Five UW Allen School Faculty Win NSF CAREER Awards Spanning Quantum Crypto to Brain-Inspired AI
lazowska · x · 2026-10-01
Five faculty members of the University of Washington's Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science have received NSF CAREER Awards, a prestigious honor and funding source for early-career researchers:
- Andrea Coladangelo: quantum cryptography — studying the interplay between quantum information and computational hardness, aiming at new functionalities like software copy-protection while addressing quantum threats to today's encryption.
- Matthew Golub: neural mechanisms of learning to build AI models that learn more like biological brains.
- Ranjay Krishna: video-language models that grasp subtle differences in movement.
- Chinmay Nirkhe and Stephanie Wang: projects spanning cryptography, systems, and quantum computing.
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