Professor Ilias Diakonikolas wins 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

Professor Ilias Diakonikolas of the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Computer Sciences has been named a Guggenheim Fellow by the Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. The board appointed the 101st class of Guggenheim Fellows, including 223 distinguished individuals working across 55 disciplines. Chosen through a rigorous application and peer review …

Ilias Diakonikolas wins 2026 Guggenheim Fellowship

Bridging UW’s Technical Talent and Campus Needs: Introducing CS Marketplace 

CS Marketplace is a program from the UW–Madison Computer Sciences Department that connects campus researchers, departments, and other UW organizations who need custom software with skilled CS undergraduates ready to tackle real coding and AI projects.

UW-Madison CS team receives best-paper award at CHI’26

A team of researchers from UW–Madison has received the best paper award from the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, also known as CHI’26, for their paper Trauma-Informed Digital Evidence Collection: A Design Inquiry into Evidence Practices for Technology-Facilitated Abuse in Intimate Partner Violence: Sophie Stephenson Naman Gupta …

Students attend Harvard’s WECode Conference thanks to generous donor

An anonymous donor made it possible for members of WACM, a student organization for women in computing, to attend WECode, the largest student-run women in tech conference in the world. Photos courtesy of WACM.

Researchers, policymakers gather to decode the future of AI

150 experts, legislators, and practitioners convened at Morgridge Hall for the inaugural AI Meets Society (AIMS) Symposium.

Brennen Hill x’26 Is Building AI Inspired by the Brain  

The human brain remains the most intelligent and general information processing system on earth — so what if we built AI to match it? That's the question driving two related fields: neuromorphic computing, which designs hardware and software modeled on the brain's structure, and neuroAI, which applies biological principles to build more adaptable and efficient artificial intelligence.

Opinion: Capstone course prepared me for a career in tech

In the Computer Sciences Capstone, students can gain real-world experience — and launch their careers ahead of graduation. By Taylor Wilmot x’26  As a senior triple majoring in computer, data, and information sciences, I’ve sampled my fair share of UW–Madison’s course catalogue. Some of my highlights (I’m looking at you, DANCE 101) might surprise you. But if I had …

Opening the door to quantum computing

Computer scientists implement a new approach for introducing quantum computing to students, one that breaks through traditional barriers to learning.

Miron Livny received UW–Madison’s 2026 Hilldale Award for physical sciences