Articles about University of Washington – Page 14 of 32

Geek of the Week: Mitali Palekar’s exceptional Univ. of Washington experience will inform tech career

In pursuit of a degree in computer science with interdisciplinary honors at the University of Washington, Mitali Palekar is a… Read More

Young founder of cloud unicorn HashiCorp giving back to Univ. of Washington with millions in scholarship aid

Armon Dadgar, the 28-year-old co-founder of cloud computing unicorn HashiCorp, only graduated seven years ago from the University of Washington,… Read More

Here’s why two Y Combinator partners made a recruiting trip to the Univ. of Washington in Seattle

The University of Washington has one of the world’s best computer science programs. MBA recruiters recently ranked the UW’s business… Read More

‘More than just playing a game’: State-of-the-art esports arena powers up at Univ. of Washington

Game on at the University of Washington. A state-of-the-art Esports Arena & Gaming Lounge at the UW’s Husky Union Building… Read More

Institute for Protein Design wins $45M in funding from TED’s Audacious Project

The era of engineering proteins for medical applications just got a lot closer, thanks to a five-year, $45 million grant… Read More

To fight Alzheimer’s disease, Univ. of Washington researchers target plaque-causing proteins

Researchers at the University of Washington have created a molecule that aims to stop the formation of protein clusters thought… Read More

Nonlinear Materials goes public with plan to commercialize electro-optic devices

It’s taken 20 years, but executives at Seattle-based Nonlinear Materials Corp. are finally putting the pieces in place for what… Read More

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Big eye drops are a giant problem, and this student startup is challenging the industry with its solution

Nanodropper, a medical device startup founded by a group of University of Washington students, has developed an adapter that makes… Read More

University of Washington researchers want to help Uber and Lyft protect data and share it with cities

Cities where Uber and Lyft operate have a data problem. The University of Washington wants to provide the solution. Companies… Read More

Here’s why Seattle is the country’s top emerging life sciences market

Seattle is the top emerging life sciences hub in the U.S., according to a recent report from commercial real estate… Read More

Shwetak Patel, UW computer scientist and prolific inventor, wins prestigious ACM Prize at age 37

Shwetak Patel has made a habit of pushing the ordinary stuff around us to do things far beyond the original… Read More

Eyebrow-raising extinction study goes public, but co-author says it’s just the start

After days of puzzling over secondhand reports, anyone with an internet connection can now read a research paper about a… Read More

Scientists claim discovery of a fossilized killing field from the day the dinosaurs died

First, there was a violent shock. Then, there was the roar of a 30-foot-high wave of water, throwing fish onto… Read More

Tech Moves: Online disinformation researcher Kate Starbird gets tenure; Expedia board member Scott Rudin resigns; and more

The University of Washington awarded tenure to Kate Starbird, an associate in the Department of Human Centered Design and Engineering.… Read More

UW students rely on input from professor’s son to create prototype for app that eases panic attacks

A team of students at the University of Washington had the winning prototype during presentations in the school’s Neural Engineering… Read More

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GeekWire Podcast: Bezos and the bots, DNA data storage, and Seattle startups learn to co-exist with Silicon Valley giants

Every year, Amazon and Jeff Bezos hold an elite, invitation-only conference called MARS, for Machine learning, Automation, Robotics and Space, which doubles as an… Read More

Microsoft and University of Washington demonstrate automated DNA data storage

DNA data storage holds the promise of putting huge amounts of information into a test tube — but who wants… Read More

What will quantum computing do for us? Programmers, policymakers share ideas

Quantum computer scientist Krysta Svore has a dream. In her dream, she arrives at the week’s Northwest Quantum Nexus Summit… Read More

Sen. Maria Cantwell and Microsoft President Brad Smith put a Northwest spin on quantum computing

The Pacific Northwest may be known for tech icons like Microsoft and Amazon but when U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.,… Read More

Newly formed Northwest Quantum Nexus unites pioneers on the wild frontier of computing

Experts in the weird and woolly field of quantum computing tend to concentrate on one slice of the challenge, whether… Read More

AtariWomen wants you to meet the female engineers behind Centipede and Warlords

Wocka wocka wocka wocka. Even if you’re not a kid of the 1970s and ’80s who, like me, erased hours… Read More

Vikram Jandhyala, UW innovation leader and key figure in Seattle tech, dies at age 47

Vikram Jandhyala, the University of Washington’s vice provost for innovation and a key link between the UW and the Seattle… Read More

‘Feed me, Alexa.’ University of Washington team creates voice-controlled robot to help people eat

Robotics researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have developed a robotic system that can feed pieces of fruit… Read More

Bill Gates opens new UW computer science building with tribute to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen

Bill Gates wanted to clear something up. Speaking at a celebration event for a new University of Washington computer science… Read More

Univ. of Washington opens new computer science building, doubling capacity to train future tech workers

When Ed Lazowska arrived at the University of Washington four decades ago, there were just 12 computer science faculty members.… Read More

UW researchers and Florida middle school students form unusual bond over cosmic kidney stones

Eight students from a low-income sugarcane town in South Florida spent months on a robotics project tackling kidney stones in… Read More

Geek of the Week: An ocean lover on the surface, Parker MacCready’s unique science dives deeper

When a series of big snow events set sights on the Puget Sound region earlier this month, traditional weather forecasts… Read More

Univ. of Washington CoMotion innovation center chief Vikram Jandhyala to step down in June

After five years of leading the University of Washington’s innovation center, Vikram Jandhyala is stepping down. Jandhyala, executive director of… Read More

Geek of the Week: Air Force and Blue Origin vet Katherine Pratt aims high as a PhD candidate with an eye on data privacy

Katherine Pratt has a degree from MIT, she interned at Blue Origin, worked on fighter jets in the Air Force,… Read More

Rapid-response telescope team shares greatest hits from ZTF sky scanner

A state-of-the-art astronomical camera system in California known as the Zwicky Transient Facility is rolling out an early batch of… Read More