Ruth is an Informatics undergraduate at the University of Washington and a Mary Gates Research Scholar. Her work focuses on making AI research accessible to the public and ensuring that AI systems are designed and governed in ways that center impacted communities, particularly youth and marginalized populations.
Kyra Wilson is a PhD student in the Information School, advised by Prof. Aylin Caliskan. She researches methods to evaluate the societal impacts of AI models that are more reflective of the models’ real-world usage and can be used to guide AI development, adoption, oversight, and governance.
Kshitish Ghate is a CSE PhD student at the University of Washington, advised by Dr. Aylin Caliskan and Dr. Tadayoshi Kohno. Previously, he graduated with a Master of Language Technologies degree from the Language Technologies Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. His work focuses on developing safe, robust, and reliable AI systems that are beneficial to all.
Natalie (Grace) is a Ph.D. student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and a member of the Security and Privacy lab and the Tech Policy Lab. She researches how to better understand and mitigate sociotechnical harms of emerging technologies, currently with a focus on AI.
Raani Nigam is an undergraduate student at the UW Information School and an intern at the Tech Policy Lab. Coming from an extensive background in politics and social justice, Raani is interested in the intersection of emerging technologies and public interest policy, particularly how tech can be designed to protect equity, privacy, and democracy.
Abirami is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington and a Student Assistant at the Tech Policy Lab. She is interested in AI and Robotics, specifically mitigating its impacts on the environment and using Tech Policy to benefit diverse communities.
Swara Seshadri is an undergraduate student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering and an intern at the Tech Policy Lab. She is interested in AI ethics, emerging tech policy and addressing the impact of technology on diverse populations.
Ryan Tan is an undergraduate student in The Information School, and member of the Tech Policy Lab. He studies the detection and deployment of malware with the goal of creating more robust methods for detecting malware.
Malik is an undergraduate student in the University of Washington Information School while minoring in Economics and currently assists the Tech Policy Lab with community outreach and research. Malik’s personal connection with information science is driven by his interest in how law and policy pertain to data ethics and privacy, his dedication to raising public […]