Allen School @uwcse

The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering educates tomorrow's innovators while developing solutions to humanity's greatest challenges. cs.washington.edu Seattle, Washington, USA Joined May 2009

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Allen School @uwcse

2 days ago

Companies are pouring billions into humanoid #robotics. In a new @IEEESpectrum op-ed, @UW #UWAllen professor @mayacakmak wonders whether people would really welcome such robots into their homes — and looks forward to taking one for a spin for science. spectrum.ieee.org/home-humanoid-…

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Zero Knowledge Podcast @zeroknowledgefm

3 days ago

🎙️This week @AnnaRRose & @tarunchitra talk with Rachel Lin from @uwcse about indistinguishability obfuscation (iO), the "holy grail of cryptography," and how its assumptions have been hardened over time. zeroknowledge.fm/podcast/375/

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Allen School @uwcse

a week ago

In 2011, @UW #UWAllen & @ucsd_cse researchers showed how they could remotely hack into a car. Their work inspired new motor vehicle security standards to put the brakes on cyberattacks—and earned a #USENIX2025 @USENIXSecurity Test of Time Award. #UWserves news.cs.washington.edu/2025/08/26/all…

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UW News @uwnews

2 weeks ago

Do walkable cities prompt people to take more steps, or do people who want to walk tend to live in more pedestrian-friendly cities? New research from @timalthoff @uwcse found that highly walkable areas lead to significantly more walking. More: bit.ly/4lNxFKh

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Allen School @uwcse

2 weeks ago

#UWAllen @UW alum Aatish Parson has hit a few bumps in the road since graduation—all the better for building his #AI driven app, CivicScan, that detects potholes and other issues to smooth the way for improved road maintenance. Via @geekwire: geekwire.com/2025/eyes-and-…

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Allen School @uwcse

2 weeks ago

“Advances in #AI are going to impact employment in many sectors, and everybody needs to be aware.” @UW #UWAllen’s @lazowska spoke to @KUOW about how the “alarmist gloom and doom” around tech employment and the prospects for #CS majors is misplaced: kuow.org/stories/does-y…

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Allen School @uwcse

3 weeks ago

"Your city can make you healthier." @UW #UWAllen's @timalthoff isn't tiptoeing around the findings of his new study in @Nature showing that people who move to walkable cities really do walk more. Check out his explainer 👇, and read the @UWnews story.🚶 washington.edu/news/2025/08/1…

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Allen School @uwcse

3 weeks ago

“Noise cancellation is a blunt tool, because either you shut everything off, or you let everything in,” @UW #UWAllen’s @ShyamGollakota told @Slate. If you want to set your soundscape with precision, an #AI enabled sound bubble will be music to your ears: slate.com/technology/202…

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Allen School @uwcse

3 weeks ago

We are thrilled to be working with colleagues at OMAI project lead @allen_ai and academic partners @UHHilo, @UofNH and @UNM on this exciting #NSFfunded effort that will create open #AI tools to support scientists and their groundbreaking work. Learn more 👇

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Allen School @uwcse

3 weeks ago

More walking can be a path to better health. A countrywide study by @UW #UWAllen professor @timalthoff, published in @Nature, found the strongest evidence to date that daily step count is influenced by the built environment. #datascience #PopulationHealth washington.edu/news/2025/08/1…

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Allen School @uwcse

3 weeks ago

Understanding how regions of the brain communicate is like trying to follow conversations at a crowded party. @UW #UWAllen researchers led by @MattGolub_Neur recently made headway with a new machine learning method that cuts through the noise. #icml2025 news.cs.washington.edu/2025/08/12/all…

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Allen School @uwcse

4 weeks ago

#UWAllen’s @lazowska 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 all down just yet. #UWserves geekwire.com/2025/after-48-…

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Allen School @uwcse

a month ago

Can #AI alter your politics? A study by @UW #UWAllen researchers at #ACL2025NLP found that people who interacted with a conservative or liberal version of #ChatGPT began mirroring the model’s bias—regardless of their own political leanings. washington.edu/news/2025/08/0… #NLP #HCI #LLM

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Allen School @uwcse

a month ago

#UWAllen @UW professor @_doctor_kat’s book "Digital Culture Shock: Who Creates Technology and Why This Matters" is out today via @PrincetonUPress! According to @LibraryJournal, it "offers a compelling argument that technology is never neutral.” press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove… #AI #HCI

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Allen School @uwcse

a month ago

If you’d like to join the inaugural cohort of our new @UW Graduate Certificate in Modern #AI Methods, the deadline to apply is Friday, August 1! This program is designed to help #STEM professionals gain critical skills to advance their careers. Learn more: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/05/28/sta…

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Jiacheng Liu @liujc1998

a month ago

Thrilled to receive the Best Demo Paper Award at #ACL2025NLP with OLMoTrace !! Huge congrats to the team for this epic effort 🎉🎉 Especially thankful to Taylor Blanton for being our engineering captain, @yanaiela @sewon__min for steering the research and presenting in Vienna 🥰