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Aggarwal is an early stage tech-investor and board member. “I like learning about new technologies and helping start and scale new companies,” she says. “UW has very strong ties with industry, and I benefited a lot from that interaction.”

“I wrote a book on engineering leadership and management called ‘The Manager’s Path’ that has been far more successful than I ever imagined, including being translated into nine languages,” says Fournier. “I am proud of the fact that it has had a positive impact on the way people across the tech industry think about and approach engineering management.”

“Computer science is such a fast-evolving area: Especially in machine learning, you never know what breakthroughs are going to happen in the next twelve months that could completely change the state of the field,” says Cromp.

“I originally was aiming for a PhD in math, but the computer science department was just forming and I quickly gravitated to it,” says Horowitz, professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California.

The latest edition details an AI hiring surge, award-winning database research by Paris Koutris, a visit from U.S. Cyber Command, and more.

Adithya Murali comes to UW-Madison from University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, where he completed his PhD on program verification and program synthesis. He says he is “deeply passionate about the fundamental aspects of problem solving and …

Akarsh Prabhakara comes to Madison from his PhD studies at Carnegie Mellon University. In his research, Prabhakara is working on wire-free, non-invasive health monitoring to reduce patients’ discomfort at healthcare facilities. He hopes to teach …

Paul Barford is one of just twelve faculty members to receive a Distinguished Teaching Award, an honor recognizing some of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s finest educators.