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From a robotic arm that learns how to pick up new objects in real time, to a model that converts 2D videos into 3D virtual reality, to a curious chatbot that adapts to its users, to machine learning techniques for decoding the brain (and so much more), the 2025 edition of the annual Research Showcase and Open House highlighted the breadth and depth of computing innovation coming out of the Allen School. Read more →
November 6, 2025
On Friday, June 13, an estimated 5,000 friends, family, faculty and staff packed the Alaska Airlines Arena in the University of Washington’s Hec Edmundson Pavilion to celebrate the Allen School’s graduating class of 2025. While the date invited superstition, the evening was full of jubilation as roughly 800 graduates collected their commemorative diplomas, flipped their tassels and made the transition from Allen School students to Allen School alumni — accompanied by words of wisdom and inspiration from Trish Millines Dziko, co-founder and executive director of the Technology Access Foundation (TAF). Read more →
June 25, 2025
The Computing Research Association (CRA) honored a group of undergraduate students from across the country who have made notable contributions to the computing research field. Four Allen School undergraduates received honorable mentions in the CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards competition for their research ranging from improving farmers’ networks to help sell their products to developing innovative ways for children to interact with technology
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January 31, 2025
A team of researchers in the Allen School’s UbiComp Lab and UW School of Medicine developed the app FeverPhone that turns smartphones into thermometers without the need for additional hardware. The research, which was originally published in the Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies, received an IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award at the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing/International Symposium on Wearable Computing (UbiComp/ISWC) in October.
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December 10, 2024
In honor of the late Allen School professor Gaetano Borriello, whose work focused on applying mobile technologies to tackle issues of global equity and social and environmental justice, the ubiquitous computing community each year recognizes Ph.D. students who are following in his footsteps. This year, those footsteps led back to the Allen School when Ph.D. student Anandghan Waghmare won the 2024 Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award at the ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing/International Symposium on Wearable Computing. Read more →
November 25, 2024
While the Allen School’s annual Research Showcase and Open House highlights both the breadth and depth of computing innovation at the state’s flagship university, the 2024 event at the University of Washington last week had a decidedly AI flavor. From a presentation on advances in AI for medicine, to technical sessions devoted to topics such as safety and sustainability, to the over 100 student research projects featured at the evening poster session, the school’s work to advance the foundations of AI and its ever-expanding range of applications took center stage. Read more →
November 8, 2024
When it comes to the field of human-computer interaction, University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel aims, in his own words, “to think outside the box and challenge existing assumptions.” Patel has repeatedly put that philosophy into practice, inventing entirely new areas of research — and even new industries — in the process. Last week, the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Human Interaction inducted Patel into the SIGCHI Academy in honor of his trailblazing contributions in health, sustainability and interaction research. Read more →
May 24, 2024
New approaches to finetuning large language models that decrease computational burden while enhancing performance. A robotic arm that safely delivers a forkful of food to someone's mouth. A system that combines wireless earbuds and algorithms into a low-cost hearing screening tool. These are just a sample of the nearly 60 projects that were on display during the Allen School’s Research Showcase and Open House last week. The display capped off a day-long celebration of computing innovations that are advancing the field and benefiting society. Nearly 300 Industry Affiliate partners, alumni and friends participated in the event, which included sessions devoted to computer science ethics, intelligent transportation, computing for sustainability, computing for health, natural language processing and more. Read more →
November 21, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) recognized seven Allen School students as part of its 2023 Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition. The NSF GRFP supports students for their potential to demonstrate excellence and innovation in teaching and research early in their careers. The students — six graduate students and one undergraduate student — were recognized in the Comp/IS/Eng or Engineering categories. Read more →
May 16, 2023
Six Allen School students were recently named to the 2023 class of the Husky 100, an honor recognizing undergraduate and graduate students who are making the most of their time at the University of Washington. Husky 100 students make connections in and out of the classroom, making a positive impact on campus and in their communities. This year’s Allen School inductees are living those values, proving Huskies are stronger when in a pack. Read more →
May 8, 2023
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