Alumni Events
Husky Days in the Bay
March 16, 2026, please join us to connect with CSE faculty and friends!
Please join Allen School Vice Director Dan Grossman and Professors Josh Smith and Kurtis Heimerl at UWAA’s Husky Days in the Bay Husky Social and Panel | The New Frontier: Startup Innovation in an AI World.
Curious about startups, or just want to hang out with great people while enjoying some tasty food? Join us for a casual, high-energy event featuring a panel of faculty and alumni who will share stories about startups in today’s environment.
Monday, March 16, 2026
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Newmark
1 Sansome Street | Floor 41 | San Fransisco, CA 94104
Space is limited. Registration closes: March 16, 2026
Help us spread the word
We have lost email contact with some of our alums. Please talk to your friends and your fellow alums and encourage them to attend. If you encounter anyone who didn’t receive a direct invitation, please send us their email address so we can keep in touch.
Inquiries, please contact:
Kay Beck-Benton | kbeck@cs.washington.edu
Past Events
Summary of Past Events
October 2025 Research Showcase
The Allen School’s premier in-person event, the Annual Research Showcase, gives our affiliates, alumni, and friends a chance to meet our students and faculty through technical talks during the day, followed by an open house with a reception, poster session, and the awarding of the Madrona Prize and People’s Choice Prize in the early evening.
Visit the Research Showcase page
September 2025 Bay Area Meetup
Allen School Director Magdalena Balazinska will give a brief update on the Allen School, and Professor Noah A. Smith will give a short talk about his research: Science of AI and AI for Science. We hope you join us to learn more about the work his team is doing to radically open up the science of language modeling.
Thursday, September 11, 2025
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Woman’s Club of Palo Alto | Palo Alto, CA
June 2025 Seattle Area Meetup
Allen School Director Magdalena Balazinska will give a brief update on the Allen School, and Professor Natasha Jaques will give a short talk about her research, which focuses on social reinforcement learning, and her work in the Social RL Lab. We hope you join us to learn more about social learning to improve AI agents’ learning, generalization, coordination and human-AI interaction.
Monday, June 30, 2025
4:30-6:30 p.m.
University of Washington | Seattle, WA
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Allen School Director Magda Balazinska and Professors Shwetak Patel and Amy Zhang at UWAA’s Husky Days in the Bay
Safeguarding Truth: Ethics and Safety in a Digital Era
Explore the evolving landscape of trust and safety in the age of artificial intelligence with thought leaders from the UW’s Allen School, Human-Centered Design and Engineering, Information School, and College of Arts & Sciences. This engaging conversation will tackle the ethical challenges, transformative opportunities, and societal impacts of AI, offering diverse perspectives from academia and industry. It’s a must-attend for anyone navigating the intersections of technology and humanity.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
5:30-7:30 p.m.
The Woman’s Club of Palo Alto
475 Homer Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301