Information Session: Professional Master's in Computer Science
Click here to register for the session!
The Allen School’s Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is a part-time program designed for software professionals in the Puget Sound region interested in acquiring critical skills to move into positions and projects of greater responsibility and impact. Courses meet one weekday evening per week and are taught in-person on the UW Seattle campus.
Online information sessions are a low-barrier opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the PMP and ask questions directly to program staff. We will share information about PMP courses and learning outcomes and an overview of the application process, including tips for preparing your materials. We hope you will join us!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/s-JzzqWOTAyCx4f1Huaepg. Accessibility Contact: masters@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. A&A Monday Seminar with ISE's Ashis Banerjee
Structured AI Methods for Real-Time Autonomy in Mobile Robot Systems, Abstract
Structured AI aims to fuse the benefits of classical, analytical techniques with modern-day machine learning approaches by extracting and incorporating the embedded structures in the operating environments. To do so, it draws inspiration from various fields, such as system dynamics, geometry and topology, cognition, and information theory. In this seminar, I will present some of the recent efforts in this direction to augment the visual perception and information gathering capabilities of autonomous mobile robots. Extensive evaluations show enhanced generalization capabilities in cluttered and confined spaces, while reducing computational efforts and (training) data requirements.
Bio
Ashis G. Banerjee is an Associate Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering at the University of Washington (UW). Prior to joining UW, he was a Research Scientist at GE Global Research and a Postdoctoral Associate at…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/93258516397. Campus room: 218. Accessibility Contact: aafrontdesk@uw.edu. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
🧸 HuskyADAPT Toy Adaptation Workshop
HuskyADAPT club members get together to modify switch toys to be more accessible by adding universal jacks.
Registration opens soon. Check HuskyADAPT's Instagram for updates. Learn more about the HuskyADAPT Toy Adaptation program, Subscribe to HuskyADAPT email list to get updates, Become a HuskyADAPT student club member.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thaddeus and Lois Spratlen Hall (MDR). Campus room: 311. Accessibility Contact: adaptuw@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Student Activities. Workshops. Target Audience: UW HuskyADAPT members.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit www.huskyadapt.me.uw.edu. Distinguished Lecture Series: Prabhakar Raghavan (Google) - Vignettes from using AI for CS research
Abstract is forthcoming. BIO, Prabhakar Raghavan is the Chief Technologist at Google. He was previously Senior Vice President for Google's Knowledge & Information products, including Google Search, Maps, Ads and Payments. Prabhakar is an authority on web search, with over 20 years of research spanning algorithms, information retrieval, and databases. He is the co-author of two widely-used graduate texts, Randomized Algorithms and Introduction to Information Retrieval. Prior to joining Google, he founded and led Yahoo! Labs. He also served as chief technology officer at Verity, and held various positions during 14 years at IBM Research. Prabhakar received a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley; he is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the ACM, member of the US National Academy of Engineering, and recipient of a Dottore ad honorem from the University of Bologna.
This lecture will be recorded and streamed live on the Allen School's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@uwcse), unless otherwise noted. The link will be…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Talk: Personalizing Intelligence: Sample-Efficient Learning For and From Diverse Users Through Structured Interaction
Speaker: Avinandan Bose, Advisors: Simon S Du, Maryam Fazel, Supervisory Committee: SIMON S DU (Chair), Maryam Fazel (Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering), Lucy Lu Wang (GSR, Information School), Lin Xiao (Electrical and Computer Engineering), Luke Zettlemoyer, Abstract: Generative AI systems are increasingly used by a broad and diverse population, yet they are typically trained to optimize a single objective learned from pooled human feedback, and therefore serve an aggregate user rather than any individual. Personalization has long been studied in recommender systems, but those methods rely on abundant implicit signals over a fixed catalog of items. Generative models instead produce open-ended outputs, receive feedback in natural language, and interact with each user only a handful of times, which makes personalization fundamentally a problem of sample efficiency.
In this talk, I will argue that AI systems can be personalized efficiently by exploiting structure shared across users and by…
Monday, October 26, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
Information Session: Professional Master's in Computer Science
Click here to register for the session!
