College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
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 …
Study Abroad Opens Doors to Music Success in Norway
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 …
For AI and robotics researcher Josiah Hanna and his lab, high throughput computing is a critical tool in reinforcement learning. Read the full story here!
The American Museum of Natural History ramps up education on research computing. After “falling in love with the system” during the 2023 OSG School, American Museum of Natural History Museum (AMNH) bioinformatics specialist Dean Bobo wondered if he could jump on an offer to bring New York institutions’ and researchers’ attention to the OSPool, a pool of computing capacity freely available …
UW–Madison’s Computer Sciences department remains one of the fastest growing disciplines on campus, with 44% more majors than the next largest. This figure alone is worth celebrating, but during commencement weekend we had even more reason to cheer: 244 students were awarded bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorates in computer science. On Sunday, December 17, we …
NeurIPS, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, is one of the most prestigious conferences in artificial intelligence (AI), held each year in December. This year, Computer Sciences department researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison had 30 papers accepted by the conference. Spread across numerous faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and external collaborators, these works show …
The Sony Research Award Program (Sony RAP) provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. This research collaboration between Sony and the University of Wisconsin–Madison is led by Ryoji Ikegaya of Sony and Professor Mohit Gupta of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the Sony RAP. Read …
Students respond to a simulated cyber attack scenario with government and industry partners University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences students aren’t waiting for the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) building to be complete before getting together in large numbers to work on today’s most challenging cybersecurity challenges. Over 130 students in CS …
After growing up seeing rapid advancements in technology, Aaron Torres x’24 wanted to work on solving technical problems that have an impact on a large scale. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Torres is now a senior studying Computer Sciences and will begin his career as a software engineer after graduation. “Back in high school I wanted to learn …