He first got into computer science through MIT’s Scratch coding community and now wants “to teach students not only about building web applications and user interfaces but doing so in a secure and usable manner.”
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Meet new teaching faculty member Kaiser Pister
He focuses on machine learning and paradigms of language, and wants his students to gain “critical thinking abilities while reading code and capability in designing new systems.”
CS Professor Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau will lead School of Computer Data & Information Sciences as Director Tom Erickson steps down
Erickson steps down, Arpaci-Dusseau to lead School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences
Meet new faculty member Tengyang Xie, artificial intelligence researcher
Tengyang Xie comes to UW-Madison from a postdoctoral position at Microsoft Research, New England and New York City Lab. His research goal is “to unlock seemingly impossible capabilities through reinforcement learning.” Surprised by the amount …
Meet new faculty member Sandeep Silwal, who works at the intersection of theoretical computer science and machine learning
Sandeep Silwal joins the Computer Sciences department after completing his PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He works on algorithm design and first became interested in college when he “was hooked by how …
Meet new faculty member Ali Abedi, who will focus on Systems and Networking
“A pervasive theme that threads through all of my research initiatives centers on harnessing ‘signals of opportunity.’”
Meet new faculty member Manolis Vlatakis: “True insight comes from embracing real-world imperfections.”
Manolis Vlatakis comes to UW–Madison from a postdoctoral research position at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing at University of California—Berkeley after earning his PhD at Columbia University. At UW–Madison he will focus …
CS student uses AI to aid analysis of astronomical data
“I realized that there are many open mysteries in the universe waiting to be solved and, importantly, I could be a part of solving them,” says Karcheski.
CS student researches Venus from the UW Dorms
As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, a CS undergraduate spent the summer observing Venus through work that redefines what research means to them.
CDIS Career Fair Leads to Internship Success for Junior Aman Jain
“This opportunity helped solidify my interest in data science and analytics. Overall, I had a great experience at MGE and have gained some valuable skills and insight that I hope to apply in my future jobs,” says Jain.