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Artificial Intelligence

Allen School researchers are at the forefront of exciting developments in AI spanning machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, robotics and more.

We cultivate a deeper understanding of the science and potential impact of rapidly evolving technologies, such as large language models and generative AI, while developing practical tools for their ethical and responsible application in a variety of domains — from biomedical research and disaster response, to autonomous vehicles and urban planning.


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Portrait of Tim Althoff

Tim Althoff

Faculty


Portrait of Cecilia Aragon

Cecilia Aragon

Adjunct Faculty


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Aleksandr Aravkin

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Leilani Battle

Leilani Battle

Faculty


Portrait of Emily Bender

Emily Bender

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Jeffrey Bilmes

Jeffrey Bilmes

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Byron Boots

Byron Boots

Faculty


Portrait of Léonard Boussioux

Léonard Boussioux

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Steven Brunton

Steven Brunton

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Maya Cakmak

Maya Cakmak

Faculty


Portrait of Aylin Caliskan

Aylin Caliskan

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Ryan Calo

Ryan Calo

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Luis Ceze

Luis Ceze

Faculty


Portrait of Brian Curless

Brian Curless

Faculty


Portrait of Anind Dey

Anind Dey

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Pedro Domingos

Pedro Domingos

Emeritus Faculty


Portrait of Simon Du

Simon Shaolei Du

Faculty


Portrait of Oren Etzioni

Oren Etzioni

Emeritus Faculty


Portrait of Ali Farhadi

Ali Farhadi

Faculty


Portrait of Maryam Fazel

Maryam Fazel

Adjunct Faculty


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Leah Findlater

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Abraham Flaxman

Abraham Flaxman

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of James Fogarty

James Fogarty

Faculty


Portrait of Dieter Fox

Dieter Fox

Faculty


Portrait of Batya Friedman

Batya Friedman

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Sawyer Fuller

Sawyer Fuller

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Shyam Gollakota

Shyam Gollakota

Faculty


Portrait of Matthew Golub

Matthew Golub

Faculty


Portrait of Abhishek Gupta

Abhishek Gupta

Faculty


Portrait of Hannaneh Hajishirzi

Hannaneh Hajishirzi

Faculty


Portrait of Zaid Harchaoui

Zaid Harchaoui

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Megan Hazen

Megan Hazen

Faculty


Portrait of Bill Howe

Bill Howe

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Lalit Jain

Lalit Jain

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Kevin Jamieson

Kevin Jamieson

Faculty


Portrait of Natasha Jaques

Natasha Jaques

Faculty


Portrait of Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman

Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman

Faculty


Portrait of Max Kleiman-Weiner

Max Kleiman-Weiner

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Pang Wei Koh

Pang Wei Koh

Faculty


Portrait of Ranjay Krishna

Ranjay Krishna

Faculty


Portrait of Su-In Lee

Su-In Lee

Faculty


Portrait of Jerry Li

Jerry Li

Faculty


Portrait of Jen Mankoff

Jen Mankoff

Faculty


Portrait of Jamie Morgenstern

Jamie Morgenstern

Faculty


Portrait of Sara Mostafavi

Sara Mostafavi

Faculty


Portrait of William Stafford Noble

William Noble

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Armita Nourmohammad

Armita Nourmohammad

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Sewoong Oh

Sewoong Oh

Faculty


Portrait of Mari Ostendorf

Mari Ostendorf

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Shwetak Patel

Shwetak Patel

Faculty


Portrait of Zoran Popović

Zoran Popović

Faculty


Portrait of Rajesh Rao

Rajesh P.N. Rao

Faculty


Portrait of Lillian Ratliff

Lillian Ratliff

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Katharina Reinecke

Katharina Reinecke

Faculty


Portrait of Martin Saveski

Martin Saveski

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of faculty member Steve Seitz

Steven Seitz

Faculty


Portrait of Chirag Shah

Chirag Shah

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Linda Shapiro

Linda Shapiro

Faculty


Portrait of Benjamin Shapiro

R. Benjamin Shapiro

Faculty


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Joshua Smith

Faculty


Portrait of Noah Smith

Noah A. Smith

Faculty


Portrait of Sidd Srinivasa

Siddhartha (Sidd) Srinivasa

Faculty


Portrait of Steve Tanimoto

Steve Tanimoto

Faculty


Portrait of Michael Taylor

Michael Bedford Taylor

Faculty


Portrait of Yulia Tsvetkov

Yulia Tsvetkov

Faculty


Portrait of Lucy Wang

Lucy Wang

Adjunct Faculty


Portrait of Sheng Wang

Sheng Wang

Faculty


Portrait of Dan Weld

Daniel S. Weld

Emeritus Faculty


Portrait of Luke Zettlemoyer

Luke Zettlemoyer

Faculty


Portrait of Amy Zhang

Amy Zhang

Faculty

Highlights

Allen School News

Zhihan Zhang receives Google Ph.D. Fellowship in health research


Headshot of Zhihan Zhang

The fellowship will support Zhang’s work in sustainable ubiquitous computing, including the development of recyclable electronics and leveraging artificial intelligence to estimate carbon footprints and provide personalized health insights.



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UW News

AI can pick up cultural values by mimicking how kids learn


An image from the kitchen simulation game Overcooked in which two chefs compete to make soup. The image displays a pair of rudimentary kitchen setups with piles of onions and bowls. One chef avatar has to cover a longer distance to gather their onions to make the soup, putting them at a competitive disadvantage.

AI trained on data from the entire internet won’t work equally well for people in different cultures. But when UW researchers fed AI agents data from a kitchen simulation game, they found that the AI absorbed cultural values from observing human behavior — similar to what children do.



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AI headphones proactively isolate conversation partners in a crowd


Close-up of a person wearing headphones with a small earbud taped to the exterior of the headphone speaker

The prototype from researchers in the Mobile Systems Lab led by Allen School professor Shyam Gollakota detects the cadence of a conversation and automatically tracks participants’ voices for the wearer while muting the rest.



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