We are excited to launch the new raise.uw.edu — a redesigned, modern home for the UW Responsible AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE) Center. The new site brings together everything our community has been building over the past several years: peer-reviewed publications, talks and workshops, and the growing team of faculty, students, and staff working at the intersection of AI and human values.

What’s new

  • Searchable archive. Our full catalog of publications, events, and team profiles is now indexed and searchable from anywhere on the site. Press / to jump straight to search.
  • Subtle motion that respects you. The new design uses small, purposeful animations to guide attention — and disables them entirely if you’ve asked your browser to reduce motion.
  • Editor-friendly. Our team can now add a new publication, event, or team member through a web interface — no code or pull requests required. That means our archive stays current as the field moves.
  • Faster, always-on. The site is built as static pages, so it loads quickly on any device and stays available even during heavy traffic.

Why responsible AI matters at UW

RAISE brings together researchers from computer science, the Information School, the eScience Institute, and collaborating departments across campus. Our work spans foundational questions — how language models should be evaluated, what fairness means in practice, how to design AI systems that earn and keep trust — and the applied work of partnering with civic organizations, health systems, and educators to deploy AI carefully.

The new site reflects what we’ve learned from that work: that responsible AI is a practice, not a checklist. It’s iterative, community-driven, and requires making the underlying research legible to the people it affects.

What’s next

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be adding more historical talks, updating team profiles with richer bios and project links, and publishing our first quarterly research digest. If you’re interested in collaborating, get in touch — we read every message.

Welcome. Look around. We hope you find something worth reading.