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 …
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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 …
Jin-Yi Cai awarded Fulkerson Prize for work in discrete mathematics
Computer Sciences Professor Jin-Yi Cai has been awarded the Fulkerson Prize for work in discrete mathematics. He received the award in recognition of his article “Complexity of Counting CSP with Complex Weights,” jointly with Xi …
Professor Mohit Gupta and WISIONLab colleagues awarded additional Sony funding for Single Photon Imaging project
Professor Mohit Gupta and colleagues at the Wisconsin Computational Imaging and Vision Lab (WISIONLab) at UW-Madison have been awarded an additional year of funding by the Sony Research Award Program (SRAP) for their research project …
CS Professor Somesh Jha named distinguished alumnus from IIT Delhi
Computer Sciences Professor Somesh Jha has received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) in recognition of his outstanding achievements in teaching and research. Jha joins a prestigious group …
Postdoc Sushrut Karmalkar: In his own words
Postdoc Sushrut Karmalkar has joined UW-Madison this fall as a research associate with Professor Ilias Diakonikolas. In his own words: My choice of UW-Madison had to do with its excellent research atmosphere and a very …
Michael Ferris developing vaccine fairness recommendation engine
Ferris and Corey Jackson, assistant professor at the UW–Madison Information School in CDIS, are developing a vaccine fairness recommendation engine that will support equitable decision making . . .
NIST award helps Computer Sciences professors help first responders
First responders make split second decisions under stressful conditions that may make the difference between life and death. Thanks to UW-Madison Computer Sciences professor Suman Banerjee and his team, the tools first responders rely on …
Ethics in Computer Science: new course prepares students to tackle ethical challenges in tech
By Elea Levin With technology evolving faster than ever and bringing important benefits to countless individuals’ lives, Professor Paul Barford decided to create a course that gives students a chance to explore the ethical risks …
UW researchers join three national artificial intelligence institutes
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are collaborating with three national artificial intelligence institutes on projects promoting sustainable food systems and advanced wireless networks.