Meet our World-Class Faculty
The Allen School’s tenure-track and teaching faculty members are at the forefront of innovation — both in the lab and in the classroom.
Our faculty, which is approaching 100 members strong, has been widely recognized for their contributions advancing the field of computing while preparing students to be the leaders and innovators of tomorrow. Among them are 27 Sloan Research Fellows, 52 recipients of National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER or Presidential/NSF Young Investigator awards, three Presidential Early Career (PECASE) Award honorees, eight TR35 Award winners, and multiple individuals honored for advancing specific areas of the field. We also have 14 Fellows of the ACM, 9 Fellows of the IEEE, and two members of the National Academies, signifying our faculty’s career-spanning leadership and service to the scientific and engineering communities.
While they are lauded for their research contributions, our faculty members are first and foremost educators. Five professors have received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, and we were the first unit on campus to earn the UW’s Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence.
While they are lauded for their research contributions, our faculty members are first and foremost educators. Five professors have received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, and we were the first unit on campus to earn the UW’s Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence.
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computing Education Research, Data Science, Ethics & Fairness, Software Engineering
Associate Professor
Data Science; Ethics & Fairness; Human-Centered AI; Natural Language Processing; Social Computing
Associate Professor
Data Management; Data Science; Data Visualization; Human-Centered AI; Human-Computer Interaction
Associate Teaching Professor
Computing Education; Computing Education Research; Fabrication; Human-Computer Interaction
Professor
Architecture & Parallel Computing; Machine Learning; Molecular Programming & Synthetic Biology
Professor
Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Computer Graphics & Animation; Computer Vision
Professor
Computing Education Research; Formal Methods; Programming Languages; Security & Privacy; Software Engineering
Professor
Computer Vision; Knowledge Representation & Reasoning; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Professor
Associate Director for Faculty Affairs
Accessibility; Human-Centered AI; Human-Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems
Professor
Accessibility; Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Human-Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computing Education; Architecture & Parallel Computing; Computing Education Research
Professor
Computer Networking; Human-Centered AI; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems; Wireless Systems
Assistant Professor
Computational Neuroscience & Neuroengineering; Data Science; Machine Learning
Associate Professor
Generative AI; Knowledge Representation & Reasoning; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Professor
Data Management; Data Science; Data Visualization; Human-Computer Interaction
Associate Professor
Computer Networking; Computing for Development; Human-Computer Interaction
Assistant Professor
Robotics; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems; Wireless Systems
Assistant Professor
Generative AI; Human-Centered AI; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Associate Professor
Architecture & Parallel Computing; Computer Networking; Operating & Distributed Systems; Programming Languages
Professor
Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Computer Graphics & Animation; Computer Vision; Generative AI
Assistant Professor
Explainable AI; Generative AI; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Assistant Professor
Architecture & Parallel Computing; Operating & Distributed Systems; Security & Privacy
Assistant Professor
Computer Vision; Human-Centered AI; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing; Robotics
Professor
Cloud Computing; Computer Networking; Operating & Distributed Systems
Associate Professor
Cloud Computing; Computer Networking; Formal Methods; Operating & Distributed Systems
Professor
Accessibility; Ethics & Fairness; Fabrication; Human-Computer Interaction; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems
Teaching Professor
Computing Education; Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Computer Graphics & Animation
Professor
Associate Director for Development & Entrepreneurship
Human-Computer Interaction; Machine Learning; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems
Associate Professor
Cloud Computing; Computer Networking; Operating & Distributed Systems
Professor
Computational Biology; Computer Graphics & Animation; Computer Vision; Robotics
Professor
Human-Centered AI; Computational Neuroscience & Neuroengineering; Robotics
Professor
Associate Director for Research and Communication
Ethics & Fairness; Human-Centered AI; Human-Computer Interaction
Professor
Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Human-Computer Interaction; Security & Privacy
Professor
Augmented, Virtual & Mixed Reality; Computer Graphics & Animation; Computer Vision; Generative AI
Associate Professor
Associate Director for Community
Computing Education Research; Fabrication; Human-Centered AI; Human-Computer Interaction
Professor
Computer Networking; Robotics; Ubiquitous Computing, Sensing & Embedded Systems; Wireless Sensing
Professor
UW Vice Provost for Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Professor
Computing Education Research; Human-Centered AI; Human-Computer Interaction
Associate Professor
Ethics & Fairness; Human-Centered AI; Natural Language Processing
Assistant Professor
Computational Biology; Generative AI; Machine Learning; Natural Language Processing
Assistant Teaching Professor
Computing Education; Operating & Distributed Systems; Programming Languages
