College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
By Elea Levin Earlence Fernandes, an assistant professor in the UW–Madison Computer Sciences Department, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research on Security and Privacy Foundations of Internet-Scale User-Centered Automation. The award comes with a continuing grant of over $500,000, which will be used for Fernandes’ research project, which focuses on …
By Elea Levin Computer Sciences Professor Suman Banerjee became an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fellow effective January 1, 2022. The title, which is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, was awarded to Banerjee for his “development of tools to improve performance and usability of wireless systems.” The IEEE Fellow distinction …
Madison, WI and Washington, D.C. — The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s largest general scientific society and publisher of the Science family of journals, has elected three faculty from the University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences Department to the newest class of AAAS Fellows, among the most distinct honors within the …
After 18 months full of unprecedented hurdles, the UW–Madison team finished 17th out of 117 teams at the International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals in Moscow. They also ranked fourth out of the 15 North American teams competing. ICPC is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world, conducted by and for …
On Saturday, October 30, 2021, family and friends celebrated the life of Computer Sciences Emeritus Professor Olvi Mangasarian (1934-2020). The service was recorded and is available here, including tributes by Leon Mangasarian (his son), CS Professor Michael Ferris (about Olvi’s work), Bob Meyer, and his youngest son Aram (reading a tribute from Dick Cottle of …
Yudong Chen comes to UW–Madison Computer Sciences from a faculty position in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University. He is researching and teaching in the area of machine learning, statistics, and optimization. Chen says that he likes “to build things that work but also to understand the mathematical principles behind …
by Elea Levin Over 100 students participated in the first ever CheeseHacks hackathon event October 23 and 24, hosted by the UW–Madison Google Developers Student Club and UW Web Dev Club. The Hackathon aimed to help students “gain development experience in building web applications to address real-world issues.” The event organizers also facilitated four workshops …
By Elea Levin One hundred and three participants competed in the first ever UW–Madison Datathon on October 16 and 17, hosted by the UW–Madison Data Science Club. In addition to the hackathon, the event included multiple speaker series where students were able to hear from event sponsors about the application of data to various career …
Reddy felt that one of the side effects of the pandemic was the absence of vital social learning that happens with in-person classes. They wanted to set themselves up for a productive academic year, where they could fully understand the content in their classes.