Allen School Ph.D. candidate Kira Goldner has received a Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the National Science Foundation to advance her work on algorithmic mechanism design for social good. Goldner, who works with professor Anna Karlin in the Allen School’s Theory of Computation group, will take up a postdoc position hosted by professor Tim Roughgarden at Columbia University following her graduation from the University of Washington this spring.
Throughout her studies, Goldner has often focused on theoretical problems… Read more →
UW and Microsoft researchers demonstrate digital microfluidics automation for scaling DNA data storage
Allen School researchers earn Most Impact Paper Award at IUI 2019 for SUPPLE interface rendering system
Shwetak Patel receives prestigious ACM Prize in Computing for groundbreaking contributions in low-power sensing and mobile health
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 →