The University of Washington's "Viewpoint" magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary by highlighting 20 extraordinary alumni. Who's Number One? #UWAllen's Yaw Anokwa #yanokwa!
December 3, 2024 at 2:22 AM
The University of Washington's "Viewpoint" magazine celebrated its 20th anniversary by highlighting 20 extraordinary alumni. Who's Number One? #UWAllen's Yaw Anokwa #yanokwa!
Latent space reasoning offers a new mode of “thinking” for language models. #UW professor @lukezettlemoyer.bsky.social of #UWAllen’s
@uwnlp.bsky.social tells @quantamagazine.bsky.social it could be a game changer — with caveats. #AI #LLM #NLP #NLProc #ChatGPT www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-lang...
@uwnlp.bsky.social tells @quantamagazine.bsky.social it could be a game changer — with caveats. #AI #LLM #NLP #NLProc #ChatGPT www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-lang...
To Make Language Models Work Better, Researchers Sidestep Language | Quanta Magazine
We insist that large language models repeatedly translate their mathematical processes into words. There may be a better way.
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April 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Latent space reasoning offers a new mode of “thinking” for language models. #UW professor @lukezettlemoyer.bsky.social of #UWAllen’s
@uwnlp.bsky.social tells @quantamagazine.bsky.social it could be a game changer — with caveats. #AI #LLM #NLP #NLProc #ChatGPT www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-lang...
@uwnlp.bsky.social tells @quantamagazine.bsky.social it could be a game changer — with caveats. #AI #LLM #NLP #NLProc #ChatGPT www.quantamagazine.org/to-make-lang...
Annual lunch to thank the 100+ men and women from UW Facilities Services who keep #UWAllen's buildings looking great and working great. THANK YOU!
January 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Annual lunch to thank the 100+ men and women from UW Facilities Services who keep #UWAllen's buildings looking great and working great. THANK YOU!
If you want to take a quick break from whatever you're doing (like your friendly neighborhood social media manager just did 😂), do this quick online experiment from @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen's @labinthewild.bsky.social. Find out what country matches your taste in web design and help our #HCI research!
Did you know that some parts of the world like more colorful website designs than other parts of the world. To learn more about where your taste lies, take our experiment: studies.labinthewild.org/aesthetics/?...
@uwcse.bsky.social @uofwa.uw.edu
@uwcse.bsky.social @uofwa.uw.edu
Where in the world does your taste live?
Judge the visual appeal of website screenshots and we will tell you the country that your taste matches up with.
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March 24, 2026 at 9:29 PM
If you want to take a quick break from whatever you're doing (like your friendly neighborhood social media manager just did 😂), do this quick online experiment from @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen's @labinthewild.bsky.social. Find out what country matches your taste in web design and help our #HCI research!
#UWAllen’s @shangbinfeng.bsky.social champions multi #LLM collaboration; fellow student @rockpang.bsky.social uncovers unintended consequences of #AI and other emerging tech. Both were recently honored with #IBM Ph.D. Fellowships: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/27/a... #ThisIsUW #MondayMotivation
Allen School’s Shangbin Feng and Rock Yuren Pang earn IBM Ph.D. Fellowships for seeking to change the narrative around AI - Allen School News
Allen School Ph.D. student Shangbin Feng envisions the work of large language models (LLMs) as a collaborative endeavor, while fellow student Rock Yuren Pang is interested in advancing the conversatio...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
#UWAllen’s @shangbinfeng.bsky.social champions multi #LLM collaboration; fellow student @rockpang.bsky.social uncovers unintended consequences of #AI and other emerging tech. Both were recently honored with #IBM Ph.D. Fellowships: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/27/a... #ThisIsUW #MondayMotivation
To mark its 50th anniversary, @microsoft.com highlights one of its most enduring and impactful Puget Sound partnerships, with help from #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social: “Together, Microsoft and the #UW are working to lift up the entire region.” www.microsoft.com/en-us/puget-... #Microsoft50
University of Washington Seattle | Microsoft Puget Sound
Microsoft and the University of Washington’s decades-long partnership drives innovation, education, and economic growth, benefiting students and the region.
