Technology

The UW has been given $12.5M in federal funding to lead a cohort of institutions tackling foundational challenges in the field of data science.

The UW has received $12.5M of federal funding to lead a group of institutions tackling data science challenges.

A report about the impact of satellite clusters says damage to observations is unavoidable and offers mitigation strategies. Meredith Rawls, a research scientist in astronomy, is quoted.

The real world is seeping into online communities and making them harder to moderate. Charles Kiene, a doctoral student in communication, is quoted.

Xiaosong Li, chemistry professor brings computational science to the virtual classroom during COVID-19.

Emily Levesque, assistant professor of astronomy, has written a new book entitled "The Last Stargazers: The Enduring Story of Astronomy’s Vanishing Explorers" that explores the wonder of astronomy.

Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, explains how tech emperors may be in their last days as the amount of anti-trust democrats rise.

Margaret O'Mara, professor of history explains the relationship between tech companies and the U.S. government and why such contracts are often difficult to find.

Emily Bender, professor of linguistics, explains how major AI conferences are starting to force computer scientists to think about the societal impacts of artificial intelligence.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, discusses how we should interpret Amazon's climate plan.

Aseem Prakash, professor of political science, explains Amazon's new climate plan.

A lawsuit against a cloud services employee who left to join Google highlights Amazon’s aggressive tactics to retain talent. Margaret O'Mara, professor of history, is quoted.

The University of Washington's virtual graduation ceremony and all the technology that made it possible is explained in this article.

Political science faculty Aseem Prakash, James Caporaso and Victor Menaldo discuss regulation of big tech platforms.