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Behind Nobel Prize winner, decades of computing

UW–Madison and Morgridge Institute researchers have supported Francis Halzen’s work long before IceCube existed.

Detecting “ghost particles”

Engineering the future of embodied AI

Bilge Mutlu, a professor and researcher in human-robot interaction, will co-lead a new campus-wide research initiative.

Making the moonshot

NSF invests $24.5M to shape the nation’s data backbone

“FabAID” will connect the nation’s researchers, data, cyberinfrastructure, and computing resources to drive innovation in areas like cybersecurity and beyond.

Data services for the AI era

Welcome to the Department of Computer Sciences at UW–Madison

Established in 1965 as one of the first computer science departments in the country, we’ve spent decades helping define where the field is headed. Today, as a founding pillar of the College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence (CAI), that same pioneering spirit drives our work at the frontier of computing.

Our faculty and students don’t just study computer science — they help define where it’s headed, from the foundations of algorithms and systems to the frontiers of AI, security, and data science. Through rigorous education and research that pushes the boundaries of what computing can do, we prepare the next generation to lead in a world being reshaped by technology.

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