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Suman Banerjee recognized by Association for Computing Machinery for Outstanding Scientific Contribution to Computing
UW CS Professor Suman Banerjee was recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery for his Outstanding Scientific Contribution to Computing. Read the press release here: 2018 ACM Distinguished Members Recognized for Significant Contributions that have …
UW–Madison Center for High Throughput Computing awarded grant to develop software to process data from High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider
The Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison will receive more than $2.2 million as part of a $25 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for its part in …
Kids Connect with Robot Reading Partners
CS professor Bilge Mutlu and grad student Joseph Michaelis believe companion robots will soon be a fixture in homes, and they wondered if those robots could serve as social learning companions for kids. They designed a …
Matthew Sinclair joins Computer Architecture faculty
Matthew Sinclair, who joined the computer architecture faculty in the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Department of Computer Sciences in the fall of 2018, says that he’s working on how to design future computer hardware. “I see …
Suman Banerjee named Distinguished Member of ACM
UW CS Professor Suman Banerjee was recognized by the Association for Computing Machinery for his Outstanding Scientific Contribution to Computing. Read the press release here: 2018 ACM DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS RECOGNIZED FOR SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS THAT HAVE …
Shivaram Venkataraman joins Department of Computer Sciences, researching system design in the age of smart devices
“One day you’re doing some small assignments in your dorm, and the next you’re at Google and can build an entire web search engine on your machine if you want to,” says Shivaram. “It was a huge jump!
UW-Madison CS team wins CodRep!
A team consisting of Jordan Henkel (CS graduate student), Shuvendu Lahiri (from Microsoft Research), Ben Liblit, and Tom Reps (both CS faculty) has just won CodRep. CodRep is an international competition on machine learning on …
Eight UW-Madison teams place at ACM International Programming Contest
The regional round of the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest was held last week. UW-Madison participated with 8 teams (listed below). We placed 3rd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 25th, and 31st among the 209 …
Arpaci-Dusseaus win 2018 ACM SIGOPS Mark Weiser Award
Professors Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau and Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau from the UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department won the 2018 Mark Weiser Award for “outstanding leadership, innovation, and impact in storage and computer systems research.” They are the first professors …