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$10M gift from Charles and Lisa Simonyi establishes AI@UW to advance artificial intelligence and emerging technologies
The University of Washington today announced a foundational $10 million gift from philanthropists Charles and Lisa Simonyi to support groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and emerging...
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#UWAllen prof @nlpnoah.bsky.social will be the new vice provost for artificial intelligence and Charles & Lisa Simonyi Endowed Chair for Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies thanks to a $10M gift supporting @uofwa.bsky.social's global leadership in #AI. www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
In 2015, @jheer.org and #UWAllen @idl.uw.edu colleagues unveiled Voyager, a tool that automatically recommends visualizations to aid users exploring datasets. They received the @ieeevis.bsky.social InfoVis 10-Year Test of Time Award for that work. #UWInnovates news.cs.washington.edu/2025/11/19/a...
Allen School professor Jeffrey Heer receives InfoVis Test of Time Award for creating Voyager visualization tool for more efficient data exploration - Allen School News
To help make datasets easier to understand and examine, in 2015, a team of researchers led by Allen School professor Jeffrey Heer introduced Voyager, a system that automatically generates and recommen...
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November 21, 2025 at 8:20 PM
In 2015, @jheer.org and #UWAllen @idl.uw.edu colleagues unveiled Voyager, a tool that automatically recommends visualizations to aid users exploring datasets. They received the @ieeevis.bsky.social InfoVis 10-Year Test of Time Award for that work. #UWInnovates news.cs.washington.edu/2025/11/19/a...
An #AI job apocalypse on the horizon? @uofwa.bsky.social President Robert Jones doesn’t think so. “AI is just an amazing tool, and we’re doing work here to try to make sure that our students are getting as comprehensive an education as possible.” Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/new-uw-...
New UW President Robert Jones aims to dispel ‘job apocalypse’ fears and prep every grad for an AI future
UW President Robert Jones wants to expand computer science access for undergraduates and build new public-private partnerships to tackle society's grand challenges.
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November 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
An #AI job apocalypse on the horizon? @uofwa.bsky.social President Robert Jones doesn’t think so. “AI is just an amazing tool, and we’re doing work here to try to make sure that our students are getting as comprehensive an education as possible.” Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/new-uw-...
#UWAllen prof @nlpnoah.bsky.social will be the new vice provost for artificial intelligence and Charles & Lisa Simonyi Endowed Chair for Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies thanks to a $10M gift supporting @uofwa.bsky.social's global leadership in #AI. www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
$10M gift from Charles and Lisa Simonyi establishes AI@UW to advance artificial intelligence and emerging technologies
The University of Washington today announced a foundational $10 million gift from philanthropists Charles and Lisa Simonyi to support groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence and emerging...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#UWAllen prof @nlpnoah.bsky.social will be the new vice provost for artificial intelligence and Charles & Lisa Simonyi Endowed Chair for Artificial Intelligence & Emerging Technologies thanks to a $10M gift supporting @uofwa.bsky.social's global leadership in #AI. www.washington.edu/news/2025/11...
Join us today at 3:30 pm PST at @uofwa.bsky.social or online for our first Distinguished Lecture of 2025-26, featuring @hoifungpoon.bsky.social of @msftresearch.bsky.social on “Learning the Language of Patients: Multimodal Generative #AI for Precision Health." www.cs.washington.edu/news-events/...
November 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Join us today at 3:30 pm PST at @uofwa.bsky.social or online for our first Distinguished Lecture of 2025-26, featuring @hoifungpoon.bsky.social of @msftresearch.bsky.social on “Learning the Language of Patients: Multimodal Generative #AI for Precision Health." www.cs.washington.edu/news-events/...
To mark the National First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8, we asked @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen students and faculty to share their experience being first and what advice they have for others on their #FirstGen journey. #CelebrateFirstGen #UWFirstGen news.cs.washington.edu/2025/11/10/f...
First-gen Allen School students and faculty reflect on finding their footing and what it means to be first - Allen School News
At the Allen School, 22% of Fall 2025 undergraduate students are first generation, or one of the first in their family to pursue a bachelor’s degree. For first-gen students, navigating the twists and ...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
To mark the National First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8, we asked @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen students and faculty to share their experience being first and what advice they have for others on their #FirstGen journey. #CelebrateFirstGen #UWFirstGen news.cs.washington.edu/2025/11/10/f...
Attendees at #UWAllen's Research Showcase this week got a peek at exciting projects our researchers are working on in #AI, #HCI, #robotics and more — and a new initiative tackling a set of grand challenges where we are uniquely positioned to lead. Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/inside-...
