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Stories about the Allen School’s people, research and impact.
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January 8, 2025 -
College of Engineering
Not Afraid of Falling, a new installation in the Gates Center by mixed-media artist Glenn Kaino, appears to be suspended in time and space. But it does, in fact, move — a clever feat of art and engineering that offers an homage to robotics and a subtle meditation on the rewards of perseverance.
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January 7, 2025 -
Allen School News
Asai, a Ph.D. student in the Allen School’s H2Lab, was recognized for her pioneering work tackling the major limitations of large language models, making them increasingly useful to more people. The IU35 Japan award honors young innovators who are “working to solve global problems.”
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December 18, 2024 -
Allen School News
The student group GEN1, formed in 2020, helps first-generation students find community, connect with resources at the Allen School and University of Washington and more — all with the goal of enhancing and celebrating the first-gen experience.
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December 18, 2024 -
UW News
In this Q&A, Allen School professor Natasha Jaques explains how a new training method called variational preference learning, or VPL, can enable AI systems from ChatGPT to robots to better reflect users’ diverse values.
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December 17, 2024 -
Allen School News
Professor Gollakota, who leads the Allen School's Mobile Intelligence Lab, received the 2024 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science for his research that uses artificial intelligence to change the way we think about speech and audio.
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December 10, 2024 -
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.
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November 18, 2024 -
UW News
In this Q&A, Allen School professor Sheng Wang talks about his work on a new medical AI model, BiomedParse, that works across nine different types of medical images to better predict systemic diseases. Clinicians can load images into the system and ask questions in plain English.
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October 23, 2024 -
UW News
Researchers in the Makeability Lab developed MobiPrint, a 3D printer that can map a room and generate objects on demand — from accessibility enhancements to a custom cat food bowl.
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October 1, 2024 -
MacArthur Foundation
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.
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September 25, 2024 -
GeekWire
OctoAI, a UW startup that sells tools to help build and run generative AI models more efficiently, has been acquired by chip giant Nvidia. Allen School professor and OctoAI co-founder Luis Ceze joined Nvidia following the deal, which is the latest AI-related acquisition for the chipmaker.