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Ground officially broken for new home of Computer Sciences

Ground was officially broken for the new home of the Computer Sciences department and other departments and centers affiliated with the the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS). Read more about the building and the event here!      

PhD student Xuefeng Du awarded 2023-24 Jane Street Fellowship

We are thrilled to announce that CS PhD student Xuefeng Du has been named a Jane Street Fellow for the 2023-24 academic year. Xuefeng Du is advised by Professor Sharon Yixuan Li, and his research focuses on open-world machine learning. He is developing algorithms to enable open-world learning that can function safely and adaptively in …

Celebrating seven School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) graduates

CDIS’s celebration of seven CDIS graduates include two CS students – or now alumni! Read all about CS/Linguistics major Alexander Francis Peseckis (BS ’23) and Mark Mansi, CS PhD ’23, as well as other CDIS graduates: https://cdis.wisc.edu/spring-2023-commencement-celebrating-7-graduates-from-the-school-of-computer-data-information-sciences/

UW-Madison Computer Sciences graduate program rises to 12th in US News rankings

The 2023-24 US News & World Report Best Graduate School rankings are out, and the UW–Madison Computer Sciences department has risen five places, from 17th to 12th, the largest rise among top departments in the country. Furthermore, the department’s peer-assessed reputational score rose to 4.3 (out of 5), the highest it has been in the …

CS’s Jason Mohoney receives Apple Scholars in Al/ML PhD Fellowship

CS PhD student Jason Mohoney is the recipient of a 2023 Apple Scholar in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning PhD Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes the contributions of researchers in computer science and engineering at the graduate and postgraduate level. Each Scholar receives funding as they pursue their PhD, internship opportunities, and mentorship with an Apple researcher in …

CS & Psychology undergrad Pragati Maheshwary honored twice by Google this year

“I aspire to contribute to the field of computing research by bringing educational reforms through the innovation of new tools and technologies that can support the development of children with disabilities in all dimensions.” – Pragati Maheshwary Computer Sciences and Psychology junior Pragati Maheshwary has been honored by Google not once but twice during the …

Student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on: CS students Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao

CS students – graduating spring 2023! – Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao were profiled in the Wisconsin School of Business story “Five student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on” for their startup Easyjobs: Hiaohan Shen (BA ’23) and Hankel Bao (BA ’23) met while studying computer science and data science at UW–Madison and soon after …

Alumni spotlight on Zachary Henkel BS 2000

By Karen Barrett-Wilt Zachary Henkel (BS 2000) compares his work as Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft to gardening: “Sometimes I’m hauling dirt or digging ditches, but when everything aligns, I can sit back and watch the flowers bloom.” Read more about his work with Microsoft Office (“hundreds of millions of lines of code”!) and his …

Good News 4/3/23

Prof Ming Liu and colleagues’ ASPLOS ‘23 paper, “A Generic Service to Provide In-Network Aggregation for Key-Value Streams”, was selected as a Distinguished Paper. Great job! [1] Prof Kirthi Kandasamy and colleagues had a paper conditionally accepted into OSDI ‘23, entitled “Cilantro: A Framework for Performance-Aware Resource Allocation for General Objectives via Online Feedback”. Great …

CS major Paul Chung receives prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarship

Read about Paul Chung and his research below! Two UW–Madison students awarded prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarships