September 5, 2025

Co-Director awarded Test of Time honor for auto security research

Allen School News and Tech Policy Lab

Co-Director Yoshi Kohno was recently honored as part of a research team for work done to secure automobiles from cyber attacks. USENIX awarded the Test of Time to the group’s paper titled “Comprehensive Experimental Analyses of Automotive Attack Surfaces,” which was published in 2011. The Test of Time recognizes papers that have had a lasting […]

September 2, 2025

Lab welcomes scholars from around the globe

Tech Policy Lab

The Lab spent the past year hosting international guests from Asia and Europe, inviting them to engage with community and share with other scholars.   Veronica Paternolli, Italy Paternolli, a Computer Science Ph.D. student with a background in law from the University of Verona, visited for a month in spring. During that time she shared […]

August 2, 2025

Interdisciplinary collaboration welcomes expert in tech accessibility

Tech Policy Lab

On June 5, the Lab welcomed Jonathan Lazar, PhD, LLM, a professor of informatics at the University of Maryland, to a special Tech Policy Discussion. In an event co-sponsored with Society + Technology at UW and CREATE, the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences, Lazar discussed his passion for accessibility and […]

May 15, 2025

Lab marks 10 years of impact

Tech Policy Lab

The Tech Policy Lab’s recent 10 Year Celebration was a bit of a family reunion.  The event on May 5 brought together multiple generations of TPL affiliates: alumni, students, co-directors, faculty, and current and former staff. They came together from around the state to celebrate the 10th birthday of the program that has and continues […]

April 10, 2025

Distinguished Lecture emphasizes policies can offset AI’s agnotology

Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Society + Technology at UW

On Thursday, April 3, 2025, the Tech Policy Lab hosted Dr. Alondra Nelson for its annual Distinguished Lecture, drawing a crowd of over 350 to Kane Hall in Seattle, Washington. Nelson, the former Acting Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, focused her remarks on “algorithmic agnotology,” which is the strategic […]

March 3, 2025

Join new technology salon April 14

Society + Technology

Technology for the People is a Society + Technology at UW salon co-hosted with the Department of Communication’s Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy arranged to showcase empathetic, community-focused engagement with technologies for justice and democracy. Featuring speakers from UW Seattle, UW Tacoma, and UW Bothell, the conversation will discuss efforts toward digital equity and information access in the […]

January 13, 2025

S+T launches Salon series today

The Society + Technology program is launching a Salon Series today with two online conversations on genetics and bioethics. This initiative is one of the community programs designed to strengthen the emerging cross-campus, cross-disciplinary network. Each Salon is a one-hour and 15-minute conversation between three to five Affiliates from the S+T network, with a moderator. The […]

January 2, 2025

Register now for the Society + Technology inaugural convening

We’re thrilled to share that Society + Technology at UW is hosting an Inaugural Convening on Friday, Jan. 10, to bring together the incredible and growing S+T community from the UW’s three campuses working at the intersection of society and technology. The event will open with remarks from President Ana Mari Cauce and Provost Tricia Serio as […]

December 14, 2024

Paper by Co-Director receives NSA award

National Science Foundation

Research by Co-Director Yoshi Kohno was awarded by the NSA’s 2024 Best Scientific Cybersecurity Paper Competition. The NSA Research Directorate recently selected “Ethical Frameworks and Computer Security Trolley Problems: Foundations for Conversations,” by professors Tadayoshi Kohno, University of Washington; Yasemin Acar, Paderborn University (Germany)/The George Washington University; and Wulf Loh, University of Tübingen (Germany) for […]

December 11, 2024

TPL Co-Founder Receives Future of Life Award

UW Information School

Co-Director Emeritus Batya Friedman was named one of three Future of Life Award recipients for her pioneering work on Value Sensitive Design by the Future of Life Institute. The award honors individuals whose contributions have significantly improved humanity’s trajectory. This year’s honorees also include philosopher James Moore and artificial intelligence scientist Steve Omohundro. The Future […]