Computer Sciences student group receives grant to build community

As the Department of Computer Sciences grows, so does the need for community building among the department’s graduate students. Their offices are spread out—some aren’t even in the computer sciences building—and they don’t have many opportunities to hear about each other’s research, especially between areas of study. The UW student chapter of the Association for …

Christos Tzamos comes to UW-Madison researching algorithms and machine learning theory

By Maeve Ryan Christos Tzamos, who joined the Department of Computer Sciences faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the fall of 2018, plans to continue research from his postdoctoral studies concerning Mechanism Design, Algorithms, and Machine Learning. Tzamos comes to UW from a post-doc at Microsoft Research New England. He grew up in Athens, …

ICNC-FSKD & ICHSA 2019

Date: July 20-22 Deadlines: Paper Submission – May 16 2019 Review Decision Notification – June 15 2019 Author Registration & Final Paper – July 5 2019 Location: Kunming, China We cordially invite you to submit a paper to the upcoming 2019 15th International Conference on Natural Computation, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (ICNC-FSKD 2019), to be held from …

International Conference on New Horizons in Education

Date: July 3-5 2019 Deadlines: Abstract Submission – June 28th, 2019 Full Paper Submission – August 23, 2019 Registration – July 1, 2019 Location: Prague, Czech Republic Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Sakarya University, and The Association of Science, Education and Technology (TASET) are pleased to invite you to the 10th “International Conference on New Horizons in Education” to be held …

SACM Programming Contest April 19!

Happy Spring everyone! A mini programming contest is being organized by SACM which will be hosted on Codeforces. The event will take place on Friday April 19 from 5pm to 7pm. Participants will physically gather at room 1240 to take part in this contest. Participating in the contest might provide you a refresher for your …

Submit your poster now! Midwest Machine Learning Symposium in Madison, June 2019

The Midwest ML Symposium aims to convene regional machine learning researchers for stimulating discussions and debates, to foster cross-institutional collaboration, and to showcase the collective talent of ML researchers at all career stages. [past events] When: June 6-7, 2019 Where: Memorial Union@UW–Madison [map it] Contact: For any questions or concerns, please write to midwestml2019@gmail.com Registration: May 6th is the early …

Sign up for the CS Student Research Symposium

Get to know the work of your fellow grad students and peers! WACM and SACM are planning a UW–Madison Dept. of Computer Sciences symposium to facilitate connections and conversations between members of the UW–Madison CS community. Graduate students and advanced undergrads are invited to present and show their work through short talks and/or poster sessions. The time of …

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller (PhD, 1965): The first PhD in computer science in the US

By Maeve Ryan It’s UW–Madison Commencement Day, 1965. Badgers stand proud in their graduation garb, eager to receive diplomas. Among them, one woman stands out in her gown and nun’s habit: Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, the first person in the US to earn a PhD in computer science.* Keller was a trailblazer in higher education. …

Paul Barford and Stephen Wright awarded 2019 IEEE INFOCOM Test of Time Paper Award

Paul Barford and Stephen Wright, along with their collaborators, have been awarded the Test of Time Paper Award for 2019 by IEEE INFOCOM. “Power Awareness in Network Design and Routing,” by Joseph Chabarek, Joel Sommers, Paul Barford, Cristian Estan, David Tsiang, and Stephen Wright,  was published in 2008 in Proc. of IEEE INFOCOM. “I know …

International Scientific Events 2019: Education, Research and Development

Date: June 1st-5th We are pleased to invite you to participate in this 10th International Conference, part of the International Scientific Events 2019, to be held in Flora Expo Center, Burgas on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast (EU). The conference is organized by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the Union of Sciences, the Union of Scientists …