College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
PhD candidate Nikos Zarifis, the 2024 recipient of the Invanisevic Award, came to UW–Madison because it is “one of the top schools in the country,” he says, and he specifically wanted “to be a part of my advisor’s, Professor Ilias Diakonikolas’, group. I felt that with his advising I would develop academically and produce meaningful …
Mutual respect — and a deeply shared love of computer science research — are two of the things that connect Jelena and Ilias Diakonikolas. He is the Sheldon B. Lubar Professor of Computer Sciences, and she is an assistant professor in the same department. He calls her the most determined and capable person he has …
Two UW–Madison researchers receive prestigious Sloan Fellowships
Computer Sciences professor and department chair Steve Wright has been elected to the 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of his achievements in the design and theory of optimization algorithms and the application of optimization to such areas as machine learning and signal processing. NAE membership honors those who have …
Study Abroad Opens Doors to Music Success in Norway
For AI and robotics researcher Josiah Hanna and his lab, high throughput computing is a critical tool in reinforcement learning. Read the full story here!
The American Museum of Natural History ramps up education on research computing. After “falling in love with the system” during the 2023 OSG School, American Museum of Natural History Museum (AMNH) bioinformatics specialist Dean Bobo wondered if he could jump on an offer to bring New York institutions’ and researchers’ attention to the OSPool, a pool of computing capacity freely available …
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UW–Madison’s Computer Sciences department remains one of the fastest growing disciplines on campus, with 44% more majors than the next largest. This figure alone is worth celebrating, but during commencement weekend we had even more reason to cheer: 244 students were awarded bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorates in computer science. On Sunday, December 17, we …
NeurIPS, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, is one of the most prestigious conferences in artificial intelligence (AI), held each year in December. This year, Computer Sciences department researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison had 30 papers accepted by the conference. Spread across numerous faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and external collaborators, these works show …