Inside the UW Allen School: Six ‘grand challenges’ shaping the future of computer science
The University of Washington’s Allen School is tackling six “grand challenges” in computer science — from AI and education to health and sustainability. At its annual research showcase, students and f...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Attendees at #UWAllen's Research Showcase this week got a peek at exciting projects our researchers are working on in #AI, #HCI, #robotics and more — and a new initiative tackling a set of grand challenges where we are uniquely positioned to lead. Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/inside-...
This year’s @technologyreview.com #TR35 Asia Pacific features a trio of #UWAllen researchers: Professors Simon Shaolei Du & @ranjaykrishna.bsky.social and Ph.D. alum @sewonm.bsky.social! Read about their contributions to #AI, #LLMs, computer vision and more: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/29/a...
Allen School News » Allen School faculty and alum recognized in MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific
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October 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This year’s @technologyreview.com #TR35 Asia Pacific features a trio of #UWAllen researchers: Professors Simon Shaolei Du & @ranjaykrishna.bsky.social and Ph.D. alum @sewonm.bsky.social! Read about their contributions to #AI, #LLMs, computer vision and more: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/29/a...
From air travel to social media, network outages can be chaotic and costly. #UWAllen's @ratul.bsky.social received the 2025 #SIGCOMM #Networking Systems Award for his work on Batfish, a network configuration analysis tool to prevent disruptions. #FacultyFriday news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/08/a...
Allen School professor Ratul Mahajan receives SIGCOMM Network Systems Award for making networks more secure and reliable with Batfish - Allen School News
To help network engineers and operators ensure that their networks operate exactly as they intend, Allen School professor and alum Ratul Mahajan (Ph.D., ‘05) and his collaborators introduced Batfish, ...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
From air travel to social media, network outages can be chaotic and costly. #UWAllen's @ratul.bsky.social received the 2025 #SIGCOMM #Networking Systems Award for his work on Batfish, a network configuration analysis tool to prevent disruptions. #FacultyFriday news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/08/a...
Congratulations to @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s Zhihan Zhang on earning a Google PhD Fellowship for his work on #AI agents that turn sensor data into actionable insights for improving health and well-being, with a focus on #sustainability. #HuskyExperience #HCI #PhDlife blog.google/outreach-ini...
October 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Congratulations to @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s Zhihan Zhang on earning a Google PhD Fellowship for his work on #AI agents that turn sensor data into actionable insights for improving health and well-being, with a focus on #sustainability. #HuskyExperience #HCI #PhDlife blog.google/outreach-ini...
We're proud to have 7 #UWAllen Ph.D. students named among the inaugural cohort of #AmazonAIFellowship recipients at @uofwa.bsky.social! Their research will drive the future of #AI innovation to solve real-world problems: www.amazon.science/news/amazon-... #HuskyExperience #AIforGood 1/2
Amazon launches $68 million AI PhD Fellowship program
Initiative will fund over 100 doctoral students researching machine learning, computer vision, and natural-language processing at nine universities.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
We're proud to have 7 #UWAllen Ph.D. students named among the inaugural cohort of #AmazonAIFellowship recipients at @uofwa.bsky.social! Their research will drive the future of #AI innovation to solve real-world problems: www.amazon.science/news/amazon-... #HuskyExperience #AIforGood 1/2
#UWAllen alum @akariasai.bsky.social spent her #HuskyExperience advancing techniques to reduce #LLM hallucinations. Currently a research scientist at @ai2.bsky.social, she was recently named among @technologyreview.com’s 35 Innovators Under 35: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/02/p... #TR35 #AI #NLP
Ph.D. alum Akari Asai recognized as one of MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 for reducing LLM hallucinations - Allen School News
Despite their increasing potential and popularity, LLMs can often get facts wrong or even combine tidbits of information into a nonsensical response, also known as hallucinations. For Akari Asai (Ph.D...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#UWAllen alum @akariasai.bsky.social spent her #HuskyExperience advancing techniques to reduce #LLM hallucinations. Currently a research scientist at @ai2.bsky.social, she was recently named among @technologyreview.com’s 35 Innovators Under 35: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/10/02/p... #TR35 #AI #NLP
Three(!!!) @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen students were among the recipients of 2025 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships this summer. The winning teams are advancing user-scheduled programming languages and multi-modal #AI agents, respectively. #ResearchMakesAmerica
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Two Allen School teams receive Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships to advance research in programming languages and AI - Allen School News
Each year, Qualcomm recognizes exceptional Ph.D. students with the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship. Two of this year’s winning teams from North America featured Allen School Ph.D. students. Andrew Alex...