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March 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
To mark its 50th anniversary, @microsoft.com highlights one of its most enduring and impactful Puget Sound partnerships, with help from #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social: “Together, Microsoft and the #UW are working to lift up the entire region.” www.microsoft.com/en-us/puget-... #Microsoft50
“While #DisabilityRights laws are not perfect, they have helped me and others with disabilities to pursue our dreams, live independently and engage as equals in our society.” #UWAllen’s @jcmankoff.bsky.social in @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-... #a11y #AccessibilityMatters
How the 'A' in DEIA is threatened, and what you can do | Op-Ed
Disability accommodations made it possible for me to become a professor and are vital to the success of many of my disabled students and colleagues.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“While #DisabilityRights laws are not perfect, they have helped me and others with disabilities to pursue our dreams, live independently and engage as equals in our society.” #UWAllen’s @jcmankoff.bsky.social in @seattletimes.com: www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-... #a11y #AccessibilityMatters
Attention, #YouTube content creators! Researchers in @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen's @socialfutureslab.bsky.social are developing a tool to make it easier for #YouTubers to moderate comments. Help the team by testing it out and spread the word! Details 👇 #video #influencers #EverythinginModeration
Are any of you content creators on YouTube or can share this with any creators on YouTube? We're looking to test out a system we've built to enable creators to make custom filters for their comments, no technical skills needed! We offer $20 for a 1 hour remote session where you can try out the tool.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Attention, #YouTube content creators! Researchers in @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen's @socialfutureslab.bsky.social are developing a tool to make it easier for #YouTubers to moderate comments. Help the team by testing it out and spread the word! Details 👇 #video #influencers #EverythinginModeration
"The AI revolution: Myths, risks, and opportunities" - a *spectacular* Harvard Business School interview with #UWAllen's and #reyotech2 the AI2 Incubator's Oren #Etzioni - www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05I...
The AI revolution: Myths, risks, and opportunities
YouTube video by Harvard Business School
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April 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"The AI revolution: Myths, risks, and opportunities" - a *spectacular* Harvard Business School interview with #UWAllen's and #reyotech2 the AI2 Incubator's Oren #Etzioni - www.youtube.com/watch?v=U05I...
Cool work from the Google research group led by #UWAllen's Steve Seitz - research.google/blog/bringin...
Bringing 3D shoppable products online with generative AI
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May 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Cool work from the Google research group led by #UWAllen's Steve Seitz - research.google/blog/bringin...
“The lived experiences of people with disabilities are often ignored in the development of new technologies…But that isn’t the case with the ADA project.” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s robot-assisted feeding research was featured on @opb.org's Think Out Loud: www.opb.org/article/2025... #a11y
People with motor impairments help develop robotic feeding assistant at University of Washington
We hear from a University of Washington robotics researcher and a person with a motor impairment about their efforts to develop a robotic-assisted feeding system for people who depend on caregivers fo...
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April 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
“The lived experiences of people with disabilities are often ignored in the development of new technologies…But that isn’t the case with the ADA project.” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s robot-assisted feeding research was featured on @opb.org's Think Out Loud: www.opb.org/article/2025... #a11y
“Like a search engine for medical images": #UWAllen's Sheng Wang teamed up with @msftresearch.bsky.social and Providence on BiomedParse, a single #AI model for analyzing 9 categories of images, from CT to X-ray, to aid diagnosis of diseases like diabetes and lupus. www.washington.edu/news/2024/11...
Q&A: A new medical AI model can help spot systemic disease by looking at a range of image types
UW assistant professor Sheng Wang discusses BiomedParse, an AI medical image analysis model that works across nine types of medical images to better predict systemic diseases. Medical professionals...
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November 21, 2024 at 12:35 AM
“Like a search engine for medical images": #UWAllen's Sheng Wang teamed up with @msftresearch.bsky.social and Providence on BiomedParse, a single #AI model for analyzing 9 categories of images, from CT to X-ray, to aid diagnosis of diseases like diabetes and lupus. www.washington.edu/news/2024/11...
#UWAllen's @taskarcenter.bsky.social created OS-CONNECT with support from #waleg. It's the first statewide data set to enable communities across WA to map pedestrian infrastructure and transit access to #OpenThePaths. #AIforGood #Accessibility #Vision0 #ThisIsUW www.washington.edu/news/2025/03...
OS-CONNECT data set helps pedestrians find accessible routes all over Washington state
A new data set called OS-CONNECT maps sidewalks and other pedestrian paths statewide, from Forks on the Olympic Peninsula to Clarkston in the southeast. In House Bill 1125, the Washington State...
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March 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
#UWAllen's @taskarcenter.bsky.social created OS-CONNECT with support from #waleg. It's the first statewide data set to enable communities across WA to map pedestrian infrastructure and transit access to #OpenThePaths. #AIforGood #Accessibility #Vision0 #ThisIsUW www.washington.edu/news/2025/03...
#UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social has been a fixture on the WA innovation scene longer than Microsoft. After nearly half a century as UW educator, researcher & local tech champion, he’s logging off from official duties—but not shutting it down just yet. #UWserves www.geekwire.com/2025/after-4...
After 48 years at UW, Ed Lazowska reflects on computer science, education, AI, and what’s next
After nearly a half-century at the University of Washington, Ed Lazowska reflects on his career, the future of AI and computer science education, and his plans beyond retirement.
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August 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
#UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social has been a fixture on the WA innovation scene longer than Microsoft. After nearly half a century as UW educator, researcher & local tech champion, he’s logging off from official duties—but not shutting it down just yet. #UWserves www.geekwire.com/2025/after-4...
The cover of Nature Biomedical Engineering features work from #UWAllen’s @suinlee.bsky.social on techniques for auditing #AI dermatology image classifiers—one of two projects from the lab highlighted in this issue, alongside a deep learning model for cancer insights. www.nature.com/natbiomedeng...
Nature Biomedical Engineering - Auditing medical machine learning
This issue highlights advances in applications of machine learning for diagnosing disease and for sorting and classifying health data, and includes a...
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April 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The cover of Nature Biomedical Engineering features work from #UWAllen’s @suinlee.bsky.social on techniques for auditing #AI dermatology image classifiers—one of two projects from the lab highlighted in this issue, alongside a deep learning model for cancer insights. www.nature.com/natbiomedeng...
#UWAllen's @suinlee.bsky.social was recently elected a Fellow of the @iscb.bsky.social for her work on #AI techniques to provide new insights into disease and drive #healthcare breakthroughs. Read more about her contributions: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/04/02/s... #ThisIsUW #CompBio #AIforGood
‘Pushing the field to the next stage’: Allen School professor Su-In Lee recognized as a Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology - Allen School News
Allen School professor Su-In Lee, who directs the University of Washington’s AI for bioMedical Sciences (AIMS) Lab, is shaping the future of biology and medicine through artificial intelligence. Her r...
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April 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
#UWAllen's @suinlee.bsky.social was recently elected a Fellow of the @iscb.bsky.social for her work on #AI techniques to provide new insights into disease and drive #healthcare breakthroughs. Read more about her contributions: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/04/02/s... #ThisIsUW #CompBio #AIforGood
“Experienced cyclists have this mental map of which streets are safe and which are unsafe.” #UWAllen’s Joe Breda and collaborators created the ProxiCycle sensor system to help more people get a handle on which routes are best for bikes. 🚴 #CHI2025 #UWInnovates www.washington.edu/news/2025/05...
Video: A small bicycle handlebar sensor can help map a region’s riskiest bike routes
A UW-led team has developed a system, called ProxiCycle, that logs when a passing car comes too close to a cyclist (four feet or less). A small, inexpensive sensor plugs into bicycle handlebars and...
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May 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“Experienced cyclists have this mental map of which streets are safe and which are unsafe.” #UWAllen’s Joe Breda and collaborators created the ProxiCycle sensor system to help more people get a handle on which routes are best for bikes. 🚴 #CHI2025 #UWInnovates www.washington.edu/news/2025/05...
Are you a #STEM professional looking to understand and leverage the latest in #AI and machine learning in your work? #UWAllen’s Graduate Certificate in Modern AI Methods has entered the chat. Learn about our new program starting fall 2025: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/28/s... #UWinnovates
Allen School launches new stackable Graduate Certificate in Modern AI Methods - Allen School News
While AI may be decades old, its impact on the way we work, the way we learn and, indeed, the way we live clearly has been accelerating in recent years. What isn’t clear is what comes next; regardless...
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May 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Are you a #STEM professional looking to understand and leverage the latest in #AI and machine learning in your work? #UWAllen’s Graduate Certificate in Modern AI Methods has entered the chat. Learn about our new program starting fall 2025: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/28/s... #UWinnovates
“Being able to eat the way you want to and when you want to—when you want to is a big one.” Jonathan Ko helped us get a taste for how @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s ADA assistive feeding robot works outside of the lab by testing it in his home over 5 days. Watch: www.washington.edu/news/2025/03...
Video: The UW’s assistive-feeding robot gets tested outside the lab
Researchers deployed a robotic feeding arm in a pair of studies outside the lab. In the first, six users with motor impairments used the robot to feed themselves a meal in a UW cafeteria, an office or...
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March 4, 2025 at 11:11 PM
“Being able to eat the way you want to and when you want to—when you want to is a big one.” Jonathan Ko helped us get a taste for how @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s ADA assistive feeding robot works outside of the lab by testing it in his home over 5 days. Watch: www.washington.edu/news/2025/03...
