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Stories about the Allen School’s people, research and impact.
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May 5, 2026 -
Allen School News
Multiple Allen School authors received Best Paper Awards or honorable mentions for their work on interactive systems that enable more flexible human-AI agent collaboration, an AI-based tool that helps screen-reader users make sense of geovisualizations, and more.
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April 28, 2026 -
UW News
The web app, which was developed by researchers in the Allen School’s Makeability Lab, enables users in Seattle to map their ride based on factors such as bike lanes, speed limits, pavement quality, and more.
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April 22, 2026 -
American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Professor Magda Balazinska was honored for her influential contributions in data management and data science, while Professor Shwetak Patel was recognized for his groundbreaking work applying computing to health and sustainability.
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April 20, 2026 -
University of Washington
Undergraduates Maya Falodia, Krisha Khandelwal, Aybala Turkarslan, Jiaqi Wang, and Kevin Wang, along with master’s student Andrew Shaw (B.S., ‘25), were honored by the UW for making the most of their Husky Experience in and out of the classroom.
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April 14, 2026 -
UW News
Researchers in the Allen School’s Mobile Intelligence Lab developed VueBuds, the first system that incorporates tiny cameras in off-the-shelf wireless earbuds as a less-intrusive, more privacy-preserving alternative to smart glasses.
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April 8, 2026 -
CNN Business
“#AI is not killing your job options. It’s expanding them.” That’s the gist of Allen School Professor and Director Magda Balazinska’s message welcoming undergraduates back from spring break. According to a recent CNN Business article, there’s data to back that up.
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April 7, 2026 -
Allen School News
The ACM Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (SIGCHI) recently honored Froehlich (Ph.D., ‘11) for his work to improve pedestrian infrastructure across the globe and tackle a range of other accessibility challenges using AI and HCI.
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March 26, 2026 -
Allen School News
The Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education recognized Ladner with the ACM SIGCSE Award for Outstanding Contribution to Computer Science Education for his work expanding access for students with disabilities.
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March 19, 2026 -
NBC News
In a paper appearing at ICLR, Allen School professor Natasha Jaques and colleagues explore how AI models used for writing and editing may be doing a lot more than a simple grammar check — even going so far as to override a human writer’s voice, style and meaning.
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March 12, 2026 -
Allen School News
In the award-winning paper, Tang developed the first quantum state obfuscation scheme for unitary quantum programs, which are the backbone of quantum computing, in the classical oracle model. He presented the research at the 66th IEEE Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science last December.