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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...

If you’d like to join the inaugural cohort of our new @uofwa.bsky.social Graduate Certificate in Modern #AI Methods, the deadline to apply is Fri, August 1! The program is designed to help #STEM professionals gain critical skills to advance their careers. More: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/28/s...

Congratulations to @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen @uwnlp.bsky.social alum @sewonm.bsky.social on her #ACL2025NLP Doctoral Dissertation Award! Min's work advances our understanding of the capabilities of #LLMs and was also recognized with an @acm.org dissertation award honorable mention. #UWdiscovers

Allen School professor Dan Suciu receives Best Paper Award for a novel solution to the cardinality estimation problem - Allen School News The cardinality estimation problem, or the challenge of accurately predicting the size of the output to a query without actually evaluating the query, is one of the oldest and most important problems ...

Cardinality estimation guides decisions on every aspect of query executions. @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen professor Dan Suciu developed a more accurate and efficient cardinality estimator—LpBound—and earned a @sigmod2025.bsky.social Best Paper Award #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/24/a...

Professor Magdalena Balazinska elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences for contributions in data management and data science research and education - Allen School News Magdalena Balazinska, professor and director of the Allen School, has been elected a member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) in recognition of her “contributions in data management f...

Congratulations to #UW #UWAllen professor Magda Balazinska on her election to the WA State Academy of Sciences, which honored her contributions in data management and data science—including the award-winning Borealis stream processing engine. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/23/m...

Digital Culture Shock How culture shapes the design and use of technology—and how we can resist the one-size-fits-all approach to technology design

What happens when a robotaxi from California tries to drive in Cairo? Is that website colorful or chaotic? And when did chatbots get so rude? In a new book, #UW prof @katharinareinecke.bsky.social explores how culture shapes tech use and design. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #HCI #AI #BookSky

‘Laying the foundation for the next generation of robotic learning’: Allen School professor Abhishek Gupta receives RAS Early Academic Career Award - Allen School News Allen School professor Abhishek Gupta is interested in developing ways to help robots learn new skills with minimal human help and engineering. Gupta joined the Allen School faculty in 2022, and alrea...

#UWAllen #robotics professor @abhishekunique7.bsky.social is enabling robots to acquire new skills with minimal human intervention through real-world reinforcement learning. IEEE RAS honored him at #ICRA2025 this spring for his pioneering work. #AI #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/17/a...

2025 Dean's Medalists, Energized & Inspiring | UW College of Arts & Sciences Meet the four new graduates honored as College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Medalists for 2025.

“Technical computer science savvy and deep philosophical commitments”: #UWAllen alum @andreiskiii.bsky.social‬ earned the #UW A&S Dean’s Medal in the Social Sciences for his campus leadership and research contributions spanning #AI and philosophy. #UWdiscovers artsci.washington.edu/news/2025-06...

Allen School Ph.D. student Cheng-Yu Hsieh explores how AI technology can be more accessible - Allen School News Allen School Ph.D. student Cheng-Yu Hsieh is interested in tackling one of the biggest challenges in today’s large-scale machine learning environment — how to make artificial intelligence development ...

Large foundation models trained on massive datasets have revolutionized #AI. Supported by a #Google Ph.D. Fellowship, @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen’s Cheng-Yu Hsieh aims to make the process more efficient and affordable to democratize AI development. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/09/a...

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.

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-...

Allen School researchers receive Best Paper Award for speeding up LLM performance with FlashInfer - Allen School News A team of University of Washington and NVIDIA researchers developed a system that can help make large language models (LLMs) faster and more adaptable. The researchers introduced FlashInfer, a versati...

#UWAllen & NVIDIA researchers earned a #MLSys2025 Best Paper Award for developing FlashInfer to boost #LLM performance—showing “what’s possible when academia, industry and the open-source community innovate together,” says @yzh119.bsky.social.‬ #AI #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2025/07/01/a...

