Category: News

CS & Psychology undergrad Pragati Maheshwary honored twice by Google this year

“I aspire to contribute to the field of computing research by bringing educational reforms through the innovation of new tools and technologies that can support the development of children with disabilities in all dimensions.” – Pragati Maheshwary Computer Sciences and Psychology junior Pragati Maheshwary has been honored by Google not once but twice during the …

Student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on: CS students Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao

CS students – graduating spring 2023! – Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao were profiled in the Wisconsin School of Business story “Five student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on” for their startup Easyjobs: Hiaohan Shen (BA ’23) and Hankel Bao (BA ’23) met while studying computer science and data science at UW–Madison and soon after …

Alumni spotlight on Zachary Henkel BS 2000

By Karen Barrett-Wilt Zachary Henkel (BS 2000) compares his work as Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft to gardening: “Sometimes I’m hauling dirt or digging ditches, but when everything aligns, I can sit back and watch the flowers bloom.” Read more about his work with Microsoft Office (“hundreds of millions of lines of code”!) and his …

CS major Paul Chung receives prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarship

Read about Paul Chung and his research below! Two UW–Madison students awarded prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarships  

Miron Livny honored with Vilas Research Professorship

CS Professor Miron Livny receives Vilas honor – read all about it below! Immigration scholar, scientific computing leader receive Vilas honors

How to Tell If a Photo Is an AI-Generated Fake

Computer Sciences Professor Yong Jae Lee is featured in a recent Scientific American article: “Artificial-intelligence-powered image-generating systems are making fake photographs so hard to detect that we need AI to catch them.” Lee says he and his research team are working on a way to train a machine-learning model to “recognize what makes an image …

Computer Sciences claims top two spots in the list of UW’s fastest growing majors

Data Science (Statistics Dept – Computer Sciences joint degree) and the Computer Sciences undergraduate degree program are the fastest growing degrees on campus. Read more below! UW’s 5 hottest majors: Student demand, workforce trends drive enrollment gains

CS’s Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

CS Professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, along with five other UW–Madison faculty members, was honored as a 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow. Read about it in the UW–Madison story below: Madison researchers join ranks of AAAS fellows

Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) Facilitation Innovations

After adding Research Computing Facilitators in 2013-2014, CHTC has expanded its reach to support researchers in all disciplines interested in using large-scale computing to support their research through the shared computing capacity offered by the CHTC. “What’s unique at the CHTC is having a dedicated role – that we’re not just ‘user support’ responding to …

CS alum Archit Gupta (MS ’08) creates tax and financial gamechanger in India

Gupta discusses his time in the UW–Madison CS MS program (“UW–Madison has a great computer sciences program and fantastic faculty”) and what he thinks it takes a successful entrepreneur: Archit Gupta creates tax and financial tech gamechanger in India