Author: kbarrettwilt

Computer Sciences professor Ming Liu’s Netlab Research Group’s in-house distributed file system ranked 26th by IO500

UW-Madison's Netlab Research Group, housed in the Computer Sciences department, has had their in-house distributed file system ranked 26th in the 10-node category and 33rd overall, an impressive achievement for an academic group with more limited resources than corporations.

Graduate student Sayali Alatkar and Professor Daifeng Wang to present at ISMB/ECCB 2025

By Karen Barrett-Wilt Sayali Alatkar, Computer Sciences graduate student, and Biostatistics and Medical Informatics professor Daifeng Wang (also CS affiliate) have had their paper accepted to ISMB/ECCB 2025 proceedings. ISMB is the annual international conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and is the flagship meeting of the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB). It …

New Deep Learning Method Identifies Transition States in Protein Conformational Changes

In collaboration with Chemistry, Sharon Li introduced a deep learning method that could the study of biomolecular dynamics and have applications in drug design, biomolecular engineering, and materials science.

Swamit Tannu shares the “promise of quantum computing” with WPR

Professor Swamit Tannu sits down with WPR to discuss how quantum computing could potentially revolutionize entire industries.

Computer Sciences grad program now ranked #7 among public universities

UW–Madison's Computer Sciences graduate program is now ranked 7th among public universities and 13th overall (three-way tie) according to the 2025 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Graduate Schools.”

The spirit of MadHacks podcast: organizers explain their process and the hackathon’s impact

The organizers of MadHacks, "one of the largest hackathons in the midwest," discuss their process and impact with Professor Manolis Vlatakis.

Guri Sohi receives IEEE CS Computer Pioneer Award

A legacy of innovation: Professor Gurindar Sohi wins prestigious Computer Pioneer Award

Sean Xuefeng Du PhD’25 receives Ivanisevic Award

Recently, doctoral candidate Sean Xuefeng Du PhDx’25 was named this year’s recipient of the Ivanisevic Award, a distinction granted to graduate students researching their dissertation. Du, who is advised by Professor Sharon Li, came to UW–Madison’s Department of Computer Sciences (CS) because of “its strong research community in machine learning and AI, as well as …

Jing Liu PhD’24 wins Best Paper Award at FAST

We’ve all experienced an untimely computer crash while working on an important file or playing a game, only to reboot and discover that the document or game progress has been corrupted—or worse, lost. As a step toward a potential fix, Department of Computer Sciences (CS) alumna Jing Liu PhD’24, graduate student Yifan Dai PhDx’25, and …

Emeritus Professor Mark D. Hill joins prestigious CRA Board, shaping the future of computing

Mark D. Hill, Emeritus Professor of Computer Sciences, has been elected to the Computing Research Association (CRA) Board of Directors to serve a three-year term.