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The Allen School Alumni Impact Awards emphasize to each new generation of graduates that they are joining a community of alumni whose impact reaches far and wide.

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The 18-Year-Old Who Challenged Quantum Hype

In 2025, Ewin Tang (Ph.D. ‘23) became the youngest winner of the Breakthrough Foundation’s Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize in Mathematics for her work in quantum machine learning and linear algebra — including a classical algorithm that challenged the prevailing wisdom around quantum advantage for recommendation systems.

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Mitigating security, privacy and safety risks of emerging technologies

In the latest installment of a Q&A series exploring grand challenges in computing, professors Franziska Roesner and Sewoong Oh discuss how they and their colleagues aim to develop a safer, more secure and privacy-preserving future through technologies that better serve people and society.

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Q&A: Security and privacy impacts of technology for incarcerated people

Allen School Ph.D. student Yael Eiger and professor Franziska Roesner discuss their research examining people’s experiences with technology during and after incarceration and the broader impacts of technology used for policing and post-release monitoring.

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Professor Franziska Roesner receives SOUPS Impact Award

In their 2017 paper, Roesner and her co-authors were among the first to investigate end-user security and privacy perspectives on then-emerging smart home technologies and recommend ways to help users make more informed security decisions.

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