Four Allen School undergraduates honored by the Computing Research Association for advancing work in AI, robotics, LLMs and more  - Allen School News Last month, the Computing Research Association (CRA) recognized a select group of undergraduate students from across North America who have made notable contributions to the field through research. Th...

Meet the four(!) @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen students honored in the @cra-hq.bsky.social Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Awards: awardee Haoquan Fang, finalist Hao Xu and honorable mention recipients Kaiyuan Liu and Lindsey Wei. #UWdiscovers #AI #LLM #robotics news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/19/f...

We were honored to host @uofwa.uw.edu President Robert J. Jones and @microsoft.com Vice Chair & President Brad Smith yesterday for this announcement and highlight the kinds of leading-edge research this growing #AI partnership can enable — including some involving #UWAllen students. #UWdiscovers

Five UW scientists named Sloan Fellows Five University of Washington faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

#UWAllen professor Vikram Iyer is tackling #sustainability in computing, from recyclable electronics, to battery-free #robotics, to #AI for estimating carbon footprints. He's among 5 @uofwa.uw.edu researchers named a 2026 #SloanFellow this week. #UWdiscovers www.washington.edu/news/2026/02...

In a study, AI model OpenScholar synthesizes scientific research and cites sources as accurately as human experts A UW and Ai2 research team built OpenScholar, an open-source AI model designed specifically to synthesize current scientific research. In tests, OpenScholar cited sources as accurately as human...

In a paper published in @nature.com, a team of @uofwa.uw.edu #UWAllen and @ai2.bsky.social researchers unveiled OpenScholar, an #AI system that can cite scientific papers as accurately as human experts and incorporate new research after training. #UWdiscovers
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Allen School professor Thomas Rothvoss earns inaugural Trevisan Prize for advancing the study of optimization problems - Allen School News Allen School professor Thomas Rothvoss has carved a career out of complexity. As a member of the school’s Theory of Computation Group, Rothvoss examines the theoretical limits of computer algorithms t...

Molto bene! @uofwa.uw.edu professor Thomas Rothvoss, a member of the #UWAllen Theory of Computation Group, collected the inaugural Trevisan Prize in the mid-career category for his breakthrough contributions in the study of #optimization problems. #UWdiscovers news.cs.washington.edu/2026/02/09/a...

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...

‘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...

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...

Allen School professor Amy X. Zhang receives Sloan Research Fellowship for empowering users to make ‘our online spaces as rich and varied as our offline ones’ - Allen School News As the head of the Allen School’s Social Futures Lab, professor Amy X. Zhang’s research draws on the design of offline public institutions and communities to then develop new social computing systems ...

When it comes to social platforms, #UWAllen prof & 2025 #SloanFellow @amyxzhang.bsky.social seeks to empower users and “make our online spaces as rich and varied as our offline ones.” Learn more about her work in the @socialfutureslab.bsky.social: news.cs.washington.edu/2025/02/24/a... #UWdiscovers

“This tech could revolutionize how we experience sound”: Check out this #NSF video featuring research led by @uofwa.bsky.social #UWAllen prof @gshyam.bsky.social creating #AI headphones that amplify sounds you want to hear and mute ones you don’t. 🎧 youtu.be/ovZ-9BzwP-0?... #NSFfunded #UWdiscovers

Pedal to the metal! @uofwa.bsky.social spinout Overland #AI, which is led by #UWAllen #robotics professor Byron Boots, recently celebrated the grand opening of its new 22,000 square-foot factory right here in #Seattle, Washington. #UWdiscovers #UWinnovates www.geekwire.com/2025/overlan...

Three UW scientists named Sloan Fellows Three University of Washington faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 18, are Amy L. Orsborn, the Clare.....

Zhang, whose research aims to empower people to take control of their online social experiences, is one of 3 @uofwa.bsky.social faculty to earn Sloan Fellowships this year, joined by @neuroamyo.bsky.social and @uwchemistry.bsky.social ’s Diane Xiao: www.washington.edu/news/2025/02... #UWdiscovers /2

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...

“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...

When workplace risks don’t end at work DEOHS researchers partner with workers to combat take-home exposures in construction, agriculture and healthcare

“Get home safe” is a major goal in worker health & safety. But what if you’re worried about bringing workplace exposures to those you live with? DEOHS researchers work to reduce take-home exposures in healthcare, construction, agriculture and more. #UWdiscovers deohs.washington.edu/hsm-blog/whe...

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, we're celebrating UW Law alums who have spent their careers advancing legal discourse. To this end, check out a 2016 @TEDTalks by @KingSupCourt Judge Wesley Saint Clair, class of '82, on juvenile justice reform. #UWDiscovers

For 15 years, the Washington Leadership Institute has inspired WA's next great legal minds. In honor of its legacy of impact, WLI was awarded the LFW President's Award at the Charles A. Goldmark Award Luncheon Feb. 15. Learn more: @WAStateBar #UWDiscovers