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UW-Madison Team Continues Record 20-Year Streak in ICPC World Finals

After 18 months full of unprecedented hurdles, the UW–Madison team finished 17th out of 117 teams at the International Collegiate Programming Contest world finals in Moscow. They also ranked fourth out of the 15 North American teams competing. ICPC is the oldest, largest, and most prestigious programming contest in the world, conducted by and for …

Software Engineer/Developer II (Deadline 12/20/21)

Job Title: Software Engineer/Developer II Employer: UW–Madison L&S/COMPUTER SCI/COMP SCI Location: Madison, WI Deadline: 12/20/2021 To Apply/Learn More: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/511586/software-engineer Job Description Join the Center for High Throughput Computing (CHTC) as a software engineer working implementing the next generation of large-scale distributed computing actively used by many of the largest science projects in the word! This is …

A New Age of Technology: The UW-Madison People and Robots Lab

School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences researchers in the People and Robots Lab spearhead diverse research areas, tackling everything from medical recordkeeping to household safety to self-driving cars. But one theme unites them — making computers and robots better so they can empower people. Read the full On Wisconsin story here.

A New Age of Technology: CDIS Researchers Find Ways to Improve Our Daily Lives

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New data science computing resource honors memory of Olvi Mangasarian

Two new GPU servers recently acquired by the American Family Insurance Data Science Institute (DSI) at UW–Madison honor the memory of Dr. Olvi Mangasarian, who passed away in March 2020.

Assistant Professor Josiah Hanna comes to UW-Madison Computer Sciences to focus on machine learning and robotics

Josiah Hanna comes to UW–Madison from earning his PhD at the University of Texas-Austin. Hanna works at the intersection of machine learning and robotics, focusing on reinforcement learning (RL). RL “allows computers and robots to learn from trial and error interaction how to successfully complete tasks rather than being explicitly programmed how to complete the …

Associate Professor Yong Jae Lee joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department to focus on Computer Vision

Yong Jae Lee comes to UW–Madison from an artificial intelligence visiting faculty position at Cruise and before that from faculty positions at University of California-Davis. Lee studies Computer Vision – “enabling machines to ‘see’ the visual world.” Lee believes it is important to share his work widely, in keeping with the Wisconsin Idea: “It’s very …

Assistant Professor Ming Liu joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences Department in Networking and Systems

Ming Liu joins the UW–Madison Computer Sciences Department as an assistant professor after earning his PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington. His research focuses on networking and systems and using new network hardware trends to develop new, cost effective software systems.  Hometown: Helong, China Educational/professional background: I earned my PhD …

Loris D’Antoni selected as 2021 Certain-Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty awardee

Associate Professor of Computer Sciences Loris D’Antoni has been awarded the 2021 Phillip R. Certain-Gary D. Sandefur Letters & Science Distinguished Faculty Award. This award honors a faculty member in the College of Letters and Sciences and recognizes their outstanding teaching.  Honorees for the award are nominated by the academic Associate Deans in the college …