University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel has been named the recipient of the 2018 ACM Prize in Computing from the Association for Computing Machinery. Patel, who holds a joint appointment in the Paul G. Allen School and the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and also leads a team at Google, is being honored by the ACM for “contributions to creative and practical sensing systems for sustainability and health.” The ACM Prize in Computing recognizes early or mid-career computer scientists… Read more →
With AIControl, Allen School researchers replace biological experiments with artificial intelligence to better understand the human genome
The Allen School remembers friend and colleague Vikram Jandhyala
The University of Washington community mourns the loss of our friend and colleague, Vikram Jandhyala, a committed educator, innovator, and entrepreneurial leader who made a lasting impact on our campus culture and the community. In addition to his teaching and research, Jandhyala left his mark through his tireless efforts to mentor faculty and students and help translate research into real-world impact via UW CoMotion. He will also be remembered for his enthusiastic leadership of new and innovative partnerships… Read more →
Allen School’s TVM deep-learning compiler framework transitions to Apache
The team behind the Allen School’s TVM framework, an end-to-end compiler stack which enables the rapid deployment of deep learning on a variety of platforms and devices, is marking a new milestone in the project’s development with its transition to the non-profit Apache Software Foundation.
The Apache open-source developer community focuses on incubating open-source software projects for the public good. By adding TVM to its incubator portfolio, Apache will ensure that the already popular framework will continue… Read more →
Venkatesh Potluri recognized with 2019 Google Lime Scholarship
Allen School Ph.D. student Venkatesh Potluri has earned a 2019 Google Lime Scholarship, which recognizes and supports students with disabilities who demonstrate the qualities of leadership, commitment to academic excellence, and passion for computer science and technology. Potluri, who is blind, is in his first year at the Allen School working on human-computer interaction (HCI) and accessibility research as a member of both the Makeability Lab and Make4All Group.
While most fledgling Ph.D. students ease into research in… Read more →
Richard Ladner earns Best Paper Award at SIGCSE 2019 for efforts to improve accessibility of computer science curriculum
Minjoon Seo recognized with 2019 Facebook Fellowship
Allen School Ph.D. student Minjoon Seo has earned a 2019 Facebook Fellowship for his research in artificial intelligence and natural language processing. Seo develops systems for end-to-end question answering, reasoning-based question answering, and scalable deep-learning architectures in collaboration with Hanna Hajishirzi and Ali Farhadi, professors at the Allen School and researchers at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI2).
“Minjoon is a rising star in NLP and has made substantial contributions to the field of question answering, one of… Read more →
Allen School undergraduates recognized for excellence in research
Each year, the Computing Research Association (CRA) recognizes rising young research talent at colleges and universities across North America through its Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards. As part of its 2019 competition, the CRA honored four Allen School undergraduates — Nelson Liu, Kimberly Ruth, Pathirat Kosakanchit, and Rowan Phipps — for their contributions in natural language processing, security and privacy, and technology for development and for demonstrating the potential to have an even greater impact in their future careers.
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Alvin Cheung and Shayan Oveis Gharan named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows
Allen School professors Alvin Cheung and Shayan Oveis Gharan were named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows in Computer Science by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The prestigious Sloan Research Fellowship Program recognizes early-career scientists and engineers who have already distinguished themselves through their research and exhibit the potential to make substantial contributions in their respective fields.
Alvin Cheung engages in cross-disciplinary research as a member of the Allen School’s Database and Programming Languages & Software Engineering groups. In his young career,… Read more →