The Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering has 98 tenure-track, research and teaching faculty members. Our award-winning faculty includes 27 Sloan Research Fellowship recipients, 50 recipients of NSF CAREER or Presidential/NSF Young Investigator Awards, three winners of Presidential Early Career (PECASE) Awards, eight TR35 Award winners, and two recipients of the MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, also known as the "Genius" Grant. We have 14 Fellows of the ACM, 11 Fellows of the IEEE, and five members of the National Academies. Five of our faculty have received the University of Washington Distinguished Teaching Award, and we were the first unit on campus to receive the UW's Brotman Award for Instructional Excellence.
CSE2 313
althoff
cs.washington.edu
Data Science, Data Management & Visualization, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Data Science, Data Mining, Social Network Analysis, Natural Language Processing
CSE2 344
andersoncs.washington.edu
Computing for the developing world, health information systems, educational technology
CSE 558
reacs.washington.edu
Teaching
Computer science education, educational technology, computing for the developing world
CSE 646
tomcs.washington.edu
Distributed systems, networks, operating systems, security, parallel computing, education
CSE 584
magdacs.washington.edu
Allen School Director, Professor and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering
Databases, cloud computing, big-data analytics, scientific data management, machine learning and data management, image and video analytics, data management for VR/AR
CSE2 205
leibattcs.washington.edu
Development of interactive data-intensive systems for performing complex data exploration and analysis
CSE 668
beamecs.washington.edu
Allen School Associate Director of Facilities and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Computational complexity, proof complexity and satisfiability
gilbocs.washington.edu
Computer Graphics, Vision, Animation, & Game Science, Fabrication, Programming Languages & Software Engineering
Development of domain specific languages and high-performance tools for simulation, optimization, hardware design, and fabrication
CSE2 243
bodikcs.washington.edu
Programming languages, computer architecture
CSE2 210
bbootscs.washington.edu
Fundamental and applied research at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotics
Nathan Brunelle
brunellecs.washington.edu
Teaching
CSE2 236
mcakmakcs.washington.edu
Human-robot interaction, programming by demonstration, robot teleoperation
CSE 576
luiscezecs.washington.edu
Computer Architecture, Computer Systems & Networking, Molecular Programming & Synthetic Biology, Programming Languages & Software Engineering
Computer architecture, machine learning systems, programming languages, energy-efficient computing, molecular storage and computing.
CSE 578
yejincs.washington.edu
Natural language processing
coladancs.washington.edu
Quantum computation, with a focus on the interplay between quantum information, cryptography, and complexity theory
CSE 664
curlesscs.washington.edu
Computer graphics, computer vision
ssducs.washington.edu
Deep learning, representation learning, reinforcement learning, non-convex optimization
CSE 538
mernstcs.washington.edu
Software engineering, programming languages
CSE2 203
alics.washington.edu
Computer vision, machine learning
CSE 632
jfogartycs.washington.edu
Human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing
CSE2 204
foxcs.washington.edu
Robotics, artificial intelligence, activity recognition
CSE 642
jonfcs.washington.edu
Human-computer interaction, accessibility, ubiquitous computing, sensing
CSE 568
gshyamcs.washington.edu
Computer Systems & Networking, Machine Learning, Robotics, Wireless & Sensor Systems, Ubiquitous Computing
Computational health, AI for sound, networks, bio-robotics, wireless, mobile and ubiquitous computing, sensing, security and privacy
CSE 528
mgolubcs.washington.edu
Artificial Intelligence, Computational Neuroscience, Data Science, Data Management & Visualization, Machine Learning
Machine learning and data science for neuroengineering and basic systems neuroscience; deep learning techniques for understanding neural computations in the brain; brain-computer interfaces
CSE2 309
djgcs.washington.edu
Allen School Vice Director and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Programming languages
abhguptacs.washington.edu
Deep reinforcement learning algorithms for robotic systems, with a focus on reward specification, continual real-world data collection and learning, offline reinforcement learning, and multi-task learning and dexterous manipulation
CSE 470
hannanehcs.washington.edu
Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
CSE2 302
jheercs.washington.edu
Data Science, Data Management & Visualization, Computer Graphics, Vision, Animation, & Game Science, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology
Data visualization and analysis, human-computer interaction and social computing
CSE2 359
kheimerlcs.washington.edu
Computing for Development, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology, Computer Systems & Networking
Computing for development, networking, crowdsourcing
CSE 544
jhsiacs.washington.edu
Teaching
Computer science education, digital logic, computer systems
vsiyercs.washington.edu
Computer Systems & Networking, Fabrication, Robotics, Wireless & Sensor Systems, Ubiquitous Computing
Wireless systems for ultra-low power and battery-free communication and sensing; bio-inspired and bio-integrative systems; insect-scale robotics.
CSE2 340
jamiesoncs.washington.edu
Machine learning, active learning, reinforcement learning
njcs.washington.edu
Social reinforcement learning: developing algorithms that combine insights from social learning, deep learning, and multi-agent training to improve AI agents' learning, generalization, coordination, and human-AI interaction.
CSE2 338
rjustcs.washington.edu
Data Science, Data Management & Visualization, Programming Languages & Software Engineering, Security & Privacy
Software testing and program analysis, in particular efficient mutation testing, partial test oracles, and security testing.
CSE 586
karlincs.washington.edu
Allen School Associate Director of Graduate Studies and Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science & Engineering
Algorithms, algorithmic game theory
bariscs.washington.edu
Computer Architecture, Computer Systems & Networking, Programming Languages & Software Engineering, Security & Privacy
Techniques for building efficient and trustworthy computing systems, with an emphasis on improving the efficiency of datacenter applications, providing systems support for heterogeneous computing platforms, analyzing and fixing failures, and enhancing the security of modern hardware
CSE2 238
kemelmics.washington.edu
Computer vision, computer graphics, learning, augmented reality, virtual reality
pangweics.washington.edu
Techniques and theory for building reliable and interactive machine learning systems
dkohlbrecs.washington.edu
Software security, systems, and hardware architecture, with special focus on the impact of hardware design on high-level software security
yoshics.washington.edu
Computer security and privacy
ranjaycs.washington.edu
Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Vision, Animation, & Game Science, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing
Development of new representations, models, and training paradigms for machine learning and computer vision, drawing on insights from human-computer interaction, social, and behavioral sciences
CSE 592
arvindcs.washington.edu
Distributed systems, networks, systems for machine learning
Bill & Melinda Gates Center for Computer Science & Engineering, Room 244
lazowskacs.washington.edu
Design, implementation, and analysis of high-performance computing and communication systems; data-intensive discovery (eScience); information technology and public policy
CSE 574
jrlcs.washington.edu
Algorithms, complexity theory, probability, discrete analysis
CSE 536
suinleecs.washington.edu
Computational biology - precision medicine, network biology, genetics of complex traits; Machine learning - interpretability, feature selection, structure learning
CSE 562
yintatcs.washington.edu
Algorithms, convex optimization, convex geometry, spectral graph theory
CSE2 315
jerryzlics.washington.edu
Learning theory, including quantum information theory, the science of large foundation models, and high-dimensional statistics
CSE 652
rachelcs.washington.edu
Cryptography and its interplay with other areas of computer science, including complexity theory, algorithm design, and security.
