Articles about Allen School

What a longtime Google AI leader told UW computer science students at their graduation

Jeff Dean, Google’s chief scientist and a UW alum, returned to campus Friday with an optimistic but clear-eyed message about AI for Allen School graduates — many of them headed into the industry to help shape the future of technology. Read More

UW prof Dieter Fox leaves Nvidia to lead robotics initiative at Allen Institute for AI

Dieter Fox, the former head of Nvidia’s robotics research lab in Seattle, has joined the nonprofit Allen Institute for Artificial… Read More

Coding is dead: UW computer science program rethinks curriculum for the AI era

The rapid adoption of artificial intelligence in the workplace has academic institutions wrestling with the question of how best to… Read More

Charging your smartphone with lasers? Engineers say it’s not as scary as it sounds

Engineers at the University of Washington have demonstrated that it’s possible to charge up your smartphone using laser beams. Perhaps… Read More

Tech Moves: Startup vet Bryan Zug joins Amazon’s UX team; Allen School of Computer Science adds two big players; and more

Bryan Zug is a familiar face in the Seattle startup world. He’s an entrepreneur and product design expert himself, but… Read More

Snooping on snoopers: UW researchers create new system to identify cellular surveillance devices

Security researchers at the University of Washington have developed a system designed to spot anomalies in cell networks that could indicate… Read More

$50 million gift should boost UW’s standing in competitive computer science circles

There’s no question that an extra $50 million will raise the University of Washington’s profile in computer science and engineering –… Read More