College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
By Elea Levin This spring about 70 students divided into 30 teams participated in the 2022 “Hatathon,” a hat-themed, 24-hour hackathon event hosted by the UW–Madison Undergraduate Projects Lab (UPL). The UPL is a space for students with an interest in computer science to connect in person or on Discord to talk about classes, extracurriculars, …
By Elea Levin Aws Albarghouthi, an associate professor in the Computer Sciences Department, is being awarded the Class of 1955 Teaching Excellence Award. The award was created to honor professors who have had a prominent impact on undergraduate students and their education. The award will officially be presented to Albarghouthi on April 19, 2022. “It’s …
By Elea Levin Earlence Fernandes, an assistant professor in the UW–Madison Computer Sciences Department, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research on Security and Privacy Foundations of Internet-Scale User-Centered Automation. The award comes with a continuing grant of over $500,000, which will be used for Fernandes’ research project, which focuses on …
By Elea Levin Computer Sciences Professor Suman Banerjee became an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fellow effective January 1, 2022. The title, which is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, was awarded to Banerjee for his “development of tools to improve performance and usability of wireless systems.” The IEEE Fellow distinction …
Madison, WI and Washington, D.C. — The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected three faculty from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences Department to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honors within the …
After 18 months full of unprecedented hurdles, the UW–Madison team finished 17th out of 117 teams at the International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals in Moscow. They also ranked fourth out of the 15 North American teams competing. ICPC is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world, conducted by and for …
On Saturday, October 30, 2021, family and friends celebrated the life of Computer Sciences Emeritus Professor Olvi Mangasarian (1934-2020). The service was recorded and is available here, including tributes by Leon Mangasarian (his son), CS Professor Michael Ferris (about Olvi’s work), Bob Meyer, and his youngest son Aram (reading a tribute from Dick Cottle of …
Yudong Chen comes to UW–Madison Computer Sciences from a faculty position in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University. He is researching and teaching in the area of machine learning, statistics, and optimization. Chen says that he likes “to build things that work but also to understand the mathematical principles behind …
School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences researchers in the People and Robots Lab spearhead diverse research areas, tackling everything from medical recordkeeping to household safety to self-driving cars. But one theme unites them — making computers and robots better so they can empower people. Read the full On Wisconsin story here.
by Elea Levin Over 100 students participated in the first ever CheeseHacks hackathon event October 23 and 24, hosted by the UW–Madison Google Developers Student Club and UW Web Dev Club. The Hackathon aimed to help students “gain development experience in building web applications to address real-world issues.” The event organizers also facilitated four workshops …