This Seattle tech giant is gobbling up computer science grads from the University of Washington The graduation ceremony last month in Seattle for the University of Washington Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. (UW Photo /

"The hiring trend reflects a strong talent pipeline between the #UW and #Seattle’s tech industry": @geekwire.com's @taylorsoper.bsky.social examines where @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen graduates are headed next: www.geekwire.com/2025/this-se... #STEM #AI #Amazon #Microsoft #Google #Meta #waleg

YouTube video by Paul G. Allen School 2025 Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Graduation Celebration

We also recognized individual students and faculty for their contributions to the #UWAllen @uofwa.bsky.social community and the field of computing. Congratulations to the #ClassOf2025 — as Director Magda Balazinska said, "We can't wait to see what you accomplish next!" youtu.be/Z3yyxH4Y2_4?... /4

Allen School recognizes Nicki Dell with the 2025 Alumni Impact Award for using technology to improve the lives of overlooked communities - Allen School News Since graduating from the Allen School, Nicki Dell (Ph.D., ‘15) has focused on using technology to “make our computing-mediated world safer and more equitable for everyone.” Her work combines the fiel...

On things worth remembering, we honored someone who walks the talk: #UWAllen Alumni Impact Award winner Nicki Dell (Ph.D., '15) of @cornelltech.bsky.social, who uses her expertise to “make our computer-mediated world safer and more equitable for everyone”: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/12/a... 3/4

‘Purpose over profit’: Seattle tech leader urges UW CSE grads to create a better future for everyone Trish Millines Dziko delivers her commencement speech to the graduating class at the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer

They can take inspiration from speaker Trish Millines Dziko, co-founder and executive director of the Technology Access Foundation (TAF), who reminded them that “changing the world isn’t about being remembered — it’s about doing things worth remembering”: www.geekwire.com/2025/purpose... 2/4

‘Go out and build a life that matters’: Celebrating the Allen School’s Class of 2025 - Allen School News 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 grad...

On June 13, we celebrated the ~800 graduates in the #UWAllen #Classof2025 for their scholarship, leadership and service — and sent them out into the world ready to use their #UW degree as a “vehicle to creating a better future for everyone”: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/25/c... #ThisIsUW 🎓 1/4

Allen School team receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award for revamping introductory programming course series and helping students thrive - Allen School News As part of a multiyear initiative, the Allen School reimagined the introduction to programming course series with the goal of better serving the widest range of students across the University of Washi...

Read more about the team behind the transformation, which resulted in more points of entry for students with different computing backgrounds — and with a variety of academic and career goals: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/10/a...

YouTube video by Magdalena Balazinska UW Distinguished Teaching Award2025

“Wildly successful and impressively innovative”: Yesterday, #UWAllen teaching faculty received the @uofwa.bsky.social Distinguished Teaching Award for transforming our introduction to programming course series that serves thousands of students each year. Watch: youtu.be/nsVKe4L1_js?... #ThisIsUW

Allen School recognizes Nicki Dell with the 2025 Alumni Impact Award for using technology to improve the lives of overlooked communities - Allen School News Since graduating from the Allen School, Nicki Dell (Ph.D., ‘15) has focused on using technology to “make our computing-mediated world safer and more equitable for everyone.” Her work combines the fiel...

“I learned at UW that impact isn’t just measured in lines of code or papers published—but in trust earned, dignity upheld and lives made a little better.” – Nicki Dell (Ph.D., ‘15), #UWAllen 2025 Alumni Impact Award winner. #ThisIsUW #HCI #CSforGood news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/12/a...

Allen School team receives UW Distinguished Teaching Award for revamping introductory programming course series and helping students thrive - Allen School News As part of a multiyear initiative, the Allen School reimagined the introduction to programming course series with the goal of better serving the widest range of students across the University of Washi...

They say teamwork makes the dream work; this #UWAllen team earned the @uofwa.bsky.social Distinguished Teaching Award—one of the UW's highest honors—for helping more students to realize their dreams through our new intro to programming course series. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/10/a... #ThisIsUW

‘Extremely rare’: UW PhD computer science grads recognized with prestigious dissertation honors University of Washington computer science PhD graduates Ashish Sharma, left and Sewon Min. (Photos via UW) Two PhD graduates from the University of

#ICYMI, two #UWAllen Ph.D. graduates were recognized by @acm.org for their research in #AI #NLP: Ashish Sharma, senior applied scientist at @microsoft.com, and @sewonm.bsky.social, research scientist at @ai2.bsky.social and incoming faculty at UC Berkeley. www.geekwire.com/2025/extreme... #ThisIsUW

‘Bold,’ ‘positive’ and ‘unparalleled’: Allen School Ph.D. graduates Ashish Sharma and Sewon Min recognized with ACM Doctoral Dissertation Awards - Allen School News Each year, the Association for Computing Machinery recognizes the best Ph.D. dissertations in computer science with its Doctoral Dissertation Award. Ashish Sharma (Ph.D., ‘24), now a senior applied sc...

Congratulations to #UWAllen Ph.D. grads Ashish Sharma and @sewonm.bsky.social‬, ‪2024 @acm.org ‬Doctoral Dissertation Award honorees! Sharma won for #AI tools for mental health; Min received honorable mention for efficient, flexible language models. #ThisIsUW news.cs.washington.edu/2025/06/04/a...

AI after work: UW’s Allen School to offer new graduate certificate in modern AI methods The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. (Allen School Photo) The need to quickly adapt to advances

“Gaining the background knowledge needed to demystify #AI can be a real differentiating factor at a time when most people are only consumers of AI tools.” #UW #UWAllen’s Taylor Kessler Faulkner on our new certificate program, via @geekwire.com: www.geekwire.com/2025/ai-afte... #MondayMotivation

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...

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

AI headphones translate multiple speakers at once, cloning their voices in 3D sound UW researchers designed a headphone system that translates several people speaking at once, following them as they move and preserving the direction and qualities of their voices. The team built the.....

When @uwcse.bsky.social student Tuochao Chen tried to use a translation app on a museum tour in Mexico the app didn't work correctly because of background noise. Now, he and a team have built AI headphones that can translate multiple speakers at once.

UW computer science center studies AI bias and benefit in hiring and recruiting UW Magazine | University of Washington

#UWAllen @uofwa.bsky.social Ph.D. student @kglazko.bsky.social was an early adopter of #GenAI, seeing both benefits and risks from the technology — including its impact on people with disabilities. magazine.washington.edu/uw-computer-... #UWinnovates #GAAD #AI #Accessibility

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...

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

‘An incredible driver of economic mobility’: $3M gift from alum Armon Dadgar and Joshua Kalla will support systems research and student success - Allen School News Ever since he was a student, Armon Dadgar (B.S., ‘11) has had his head in the cloud. Inspired by an undergraduate research project, he went on to co-found the high-flying company HashiCorp after gradu...

Proud to support @uwcse.bsky.social with a $3M gift to support research in computer systems and the next generation of scholars. My research experience there led to @hashicorp.com, and I’m fortunate to be able to give back. news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/14/d...

‘An incredible driver of economic mobility’: $3M gift from alum Armon Dadgar and Joshua Kalla will support systems research and student success - Allen School News Ever since he was a student, Armon Dadgar (B.S., ‘11) has had his head in the cloud. Inspired by an undergraduate research project, he went on to co-found the high-flying company HashiCorp after gradu...

Proud #UW alum @armon.bsky.social, co-founder of high-flying @hashicorp.com, stays grounded by lifting up the next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs. He and Joshua Kalla recently gave $3M to support #UWAllen research and student success. #UWinnovates news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/14/d...

“Experienced cyclists have this mental map of which streets are safe and which are unsafe, and I wanted to find a simple way to pass that knowledge down to novice cyclists,” said lead author Joseph Breda @uwcse.bsky.social.
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“There are so many smart people across the world, and the language barrier prevents them from having the confidence to communicate,” says #UWAllen professor @gshyam.bsky.social. His team at @uofwa.bsky.social developed a system to overcome that barrier using #AI. #UWinnovates #CHI2025