The Integrator 2025–2026
Read the latest issue of The Integrator, UW ECE’s flagship annual magazine highlighting the Department’s extraordinary faculty and student research, achievements, alumni stories, special events and more from this past year!
UW ECE graduate student Mingfei Chen receives 2025 Google PhD Fellowship for pioneering AI research
UW ECE doctoral student Mingfei Chen has been awarded a 2025 Google PhD Fellowship in Machine Perception. This award is one of the most competitive honors for doctoral students in artificial intelligence research today.
UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel receives 2025 Farkas Prize
UW ECE Professor Maryam Fazel received the award for her foundational work in the field of optimization and for pioneering contributions to data science and artificial intelligence.
Irene Peden — A pioneer for women in engineering
UW ECE Professor Emerita Irene Peden passed away on August 22, 2025, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday. She was an exceptional researcher and educator who created pathways to success for women in engineering throughout her career.
UW ECE Entrepreneurial Fellows Program helps turn research advances into real-world products
This new program supports transfer of research into commercial products through prototyping, customer discovery, and market analysis. Learn how UW ECE-EFP fellows are translating their ideas into impact.
IFDS workshop brings together experts to help make AI more reliable, robust, and trustworthy
The Institute for Foundations of Data Science brought AI and machine learning experts together from across the nation to explore the mathematical, statistical, and algorithmic underpinnings of modern AI systems — advancing theory to better understand and improve AI technology.
