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 …
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Over 100 students participate in first UW-Madison Datathon
By Elea Levin One hundred and three participants competed in the first ever UW-Madison Datathon on October 16 and 17, hosted by the UW-Madison Data Science Club. In addition to the hackathon, the event included …
CS undergrad Atulya Reddy designs app to repair connections torn by pandemic
Reddy felt that one of the side effects of the pandemic was the absence of vital social learning that happens with in-person classes. They wanted to set themselves up for a productive academic year, where …
UW-Madison Game Design Certificate Focuses on Creating Positive
By Elea Levin Have you played a game on your phone today? Maybe you participated in a rec or club sports game over the weekend? Did you have a Monopoly night with your roommates last …
CS alum Matt Amodio (MS ’17) wins 38 games of Jeopardy
Matt Amodio was recently eliminated from the game of Jeopardy, but not before he set the second longest all-time win streak in the show’s history.
Assistant Professor Josiah Hanna comes to UW-Madison Computer Sciences to focus on machine learning and robotics
Josiah Hanna comes to UW-Madison from earning his PhD at the University of Texas-Austin. Hanna works at the intersection of machine learning and robotics, focusing on reinforcement learning (RL). RL “allows computers and robots to …
Associate Professor Yong Jae Lee joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department to focus on Computer Vision
Yong Jae Lee comes to UW-Madison from an artificial intelligence visiting faculty position at Cruise and before that from faculty positions at University of California-Davis. Lee studies Computer Vision – “enabling machines to ‘see’ the …
Assistant Professor Ming Liu joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department in Networking and Systems
Ming Liu joins the UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department as an assistant professor after earning his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington. His research focuses on networking and systems and using …
Loris D’Antoni selected as 2021 Certain-Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty awardee
Associate Professor of Computer Sciences Loris D’Antoni has been awarded the 2021 Phillip R. Certain-Gary D. Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty Award. This award honors a faculty member in the College of Letters and …
2021 SIGPLAN Research Highlight awarded to Computer Sciences faculty and alumnus
By Elea Levin A paper written by PhD student Samuel Drews and Computer Sciences Professors Aws Albarghouthi and Loris D’Antoni was recognized as a 2021 SIGPLAN Research Highlight. Of the paper entitled “Proving Data-Poisoning Robustness …