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 …
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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.
Computer Sciences embraces interest and demand, and grows by 800%
2,022 students now declared majors By Nicole Herzog In 2011, just 200 students were Computer Science majors. A decade later, the number of students enrolled in the discipline has grown more than ten times—a direct …
Congratulations to CS undergrad Hilldale Research Fellowship recipients!
Seven Computer Sciences majors were awarded Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowships at the recent Chancellor’s Undergraduate Awards Ceremony. Grants are awarded to undergraduates and their faculty/staff advisors for research collaboration. The CS students and faculty winners …
Jin-Yi Cai awarded prestigious Gödel Prize
Professor Jin-Yi Cai of the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has been jointly awarded the prestigious Gödel Prize in theoretical computer science. The award is sponsored by the European Association for …
UW Researchers Using Computer Modeling, Social Science To Improve Vaccine Delivery
With the goal of making future vaccination distribution more efficient and equitable, UW researchers have been working to use computer modeling in more realistic ways.
UW-Madison computer science major grows by more than 800% as tech industry flourishes
Computer science has become the largest major on the UW-Madison campus – with over 2,000 students – and is only expected to continue growing as students break into many different industries.
Human-Computer Interaction focuses on technology to improve daily lives
Researchers at UW-Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences have been working on “human-computer interaction” in attempts to greatly improve our daily lives.
Incoming faculty member Ming Liu awarded SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award honorable mention
Incoming faculty member Ming Liu was awarded honorable mention for the 2021 ACM SIGCOMM Doctoral Dissertation Award for Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis in Computer Networking and Data Communication from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group …
Protecting Infrastructure: Wildfires damage cellphone towers, and researchers offer site-specific solutions.
Wildfires have been causing recent damage to cellphone towers, and researchers have been tasked with finding site-specific, long-lasting solutions.