The Allen School’s Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is a part-time program designed for software professionals in the Puget Sound region interested in acquiring critical skills to move into positions and projects of greater responsibility and impact. Courses meet one weekday evening per week and are taught in-person on the UW Seattle campus.
Online information sessions are a low-barrier opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the PMP and ask questions directly to program staff. We will share information about PMP courses and learning outcomes and an overview of the application process, including tips for preparing your materials. We hope you will join us!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/s-JzzqWOTAyCx4f1Huaepg. Accessibility Contact: masters@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Wednesday, October 28, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Virtual Ph.D. Information Session
The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. Program at the University of Washington is a full-time, research-intensive doctoral program that prepares students to become leaders in academia, industry, and research. Ph.D. students work closely with world-renowned faculty on groundbreaking research across a wide range of computer science and computer engineering disciplines while receiving comprehensive financial support, including tuition, health insurance, and a competitive stipend throughout the program.
Our virtual information session is a convenient opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the Allen School Ph.D. Program and connect directly with a panel of current graduate students, and admissions staff. We will provide an overview of the program, research opportunities, funding, student life, and the admissions process, along with practical guidance for preparing a competitive application. Whether you are considering applying this year or planning for a future applicat…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/nPx4hOeDS4S6TARrRUkURg#/registration. Accessibility Contact: grad-admissions@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Applicants.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Distinguished Lecture Series: Cynthia Dwork (Harvard) - Indistinguishability: The Stuff of Magic
CS theory has given us many magical concepts, such as zero-knowledge proofs, pseudo-randomness, privacy-preserving data analysis, and public-key cryptography. These, and many others, share a common thread: their very definitions are based on indistinguishability, a core concept in complexity theory. Indistinguishability is a form of impossibility: encryptions of zero cannot be distinguished from encryptions of one; outputs of an analysis operating on a dataset D cannot be distinguished from outputs of an analysis operating on D-without-Me (or D-without-You). It is remarkable that this negative notion has proven to be such a generous instrument of algorithmic power. We will survey several flavors of indistinguishability and some recent, novel, applications. BIO, Cynthia Dwork, Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science at Harvard and affiliated faculty at Harvard Law School and Department of Statistics, is known for her foundational role in the invention and development of differential privacy, non-malleable…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Virtual Ph.D. Information Session
The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. Program at the University of Washington is a full-time, research-intensive doctoral program that prepares students to become leaders in academia, industry, and research. Ph.D. students work closely with world-renowned faculty on groundbreaking research across a wide range of computer science and computer engineering disciplines while receiving comprehensive financial support, including tuition, health insurance, and a competitive stipend throughout the program.
Our virtual information session is a convenient opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the Allen School Ph.D. Program and connect directly with a panel of current graduate students, and admissions staff. We will provide an overview of the program, research opportunities, funding, student life, and the admissions process, along with practical guidance for preparing a competitive application. Whether you are considering applying this year or planning for a future applicat…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/nPx4hOeDS4S6TARrRUkURg#/registration. Accessibility Contact: grad-admissions@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Applicants.
Monday, November 9, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Veterans Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, November 11, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Distinguished Lecture Series: Leo Porter (UC San Diego) - Title forthcoming
Abstract is forthcoming.
Bio: Leo Porter is a Professor of Computer Science at UC San Diego interested in computer science education research and computer architecture. He co-founded the Computing Education Research Laboratory dedicated to better understanding how students learn computing and creating instructional environments where students can succeed. He also co-founded and co-direct the GenAI in CS Education Consortium whose mission is to help educators integrate GenAI into the computer science curriculum.
This lecture will be recorded and streamed live on the Allen School's YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@uwcse), unless otherwise noted. The link will be available on that page one hour prior to the event.
The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. Live captioning will be provided for this event. To request disability…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Distinguished Lecture Series: Léon Bottou (Flatiron Institute) - The Fiction Machine
Imagine a machine that can read a story and generate a meaningful continuation, that is, one that complies with the narrative demands of the story and makes sense to a meaningful fraction of the readers. Because what is true in the world of the story needs not be true in our world, this machine cannot be expected to say the truth. It only knows narrative necessity. This machine is of course an idealized model of modern AI systems, from language models and chatbots to movie generation. It is also an opportunity to formulate important questions and sometimes catch a glimpse of their answers. How can we define such a machine more rigorously? What can it compute? How does it compare to logic and mathematical reasoning? Can it be used to make inferences about our world even though its output is not constrained by what is true in our world? Such questions are not only relevant to artificial intelligence, but also useful to understand certain aspects of human intelligence and society.
