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Wed, 05/22/2024 | UW Electrical & Computer Engineering

A call for AI data transparency

Electrical and computer engineering alumnus and affiliate professor Jai Jaisimha is the co-founder of the Transparency Coalition.ai, a nonprofit that advocates for transparency and regulation of the data used to train artificial intelligence.

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Fri, 05/17/2024 | UW News

Curbing misinformation on YouTube

UW researchers have developed a prototype browser extension called Viblio, which lets viewers and creators add citations to the timelines of YouTube videos.

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Wed, 05/15/2024 | UW Electrical and Computer Engineering

Why animals can outrun robots

Researchers investigate why walking, running, and jumping are challenging tasks for robots while the same activities appear to be relatively easy for humans and other animals.

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Mon, 05/13/2024 | UW News

Reducing teen stress with VR

UW researchers find that a virtual reality environment for teens may offer an accessible, affordable way to reduce stress.

A small brown circuit board sits on a gray background. To its right are a small copper plate, sheets of glass fibers in a crosshatch pattern, small chunks of vitrimer plastic that’s been removed from a circuit board, and a computer chip.

Thu, 05/09/2024 | UW News

Recyclable circuit boards

A UW-led team has developed a printed circuit board that can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss.

A group of students, including one adult and several pre-teens, engaging in a science experiment in a classroom setting

Tue, 05/07/2024 | UW News

Discovery Days 2024

Elementary and middle school students from across Washington visited the UW to learn about engineering at Discovery Days this month.

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Thu, 05/02/2024 | UW Civil & Environmental Engineering

A biochar solution for urban runoff

Civil and environmental engineering researchers test biologically derived charcoal filters and fungi as tools in purifying city waters, a step towards eco-friendly solutions.

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Mon, 04/29/2024 | UW News

Understanding TikTok

Allen School Associate Professor Franziska Roesner discusses how TikTok’s ‘black box’ algorithm and design shape user behavior.

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Thu, 04/25/2024 | UW Medicine

AI to help speed protein engineering

Study findings promise to shift the field away from trial-and-error approach and toward computational approaches.

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Mon, 04/22/2024 | UW News

UPWARDS for the future

The UW is leading an international group in semiconductor research and workforce development.