Allen School researchers are at the forefront of exciting developments in AI spanning machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics and more.
We cultivate a deeper understanding of the science and potential impact of rapidly evolving technologies, such as large language models and generative AI, while developing practical tools for their ethical and responsible application in a variety of domains — from biomedical research and disaster response, to autonomous vehicles and urban planning.
Groups & Labs
RAIVN Lab
The Reasoning, AI, and VisioN (RAIVN) Lab directed by Prof. Ali Farhadi and Prof. Ranjay Krishna focuses at the intersection of computer vision, machine learning, natural language processing and robotics and is targeted towards helping computers…
Social RL Lab
The Social RL Lab aims to leverage social information in human-AI and multi-agent interactions to enable AI to learn complex behavior, rapidly adapt to new circumstances and cooperate to achieve joint goals—similarly to how humans and animals learn.
Faculty Members
Centers & Initiatives
Society + Technology
Society + Technology is a cross-campus, cross-disciplinary initiative and community at the University of Washington that is dedicated to research, teaching and learning focused on the social, societal and justice dimensions of technology.
DUB (Design. Use. Build.)
The interdisciplinary DUB group at the University of Washington advances research, collaboration and teaching related to the interaction between design, people, and technology.
Highlights
GeekWire
The company, co-founded by Allen School professor Joshua Smith, received its second major 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Paradigm AI surgical guidance platform to include intraoperative measurements — enabling surgeons to measure success in real-time.
Allen School News
For her groundbreaking research on explainable AI for biology and medicine, Lee, who directs the UW’s AI for bioMedical Sciences Lab, was named a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB).
Oregon Public Broadcasting
The lived experiences of people with disabilities are often ignored in the development of new technologies, but that’s not the case with the Allen School’s ADA project. Community researcher Jonathan Ko joined recent Ph.D. alum Amal Nanavati to discuss their collaboration.