40 Smith. “Unfinished business: Explaining change in U.S. immigration policy 1947-1998.” (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  • Jarassri Jansaithong, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. noon Wednesday, May 29. T513 Health Sciences. “Northern Thai school-aged children pain experience: Pain descriptions and pain management strategies.” (Prof. Frances Munet-Vilaro).
  • Michael Robert Kellen, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 322 Harris Hydraulics. “A model for transcapillary fluid and solute exchange in cardiac tissue.” (Prof. James Bassingthwaighte).
  • Doyoung Kim, Economics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 302 Savery. “Essays on information acquisition and incentive compensation in organizations.” (Profs. Fahad Khalil and Jacques Lawarree).
  • William Joseph King, Individual Ph.D. Program, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Thursday, May 30. Bowen Conference Room, Fluke. “Toward the human-computer dyad.” (Prof. Thomas Furness).
  • Sang Il Lee, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, May 30. M406 EE/CSE. “Development of optically controlled microwave devices.” (Prof. Yasuo Kuga).
  • Sherry Lipsky, Public Health and Community Medicine – Epidemiology, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. F348 Health Sciences. “The relationship of police-reported intimate partner violence during pregnancy and maternal and neonatal health outcomes.” (Prof. Victoria Holt).
  • Edward Axel Miao, Microbiology, Ph.D. 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. T733 Health Sciences. “Identification and characterization of Salmonella typhimurium effector proteins translocated by the SPI1 and SPI2 type III secretion systems.” (Prof. Samuel Miller).
  • Nam Son Ngo-Viet, Urban Design and Planning Group, Ph.D. 2 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 410 Gould. “Integration of the shopping center with its surroundings: Redmond Town Center (Redmond, Washington).” (Prof. Anne Vernez Moudon).
  • William Wyatt Oswald, Forest Resources, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. 22 Anderson. “Holocene vegetational history of the central Arctic Foothills, Alaska.” (Prof. Linda Brubaker).
  • Shirley Elizabeth Palmer, Education, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 212 Miller. “Voices from Brickville High: Students’ perspectives on caring.” (Prof. Margaret Plecki).
  • Edna Jo Rector, Social Work, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Thursday, May 30. 210F Social Work/Speech. “Early Head Start: Home visiting and parenting group program uptake-An implementation study.” (Prof. Susan Kemp).
  • Elizabeth Ann Scharf, Anthropology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Friday, May 24. 402 Denny. “Long-term interactions between climate, vegetation, humans, and fire in Eastern Washington.” (Prof. Donald Grayson).
  • Diane Marie Scoville, Education, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. 402 Miller. “A framework for exploring counselors’ anti-queer biases.” (Prof. Jerald Forster).
  • Jack Wilson Stokes, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Thursday, May 30. 253-I EE/CSE. “Saddle point evaluation of communications systems over ideal and wireless channels.” (Prof. James Ritcey).
  • Tracy Elizabeth Sulkin, Political Science, Ph.D. 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. 40 Smith. “Rethinking responsiveness: Campaign themes, legislative agendas, and the politics of issue uptake.” (Prof. Bryan Jones).
  • Clarissa Scarburgh Thompson, Education, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Thursday, May 30. 216 Miller. “Pedagogy and prospective teachers: Teaching and learning in undergraduate English coursework.” (Prof. Samuel Wineburg).
  • Stuart L. Turner, Industrial Engineering, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 28. Bowen Conference Room, Fluke. “Coupling retinal scanning displays to the human visual system: Visual system response and engineering considerations.” (Prof. Thomas Furness).
  • Gabriel Jesse Webster, Linguistics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, May 24. 120 Clark. “Toward a psychologically and computationally adequate model of speech perception.” (Prof. Richard Wright).
  • Benjamin Franklin Williams, Astronomy, Ph.D. noon Thursday, May 30. C520 Physics/Astronomy. “The Steller populations of the M31 disk.” (Prof. Paul Hodge).
  • Heather-Marie Porterfield Wilson, Pathology, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. D209 Health Sciences. “The role of an insulin-like growth factor binding protein in breast cancer.” (Prof. Karen Swisshelm).
  • Hairong Yan, Anthropology, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 28. M40 Denny. “Development, contradictions, and the specter of disposability: Rural migrant women in search of self-development in post-Mao China.” (Prof. Ann Anagnost).