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The 18-Year-Old Who Challenged Quantum Hype

In 2025, Ewin Tang (Ph.D. ‘23) became the youngest winner of the Breakthrough Foundation’s Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize in Mathematics for her work in quantum machine learning and linear algebra — including a classical algorithm that challenged the prevailing wisdom around quantum advantage for recommendation systems.

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Allen School News

Researchers recognized at CHI 2026 for HCI and AI projects

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.

UW News

BikeButler creates personalized routes for cyclists

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.

University of Washington

Six Allen School students named to the Husky 100

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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