College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
Somesh Jha, Sheldon B. Lubar Professor of Computer Sciences at University of Wisconsin–Madison, has been selected to receive the 2025 ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) Excellence in Service Award.
Filled with light and flexible lab spaces, Morgridge Hall is a “fresh start” that lets researchers “chase their dreams.”
Somesh Jha, Sheldon B. Lubar Chair and Professor in the University of Wisconsin–Madison Department of Computer Sciences, has been recognized with the ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) 2025 Test-of-Time Award for his influential paper “Model Inversion Attacks that Exploit Confidence Information and Basic Countermeasures.”
UW–Madison Computer Sciences PhD student Lisheng Ren, his advisor Sheldon B. Lubar Professor Ilias Diakonikolas, and UC-San Diego Professor Daniel Kane have received the Mark Fulk Best Student Paper Award at the 2025 Conference on Learning Theory (COLT). COLT is the premier international conference on the mathematical foundations of machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Faisal Mushtaq ’88 came to UW-Madison to study computer engineering and computer science with the goal of becoming an embedded systems engineer. He is currently senior advisor of Data/AI Center of Excellence at Frazier Healthcare Partners. He serves on boards of several healthcare companies, as well as being an enthusiastic member of the UW-Madison Computer Sciences department Board of Visitors. Read on to learn about his experiences at UW-Madison and after – and about why he loves fast cars
“Andy is unique even among our accomplished alumni. Few have so deeply reshaped the tech landscape — let alone done it twice.” — Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, director of UW Madison School of Computer, Data, & Information Sciences Read the full story here.
UWMadison's new Vice Chancellor for Research Dorota Grejner-Brzezińska recently spoke with The Capital Times about growing research efforts, which recently topped $1.7 billion in annual spending. Two areas stand out: AI and cyber security.
Hundreds of newly-minted Wisconsin alumni will walk at commencement on Sunday, December 15. We’re introducing a few of our most accomplished graduates.
From breakthroughs in research to leaps in rankings, these headlines capture some of the massive achievements made in the 60th year of Computer Sciences at UW–Madison.
For the sixth year in a row, UW-Madison has placed first at the regional round of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC).