June 13, 2024
‘The best chance for the biggest impact’: Shwetak Patel inducted into SIGCHI Academy for advancing health, sustainability and interaction research
Adapted from an article by Kristin Osborne | Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering When it comes to the field of human-computer interaction, University of Washington professor Shwetak Patel aims, in his own words, “to think outside the box and challenge existing assumptions.” Patel, who holds the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed…
June 6, 2024
Device restores hand function for some with spinal injury
Research described in this article builds on earlier work by Chet Moritz, who is a C.J. and Elizabeth Hwang Endowed Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering with joint appointments in rehabilitation medicine, physiology, and biophysics, and Dr. Fatma Inanici, who is a medical doctor and research assistant professor in rehabilitation medicine at the UW. Inanici and Moritz worked…
May 8, 2024
Alvin Wang Graylin from HTC to speak at UW ECE Graduation
The University of Washington Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering is proud to welcome UW ECE alumnus Alvin Wang Graylin (BSEE ‘93) as honored guest speaker for our 2024 Graduation Ceremony. Graylin is the Global VP of Corporate Development for HTC, a world leader in the design and production of virtual reality and augmented reality…
May 2, 2024
Walking, running, and jumping — a new approach to these surprising challenges for robots
By Wayne Gillam / UW ECE News Over the last few years, millions of people have watched videos of robots walking, running, and jumping with breathtaking power, agility, and speed. However, what many people don’t realize is that these videos are carefully choreographed and take place in tightly controlled environments. In the real world, outside…
April 25, 2024
UPWARDS for the Future
April 19, 2024
UW joins $110M cross-Pacific effort to advance artificial intelligence
April 11, 2024
A call for AI data transparency
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Artificial intelligence holds great promise as well as possible peril for society. This rapidly evolving technology stands to accelerate advances in science, engineering, and healthcare as well as improve efficiency and productivity in a vast range of industries. But AI also has serious downsides, which include the potential…
April 5, 2024
Leading the charge to enhance power transfer
Adapted from an article by Brooke Fisher, Photos by Dennis Wise | UW College of Engineering Imagine rolling into a parking spot and your electric vehicle (EV) automatically begins to charge, quickly and without cables, thanks to a compact charging station on the ground. UW ECE Assistant Professor Jungwon Choi can do more than envision it…
March 29, 2024
Q&A: How to train AI when you don’t have enough data
March 21, 2024
Bingzhao Li — bringing light and sound into computer chips
Article by Wayne Gillam Photos by Ryan Hoover | UW ECE News When Bingzhao Li was a child growing up in Shijiazhuang, China, he enjoyed taking apart video game consoles and figuring out how to put them back together again. Although he seldom was successful at fully reconstructing the devices — there was almost always…
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