Brian Pinkerton ’86 receives the Distinguished Achievement Award
“[UW–Madison] gave me the ability to tackle incredibly hard problems and be fearless about it,” says Pinkerton. “I'm just so incredibly grateful for that.”
College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
“[UW–Madison] gave me the ability to tackle incredibly hard problems and be fearless about it,” says Pinkerton. “I'm just so incredibly grateful for that.”
A recent CRA blog post written by Professor Somesh Jha and colleagues covers a panel discussion on GenAI opportunities and risks at the 2024 CRA Conference at Snowbird.
An affable, earnest guy, Dr. Barton Miller, the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor in the Computer Sciences Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW), has made an oversized impact on the SC Conference.
She hopes students will come away from her classes with "a robust problem-solving mindset" and with "both the confidence and capability to approach complex problems creatively and tackle them with a lifelong enthusiasm for learning."
He first got into computer science through MIT's Scratch coding community and now wants "to teach students not only about building web applications and user interfaces but doing so in a secure and usable manner."
He focuses on machine learning and paradigms of language, and wants his students to gain "critical thinking abilities while reading code and capability in designing new systems."
“It’s a manifestation of the opportunities that have been available to me with Wisconsin and CDIS,” says Pauley. “Since moving here, I’ve just been inspired.”
Erickson steps down, Arpaci-Dusseau to lead School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Tengyang Xie comes to UW–Madison from a postdoctoral position at Microsoft Research, New England and New York City Lab. His research goal is “to unlock seemingly impossible capabilities through reinforcement learning.” Surprised by the amount of snow on his first visit to campus, Xie looks forward to exploring winter activities on the frozen lakes! Hometown: …
Sandeep Silwal joins the Computer Sciences department after completing his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He works on algorithm design and first became interested in college when he “was hooked by how really cool and diverse mathematical ideas were used to tackle problems related to computing.” He hopes that for students in …