![[Audio Descriptions] Faculty In Focus: Natasha Jaques @uwcse](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gqb-445BiTw/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the inaugural episode of the Allen School’s “Faculty in Focus” series, Assistant Professor Natasha Jaques describes her research in artificial intelligence aimed at building better AI agents. Jaques’ work draws from deep reinforcement learning and game theory to develop new approaches for ensuring that large language models like ChatGPT will be both effective and safe for users to interact with — regardless of the input.
For a version without audio descriptions, visit youtu.be/U2Xc3Ab_Has
In the inaugural episode of the Allen School’s “Faculty in Focus” series, Assistant Professor Natasha Jaques describes her research in artificial intelligence aimed at building better AI agents. Jaques’ work draws from deep reinforcement learning and game theory to develop new approaches for ensuring that large language models like ChatGPT will be both effective and safe for users to interact with — regardless of the input.
For a version without audio descriptions, visit youtu.be/U2Xc3Ab_Has
![[Audio Descriptions] Faculty In Focus: Natasha Jaques](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gqb-445BiTw/mqdefault.jpg "[Audio Descriptions] Faculty In Focus: Natasha Jaques
In the inaugural episode of the Allen School’s “Faculty in Focus” series, Assistant Professor Natasha Jaques describes her research in artificial intelligence aimed at building better AI agents. Jaques’ work draws from deep reinforcement learning and game theory to develop new approaches for ensuring that large language models like ChatGPT will be both effective and safe for users to interact with — regardless of the input.
For a version without audio descriptions, visit https://youtu.be/U2Xc3Ab_Has")
![[Audio Descriptions] I Am CSE: Ather Sharif](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gtMoJAwW-Ms/mqdefault.jpg "[Audio Descriptions] I Am CSE: Ather Sharif
Allen School graduate student Ather Sharif of the UW’s ACE Lab and DUB Group describes his work on VoxLens, a tool that makes online data visualizations accessible to people who use screen readers, and explains why UW is the best place to do accessibility research.
This video is closed captioned.
A version of this video without audio descriptions is available here: https://youtu.be/oSBbE5PMKQs.")
![[Audio Descriptions] Faculty In Focus: Stephanie Wang](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i6WuWgrUN5M/mqdefault.jpg "[Audio Descriptions] Faculty In Focus: Stephanie Wang
In this episode of the Allen School’s “Faculty in Focus” series, Assistant Professor Stephanie Wang talks about her research aimed at designing computer systems that can support advanced machine learning applications. The goal is to build infrastructure that is both scalable and future-proof — while also making it more accessible to a wider variety of people interested in developing and deploying state-of-the-art systems.
For a version without audio descriptions, visit https://youtu.be/6zgmbVEgm9o")
