Category: News

Eight faculty members appointed teaching professors for ongoing excellence in education

Defined by their student-centered approaches to course material, these educators are recognized for their commitment to supporting young minds.

New faculty member Misha Khodak working toward faster and more accurate machine learning models

New faculty member Misha Khodak started out studying math as an undergrad and switched to CS for his MS and PhD after a "throwaway comment" to a CS professor while looking for a math thesis topic.

New faculty member Charles Yuan will focus on quantum computing and programming languages

Charles Yuan arrived in Madison for the first time just after a blizzard. He recently completed his PhD at MIT in Cambridge, MA, so winter is something he already understands, but he noted that people in Madison went about their regular day despite the inches of snow left by the blizzard.

New faculty member Gavin Brown focuses on privacy and the power of computers

New faculty member Gavin Brown joins UW-Madison from a postdoc position at the University of Washington. In his research, he focuses on the question, "What happens when the models we train or the analyses we run leak personal information?"

New faculty member Jiawei Zhang hopes his students will develop effective algorithms to address complex problems

Originally from Guangdong Province, China, Zhang joined Madison's optimization research group after completing his postdoc at MIT's Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems.

CS student Ben Young wins 2025 Best Student ICALP Paper

PhD student Ben Young has been awarded the 2025 Best Student ICALP Paper at the 52nd EATCS International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP) in Aarhus, Denmark.

UW-Madison opens new building to house School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

The Wisconsin State Journal recently toured Morgridge Hall on its first day of classes.

UW-Madison unveils new Morgridge Hall on first day of classes

View the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's photo essay from the first day of classes at Morgridge Hall.

Cap Times checks out Morgridge Hall

Join the Cap Times for its tour of Morgridge Hall on the first day of classes.

Meet the winners of the Morgridge Hall sticker competition

Centered around the theme "Home Sweet Home," the competition invited students to design limited-edition stickers that reflect the welcoming spirit of Morgridge Hall.