Three Computer Sciences professors were recently honored at the first College of Letters & Science (L&S) Investiture Ceremony for professors with new named chairs and professorships: Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau: Catherine A Erickson Professorship in the School …
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Computer Sciences welcomes new teaching faculty Gurmail Singh and Scott Swanson
The Department of Computer Sciences welcomes two new teaching faculty: Gurmail Singh and Scott Swanson. Read about them below! Gurmail Singh Hometown: Regina, Canada Educational/professional background: Ph.D. University of Regina; Postdoc. Department of Computer Science …
Six Computer Sciences MS/PhD students recognized as LEAP fellows
Six Computer Sciences MS/PhD students were selected as LEAP Fellows. The LEAP Alliance is focused on diversifying future leadership in the computing professoriate as a way to increase diversity across the field of computing. Congratulations …
$3.4 million WARF investment in UW-Madison research computing means, “Our researchers can breathe easier now.”
Modern academic research runs on computational power—and in today’s research labs, central processing units (CPUs) and graphics processing units (GPUs) are critical pieces in a scientist’s workbench. So with funding secured through the WARF investment, …
Computer Sciences welcomes Assistant Professor Kirthevasan Kandasamy, focusing on machine learning
Kirthevasan (Kirthi) Kandasamy comes to UW-Madison from a postodoc at UC-Berkeley. He will research and teach about machine learning, which he says he happened on accidentally, and he’s never looked back! Kansdasamy works more specifically …
Generations of Learning at Grandparents University – featuring social robotics and learning Scratch from the CS Dept
UW-Madison wins silver at ICPC North America Championship
The UW-Madison International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) team continued its streak with its 21st advancement to the world finals. At the North America Championship, the top 50 teams from the US and Canada vied for slots …
Colorstack Gives UW-Madison CS Students of Color a Place To Be Their Authentic Selves
Most undergraduate students know that connecting with other students in your major is important for getting help on big assignments, swapping career advice, and even celebrating after an exam. These benefits are part of why …
High-Throughput Computing as an Enabler of Black Hole Science
On June 25, 2021, Arizona astrophysicist Feryal Ozel posted an item on Twitter that must have fired up scientific imaginations. She noted that the Open Science Pool (OSPool) just set a single-day record of capacity delivered — …