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September 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Three(!!!) @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen students were among the recipients of 2025 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowships this summer. The winning teams are advancing user-scheduled programming languages and multi-modal #AI agents, respectively. #ResearchMakesAmerica
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“Technology is never culturally neutral.” #UWAllen professor @katharinareinecke.bsky.social had her own experience of “digital culture shock” early in her career, which inspired her future research direction and her new book from @princetonupress.bsky.social: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09... 1/2
Q&A: UW professor’s book explores how ‘technology is never culturally neutral’
In her new book, Katharina Reinecke explores how
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September 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Technology is never culturally neutral.” #UWAllen professor @katharinareinecke.bsky.social had her own experience of “digital culture shock” early in her career, which inspired her future research direction and her new book from @princetonupress.bsky.social: www.washington.edu/news/2025/09... 1/2
If you’re fascinated by the intersection of technology & culture, #UWAllen professor @katharinareinecke.bsky.social will talk about her new book, “Digital Culture Shock,” at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe in Seattle on Tue., Sept. 23: adasbooks.com/event/2025-0... #AI #HCI @princetonupress.bsky.social
AUTHOR TALK: Digital Culture Shock with Katharina Reinecke
Ada's Technical Books & Cafe is Seattle's technical bookstore. We build community through science minded literature, a vegetarian cafe, specialty coffee, coworking, and an intimate event venue. Our co...
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September 11, 2025 at 11:15 PM
If you’re fascinated by the intersection of technology & culture, #UWAllen professor @katharinareinecke.bsky.social will talk about her new book, “Digital Culture Shock,” at Ada’s Technical Books & Cafe in Seattle on Tue., Sept. 23: adasbooks.com/event/2025-0... #AI #HCI @princetonupress.bsky.social
Medical #AI errors “can directly impact people’s health and even determine life-altering outcomes.” In @natrevbioeng.nature.com, @chanwoo-kim.bsky.social @sohamgadgil.bsky.social & @suinlee.bsky.social discuss the importance of transparency in medical models. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
Q&A: Transparency in medical AI systems is vital, UW researchers say
In a recent paper, University of Washington researchers argue that a key standard for deploying medical AI is transparency — that is, using various methods to clarify how a medical AI system arrives.....
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September 11, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Medical #AI errors “can directly impact people’s health and even determine life-altering outcomes.” In @natrevbioeng.nature.com, @chanwoo-kim.bsky.social @sohamgadgil.bsky.social & @suinlee.bsky.social discuss the importance of transparency in medical models. www.washington.edu/news/2025/09...
To help moderators make data-driven decisions on what rules are best for their online communities, #UWAllen researchers conducted the largest-to-date analysis of 67,000+ Reddit rules—and earned the @icwsm.bsky.social Best Paper Award. #ResearchMakesAmerica #HCI news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/10/a...
Allen School researchers receive ICWSM Best Paper Award for analyzing how Reddit rules influence online community outcomes - Allen School News
Rules are vital for building a safe and healthy functioning online community, and Reddit is no exception. For community moderators, however, it can be difficult to make data-driven decisions on what r...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:51 PM
To help moderators make data-driven decisions on what rules are best for their online communities, #UWAllen researchers conducted the largest-to-date analysis of 67,000+ Reddit rules—and earned the @icwsm.bsky.social Best Paper Award. #ResearchMakesAmerica #HCI news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/10/a...
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UW computer science leaders push back on AI job fears: ‘The sky is not falling’ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uw-computer-science-leaders-push-back-on-ai-job-fears-the-sky-is-not-falling/
September 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
UW computer science leaders push back on AI job fears: ‘The sky is not falling’ https://www.geekwire.com/2025/uw-computer-science-leaders-push-back-on-ai-job-fears-the-sky-is-not-falling/
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Nothing more fun than working with brilliant students, @uwcse.bsky.social @chanwoo-kim.bsky.social & @sohamgadgil.bsky.social, on our Nature Reviews bioeng. paper!🎉We review challenges & opportunities for making medical AI trustworthy through transparency in data, models & deployment.
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September 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Nothing more fun than working with brilliant students, @uwcse.bsky.social @chanwoo-kim.bsky.social & @sohamgadgil.bsky.social, on our Nature Reviews bioeng. paper!🎉We review challenges & opportunities for making medical AI trustworthy through transparency in data, models & deployment.
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"The sky is not falling": With all the chatter about computer science graduates and employment in the #AI era, professors Magda Balazinska and @dangrossmanseattle.bsky.social examine the myths and realities surrounding AI and the prospects for #UWAllen majors. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/09/m...
