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October 4, 2024
Q&A: New dataset provides a robust picture of Hurricane Helene鈥檚 destruction 鈥� and could help design more resilient communities
UW researchers collaborated with people at multiple institutions to collect pre-storm data and place sensors to measure storm surge levels and wave height during Hurricane Helene’s landfall.
September 23, 2024
Q&A: How the Remote Hub Lab can prepare engineering students for their future careers
The Remote Hub Lab allows students to access physical engineering equipment from anywhere in the world. A primary focus of the lab is to use a process called “digital twinning,” to create virtual models that mirror real-world systems, which enables students to experiment, learn and innovate in a risk-free, cost-effective environment.
September 17, 2024
AI researcher discusses the new version of ChatGPT鈥檚 advances in math and reasoning
Niloofar Mireshghallah, a UW postdoctoral scholar, discusses why math and reasoning have so challenged artificial intelligence models and what the public should know about OpenAI鈥檚 new release.
August 13, 2024
Q&A: Using marijuana can worsen outcomes for young adults with psychosis 鈥� how can mental health professionals help them stop?
Young adults with psychosis tend to use cannabis at extremely high rates, and their symptoms can be exacerbated by long-term marijuana use. A team of 天美影视传媒 researchers is focused on this particular group.聽
July 25, 2024
Q&A: Nail salon air is filled with fragrance chemicals 鈥� could they harm workers’ health?
A study led by UW researcher Diana Ceballos is most comprehensive study to date of the specific fragrance chemical mixtures found in nail salon air, and will allow researchers to further study the potential health risks. 聽
July 23, 2024
Q&A: UW researcher aims to understand common women’s sports injuries
Several common injuries seem to haunt women’s sports. Jenny Robinson, a 天美影视传媒 assistant professor, is interested in designing better methods to help female athletes train to prevent and recover from injuries.
July 16, 2024
Q&A: The climate change toll on roads 鈥� two UW professors weigh in
Two 天美影视传媒 researchers are investigating how to mitigate the effects of climate change on common road pavements, such as asphalt and concrete.
July 1, 2024
Q&A: How the H5N1 bird flu outbreak could become humanity’s problem
A major outbreak of a new strain of bird flu 鈥� formally named Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 鈥� has killed millions of wild birds and infected poultry, dairy cattle, domestic cats and a small number of humans.聽UW experts explain how bird flu evolves and what it could mean for humans.
June 11, 2024
Q&A: Why social media rarely leads to constructive political action
But in her new book 鈥淟og Off: Why Posting and Politics (Almost) Never Mix,鈥� Katherine Cross, a UW doctoral student in the Information School, argues that social media has limited political value.
April 24, 2024
Q&A: How TikTok鈥檚 鈥榖lack box鈥� algorithm and design shape user behavior
Franziska Roesner, a 天美影视传媒 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.
April 23, 2024
Q&A: UW research shows neural connection between learning a second language and learning to code
New research from the 天美影视传媒 shows the brain鈥檚 response to viewing errors in both the syntax (form) and semantics (meaning) of code appeared identical to those that occur when fluent readers process sentences on a word-by-word basis, supporting a resemblance between how people learn computer and natural languages.
March 28, 2024
Q&A: How to train AI when you don’t have enough data
As researchers explore potential applications for AI, they have found scenarios where AI could be really useful but there’s not enough data to accurately train the algorithms. Jenq-Neng Hwang, 天美影视传媒 professor of electrical and computer and engineering, specializes in these issues.
Q&A: UW researcher discusses the vital role of Indigenous librarians
Sandy Littletree, a UW assistant professor in the Information School, discusses the importance of working Indigenous ways of knowing into libraries, archives and data repositories.
March 11, 2024
Q&A: How Instagram influencers profit from anti-vaccine misinformation
New research from the UW examines how three wellness Instagram influencers profited from anti-vaccine misinformation.
February 29, 2024
Q&A: How a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease could also work for Type 2 diabetes
Alzheimer’s disease and Type 2 diabetes are part of a family of amyloid diseases that are characterized by having proteins that cluster together. UW researchers have demonstrated more similarities between the two diseases.
February 15, 2024
Q&A: What is the best route to fairer AI systems?
Mike Teodorescu, a 天美影视传媒 assistant professor in the Information School, proposes that private enterprise standards for fairer machine learning systems would inform governmental regulation.
February 7, 2024
Q&A: Helping robots identify objects in cluttered spaces
Robots in warehouses and even around our houses struggle to identify and pick up objects if they are too close together, or if a space is cluttered. This is because robots lack what psychologists call “object unity,” or our ability to identify things even when we can’t see all of them. Researchers at the 天美影视传媒 have developed a way to teach robots this skill.
January 9, 2024
Q&A: UW researchers answer common questions about language models like ChatGPT
A team 天美影视传媒 researchers have published a guide explaining language models, the technology that underlies chatbots.
November 16, 2023
Q&A: How an assistive-feeding robot went from picking up fruit salads to whole meals
A team led by researchers at the 天美影视传媒 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.
