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Three CS professors awarded funding through UW research partnership with American Family Insurance

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The UW–Madison Data Science Institute (DSI), powered by American Family Insurance, announced ten research projects selected for funding through a unique sponsored research partnership, including three Computer Sciences professors: Learning what is Relevant for Counterfactual Policy Evaluation PI: Josiah Hanna, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Sciences   Detecting AI-altered Images to Combat Claims Fraud PI: …

PhD student Xuefeng Du awarded 2023-24 Jane Street Fellowship

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We are thrilled to announce that CS PhD student Xuefeng Du has been named a Jane Street Fellow for the 2023-24 academic year. Xuefeng Du is advised by Professor Sharon Yixuan Li, and his research focuses on open-world machine learning. He is developing algorithms to enable open-world learning that can function safely and adaptively in …

Celebrating seven School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) graduates

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CDIS’s celebration of seven CDIS graduates include two CS students – or now alumni! Read all about CS/Linguistics major Alexander Francis Peseckis (BS ’23) and Mark Mansi, CS PhD ’23, as well as other CDIS graduates: https://cdis.wisc.edu/spring-2023-commencement-celebrating-7-graduates-from-the-school-of-computer-data-information-sciences/

CS’s Jason Mohoney receives Apple Scholars in Al/ML PhD Fellowship

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CS PhD student Jason Mohoney is the recipient of a 2023 Apple Scholar in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning PhD Fellowship. The fellowship recognizes the contributions of researchers in computer science and engineering at the graduate and postgraduate level. Each Scholar receives funding as they pursue their PhD, internship opportunities, and mentorship with an Apple researcher in …

Student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on: CS students Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao

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CS students – graduating spring 2023! – Xiaohan Shen and Hankel Bao were profiled in the Wisconsin School of Business story “Five student entrepreneurs to keep an eye on” for their startup Easyjobs: Hiaohan Shen (BA ’23) and Hankel Bao (BA ’23) met while studying computer science and data science at UW–Madison and soon after …

Good News 4/3/23

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Prof Ming Liu and colleagues’ ASPLOS ‘23 paper, “A Generic Service to Provide In-Network Aggregation for Key-Value Streams”, was selected as a Distinguished Paper. Great job! [1] Prof Kirthi Kandasamy and colleagues had a paper conditionally accepted into OSDI ‘23, entitled “Cilantro: A Framework for Performance-Aware Resource Allocation for General Objectives via Online Feedback”. Great …

CS major Paul Chung receives prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarship

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Read about Paul Chung and his research below! Two UW–Madison students awarded prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarships  

Alumni spotlight on Mary Ann Horton, MS ’77

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By Karen Barrett-Wilt Mary Ann Horton came to UW–Madison from southern California. She says, “It was worth the cold winters to study with elite faculty in my field.” Read below about her career, her experiences at UW, and her work as a transgender activist! What are you currently doing professionally? I spent 20 years at …

Construction on CDIS building starts the first week of March!

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Construction will begin on the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) building during the first week of March! You can follow along with a webcam that gives a bird’s-eye view of the project here. And more information about the building is here. Stay tuned for more updates as construction progresses!

CS’s Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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CS Professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, along with five other UW–Madison faculty members, was honored as a 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow. Read about it in the UW–Madison story below: Madison researchers join ranks of AAAS fellows