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Academic Advising

Undergraduate Program (Undergraduate admissions, registration, drop/add requests, major and career guidance, etc.): ugrad-adviser(at)cs.washington.edu

Undergraduate Outreach & Recruitment (K-12 programs, prospective student inquiries): outreach(at)cs.washington.edu

Graduate Program (Full-time Ph.D. program admissions, registration, etc.): grad-advising(at)cs.washington.edu

Professional Master’s Program (Part-time program for employed technology professionals): masters(at)cs.washington.edu

Administrative Contacts

Administration

Note: All student advising inquiries, including questions about admissions and course drop/add requests, should be directed to the appropriate email listed above. Administrative staff cannot respond to advising-related requests.

Marianne Kiga, Assistant to the Director of the Allen School

Jennifer Worrell, Administrator (For questions regarding finance and policy)

External Relations

Kay Beck-Benton, External Relations Director (Industry Affiliates program, alumni relations)

Kristin Osborne, Communications Manager (School news, publications, media relations)

Faculty Leadership

Magdalena Balazinska, Director of the Allen School, Professor and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering

Dan Grossman, Vice Director and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Paul Beame, Associate Director, Facilities and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Anna Karlin, Associate Director, Graduate Studies and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering

Tadayoshi Kohno, Associate Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Access and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering

Ed Lazowska, Associate Director, Development & Outreach, Professor of Computer Science & Engineering, and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair emeritus

Shwetak Patel, Associate Director, Research & Innovation and Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering

Submit Feedback

The Allen School offers a variety of mechanisms for our community — including students enrolled in our courses — to submit feedback or report problems within our school. Among these mechanisms is a tool for submitting anonymous feedback to instructors and/or school leadership. Please visit our community feedback page to submit feedback appropriate to your situation and to learn about other campus resources available for students, faculty, and staff.

Location & Building Hours

The Allen School occupies two buildings across the street from each other on E Stevens Way NE on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus: the Paul G. Allen Center and the Bill & Melinda Gates Center.

Main Telephone: (206) 543-1695
Fax: (206) 543-2969

Paul G. Allen Center (Main Administrative Offices, Graduate Student Services)

In Person:

Paul G. Allen Center, Room AC 101
185 E Stevens Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195-2350
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Regular Building Hours (effective January 3, 2023 until further notice):

  • Building, Monday–Friday: 8:00 am–7:00 pm
  • Reception, Monday–Friday: 9:00 am–5:00 pm (closed 12:00 pm–1:00 pm for lunch)*

*Outside of specified hours and on weekends/holidays, building access is via cardkey only. Building hours may be shortened when UW is not in session and during the summer.

Phone:

Allen Center Reception: (206) 543-1695

Mail:

Person's name
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
Box 352350
Seattle, WA 98195-2350

Bill & Melinda Gates Center (Undergraduate Student Services)

In Person:

Bill & Melinda Gates Center, Room 170
3800 E Stevens Way NE
Seattle, WA 98195-2355
MAP

Regular Building Hours (effective January 3, 2023 until further notice):

  • Building, Monday — Friday: 8:00 am — 7:00 pm
  • Reception, Monday — Friday: 9:00 am — 4:00 pm (closed 12:00 pm — 1:00 pm for lunch)*

*Outside of specified hours and on weekends/holidays, building access is via cardkey only. Building hours may be shortened when UW is not in session and during the summer.

Phone:

Gates Center Reception: (206) 543-2656

Mail:

Person's name
Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering
University of Washington
Box 352355
Seattle, WA 98195-2355

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Podcasts

We offer both audio and video podcasts of our colloquium series. In RSS 2.0 format:

XML Colloquia podcasts (MP3)
XML Colloquia video podcasts (MP4)

In Atom format:

XML Colloquia podcasts (MP3)
XML Colloquia video podcasts (MP4)

Event Calendars

An iCalendar format list of forthcoming Allen School colloquia is available at www.cs.washington.edu/events/colloquia.ics, suitable for subscription.