College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
Postdoc Sushrut Karmalkar has joined UW–Madison this fall as a research associate with Professor Ilias Diakonikolas. In his own words: My choice of UW–Madison had to do with its excellent research atmosphere and a very active theory and machine learning community that works on robust statistics and related fields. Additionally, the Institute for the Foundations …
Ferris and Corey Jackson, assistant professor at the UW–Madison Information School in CDIS, are developing a vaccine fairness recommendation engine that will support equitable decision making . . .
First responders make split second decisions under stressful conditions that may make the difference between life and death. Thanks to UW–Madison Computer Sciences professor Suman Banerjee and his team, the tools first responders rely on are about to become more reliable. Banerjee, Computer Sciences professor Yuhang Zhao, and Design Studies professor Kevin Ponto have received …
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 of these technologies that are often not discussed. “I hope that all of the students who take this class who …
University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers are collaborating with three national artificial intelligence institutes on projects promoting sustainable food systems and advanced wireless networks.
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 response to significant student interest and industry demand in our increasingly technology-driven society. In the last ten years, the Computer …
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 and their research projects are listed below. Congratulations, all! Shu Liu; Aditya Akella, advisor; HyperAPX: Leveraging Approximation for Fast Hyperparameter …
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.
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.
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.