MythBusters, computer science edition
There has been a lot of chatter about new computer science graduates and employment in the AI era. Professors Magdalena Balazinska and Dan Grossman examine the myths and realities surrounding AI and t...
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September 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
"The sky is not falling": With all the chatter about computer science graduates and employment in the #AI era, professors Magda Balazinska and @dangrossmanseattle.bsky.social examine the myths and realities surrounding AI and the prospects for #UWAllen majors. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/09/09/m...
When it comes to #AI, “much of this technology is not yet ready for primetime,” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social said. But as a self-professed optimist, he believes we can—and should—maximize its positive uses and help all students to become fluent in it. tvw.org/video/inside...
Inside Olympia - TVW
On the season premiere of Inside Olympia, Austin Jenkins interviews Ed Lazowska, the Bill and Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus in Computer Science and
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September 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When it comes to #AI, “much of this technology is not yet ready for primetime,” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social said. But as a self-professed optimist, he believes we can—and should—maximize its positive uses and help all students to become fluent in it. tvw.org/video/inside...
Companies are pouring billions into humanoid #robotics. In a new @spectrum.ieee.org op-ed, #UWAllen professor @mayacakmak.bsky.social wonders whether people would really welcome such robots into their homes — and looks forward to taking one for a spin for science. spectrum.ieee.org/home-humanoi...
Do People Really Want Humanoid Robots in Their Homes?
Investors are pouring billions into humanoid robots, but do people actually want them in their homes?
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September 4, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Companies are pouring billions into humanoid #robotics. In a new @spectrum.ieee.org op-ed, #UWAllen professor @mayacakmak.bsky.social wonders whether people would really welcome such robots into their homes — and looks forward to taking one for a spin for science. spectrum.ieee.org/home-humanoi...
In 2011, a team of #UWAllen and @ucsandiego.bsky.social researchers showed how they could remotely hack into a car. Their work inspired new motor vehicle security standards to put the brakes on cyberattacks—and earned a #USENIX2025 Test of Time Award. #UWserves news.cs.washington.edu/2025/08/26/a...
Allen School and UCSD teams earn Test of Time award for making automobiles safer from cyberattacks - Allen School News
Back in 2011, a team of University of Washington and University of California San Diego researchers published a paper detailing how they could remotely hack into and take control of a pair of 2009 Che...
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August 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In 2011, a team of #UWAllen and @ucsandiego.bsky.social researchers showed how they could remotely hack into a car. Their work inspired new motor vehicle security standards to put the brakes on cyberattacks—and earned a #USENIX2025 Test of Time Award. #UWserves news.cs.washington.edu/2025/08/26/a...
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Do walkable cities prompt people to take more steps, or do people who want to walk tend to live in more pedestrian-friendly cities?
New research from @uwcse.bsky.social found that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking.
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New research from @uwcse.bsky.social found that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking.
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August 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Do walkable cities prompt people to take more steps, or do people who want to walk tend to live in more pedestrian-friendly cities?
New research from @uwcse.bsky.social found that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking.
More: bit.ly/4lNxFKh
New research from @uwcse.bsky.social found that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking.
More: bit.ly/4lNxFKh
#UWAllen @uofwa.bsky.social alum Aatish Parson has hit a few bumps in the road since graduation—all the better for building his #AI driven app, CivicScan, that detects potholes and other issues to smooth the way for improved road maintenance. Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/eyes-an...
Eyes, and AI, on the road: UW grad’s platform scans for pavement defects to speed repair, lower costs
Aatish Parson of Redmond, Wash., with the car he uses to drive around and scan roads for cracks and potholes with an AI-powered platform he built called
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August 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#UWAllen @uofwa.bsky.social alum Aatish Parson has hit a few bumps in the road since graduation—all the better for building his #AI driven app, CivicScan, that detects potholes and other issues to smooth the way for improved road maintenance. Via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/eyes-an...
“Advances in #AI are going to impact employment in many sectors, and everybody needs to be aware.” #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social spoke to @kuow.org about how the “alarmist gloom and doom” around tech employment and the prospects for #CS majors is misplaced: www.kuow.org/stories/does...
Does your computer science degree still guarantee you a high-paying job?
For college students, saying you majored in computer science used to be code for a six-figure salary and job stability. Now some fear those days are behind us.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Advances in #AI are going to impact employment in many sectors, and everybody needs to be aware.” #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social spoke to @kuow.org about how the “alarmist gloom and doom” around tech employment and the prospects for #CS majors is misplaced: www.kuow.org/stories/does...