When it comes to #AI, “much of this technology is not yet ready for primetime,” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social said. But as a self-professed optimist, he believes we can—and should—maximize its positive uses and help all students to become fluent in it. tvw.org/video/inside...
Inside Olympia - TVW
On the season premiere of Inside Olympia, Austin Jenkins interviews Ed Lazowska, the Bill and Melinda Gates Chair Emeritus in Computer Science and
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September 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
When it comes to #AI, “much of this technology is not yet ready for primetime,” @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social said. But as a self-professed optimist, he believes we can—and should—maximize its positive uses and help all students to become fluent in it. tvw.org/video/inside...
“In some ways, the class is a reflection of what makes the Seattle tech ecosystem so special.” Nice @geekwire.com story about the #UW #entrepreneurship class led by #UWAllen's @edlazowska.bsky.social & Pioneer Square Labs' Greg Gottesman: www.geekwire.com/2025/college... @uwfosterschool.bsky.social
College students get a taste of startup life inside dynamic UW entrepreneurship class
Team "Stimma" pitches at Pioneer Square Labs on Wednesday in front of Seattle venture capitalists. (GeekWire Photo / Taylor Soper) Best class ever? That
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March 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
“In some ways, the class is a reflection of what makes the Seattle tech ecosystem so special.” Nice @geekwire.com story about the #UW #entrepreneurship class led by #UWAllen's @edlazowska.bsky.social & Pioneer Square Labs' Greg Gottesman: www.geekwire.com/2025/college... @uwfosterschool.bsky.social
Entry-level tech jobs aren’t disappearing due to #AI — they’re changing. As #UW #UWAllen’s Magda Balazinska explains to @geekwire.com, we’ll still need software engineers who can do the “creative and conceptually challenging work” that remains distinctly human: www.geekwire.com/2025/coding-...
Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era
The University of Washington's Allen School is rethinking how to train the next generation of software engineers in an AI-dominated job market.
www.geekwire.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Entry-level tech jobs aren’t disappearing due to #AI — they’re changing. As #UW #UWAllen’s Magda Balazinska explains to @geekwire.com, we’ll still need software engineers who can do the “creative and conceptually challenging work” that remains distinctly human: www.geekwire.com/2025/coding-...
“Advances in #AI are going to impact employment in many sectors, and everybody needs to be aware.” #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social spoke to @kuow.org about how the “alarmist gloom and doom” around tech employment and the prospects for #CS majors is misplaced: www.kuow.org/stories/does...
Does your computer science degree still guarantee you a high-paying job?
For college students, saying you majored in computer science used to be code for a six-figure salary and job stability. Now some fear those days are behind us.
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August 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Advances in #AI are going to impact employment in many sectors, and everybody needs to be aware.” #UWAllen’s @edlazowska.bsky.social spoke to @kuow.org about how the “alarmist gloom and doom” around tech employment and the prospects for #CS majors is misplaced: www.kuow.org/stories/does...
On Global #Accessibility Awareness Day, we delve into research from #UWAllen’s Security & Privacy Research Lab on how inaccessible online ads make browsing a pain for screen reader users—and how a few small changes can make the web more equitable for all. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/15/a... #GAAD
Allen School researchers explore how to make online ads more accessible — and less annoying — for screen reader users - Allen School News
Allen School Ph.D. student Christina Yeung alongside professors Franziska Roesner and Tadayoshi Kohno wanted to understand just how problematic inaccessible ads can be to users who rely on screen read...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
On Global #Accessibility Awareness Day, we delve into research from #UWAllen’s Security & Privacy Research Lab on how inaccessible online ads make browsing a pain for screen reader users—and how a few small changes can make the web more equitable for all. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/15/a... #GAAD
“It’s rare for a theoretician to feel an impact of their work.” #UW #UWAllen’s Shayan Oveis Gharan and collaborators received the #NAS Held Prize for introducing a new method for counting the bases of matroids with multiple real-world applications. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/13/a...
Building unexpected bridges: Allen School professor Shayan Oveis Gharan receives Michael and Sheila Held Prize for novel method of counting matroid bases - Allen School News
Michael and Sheila Held Prize Allen School professor Shayan Oveis Gharan and Ph.D. alumnus Kuikui Liu, now a professor at MIT, are part of a team of researchers that received this year’s Michael and S...
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February 14, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“It’s rare for a theoretician to feel an impact of their work.” #UW #UWAllen’s Shayan Oveis Gharan and collaborators received the #NAS Held Prize for introducing a new method for counting the bases of matroids with multiple real-world applications. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/13/a...