Category: News

Celebrating Winter 2025 graduates

We are excited to congratulate the hundreds of new graduates of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) this December. Our newest alumni are already making an impact in their respective fields, connecting technology and humanity as the next generation of computing, data, library and information leaders.

CS students celebrate #CSEdWeek at afterschool coding clubs across Madison

Students celebrated Wisconsin's computer science education week (12/18-12/14) at nearby Randall Elementary School, where they lead afterschool coding clubs.

Code champions: How UW–Madison built a programming dynasty

One of Wisconsin's winningest teams doesn't compete in sports. For the seventh consecutive year, Badgers took first place at the International Collegiate Programming Contest regionals competition hosted by Epic.

Ariana Negreiro PhD’25 brings machine learning to dairy farm management

Using machine learning and deep learning models, Negreiro's research supports healthier dairy cows with an improved quality of life.

William Jen ‘18 is building the backbone of robotics

Jen works at the intersection of software and robotics, creating the foundational systems that allow humanoid robots to move, perceive, and act safely.

David Khachatryan ’22 teaches robots to think

Khachatryan reflects on the single principle driving his work: technology should work for everyone.

Epic Systems CEO Judy Faulkner MS’67 named “Best Leader” by U.S. News

Faulkner began Epic in 1979, in her home’s basement with two part-time employees. Today, Epic has billions of dollars in annual sales and a staff of 14,000.

Assistant Professor Ming Liu chosen as WARF Innovation Award finalist

Each fall the WARF Innovation Awards recognize some of the best inventions at UW–Madison. WARF receives hundreds of new invention disclosures each year. Of these disclosures, the WARF Innovation Award finalists are considered exceptional in the following criteria: Criteria Has potential for high long-term impact Presents an exciting solution to a known important problem Could produce broad …

Are soccer-playing droids the future of robotics?

Josiah Hanna’s soccer-playing robots train with reinforcement learning, a branch of artificial intelligence that mimics one of the ways humans learn.

CS Affiliate Professor & Data Science Institute Director Kyle Cranmer awarded inaugural prize for AI in science

Kyle Cranmer, Computer Sciences Affiliate Professor, Professor of Physics, and Director of the Data Science Institute at UW–Madison, has been honored with the inaugural Pritzker Prize in AI for Science for his role in establishing a powerful new approach to data analysis that leverages advances in machine learning and artificial intelligence.