CSE2 214
jmankoffcs.washington.edu
Human-computer interaction, accessibility, 3D printing of custom assistive technologies
CSE 628
monescs.washington.edu
Animation
CSE2 316
jamiemmtcs.washington.edu
Social impact of machine learning and how social behavior influences decision-making systems
saramoscs.washington.edu
Development and application of machine learning and statistical methods to study health and disease
nirkhecs.washington.edu
Quantum information and complexity theory
jmdncs.washington.edu
Synthetic biology, molecular information storage and computing, molecular engineering, nanopore sensors, cyber-bio security, automation, machine learning for molecular design
CSE2 207
sewoongcs.washington.edu
Theory and practice of machine learning, including generative adversarial networks, differential privacy, anonymous messaging, crowdsourcing, and ranking
CSE 636
shayancs.washington.edu
Approximation Algorithms, Markov Chain Monte Carlo, Spectral Graph Theory, Geometry of Polynomials, High Dimensional Expanders
CSE 650
shwetakcs.washington.edu
Allen School Associate Director of Development & Entrepreneurship and Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor in Computer Science & Engineering and Electrical Engineering
Fabrication, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology, Wireless & Sensor Systems, Ubiquitous Computing
Health, ubiquitous computing, sensing, human-computer interaction, embedded systems
simpetercs.washington.edu
Operating systems and networks, with a particular focus on low latency data center networking and storage design
CSE 590
zorancs.washington.edu
Artificial Intelligence, Computational Biology, Computer Graphics, Vision, Animation, & Game Science, Robotics
Scientific-discovery games, games for learning, computer graphics, animation, optimal control, natural locomotion, optimization
raocs.washington.edu
Computational neuroscience, artificial intelligence, brain-computer interfaces
CSE 594
reineckecs.washington.edu
Allen School Associate Director of Research & Communication and Paul G. Allen Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Human-computer interaction, intelligent user interfaces, crowdsourcing, cross-cultural usability of technology, unintended consequences of technology
CSE 556
rothvossuw.edu
Joint appointment with Department of Mathematics
Theoretical computer science, discrete mathematics
CSE2 209
adrianacs.washington.edu
CSE2 360
seeligcs.washington.edu
Synthetic biology, biological control circuits
CSE2 342
seitzcs.washington.edu
Computer vision, computer graphics
rbscs.washington.edu
Allen School Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access and Professor of Computer Science & Engineering
Artificial Intelligence, Human-Computer Interaction & Accessible Technology, Machine Learning, Programming Languages & Software Engineering
Computing education research and learning technologies to help people explore their curiosities and create things to improve the world around themselves
CSE 634
shapirocs.washington.edu
Artificial Intelligence, Computational Biology, Computer Graphics, Vision, Animation, & Game Science, Machine Learning
Computer vision, multimedia retrieval, biomedical informatics
Milton and Delia Zeutschel Professor in Entrepreneurial Excellence, Room CSE 582
jrscs.washington.edu
Sensor systems; wireless power; sensing for robotics; ubiquitous computing; personal robotics
nasmithcs.washington.edu
Natural language processing
CSE2 242
siddhcs.washington.edu
Robotic manipulation, motion planning, human-robot interaction, assistive robotics
CSE 662
suciucs.washington.edu
Data management: uncertain and probabilistic databases, data privacy and security, complexity of parallel query evaluation, data pricing.
CSE 638
tanimotocs.washington.edu
Liveness in programming environments, programming for virtual reality, educational technology, collaborative problem-solving environments
CSE2 201
ztatlockcs.washington.edu
Compilers, CAD, Verification, Synthesis
CSE 564
profmbtcs.washington.edu
Computer architecture, hardware design and prototyping, dark silicon, cryptocurrency mining, ASIC Clouds
CSE 644
tessarocs.washington.edu
Cryptography, theoretical computer science, computer security
thachukcs.washington.edu
DNA computing and molecular programming, synthetic biology, theory, and scientific software development
CSE 566
yuliatscs.washington.edu
Natural language processing
tyagics.washington.edu
Development, analysis and implementation of new cryptographic protocols that meet the practical constraints of real-world systems to enhance user privacy while ensuring accountability against bad actors.
mxwcs.washington.edu
Computer science education, programming languages, accessibility, societal impacts of computing
swangcs.washington.edu
Computational biology — learning in the open-world setting, biomedical natural language processing, network biology
smwangcs.washington.edu
Distributed systems, cloud computing, systems for data processing and machine learning
jrw12cs.washington.edu
Computer science education, programming languages, formal verification, distributed systems
CSE 542
brettwocs.washington.edu
Teaching
Computer science education; Computer science teacher training and pedagogy
CSE 534
lszcs.washington.edu
axzcs.uw.edu
Design and development of online discussion systems and computational techniques that enable users and communities to customize their online experiences and control the flow of information