Democratizing AI, unifying minds across every discipline.
Students from every major come here to learn AI, build projects, and explore research. No CS experience required.
- Find us at the RSO Fair UW RSO Fair
- AIC Kickoff PACCAR Hall, Room 192
- Fall Demo Day CSE2 G20
Programs
Four ways to take part, from one evening to two quarters.
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Oct 20 – Dec 3 Project Cycles
Build with a team
Pick a problem, get a small team around it, and have something that runs by Demo Day.
One cohort a year · autumn · by application
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AI+X Research Program
AI, applied to your field
Students apply AI and machine learning to real problems and take the work from a research question to a peer-reviewed paper, as the primary authors.
First cohort 2026–27 · Fall and Winter · by application
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AIC Hacks
Build an incredible project in a weekend
The club's yearly hackathon: one weekend, and you don't have to stay the whole time.
Once a year · open to all
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Events & workshops
Hear from the field
Fireside chats and workshops with people working in AI, and network with other members of The AI Collective.
Open to anyone
What’s coming up
Most of these need no signup and no commitment. Coming to one is the easiest way into the club.
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Find us at the RSO Fair
Come say hi at our table. Meet the board, ask about Project Cycles, the AI+X Research Program and AIC Hacks, and find out how to get involved.
RSO Fair UW RSO Fair 9:00 am–3:00 pm
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AIC Kickoff
What AI Collective @ UW is, the programs we run this year, and how to get involved.
Info session PACCAR Hall, Room 192 6:00–7:00 pm
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Fall Demo Day
Every Project Cycles team demos what they built this quarter. Open to the public.
Demo Day CSE2 G20 5:30 pm
We work with students across all majors
What we run
Project Cycles, the AI+X Research Program, AIC Hacks, and talks and workshops through the year.
Who it’s for
Any UW undergraduate, any major, any year. You don’t need to know how to code: plenty of the work is design, research, writing and talking to users.
Who runs it
UW students. We’re the University of Washington chapter of The AI Collective, an international student network.
The club so far
- students in our community
- 500+
- raised from sponsors
- $15K+
- of this year’s cohort from outside computer science
- 46%
Sponsors: Reach UW students across every major
If your team wants to back student work at UW, tell us through the form.
