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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 — …
Matt Amodio (MS ’17) Became a Legendary Jeopardy! Winner With a Unique Style of Play
Students Learn From Each Other at Computer Sciences Research Symposium
By Elea Levin The UW-Madison Association for Computing Machinery student chapter (SACM) and Women’s Association for Computing Machinery (WACM) hosted an in-person and virtual research symposium on April 1. The event had a large turnout, …
Computer Sciences Capstone course: “I’ve never felt so proud of something I’ve made in class before”
by Elea Levin Most classes require students to take a final exam or turn in a final paper at the end of the semester for professors to evaluate their work. In Computer Science 638, the …
UPL Hackathon Brought Students Together With the Theme “Help Your Community”
By Elea Levin This spring about 70 students divided into 30 teams participated in the 2022 “Hatathon,” a hat-themed, 24-hour hackathon event hosted by the UW-Madison Undergraduate Projects Lab (UPL). The UPL is a space …
Earlence Fernandes awarded National Science Foundation CAREER Award
By Elea Levin Earlence Fernandes, an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department, was awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award for his research on Security and Privacy Foundations of Internet-Scale User-Centered Automation. The …
Suman Banerjee Chosen as IEEE Fellow
By Elea Levin Computer Sciences Professor Suman Banerjee became an Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Fellow effective January 1, 2022. The title, which is one of the most prestigious honors of the IEEE, was …