Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner MS’67 named “Best Leader” by U.S. News
Faulkner began Epic in 1979, in her home’s basement with two part-time employees. Today, Epic has billions of dollars in annual sales and a staff of 14,000.
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Faulkner began Epic in 1979, in her home’s basement with two part-time employees. Today, Epic has billions of dollars in annual sales and a staff of 14,000.
Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best inventions at UW–Madison. WARF receives hundreds of new invention disclosures each year. Of these disclosures, the WARF Innovation Award finalists are considered exceptional in the following criteria: Criteria Has potential for high long-term impact Presents an exciting solution to a known important problem Could produce broad …
Kyle Cranmer, Computer Sciences Affiliate Professor, Professor of Physics, and Director of the Data Science Institute at UW–Madison, has been honored with the inaugural Pritzker Prize in AI for Science for his role in establishing a powerful new approach to data analysis that leverages advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence.
When Alka Lakadia x’27 arrived at UW–Madison from India as a freshman, she knew she wanted to study computer science, but she didn't anticipate discovering her passion for entrepreneurship or that she would become a leader in creating opportunities for other women in tech at UW–Madison.
Somesh Jha, Sheldon B. Lubar Professor of Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected to receive the 2025 ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) Excellence in Service Award.
Backed by funding from the National Science Foundation, CS and L&S faculty are tackling a red-hot research topic.
Somesh Jha, Sheldon B. Lubar Chair and Professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Computer Sciences, has been recognized with the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2025 Test-of-Time Award for his influential paper “Model Inversion Attacks that Exploit Confidence Information and Basic Countermeasures.”
Morgridge Hall has decades ahead to foster the learning and research that will help Wisconsin industries flourish in a high-tech future. But even before Friday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony drew a crowd of hundreds to officially open Morgridge Hall, it was clear that the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s newest building is a people magnet Read the full story …
"When we build AI systems that allow people from different linguistic, cultural, or professional backgrounds to understand one another, we’re expanding access to knowledge, education, and collaboration."
In a world where technology is everywhere, it’s important to keep our data safe. Ethan Cecchetti believes cryptography is the key to protecting our information.