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June 29, 2023
UW + Amazon Science Hub announces 2023-24 Amazon Fellows; Faculty Research Awards
The UW + Amazon Science Hub, established in 2022 to advance innovation in core robotics, artificial intelligence technologies, and their applications, has awarded Amazon Fellowships to UW Engineering doctoral students Taewan Kim and Chuning Zhu for 2023-24. The Science Hub also announced support for five new research projects led by seven faculty from departments across the UW College of Engineering. Each project receives up to $100,000 in support from Amazon.
November 2, 2022
UW + Amazon Science Hub welcomes inaugural fellows
The UW + Amazon Science Hub is thrilled to welcome our first ever cohort of Amazon Fellows. The fellows, who are all UW doctoral students, will receive three quarters of funding to pursue independent research projects in robotics and adjacent areas in AI. They will also have an opportunity to take part in paid summer internships at Amazon where they can work directly with Amazon researchers to gain valuable industry insight and experience. Learn more about the fellows’ backgrounds and projects.
September 21, 2022
Amazon Research Awards 2022 Call for Proposals
The Amazon Research Awards has announced the fall 2022 call for proposals which covers four research areas: AWS AI, AWS Automated Reasoning, Prime Video, and Sustainability. This edition of the call for proposals reflects Amazon’s ongoing efforts to collaborate with researchers in a variety of areas, and provides grant recipients unrestricted funds and AWS promotional…
August 10, 2022
Amazon and University of Washington announce inaugural Science Hub faculty research awards
The UW + Amazon Science Hub, founded in February 2022 and housed in the University of Washington College of Engineering, has announced the recipients of its inaugural set of faculty research awards to advance artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics.
February 9, 2022
UW and Amazon announce creation of the Science Hub
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.
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