Sep 25, 2023 | News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public has added two new postdoctoral scholars starting for the fall academic quarter, Mert Can Bayar and Yiwei Xu. Bayar, based at the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering, is joining the CIP...
Aug 1, 2023 | News, Recent Press, Updates
In a recent Wired interview, University of Washington Center for an Informed Public director Kate Starbird, a UW Human Centered Design and Engineering associate professor, discussed how generative AI is lowering the financial barrier for creating content that’s...
Jul 17, 2023 | Research, Updates
In a recently published peer-reviewed paper, a group of researchers led by UW Human Centered Design & Engineering doctoral student Joseph S. Schafer used a process of design fiction, or creating imaginary, speculative artifacts as a tool for reflection and...
Jul 7, 2023 | Education, News, Updates
The Center for an Informed Public co-hosted approximately 35 teachers, librarians and other educators for a two-day professional development workshop, “Teaching for Resilience: FinnishED,” on June 9–10 at the University of Washington in Seattle, an opportunity to...
Jun 20, 2023 | CIP Award for Excellence, News, Updates
The University of Washington’s Center for an Informed Public is pleased to announce the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Francesca Bolla Tripodi as the winner of the 2023 CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, which recognizes an individual or...
Jun 9, 2023 | News, Updates
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill this spring that will require clear disclosure when manipulated or synthetic video, images, and audio, sometimes called “deepfakes,” are used in election-related media. In recent years, CIP co-founders Ryan Calo, a School of...
