Joshua Smith

Joshua R. Smith is a professor of electrical & computer engineering and of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington, where he leads the Sensor Systems Laboratory. He was named an Allen Distinguished Investigator by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation and he is a Thrust Leader in the NSF Engineering Research Center on Sensorimotor Neural Engineering (CSNE). His research focuses on inventing new sensor systems, devising new ways to power them and developing algorithms for using them. This research has applications in the domains of implanted medical devices, robotics, and ubiquitous computing.

Awards and Honors

• 8 faculty named 2017 Amazon Catalyst Fellows
• Four Faculty Receive Google Research Awards
• UW researchers receive $1.5M from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation for brain-computer-spinal interface research

Education

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology - PhD, Center for Bits and Atoms (formerly Physics & Media group) 1993 - 1999
• University of Cambridge - MA 1997 (BA Hons 1993), Physics 1991 - 1993
• Williams College - B.A., Computer Science, Philosophy 1987 - 1991