UW–Madison Team Honored with Best Student Paper Award at Premier Machine Learning Conference

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.

Alum Faisal Mushtaq ’88 and the importance of creating consensus and listening – and fast cars

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 Konwinski ’07 receives Wisconsin Alumni Association Luminary Award

“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.

PhD student Naman Gupta named Morgridge Fellow

Gupta's research is committed to advancing the safety and well-being of marginalized populations who face gender-based violence (GBV) by amplifying their silenced voices.

Three Wisconsin CS professors receive inaugural Google ML and Systems Junior Faculty Awards

Jelena Diakonikolas, Sharon Li, and Shivaram Venkataraman are among the first recipients to receive new award from Google.

Morgridge Hall, July 2025: Final progress update

Explore Morgridge Hall's final construction update as Computer Sciences prepares to move into a brand new research and education facility.

Gupta joins search committee for director of new Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub

Announced July 2025, the newly-formed Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub will build on UW–Madison’s rich history of innovation and strengthen entrepreneurial pathways.

CS professor Miron Livny & HTCondor celebrate 40 years powered by community

The brainchild of Miron Livny, director of the Center for High-Throughput Computing, HTCondor uses a vast network of computing resources to power a wide range of research projects across the globe.

Jin-Yi Cai awarded WARF Named Professorship

Professor Jin-Yi Cai was named the Juris Hartmanis Professor of Computer Sciences in honor of his late PhD advisor, “a father of complexity theory.”

Translating Legacy Code for a Safer Future: DARPA Backs Effort to Convert C to Rust

A team of researchers from Madison, Berkeley, Edinburgh, and Urbana-Champaign has received a $5 million award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under its Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) program.