Ryan Calo

Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor, University of Washington

Ryan Calo is the Virginia and Prentice Bloedel Professor at the University of Washington. He is a founding co-director of the interdisciplinary UW Tech Policy Lab and a co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Professor Calo holds a joint appointment at School of Law and the Information School and an adjunct appointment at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. 

Professor Calo’s research on law and emerging technology appears in leading law reviews (California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Duke Law Journal, UCLA Law Review, and University of Chicago Law Review) and technical publications (MIT Press, Nature, Artificial Intelligence) and is frequently referenced by the national media. His work has been translated into five languages. Professor Calo has testified four times before the United States Senate and serves as a privacy judge for the World Bank. 

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