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Professor Shyam Gollakota receives 2024 Infosys Prize

Gollakota, who leads the Allen School's Mobile Intelligence Lab, was honored for his work on affordable smartphone-based health care tools, battery-free computing, and AI for augmenting human auditory sensing.

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UW researchers use AI to prevent medication errors

A team co-led by Allen School professor Shyam Gollakota developed a wearable camera system that employs artificial intelligence to identify the contents of vials and syringes and detect errors before they occur.

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Allen School team enables 3D printing on the go

Makeability Lab researchers introduced MobiPrint, a robotic 3D printer that maps a room and prints objects on location, on demand — from aesthetic enhancements to accessibility features.

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Nicola Dell (Ph.D., '15) named MacArthur Fellow

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation honored the Allen School alum with a "genius grant" for her work on technology interventions to address the needs of overlooked populations.

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Study reveals AI is biased against job seekers with disabilities

Researchers in the Allen School’s Make4All Group found that ChatGPT penalizes resumes that highlight disability awards and credentials when ranking job applicants. But such tools can be trained to be less ableist.

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Professor Su-In Lee receives “Korean Nobel Prize” for advancing AI for biomedicine

Lee is the first woman to be named the Samsung Ho-Am Prize Laureate in Engineering, after recently earning the ISCB Innovator Award and induction into the AIMBE College of Fellows.

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Diversity

The Allen School celebrates and values diversity, equity, inclusion, and access as fundamental to our mission. We strive to create an environment in which people of all backgrounds feel welcomed and supported to achieve their full potential.

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Alumni

Hats off to our recent Alumni Impact Award recipients for building on their Allen School education to make the world a better place: 2020 honorees Emma Brunskill (B.S., ‘00) & Kirk Glerum (B.S., ‘83), and 2022 honorees Brad Calder (B.S., ‘91) & Heather Underwood (B.S., ‘09).

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The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering educates tomorrow’s innovators, conducts cutting-edge research in core and emerging areas of the field, and leads a broad range of multi-disciplinary initiatives that demonstrate the transformative power of computing. Consistently ranked among the top computer science programs in the nation, the Allen School is widely recognized for the excellence and impact of our research and teaching across the region and around the globe. As a leader in efforts to broaden participation in computing, we are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in our program and in our field. Members of the Allen School actively work to cultivate a welcoming community in which students, faculty and staff with diverse backgrounds, identities and experiences can thrive.

We are located in the spectacular Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering and Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering at the heart of the University of Washington campus in Seattle — a center of innovation in software, life sciences, global health, aerospace, and many other fields — where Allen School faculty, students and alumni are making an impact and changing the world.

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