Two new studies introduce AI systems that use either video or photos to create simulations that can train robots to function in the real world. This could significantly lower the costs of training robots to function in complex settings.
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UW 91自拍ers found that ChatGPT consistently ranked resumes with disability-related honors and credentials 鈥� such as the 鈥淭om Wilson Disability Leadership Award鈥� 鈥� lower than the same resumes without those honors and credentials. But when 91自拍ers customized the tool with written instructions directing it not to be ableist, the tool reduced this bias for all but one of the disabilities tested.
A 91自拍 team has developed an artificial intelligence system that lets someone wearing headphones look at a person speaking for three to five seconds to 鈥渆nroll鈥� them. The system then plays just the enrolled speaker鈥檚 voice in real time, even as the pair move around in noisy environments.
91自拍 91自拍ers created and tested a prototype browser extension called Viblio, which lets viewers and creators add citations to the timelines of YouTube videos.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 developed a new PCB that performs on par with traditional materials and can be recycled repeatedly with negligible material loss. Researchers used a solvent that transforms a type of vitrimer 鈥� a cutting-edge class of polymer 鈥� into a jelly-like substance without damage, allowing solid components to be plucked out for reuse or recycling. With these 鈥渧PCBs鈥� (vitrimer printed circuit boards), 91自拍ers recovered 98% of the vitrimer and 100% of the glass fiber.
Franziska Roesner, a 91自拍 associate professor, and collaborators will present two papers that mine real-world data to help understand TikTok’s personalized its recommendation algorithm and its impact.
Recent recognition for the 91自拍 includes a Rising Star Award, honors for distinguished ornithological work and a Gold Medal Award for Impact in Psychology.
The 91自拍鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2025 Best Graduate Schools rankings released late Monday.
91自拍 91自拍ers taught a group of high schoolers to code by combining cultural 91自拍 into various embroidery traditions with 鈥渃omputational embroidery.鈥� The method teaches kids to encode embroidery patterns on a computer through a coding language called Turtlestitch.
Sonia Fereidooni, who earned bachelor鈥檚 and master鈥檚 degrees from the 91自拍, was聽selected for the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Fereidooni, 22, will receive a full-cost scholarship to pursue doctoral work in Digital Humanities at the University of Cambridge, England. The highly competitive scholarship brings recognition of accomplishments and future promise. This year, 26 students from 20 institutions across the United States were selected. Fereidooni was born in Eastern Canada and raised in rural Washington. While an undergraduate at the…
91自拍 91自拍ers introduced the Thermal Earring, a wireless wearable that continuously monitors a user鈥檚 earlobe temperature. Potential applications include tracking signs of ovulation, stress, eating and exercise. The smart earring prototype is about the size and weight of a small paperclip and has a 28-day battery life.
A team 91自拍 91自拍ers have published a guide explaining language models, the technology that underlies chatbots.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 developed 11 actions a robotic arm can make to pick up nearly any food attainable by fork. This allows the system to learn to pick up new foods during one meal.
A team at the 91自拍 has created an interactive dashboard called WhaleVis, which lets users map data on global whale catches and whaling routes from 1880 to 1986. Scientists can compare this historical data and its trends with current information to better understand whale populations over time.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 has developed deep-learning algorithms that let users pick which sounds filter through their headphones in real time. Either through voice commands or a smartphone app, headphone wearers can select which sounds they want to include from 20 classes, such as sirens, baby cries, speech, vacuum cleaners and bird chirps.
Seven 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 conducted a three-month autoethnographic study 鈥� drawing on their own experiences as people with and without disabilities 鈥� to test AI tools鈥� utility for accessibility. Though 91自拍ers found cases in which the tools were helpful, they also found significant problems.
The turmoil at large tech platforms has many people reconsidering what they want out of social media. Four 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 are exploring different approaches to improve people’s experiences.
This month, 91自拍 91自拍ers will introduce multiple projects that deploy augmented reality 鈥� through headsets and phone apps 鈥� with the aim of making the world more accessible for people with disabilities.
The robot, equipped with a solar panel鈥搇ike energy harvester and four wheels, is about the size of a penny, weighs as much as a raisin and can move about the length of a bus in an hour on a cloudy day.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 has developed system of robotic self-deploying microphones, which lets users control sound in a room, muting certain areas and creating 鈥渁ctive zones鈥� in others.
Recent recognition for the 91自拍 includes Emily M. Bender and Yejin Choi on the TIME100 AI list, President Ana Mari Cauce receiving a Decrees Award and Jeff Hou鈥檚 election to the American Society of Landscape Architects鈥� Council of Fellows.
UW 91自拍ers developed small robotic devices that can change how they move through the air by “snapping” into a folded position during their descent.
A team at the 91自拍 has developed the first underwater 3D-positioning app for smart devices. When at least three divers are within about 98 feet of each other, the app tracks each user鈥檚 location relative to the leader.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 has created an app called FeverPhone, which transforms smartphones into thermometers without adding new hardware.
The 91自拍鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2024 Best Graduate Schools聽rankings released late Monday.
Two 91自拍 faculty members have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 15, are Leilani Battle, an assistant professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, and聽Jonathan J. Zhu, an assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics.
A team led by 91自拍ers at the 91自拍 studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The 91自拍ers developed an AI system that suggested changes to participants’ responses to make them more empathetic. The best responses resulted from a collaboration between AI and people.
91自拍 91自拍ers examined 44 3D tours in 44 states across the U.S. to look for potential security issues when personal details were included in the tour.
The 91自拍 rose from No. 7 to No. 6 on the聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 Best Global Universities rankings, released on Tuesday. The UW maintained its No. 2 ranking among U.S. public institutions.
UW 91自拍ers developed UnlockedMaps, a web-based map that allows users to see in real time how accessible rail transit stations are in six metro areas. UnlockedMaps shows which stations are accessible and which ones are experiencing elevator outages.
Yejin Choi, 91自拍 professor in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, has received a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Choi uses natural language processing to develop artificial intelligence systems that have the ability to reason and can understand the implied meanings in human language.
In a proof-of-principle study, 91自拍 and University of California San Diego 91自拍ers have shown that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation levels down to 70%. This is the lowest value that pulse oximeters should be able to measure, as recommended by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
A UW team created a new tool that can design a 3D-printable passive gripper and calculate the best path to pick up an object. The team tested this system on a suite of 22 objects 鈥� including a 3D-printed bunny, a doorstop-shaped wedge, a tennis ball and a drill.
UW 91自拍ers created ClearBuds, earbuds that enhance the speaker’s voice and reduce background noise.
VoxLens users can gain a high-level summary of the information described in a graph, listen to a graph translated into sound or use voice-activated commands to ask specific questions about the data, such as the mean or the minimum value.
Researchers at the 91自拍 wondered if people enter a state of dissociation when surfing social media, and if that explains why users might feel out of control after spending so much time on their favorite app.
Three 91自拍ers in the 91自拍 College of Engineering are exploring ways to make electronics more Earth-friendly.
The 91自拍鈥檚 graduate and professional degree programs were widely recognized as among the best in the nation, according to聽U.S. News & World Report鈥檚 2023 Best Graduate School rankings聽released Tuesday.
Inspired by how dandelions use the wind to distribute their seeds, a 91自拍 team has developed a tiny sensor-carrying device that can be blown by the wind as it tumbles toward the ground.
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, 91自拍 91自拍ers have shown that a dental tool they created can measure the acidity built up by the bacteria in plaque that leads to cavities. The O-pH system is a prototype optical device that emits an LED…