Data Science

Overview

Data Sciences are fundamentally transforming nearly every area of engineering, science, and society. The University of Washington’s Electrical & Computer Engineering faculty are making fundamental contributions to many different areas of data sciences, including machine learning, AI, optimization, information theory, computer vision, and speech and natural language processing. Many of our data sciences faculty hold secondary appointments in applied mathematics, computer science and engineering, bioengineering, and other departments, and are active participants in cross-disciplinary institutes such as UW’s eScience Institute, the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence and the Bloedel Hearing Research Center.

Topics

Machine Learning

Artificial intelligence (AI), mathematical optimization and information theory.

Faculty: Lillian Ratliff, Katrin Kirchhoff, Jeffrey A. Bilmes, Les Atlas, Maryam Fazel, Sreeram Kannan, Mari Ostendorf, Ming-Ting Sun, Eli Shlizerman, Jenq-Neng Hwang, Linda Shapiro, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Shwetak Patel, Radha Poovendran 

Statistical Signal Processing

Theory, algorithms, signal processing systems and signal processing applications (i.e. biomedical, geophysical signals and synthetic signals).

Faculty: Ming-Ting Sun, Les Atlas, Mari Ostendorf, Brian A. Nelson, Jenq-Neng Hwang

Speech and Natural Language Processing

Speech recognition, natural language understanding, computational linguistics and web-based language techniques.

Faculty:  Mari Ostendorf, Katrin Kirchhoff, Jeffrey A. Bilmes, Hannaneh Hajishirzi, Les Atlas

Computer Vision and Image Processing

Video analysis, surveillance, object recognition, activity recognition, medical image analysis and video compression

Faculty: Ming-Ting Sun, Jenq-Neng Hwang, Linda Shapiro, Jeffrey A. Bilmes, Eve Riskin, Radha Poovendran

Quantum Information

Quantum information systems, quantum algorithms for complex systems, quantum hardware

Faculty: Rahul Trivedi

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Researchers

• Bill Yuchen Lin
• Vasileios Charisopoulos
• Mahmood Hameed
• Gang Hua
• Karthik Mohan
• Rahul Trivedi
• Rania Hussein
• Sreeram Kannan
• Lillian Ratliff
• Eli Shlizerman
• Shwetak N. Patel
• Radha Poovendran
• C. J. Richard Shi
• Jose Nathan Kutz
• Ming-Ting Sun
• Linda G. Shapiro
• Eve A. Riskin
• Mari Ostendorf
• Brian A. Nelson
• Katrin Kirchhoff
• Jenq-Neng Hwang
• Hannaneh Hajishirzi
• Maryam Fazel
• Jeffrey A. Bilmes
• Les Atlas

Research Labs

• MachinE Learning, Optimization, and Data Interpretation (MELODI) Laboratory
• Transformation, Interpretation and Analysis of Language (TIAL)
• Intelligent Systems Lab
• Graphics and Imaging Lab
• Data-Driven Dynamical Systems
• Signal, Speech and Language Interpretation Lab
• Silicon System Research Lab
• Ubicomp (Ubiquitous Computing) Research Lab
• Design, Test and Reliability Research Laboratory
• Information Processing Lab
• Information Theory Lab
• Interactive System Design Laboratory