Bio:
Léon Bottou received the…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
Gates Center (CSE2), G20 | Amazon Auditorium.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Information Session: Professional Master's in Computer Science
Click here to register for the session!
The Allen School’s Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is a part-time program designed for software professionals in the Puget Sound region interested in acquiring critical skills to move into positions and projects of greater responsibility and impact. Courses meet one weekday evening per week and are taught in-person on the UW Seattle campus.
Online information sessions are a low-barrier opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the PMP and ask questions directly to program staff. We will share information about PMP courses and learning outcomes and an overview of the application process, including tips for preparing your materials. We hope you will join us!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/s-JzzqWOTAyCx4f1Huaepg. Accessibility Contact: masters@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Virtual Ph.D. Information Session
The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering Ph.D. Program at the University of Washington is a full-time, research-intensive doctoral program that prepares students to become leaders in academia, industry, and research. Ph.D. students work closely with world-renowned faculty on groundbreaking research across a wide range of computer science and computer engineering disciplines while receiving comprehensive financial support, including tuition, health insurance, and a competitive stipend throughout the program.
Our virtual information session is a convenient opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the Allen School Ph.D. Program and connect directly with a panel of current graduate students, and admissions staff. We will provide an overview of the program, research opportunities, funding, student life, and the admissions process, along with practical guidance for preparing a competitive application. Whether you are considering applying this year or planning for a future applicat…
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/nPx4hOeDS4S6TARrRUkURg#/registration. Accessibility Contact: grad-admissions@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions. Target Audience: Applicants.
Monday, November 23, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Thanksgiving Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, November 26, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Native American Heritage Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, November 27, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Ph.D. Dissertation Defense Talk: Re-Imagining AI-Powered Augmented Reality for All
Speaker: Jae Lee, Advisor: Jon E Froehlich, Supervisory Committee: JON E FROEHLICH (Chair), Jacob O. Wobbrock (GSR, THE INFORMATION SCHOOL), Ranjay Krishna, Andy Wilson (Microsoft Research), Yuhang Zhao (U of Wisconsin - Madison), Abstract TBA.
Friday, December 4, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Information Session: Professional Master's in Computer Science
Click here to register for the session!
The Allen School’s Professional Master’s Program (PMP) is a part-time program designed for software professionals in the Puget Sound region interested in acquiring critical skills to move into positions and projects of greater responsibility and impact. Courses meet one weekday evening per week and are taught in-person on the UW Seattle campus.
Online information sessions are a low-barrier opportunity for prospective students to learn more about the PMP and ask questions directly to program staff. We will share information about PMP courses and learning outcomes and an overview of the application process, including tips for preparing your materials. We hope you will join us!
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/s-JzzqWOTAyCx4f1Huaepg. Accessibility Contact: masters@cs.washington.edu. Event Types: Academics. Information Sessions.
Tuesday, December 8, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit www.cs.washington.edu. Instruction Ends - Autumn 2026
Dates of Instruction
Instruction ends.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 11, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Final Examinations - Autumn 2026
Dates of Instruction
Week of final examinations for autumn quarter.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2026. Quarter: Autumn. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, December 12, 2026 – Friday, December 18, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Quarter Break - Winter
Dates of Instruction
Break between autumn and winter quarters.
Event interval: Ongoing event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Saturday, December 19, 2026 – Sunday, January 3, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Christmas Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, December 25, 2026.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. New Year's Day
Holidays
No classes. Most University offices and buildings are closed. Check with specific offices to confirm.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, January 1, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. Instruction Begins - Winter 2027
Dates of Instruction
Instruction begins.
Event interval: Single day event. Year: 2027. Quarter: Winter. Event Types: Academics.
Monday, January 4, 2027.
For more info visit www.washington.edu.