Allen School News
Researchers in the UbiComp Lab and UW Medicine earned an IMWUT Distinguished Paper Award for their work on an app that turns a smartphone into a thermometer.
Lavender Accent
Professor Hanna Hajishirzi named among GeekWire’s “Uncommon Thinkers”
Hajishirzi, who is also senior director of NLP research at the Allen Institute for AI, was recognized for driving positive change in the world through her work on open-source language models.
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AI headphones create “sound bubbles” in noisy environments
Researchers in the Allen School’s Mobile Intelligence Lab have developed a prototype that uses artificial intelligence to selectively amplify and suppress sound beyond conventional noise-canceling capabilities.
Gold Accent
Anandghan Waghmare earns Gaetano Borriello Outstanding Student Award
Waghmare, a member of the Allen School’s UbiComp Lab, was honored for his work leveraging and extending the sensing capabilities of smart devices for health screening, user interaction and more.
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Allen School and Microsoft introduce “search engine” for medical images
In a Q&A with UW News, professor Sheng Wang explained how they used generative AI to create BiomedParse, a tool for analyzing different types of medical imaging to detect systemic diseases.
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Professor Shyam Gollakota receives 2024 InfoSys Prize
Gollakota, head of the Allen School's Mobile Intelligence Lab, was honored for his work on smartphone-based health care tools, battery-free computing, and AI for augmenting human auditory sensing.
Gold Accent
Allen School team enables 3D printing on the go
Makeability Lab researchers introduced MobiPrint, a robotic 3D printer that maps a room and prints objects on location, on demand — from aesthetic enhancements to accessibility features.
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Alum Nicola Dell (Ph.D., ‘15) named MacArthur Fellow
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation honored the Allen School alum with a "genius grant" for her work on technology interventions to address the needs of overlooked populations.
