Category: Awards

Assistant Professor Rahul Chatterjee receives NSF CAREER Award

With MadS&P and DAIS, Chatterjee develops solutions for the growing concern of technology-facilitated abuse.

Professor Swamit Tannu receives NSF CAREER Award

“The technical challenges and the potential to make a big, lasting impact—those are the two things that drove me towards quantum computing,” says Tannu.

PhD student Nikos Zarifis earns 2024 Ivanisevic Award

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 …

CS Professor Xiangyao Yu named 2024 Sloan Research Fellow

Two UW–Madison researchers receive prestigious Sloan Fellowships

Prof. Jelena Diakonikolas named 2024 AFOSR Young Investigator

“The results are going to be fundamental,” says Diakonikolas. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research agrees. Any given computational problem has a number of possible solutions, each with its own set of advantages, limitations, and unintended consequences. This is true of life, as well, and many of us find it difficult to navigate the …

Steve Wright elected to prestigious National Academy of Engineering

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 …

A “simple and powerful idea” earns Professor Tom W. Reps the 2023 CAV Award

Presented at the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, the honor recognizes significant contributions to the verification of concurrent programs through context-bounded analysis. Recently, the Computer Sciences department’s Professor Tom Reps was awarded the prestigious 2023 CAV Award. Presented at the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV), the distinction is awarded annually …

Loris D’Antoni Receives 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship

UW–Madison Computer Sciences Assistant Professor Loris D’Antoni has been selected as a recipient of the 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship in recognition of his accomplishments, impact, and leadership in the field. He is one of only five recipients to receive this prestigious award, which receives hundreds of nominations from all over the country every year. …

Computer Sciences Professor Shuchi Chawla wins 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor Shuchi Chawla of the Computer Sciences Department has won the 2020 Chancellor’s Teaching Innovation Award, one of this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards. “This award recognizes the hard work numerous peer mentors and TAs have put in towards mentoring and helping students in CS 577 [Introduction to Algorithms] over the last few years, making the …