October 25, 2023
UW experts offer hot takes on El Ni帽o, weather and ocean temperatures
Five 天美影视传媒 experts comment on the current El Ni帽o, its effect on Pacific Northwest winter weather, as well as on regional and global ocean temperature trends.
October 24, 2023
How can social media be better? Four UW researchers compare strategies
The turmoil at large tech platforms has many people reconsidering what they want out of social media. Four researchers at the 天美影视传媒 are exploring different approaches to improve people’s experiences.
October 17, 2023
Q&A: Researchers aim to improve accessibility with augmented reality
This month, 天美影视传媒 researchers 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.
September 22, 2023
Q&A: How new software is changing our understanding of human brain development
A team including researchers at the 天美影视传媒 recently used new software to compare MRIs from 300 babies and discovered that myelin, a part of the brain鈥檚 so-called white matter, develops much slower after birth.
September 6, 2023
Q&A: Older adults want more say in companion robots, AI and data collection
Clara Berridge, associate professor of social work at the 天美影视传媒, discusses her research into how older adults feel about technology that’s marketed for their safety and security, such as location trackers and companion robots.
August 16, 2023
Q&A: As AI changes education, important conversations for kids still happen off-screen
Jason Yip, a UW associate professor in the Information School, discusses how parents and schools can adapt to new technologies in ways that support children’s learning.
August 9, 2023
In the Field: UW team to spend six weeks visiting deep-ocean observatory
Twenty-five undergraduates are among the participants on a 41-day cruise off the Oregon coast aboard the UW’s large research vessel, the R/V Thomas G. Thompson. Principal investigator Deborah Kelley, professor of oceanography, answers questions about the expedition to visit and maintain the cabled ocean observatory.
July 27, 2023
Q&A: UW researcher discusses just how much energy ChatGPT uses
Training a large language model, such as ChatGPT, uses on average roughly equivalent to the yearly electricity consumption of over 1,000 U.S. households, according to Sajjad Moazeni, UW assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, who studies networking for AI and machine learning supercomputing.
May 31, 2023
UW researcher discusses the buzz behind ‘Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’
UW News sat down with Michele Newman, a 天美影视传媒 doctoral student in the Information School, to learn more about fans’ dedication to “Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.”
May 23, 2023
Q&A: Have a favorite food memory? How technology can help take you back
Danli Luo, a UW doctoral student of human centered design and engineering, developed a toolkit of sensors and controllers that helped her re-create three dishes from growing up in China: rice wine, tofu and spring roll wrappers.
April 19, 2023
Q&A: Two ways UW researchers are studying marine microplastics
Two 天美影视传媒 researchers are using very different methods to investigate the issue of marine microplastics. For Earth Day, UW News asked them to discuss their research.
April 10, 2023
Beyond Trump 鈥� UW political scientists on the legacy of the indictment on the U.S. presidency
The indictment of former President Trump isn’t just about an individual but about the office of the presidency, and what the country is willing to accept from its leaders, say 天美影视传媒 political scientists James Long and Victor Menaldo,
March 16, 2023
Q&A: Navajo Nation water rights case an opportunity to reaffirm treaty obligations, UW law professor says
Monte Mills, professor of law at the 天美影视传媒 and director of the UW Native American Law Center, discusses the significance of Arizona v. Navajo Nation, a water rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court.
February 9, 2023
UW experts discuss the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Three 天美影视传媒 experts have provided quotes in response to the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on Monday morning.
February 8, 2023
Q&A: UW researcher discusses future of quantum research
Scientists at the 天美影视传媒 are pursuing multiple quantum research projects spanning from creating materials with never-before-seen physical properties to studying the 鈥渜uantum bits鈥� 鈥� or qubits (pronounced “kyu-bits”) 鈥� that make quantum computing possible. UW News sat down with Professor Kai-Mei Fu, one of the leaders in quantum research on campus, to talk about the potential of quantum R&D, and why it鈥檚 so important.
January 23, 2023
Q&A: How AI can help people be more empathetic about mental health
A team led by researchers at the 天美影视传媒 studied how artificial intelligence could help people on the platform TalkLife, where people give each other mental health support. The researchers 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.
November 21, 2022
Q&A: Managing Washington鈥檚 gray wolf population 鈥� through fear
Wolf management in Washington has been controversial. Rob Anderson, who obtained his Ph.D. at the 天美影视传媒, explains the dynamic of managing a species through fear.
November 16, 2022
Q&A: How 鈥楤uy Now Pay Later鈥� impacts financial health
Ed deHaan, associate professor of accounting in the 天美影视传媒 Foster School of Business, studies the impact of Buy Now Pay Later on financial health. His research finds that BNPL users faced rapid increases in bank overdraft charges and credit card interests and fees.
Q&A: UW researchers find privacy risks with 3D tours on real estate websites
天美影视传媒 researchers 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.
October 17, 2022
Q&A: UnlockedMaps provides real-time accessibility information for urban rail transit in six metro areas
UW researchers 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.
October 3, 2022
UW law professor discusses tech company liability cases before US Supreme Court
UW law professor Eric Schnapper explains two cases that the U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear — cases on tech companies’ liability that he will argue before the court this winter.
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