April 7, 2025
Amazon Research Awards Spring 2025 Call for Proposals
The Amazon Research Awards has announced the spring 2025 call for proposals in several research areas. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2025. UW Faculty, please review UW guidance below for how to proceed at application and award stages.
March 25, 2025
UW + Amazon Science Hub Robotics Research Showcase
UW + Amazon Science Hub invites PIs, fellows, and Amazon scientists to participate in a showcase of the work accomplished and planned for the Science Hub. The event will be held in-person on the UW Seattle Campus on Friday, April 25 with registration beginning at 9am (welcome remarks begin at 9:30am). Event Program 9:00 AM…
January 7, 2025
UW + Amazon Science Hub announces 2024-25 Amazon Fellows and Faculty Research Awards
Amazon Fellowships were awarded to three UW Engineering doctoral students. Faculty Research Awards support five new research projects that include seven UW faculty, with each project receiving up to $100,000 in support from Amazon.
July 9, 2024
Introducing the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge
July 8, 2024 | Originally published by Amazon Science Today, Amazon is announcing the Amazon Trusted AI Challenge, a global university competition to drive secure innovation in generative AI technology. This year’s challenge focuses on responsible AI and specifically on large language model (LLM) coding security. “We are focusing on advancing the capabilities of coding LLMs, exploring…
June 13, 2024
UW+Amazon Science Hub & Middle Mile Products and Technology 2024 Call For Proposals
The Middle Mile Products and Technology team at Amazon is hosting an open call for proposals at the UW + Amazon Science Hub. The Middle Mile Products and Technology (MMPT)’s goal is to develop and operate the world’s largest and most efficient transportation and delivery network (services or products). To do this, MMPT supports research…
March 27, 2024
34 new or updated datasets available on the Registry of Open Data on AWS
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) Open Data Sponsorship Program makes high-value, cloud-optimized datasets publicly available on AWS. We work with data providers to: · Democratize access to data by making it available to the public for analysis on AWS · Develop new cloud-based techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data · Encourage the development of…
March 18, 2024
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2024 Workshop: RetailVision
Please see below information regarding an the Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition being held in Seattle this year! CVPR 2024 Workshop: RetailVision June 18th, 2024. Seattle, Washington Workshop Website: https://retailvisionworkshop.github.io/ Challenge Website: https://grocery-vision.github.io/cvpr2024.html Greetings CV/ML researchers! We are excited to announce the release of two unique data challenge tracks (ABV and TAL/STAL) in our…
February 13, 2024
Amazon Summer 2024 Internship Opportunities
See below for a flyer for various open opportunities to intern at Amazon this summer! Opportunities are designed for PhD and Master’s students.
January 29, 2024
Amazon Research Awards 2024 Call for Proposals
The Amazon Research Awards has announced the winter 2024 call for proposals for Foundation Model Development. Proposals related to theory, practice, and novel new techniques are welcome, and will be reviewed for the quality of their scientific content, creativity, and potential for impact at scale. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on…
November 30, 2023
Seminar in Atmospheric Sciences & Climate Dynamics – Prof. Dale Durran
Dr. Dale Durran, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington, will be presenting an exciting lecture about AI models for weather pattern forecasting on December 6th! The lecture is available to the public and we encourage everyone interested to attend! Information regarding the lecture below: How Much Attention Does an Atmospheric Scientist Need?…