Computer Sciences is moving to the newly built Morgridge Hall in August! We’ll be opening the week of August 18, 2025, with opening events later in September. In the meantime, check out the latest …
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Gupta joins search committee for director of new Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub
Announced July 2025, the newly-formed Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub will build on UW–Madison’s rich history of innovation and strengthen entrepreneurial pathways.
CS professor Miron Livny & HTCondor celebrate 40 years powered by community
The high-throughput computing community — including scientists, researchers, developers, administrators and facilitators — gathered at UW–Madison on June 3 to celebrate 40 years of “The Condor Project,” now known as HTCondor. Miron Livny The brainchild of Miron …
Jin-Yi Cai awarded WARF Named Professorship
Professor Jin-Yi Cai was named the Juris Hartmanis Professor of Computer Sciences in honor of his late PhD advisor, “a father of complexity theory.”
Translating Legacy Code for a Safer Future: DARPA Backs Effort to Convert C to Rust
A team of researchers from Madison, Berkeley, Edinburgh, and Urbana-Champaign has received a $5 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under its Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) program.
PhD student Seth Ockerman awarded prestigious NSF grad fellowship
By Karen Barrett-Wilt Computer Sciences PhD student Seth Ockerman has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), which is a highly competitive program that provides funding and support for graduate students …
Patrick McDaniel co-editor of new ACM journal on AI security and privacy
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, is pleased to announce a new journal, ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy (TAISAP), with UW-Madison Computer Sciences professor Patrick McDaniel as an editor-in-chief. As AI technologies have become …
Computer Sciences capstone prepares to scale experiential learning for students
Students are drawn in droves by the promise of real-world experience and—for a lucky few—the possibility of a job at the end. Interest is also growing among industry, for whom the capstone course offers access to top talent.
Celebrating Computer Sciences’ PhD students
At the PhD graduation ceremony on May 9, 23 CS students walked across the stage toward their futures, finally becoming alumni after (on average) five to seven years of rigorous research and study.
PhD student Shawn Im awarded prestigious NSF graduate fellowship
Computer Sciences PhD student Shawn Im has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), which is a highly competitive program that provides funding and support for graduate students.