Fascinated by the inner workings of machine learning models for data-driven decision-making, Allen School professor Simon Shaolei Du constructs their theoretical foundations to better understand...
For as long as she can remember, Allen School professor Su-In Lee wanted to be a scientist and professor when she grew up. Her father would sit her down at their home in Korea with a pencil and ...
With large language models dominating the discourse, artificial intelligence researchers find themselves increasingly in the limelight. But while LLMs continue to grow in size — and capture a g...
Melanoma is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the United States. On the bright side, the five-year survival rate for people with this type of skin cancer is nearly 100% with early de...
When it comes to the deployment of finite resources, industries are compelled to optimize everything from processes to personnel — and this often requires tradeoffs. But there are some tradeoff...
Shortly after Anat Caspi arrived at the University of Washington to lead the Taskar Center for Accessible Technology , she advised a group of students to first place in Seattle’s Hack the Comm...
Allen School professor and alum Leilani Battle (B.S., ‘11) originally wanted to be a game developer. As a kid growing up in Bremerton Washington, Battle saw a glimpse of her future every time ...
Misinformation can spread like wildfire on social media, fueled in part by platforms’ tendency to prioritize engagement over accuracy. This puts the onus on individual users to determine the ve...
New approaches to finetuning large language models that decrease computational burden while enhancing performance. A robotic arm that safely delivers a forkful of food to someone's mouth. A syste...
It can feel lonely being the first in your family to pursue a four-year degree. How do you apply? How will you pay for it? What major should you choose? How will you navigate your new surrounding...