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Research Showcase

Past Research Showcases

Explore the rich history of student and faculty research at the Paul G. Allen School.

Highlights from past Research Showcases, the Allen School’s premier in-person event, are available here.

Research Showcase 2024 Keynote Speaker Sheng Wang

Showcase Highlights

2024

Keynote Talk
Generative AI for Multimodal Biomedicine, Sheng Wang, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Edge and Mobile AI
  • Data Management
  • Fundamental AI

Session II Topics

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Social reinforcement learning to align and cooperate with humans
  • AI in the Physical World: Robotics

Session III Topics

  • Health & Biology
  • HCI and AI in Health and Accessibility
  • Computing for Health

Session IV Topics

  • AI Systems & Infrastructure
  • Graphics & Vision
  • AI in the Physical World: Sustainability in the environment
2023

Keynote Talk
Open Language Model (OLMo): The science of language models and language models for science,
Hanna Hajishirzi, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • ABET Feedback Session
  • Edge & Mobile Intelligence

Session II Topics

  • CS Ethics
  • Accessibility
  • Robotics

Session III Topics

  • Natural Language Processing
  • Tools for Intelligent Transportation
  • Computing for Health

Session IV Topics

  • Systems & Networking
  • Graphics & Audio
  • Computing for Sustainability
2022

Keynote Talk
David vs. Goliath: the Art of Leaderboarding in the Era of Extreme-Scale Neural Models, Yejin Choi, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Networking & Systems
  • UW CREATE
  • Data Science

Session II Topics

  • AI4Health
  • Computing for the Environment
  • Security & Privacy

Session III Topics

  • Computational Health
  • Robotics
  • Computing for Society

Session IV Topics

  • Computational Biology
  • Novel Input & Interaction
  • Computational Fabrication
2018

Keynote Talk
Computer Security and Privacy for Existing and Emerging TechnologiesFranziska Roesner, Co-director, Security and Privacy Research Lab, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Computational Biology
  • Systems, Architectures and Programming for Machine Learning
  • Security

Session II Topics

  • Computational Fabrication
  • CS meets Biotech
  • UW Reality Lab

Session III Topics

  • Programming Languages and Software Engineering
  • Systems
  • Machine Learning

Session IV Topics

  • Robotics
  • Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing
  • Ubicomp
2017

Keynote Talk
Physics-based Manipulation With and Around People, Siddhartha Srinivasa, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Robotics
  • Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing
  • Security I

Session II Topics

  • Computational Fabrication
  • Cross Cutting Systems Research
  • Security II

Session III Topics

  • ML + Data Science
  • HCI: Fabrication
  • Ubicomp I

Session IV Topics

  • Systems
  • Computational Biology
  • Ubicomp II
2016

Keynote Talk
The Future of Software, Ras Bodik, Professor, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Accessibility
  • Computing for Development
  • Totally Cool Research in Vision and Graphics

Session II Topics

  • Systems, Architecture, and Networking (SANE) 1
  • Programming Languages (PLSE) 1
  • Innovations in Mobile Systems

Session III Topics

  • Deep Learning in NLP, Vision and Robotics 1
  • PLSE 2
  • Human Computer Interaction and Self-Tracking

Session IV Topics

  • Deep Learning in NLP, Vision and Robotics 2
  • SANE 2
  • Physiological Sensing for Health and Input
2015

Keynote Talk
Discovering the Social World using Text, Noah Smith, Associate Professor UW Computer Science & Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Data Science at UW
  • SANE 1
  • Natural Language Processing

Session II Topics

  • Big Data Management and Analytics
  • SANE 2
  • Innovations in Mobile Systems

Session III Topics

  • Human Computer Interaction and Self-Tracking
  • Next Generation Programming Tools: Performance
  • New Sensing and Interaction Technologies

Session IV Topics

  • Computer Graphics and Vision at UW
  • Next Generation Programming Tools: Correctness
  • Health Sensing
2014

Keynote Talk
RF-Powered Sensing, Computing and Communication, Joshua R. Smith, Associate Professor
UW Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Session I Topics

  • Systems, Architecture, and Networking (SANE) 1
  • Big Data Management
  • Graphics/Vision

Session II Topics

  • Sensing in Health
  • Systems, Architecture, and Networking (SANE) 2
  • Robotics Session 1

Session III Topics

  • Human Computer Interaction
  • Mobile Sensing and Interaction
  • Robotics Session 2

Session IV Topics

  • Feedback Session
  • Molecular Programming and Synthetic Biology
  • Wireless and Sensing Innovations

Note: The Research Showcase was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 restrictions.