College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
PhD candidate Nikos Zarifis, the 2024 recipient of the Invanisevic Award, came to UW–Madison because it is “one of the top schools in the country,” he says, and he specifically wanted “to be a part of my advisor’s, Professor Ilias Diakonikolas’, group. I felt that with his advising I would develop academically and produce meaningful …
Mutual respect — and a deeply shared love of computer science research — are two of the things that connect Jelena and Ilias Diakonikolas. He is the Sheldon B. Lubar Professor of Computer Sciences, and she is an assistant professor in the same department. He calls her the most determined and capable person he has …
Two UW–Madison researchers receive prestigious Sloan Fellowships
“The results are going to be fundamental,” says Diakonikolas. The Air Force Office of Scientific Research agrees. Any given computational problem has a number of possible solutions, each with its own set of advantages, limitations, and unintended consequences. This is true of life, as well, and many of us find it difficult to navigate the …
Computer Sciences professor and department chair Steve Wright has been elected to the 2024 class of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) in recognition of his achievements in the design and theory of optimization algorithms and the application of optimization to such areas as machine learning and signal processing. NAE membership honors those who have …
Study Abroad Opens Doors to Music Success in Norway
Presented at the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification, the honor recognizes significant contributions to the verification of concurrent programs through context-bounded analysis. Recently, the Computer Sciences department’s Professor Tom Reps was awarded the prestigious 2023 CAV Award. Presented at the 35th International Conference on Computer Aided Verification (CAV), the distinction is awarded annually …
For AI and robotics researcher Josiah Hanna and his lab, high throughput computing is a critical tool in reinforcement learning. Read the full story here!
The American Museum of Natural History ramps up education on research computing. After “falling in love with the system” during the 2023 OSG School, American Museum of Natural History Museum (AMNH) bioinformatics specialist Dean Bobo wondered if he could jump on an offer to bring New York institutions’ and researchers’ attention to the OSPool, a pool of computing capacity freely available …
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