College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence
On Saturday, October 30, 2021, family and friends celebrated the life of Computer Sciences Emeritus Professor Olvi Mangasarian (1934-2020). The service was recorded and is available here, including tributes by Leon Mangasarian (his son), CS Professor Michael Ferris (about Olvi’s work), Bob Meyer, and his youngest son Aram (reading a tribute from Dick Cottle of …
Yudong Chen comes to UW–Madison Computer Sciences from a faculty position in the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering at Cornell University. He is researching and teaching in the area of machine learning, statistics, and optimization. Chen says that he likes “to build things that work but also to understand the mathematical principles behind …
School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences researchers in the People and Robots Lab spearhead diverse research areas, tackling everything from medical recordkeeping to household safety to self-driving cars. But one theme unites them — making computers and robots better so they can empower people. Read the full On Wisconsin story here.
by Elea Levin Over 100 students participated in the first ever CheeseHacks hackathon event October 23 and 24, hosted by the UW–Madison Google Developers Student Club and UW Web Dev Club. The Hackathon aimed to help students “gain development experience in building web applications to address real-world issues.” The event organizers also facilitated four workshops …
By Elea Levin One hundred and three participants competed in the first ever UW–Madison Datathon on October 16 and 17, hosted by the UW–Madison Data Science Club. In addition to the hackathon, the event included multiple speaker series where students were able to hear from event sponsors about the application of data to various career …
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Reddy felt that one of the side effects of the pandemic was the absence of vital social learning that happens with in-person classes. They wanted to set themselves up for a productive academic year, where they could fully understand the content in their classes.
By Elea Levin Have you played a game on your phone today? Maybe you participated in a rec or club sports game over the weekend? Did you have a Monopoly night with your roommates last week? If so, you are not alone! Almost 100% of undergraduate students have played a game today – and you …
Matt Amodio was recently eliminated from the game of Jeopardy, but not before he set the second longest all-time win streak in the show’s history.