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Shwetak currently serves as the Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Endowed Professor at the University of Washington. He directs research in areas including Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, and Sensor-Enabled Embedded Systems, with a particular emphasis on applying computing to health and sustainability. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Georgia Tech in 2008 as a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow. Shwetak is the recipient of several prestigious awards including the MacArthur Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, and the ACM Prize in Computing. He has been recognized as an ACM Fellow, a co-founder of innovative companies in home energy monitoring and mobile health, and has been involved in successful acquisitions by major corporations like Belkin and Google. His contributions have led to numerous accolades including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers and the National Academy of Engineering Gilbreth Award.
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