Newsletter Archive_Winter 2025-26

University of Washington

WINTER 2025-26

Hosting global scholars & leaders

The Lab continued to engage internationally with people from a variety of countries this winter. Learn more about these partnerships here.

Co-Director named ACM Fellow

Tadayoshi Kohno was named a 2025 Association for Computing Machinery Fellow for leadership in cybersecurity for emerging technologies, security ethics and sociotechnical security. Read more here.

PhD student speaks on harm

of AI-altered sexualized images

Natalie Grace Brigham, computer science, talked to CNET about the lasting impact that faked photos can have. Read the full article.

TPL in the Media

Co-Director Ryan Calo, "Live cameras are tracking faces in New Orleans. Who should control them?"

Faculty Associate Emily Bender, "Time Magazine Deploys AI 'Ask Me Anything' Box That Covers Up Its Actual Journalism and Can’t Be Closed."

Co-Director Ryan Calo, "A $100,000 Robot Dog Is Becoming Standard in Policing — and Raising Ethical Alarms."

Co-Director Ryan Calo, "When Chatbots Are Used to Plan Violence, Is There a Duty to Warn?"

Our People

Alumni

Aaron Alva, JD '15, formerly of the Federal Trade Commission, recently founded the consulting firm Alva Strategy Center.

Noemi Chanda, TPL Visiting Researcher '15, Digital Trust & Privacy National Leader, Partner, Deloitte, serves as Co-chair for the Certificate in Cybersecurity & the Law, Toronto Metropolitan University.

Vaibhav Srikaran, JD '25, is now an associate attorney at Fenwick & West working out of Washington, D.C.

Samuel Woolley, PhD '17, recently joined the faculty of University of Pittsburgh as the William S. Dietrich II Endowed Chair in Disinformation Studies and Associate Professor, Communication.

Senior Spotlight

Malik Messiah, Information School, informatics '26, has been essential in outreach, particularly driving attendance for the 2025 Distinguished Lecture with Alondra Nelson.

Vannary Sou, Information School, informatics '26, has been part of the logistical team supporting WeRobot, especially around details for online platforms.

Are you a TPL alumni, associate or student who has recently made a career move or achieved a milestone? Share it with us! We love to celebrate the success of the Tech Policy Lab network. Email techpolicy@uw.edu with your name, photo and details and we will highlight you in a future newsletter.