College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
Observing gaps in Large Language Models’ (LLMs’) abilities to process tabular data motivated UW-Madison Computer Sciences PhD candidate Sonia Cromp to develop Tabby, an architecture modification to LLMs that improves how they handle structured data. Cromp began working on Tabby two and a half years ago, after realizing there were weaknesses in generative modeling, particularly for tabular data, within LLMs.
Steve Wright, a leader in the field of optimization, has been chosen as a Vilas Research Professor, an award for those who have contributed significantly to the research mission of the university and are recognized both nationally and internationally among the leaders in their field.
Congratulations, graduates! The Computer Sciences Department will be holding in-person graduation ceremonies . . .
Over the course of more than 50 years, Ellis Horowitz MS'67, PhD'69 has helped define what it means to teach and study computer science. A professor emeritus of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, Horowitz is perhaps best known for the textbooks that have shaped the field for generations — works that began as a response to a rapidly growing discipline and became foundational references for students and educators around the world.
By Rachel Robey Honoring alumnus Eric Harslem, former senior vice president and chief technology officer at Apple and Dell, for contributions in research, leadership, and education. “If you don’t make mistakes, you don’t make anything.” These are words to live by for alumnus Eric Harslem MS’68, a former senior vice president and chief technology officer …
By Rachel Robey Honoring alumnus Michael Garey, former director of math research at Bell Labs, for contributions in research, leadership, and education. Doing the bold thing, even just once or twice, has the potential to change your life. In fact, alumnus Michael Garey PhD’70, former director of Bell Labs’ Mathematical Sciences Research Center, owes his …
University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate Harshet Anand is revolutionizing the housing market with his brand new approach to apartment hunting. Meant to simplify the difficult and time consuming apartment hunting process, Rentle works like a free dating app.
For Daniel Killough, accessible technology is personal. After his own unexpected health challenges and watching his father struggle with everyday software, he became driven to ensure that emerging devices like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets are built for everyone. (In Their Own Words is a series featuring UW-Madison Computer Sciences graduate students sharing their research and offering a firsthand look at how their work connects to real-world challenges and the Wisconsin Idea.)
The Department of Computer Sciences is proud to announce that Hangdong Zhao PhD ’25, advised by Professor Paris Koutris, has been selected as a winner of the 2026 ACM SIGMOD Jim Gray Doctoral Dissertation Award for his dissertation Advancing Join Algorithms for Real-world Queries. This marks the first time a graduate of UW–Madison has received …