According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, an estimated 3.8 million sports-related concussions occur in this country alone — and roughly half of those go undiagnosed. Researchers in the Allen School’s UbiComp Lab and UW Medicine hope to reduce that risk and make sports safer by developing PupilScreen, a tool for measuring whether someone has suffered concussion by means of a smartphone app.
Currently, coaches and parents rely on subjective assessments like asking athletes questions or having them… Read more →
Snap a selfie, screen for pancreatic cancer with new app from UW researchers
They say that the eyes are a window to the soul; with a new smartphone app developed by researchers at the University of Washington, they are now also a window to one’s health. Members of the Allen School’s UbiComp Lab, working with clinicians at UW Medicine, developed BiliScreen to enable anyone to snap a selfie and get screened for pancreatic cancer. The app detects adult jaundice — an early symptom of the disease — to enable more timely… Read more →
Allen School professor Franziska Roesner recognized with TR35 Award
Allen School professor Franziska Roesner has been recognized with a 2017 TR35 Award, MIT Technology Review’s annual celebration of the world’s 35 top innovators under the age of 35. Roesner is honored in the “Inventors” category, recognizing the visionary individuals who are creating the breakthroughs and building the technologies that will shape the future.
Roesner co-directs the Allen School’s Security and Privacy Research Lab, where she analyzes the security and privacy risks of existing and emerging technologies… Read more →
Allen School and Microsoft Research gather leading researchers to envision the future of IoT
A group of leading researchers from academia and industry are gathered in Snoqualmie, Washington this week to explore the future direction of one of the fastest-growing areas of computing innovation: the Internet of Things. Organized by the Allen School and Microsoft Research, the 2017 Summer Institute: Unpacking the Future of IoT aims to foster new ideas, collaborations, and excitement around emerging technologies that will touch every part of our lives.
The Internet of Things is already having a profound impact… Read more →
Allen School set to amplify UW’s leadership in human-computer interaction with new hires Jennifer Mankoff and Jon Froehlich
The University of Washington is preparing to welcome outstanding new faculty hires who will bolster its reputation as a center of human-computer interaction research and teaching. Two of the impending arrivals, Jennifer Mankoff and Jon Froehlich, will join the Allen School faculty in advancing solutions to society’s greatest challenges, focusing on accessibility, education, health, sustainability, and more.
Jennifer Mankoff will join the Allen School as the Richard E. Ladner Endowed Professor in Computer Science & Engineering. She is currently a… Read more →
Wait! Who’s driving the CSE2 tower crane?!?!
Check out the live webcams here, here, and here. Learn about the project here.… Read more →
Allen School faculty and alumni honored at the 2017 GeekWire Awards
Last night was the annual GeekWire Awards bash, where everyone who’s anyone in local tech assembles to celebrate the best of the Northwest in entrepreneurship and innovation. A number of people and companies with connections to the Allen School were nominated for awards, which are decided by popular vote. At the end of the evening, Allen School professor Ed Lazowska emerged from an impressive field of nominees to take home the Geek of the Year trophy, while alum Andrew Putnam… Read more →
Vote by Friday for Allen School nominees in the 2017 GeekWire Awards!
Only one more day to stuff the ballot box for Allen School nominees in the 2017 GeekWire Awards competition:
Deal of the Year: Impinj (Chris Diorio) or Turi (Carlos Guestrin) – let your conscience be your guide!
Geek of the Year: Ed Lazowska
Hire of the Year: Tim Prouty (alum)
Innovation of the Year: Microsoft Project Catapult (alum Andrew Putnam and Affiliate Professor Doug Burger)
App of the Year: Senosis Health (Shwetak Patel)… Read more →
Six Allen School faculty members win NSF CAREER Awards
The Paul G. Allen School at the University of Washington is celebrating an unprecedented total of six NSF CAREER Awards earned by faculty members in 2017. The National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program is the agency’s most prestigious category of awards and is designed to recognize and support junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars and successfully integrate education and research. The six recipients are engaged in research that will advance core and emerging areas, with projects… Read more →
UW CSE professor Ali Farhadi and Ph.D. alum Jon Froehlich win Sloan Research Fellowships
UW CSE professor Ali Farhadi and Ph.D. alum Jon Froehlich have been recognized with 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships. The fellowships are granted by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to support outstanding early-career researchers who represent the next generation of scientific leaders. Fellows are nominated by their peers and selected to receive one of these prestigious awards by an independent panel of senior scholars based on their demonstrated potential to make significant contributions in their respective fields.
“The Sloan Research… Read more →