College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
New Assistant Professor Sara McAllister joins the department after six years in Pittsburgh, where she earned her PhD in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University, followed by a year as a visiting researcher at Google in California. A systems researcher who found her way into the field almost by accident after a Facebook internship left her fascinated by how the company planned for worst-case major outages.
Aws Albarghouthi gave a keynote address at the 2026 PLDI Conference, an honor that includes Turing Award winners.
This July, 15 Madison-area middle schoolers traded their summer routines for coding, robotics, and cryptography at the new UW–Madison Sciences Explorations Summer Camp. Hosted at Morgridge Hall, the camp gave students entering 5th through 8th grade, with or without coding experience, a hands-on introduction to computer science.
When Angela Thorp talks about her 19 years as graduate program manager in the Department of Computer Sciences, she doesn't lead with policy or paperwork. She leads with people. "I'm really a strong advocate for each and every student," she says.
Researchers at the Center for High Throughput Computing and the Morgridge Institute will collaborate on “FabAID,” a new AI-driven network connecting the nation's data, cyberinfrastructure, and computing resources.
From healthcare research to building campus community, this year’s crop of CDIS graduates is as impressive and ambitious as ever. Here’s to the class of 2026.
After nearly four decades of untangling some of the most complex mathematical puzzles in optimization, Professor Michael Ferris is stepping back — or at least stepping sideways. The John P. Morgridge Chair and Jacques-Louis Lions Professor of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will officially retire on June 30, closing a chapter that began when a young Cambridge mathematician arrived in Madison for what was supposed to be just one year.
On May 8, 2026, graduating PhD students walked across the floor in the Hello, World classroom in Morgridge Hall and received their hoods as the culmination of their graduate careers. Now they are alumni and headed to careers in fields that vary from industry to academia.