 <b>These programs provide a first-rate education to Washington residents</b>. The University of Washington Department of Computer Science &amp; Engineering is ranked among the top ten programs in the nation, both for the quality of its graduate/research programs and for the quality of its undergraduate programs. UW CSE faculty member <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/salesin/">David Salesin</a> teaches <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/457/">computer graphics</a> to undergraduates in a <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/457/info/indylab/">state-of-the-art instructional laboratory</a> equipped with $350,000 of equipment donated by Silicon Graphics, Inc., in response to Salesin's research contributions and curricular innovations. Undergraduates who excel in this course become Salesin's teaching assistants and research assistants -- of Salesin's 9 most recent research publications (as of Spring 1996), 5 were co-authored with undergraduates. Salesin has just finished teaching a course in <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/490ani/">computer animation</a> to multi-disciplinary teams of undergraduates drawn from Art, Music, and Computer Science &amp; Engineering in a <a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/courses/490ani/info/la2.html">second state-of-the-art instructional laboratory</a> equipped with $450,000 of equipment donated by Silicon Graphics, Inc., in response to a proposal from Salesin, Art Professor Shawn Brixey, and Music Professor Richard Karpen. Professional animators Ronen Barzel from Pixar and Annabella Serra from Rainsound co-taught the course, augmented by 7 guest lecturers from the animation industry. This is the kind of education that the University of Washington strives to provide. <p>
