Computer Sciences Professor Aditya Akella has been chosen as a 2020 Finalist of the prestigious Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists. There were 305 nominations this year, and eleven were selected in the Physical Sciences …
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Computer Sciences faculty members Banerjee and Gupta awarded MLWiNS research funding
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has been awarded research funding into the development of future wireless systems as part of the Machine Learning for Wireless Networking Systems program (MLWiNS). This program, run by Intel and the …
Computer Sciences awarded interdisciplinary faculty cluster hire
Computer Sciences professors Loris D’Antoni and Aws Albarghouthi co-proposed a faculty cluster hire that was accepted and is available to hire three faculty over the next two years. Cluster hires are awarded by the …
CS professors awarded Provost’s Career Awards
Computer Sciences professors Shuchi Chawla and Bilge Mutlu have been awarded 2020 UW-Madison Provost’s Mid Career and Early Career Awards. These awards recognize research and teaching excellence and provide funds to be used for research, …
UW alum’s Last Lock named Top 12 in Governor’s Business Plan Competition, receives $100k investment
Credit to Yu Wen Mak and Charlie Chermak Many people dream of running their own company and being their own boss. For Jack Ryan, a UW-Madison alumnus from Eden Prairie, MN, that dream has already …
Virginia Tech and UW-Madison awarded NSF funding to help developers write more secure code
Daphne Yao and Na Meng of Virginia Tech and Barton Miller of the University of Wisconsin-Madison have been awarded $1.2 million over four years by the National Science Foundation Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace Program for …
Dieter van Melkebeek presented with 2020 ACM-SIGACT Distinguished Service Award
Computer Sciences Professor Dieter van Melkebeek will be presented with the prestigious 2020 ACM-SIGACT Distinguished Service Award for his leadership in creating the Computational Complexity Foundation (CCF) and transitioning the annual Computational Complexity Conference to …
2020 UW Computer Sciences Nest Software Contest – congratulations, participants and winners!
We are pleased to announce the winners of the eleventh annual UW Computer Sciences Department Nest Software Contest – an annual software contest for UW-Madison students to innovate and develop new software technologies. This program …
Yujie (Maggie) Guo, Computer Sciences & Biology
Year in school: Junior – expect to graduate in Spring 2021 Hometown: Shanghai, China Why did you pursue degrees in both of your areas? Why did you add the second one (if you did)? I …
CS Professor Shuchi Chawla wins Chancellor’s Teaching Innovation Award
Thirteen faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor that annually recognizes some of UW–Madison’s finest educators. The following testimonials were given, and photographs made, before virtual teaching was instituted …