College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
UW–Madison’s Computer Sciences department remains one of the fastest growing disciplines on campus, with 44% more majors than the next largest. This figure alone is worth celebrating, but during commencement weekend we had even more reason to cheer: 244 students were awarded bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorates in computer science. On Sunday, December 17, we …
NeurIPS, the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, is one of the most prestigious conferences in artificial intelligence (AI), held each year in December. This year, Computer Sciences department researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison had 30 papers accepted by the conference. Spread across numerous faculty, postdoctoral researchers, students, and external collaborators, these works show …
The Sony Research Award Program (Sony RAP) provides funding for cutting-edge academic research and helps build a collaborative relationship between faculty and Sony researchers. This research collaboration between Sony and the University of Wisconsin–Madison is led by Ryoji Ikegaya of Sony and Professor Mohit Gupta of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, under the Sony RAP. Read …
Students respond to a simulated cyber attack scenario with government and industry partners University of Wisconsin–Madison Computer Sciences students aren’t waiting for the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) building to be complete before getting together in large numbers to work on today’s most challenging cybersecurity challenges. Over 130 students in CS …
After growing up seeing rapid advancements in technology, Aaron Torres x’24 wanted to work on solving technical problems that have an impact on a large scale. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, Torres is now a senior studying Computer Sciences and will begin his career as a software engineer after graduation. “Back in high school I wanted to learn …
After David Salazar x’24 was gifted video game consoles like the Nintendo64, Gameboy, and PlayStation, he became deeply curious about the mechanics behind video games like Super Mario, Pokémon, and Spyro. Some online searches lead Salazar to the world of programming. “While my initial start to computer science centered around video game development, the world …
Tej Chajed joins the UW–Madison Computer Sciences department from a postdoctoral position at VMware Research. His research focus is systems verification, and he is “working on tools to make it easier to prove that a distributed system eventually makes progress and processes requests.” He was attracted to UW–Madison because of the people in the department …
Heavy lifting is a leading cause of workplace injuries, which, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, can include nerve pain, strains, and spine injuries. A new group housed in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery (WID) at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is working to address challenges like this by researching how to better integrate robots …
Rahul Chatterjee and his team have created a clinic to help victims of domestic abuse whose attackers may be using technology to stalk them. Read the full story here: https://lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/spring-2023/explorediscover/i-spy/
As AI models are released into the wild, Sharon Li wants to ensure they’re safe. CS professor Sharon Li has been named MIT Technology Review’s Innovator of the Year! The MIT Technology Review story, which is a great read, describes Li’s research and why she was chosen Innovator of the Year: Her approach embraces uncertainty …