March 15, 2022
Team Ultropia Wins the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition
adapted from article by GIX marketing staff Congratulations to teams Ultropia, FuchsiaBand, and Osto-Mate for taking the top prizes in the 2022 GIX Innovation Competition! Now in its fifth year, the competition aims to spur innovative and inclusive solutions to pressing global problems. For 2022, entrants were challenged to create a novel technological or robotic…
March 9, 2022
O-pH, a new UW dental tool prototype, can spot the acidic conditions that lead to cavities
Story by Jake Ellison | UW News You and your dentist have a lot of tools and techniques for stopping cavities, but detecting the specific chemical conditions that can lead to cavities and then preventing them from ever getting started is much harder. Now, in a new study, University of Washington researchers have shown that…
March 2, 2022
Addressing fundamental challenges in data science: Q&A with Professor Maryam Fazel
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Most automated technologies that we use, enjoy and rely on today are built on applications driven by data science and machine learning. Internet search engines such as Google, movie and music recommendations systems embedded in popular entertainment applications such as Netflix and Spotify, and even traffic signals and…
February 17, 2022
Empathy helps Rico Malvar engineer a lifetime of success
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News There are not many people who have had career success comparable to what Henrique (Rico) Malvar has achieved. Malvar, a distinguished engineer at Microsoft, has worked for the company for almost 25 years and has held prominent roles throughout his tenure such as chief scientist for Microsoft Research…
February 9, 2022
Professor Joshua Smith to lead new UW + Amazon Science Hub
Adapted from a UW News press release The University of Washington and Amazon today announced the Science Hub, an effort that deepens the relationship between the two organizations and will advance innovation in core robotics, artificial intelligence technologies and their applications. The hub will be led by Joshua Smith, who is the Milton and Delia…
January 21, 2022
Harnessing noise in optical computing for AI
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News Artificial intelligence and machine learning are currently affecting our lives in a myriad of small but impactful ways. For example, AI and machine learning applications help to interpret voice commands given to our phones and electronic devices, such as Alexa, and recommend entertainment we might enjoy through services…
January 18, 2022
UW researchers developing miniaturized imaging device to treat heart attack, stroke
Article by Renske Dyedov | UW Institute for Nano-Engineered Systems (NanoES) Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death in the U.S. and around the world. According to the World Health Organization, an estimated 17.9 million people die from CVDs each year. The vast majority of these deaths are due to heart attacks and…
January 10, 2022
James Rosenthal receives Yang Research Award
By Wayne Gillam | UW ECE News UW ECE congratulates recent graduate James Rosenthal, who was named as the 2021 Yang Research Award recipient for his work developing neurotechnology. Rosenthal received his master’s and doctoral degrees from UW ECE in 2018 and 2021, respectively. He is currently a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with the Laboratory…
December 20, 2021
The Integrator 2021 – Focus on Impact – now available!
Dear UW ECE Community, I am excited to introduce the 2021 issue of The Integrator — UW ECE’s flagship, annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty research, student achievements, alumni stories, special events and more. Beginning this year, we have transitioned The Integrator into a fully-digital, environmentally sustainable online publication model, made available to…
December 9, 2021
Professor Joshua R. Smith elected Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for his innovations in wireless power, communication, sensing and robotics
Adapted from article by Rebekka Coakley | Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Professor Joshua R. Smith, the Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor in Entrepreneurial Excellence, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering (UW ECE) and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering,…
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