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@uwmadison's new College of Computing & Artificial Intelligence (CAI) is #hiring a Facilities Manager to keep Morgridge Hall, CAI's brand new research & education facility, running smoothly.
Apply by May 31: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/morgridge…
Photo by Bruce Damonte for @LMNArchitects.
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@uwmadison's Center for High Throughput Computing (@CHTC_UW) is #hiring an ML and AI research computing facilitator.
Like solving problems with others and want to support machine learning and artificial intelligence workloads?
Apply by June 8: jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/machine-l…
ALT A large UW-Madison crest is mounted on a green wall made of ferns and pothos. The original can be found on the ground floor of Morgridge Hall.
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Congratulations to Ilias Diakonikolas, named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow.
“Ilias is the type of researcher who doesn’t merely contribute to a field, but rather repeatedly breaks new ground,” says @uwcdis Director Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau.
Learn more:
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It’s here: @WisAlumni's Day of the Badger continues until 5 PM on Wednesday, 4/15.
Help us reach 100 donations to unlock $25,000 more in student funding!
Pay it forward during #DayoftheBadger:
dayofthebadger.org/campaign/…
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Join us for an open house on Saturday, April 11 as part of @uwmadison's 2026 Science Expeditions!
Come find @uwcdis in Morgridge Hall's (1205 University Ave) Orchard Street Lobby from 10 AM-1 PM. Explore public art, student spaces, robot demos, student-led tours, and more.
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Congratulations to Professor Miron Livny, director of @CHTC_UW and CTO of @Morgridge_Inst, on being named one of this year’s Hilldale Award recipients.
Meet all four awardees from across @uwmadison: news.wisc.edu/meet-the-winne…
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Congratulations to Xinning He PhDx'30, who was recently named a 2026 Kohler Fellow by @WIDiscovery.
He's work in human-computer interaction and robotics explores how design can foster socially fluent human-robot coexistence:
wid.wisc.edu/new-kohler-fell…
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“If we can build the [nation’s] first or second humanoid robot, we'll suddenly have one of the most prepared student bodies in the world to go fill this massive billion dollar market.” — @Wiscohumanoids in the @dailycardinal
The future of robotics: dailycardinal.com/article/20…
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Most robots are designed to perform practical, if unglamorous, jobs — but not all.
In the People and Robots Lab, PhD candidate Amy Koike (@AmyInMadison21) designs expressive robots that spark joy and human connection.
Expressive machina: cs.wisc.edu/2026/03/04/expre…
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“I always knew I wanted to build my own startup,” says Siddarth Singh.
A degree in computer science offered that foundation. Now, as president of @transcenduw, he's building on it — one startup at a time.
Inside Singh’s entrepreneurial path:
cs.wisc.edu/2026/02/12/siddh…
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Congratulations to Professor Mohit Gupta, one of 24 researchers to receive a Vilas Associates award from @uwmadison's Office of the Vice Chancellor of Research.
Meet the rest of the awardees: research.wisc.edu/uncategori…
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Can AI keep Wisconsin cows happier?
Ariana Negreiro, a @Animal_DairySci PhD student working with @jrrdorea, says yes.
But to make it work, they needed the help of @CHTC_UW to process 200 TB worth of cattle imagery:
chtc.cs.wisc.edu/ml-in-dairy…
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Meet David Plonka: a @uwmadison alumnus, former women’s roller derby mascot, current Principal Research Scientist for @WiscNet, and lifelong artist.
cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/25/david…
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Morgridge Hall: new home of digital dreams, IRL innovation, and @uwcdis at @uwmadison.
Tour the latest addition to UW’s bustling tech corridor in the latest issue of On Wisconsin Magazine, from @WisAlumni:
onwisconsin.uwalumni.com/the…
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Meet alumnus David Khachatryan, a roboticist and co-creator of Chicago’s El Tracker app: a 100% free app used daily by thousands of Chicagoans as they navigate the city’s buses and trains.
Go behind the idea: cs.wisc.edu/2025/11/21/from-…
#WisconsinRobotics #publictransit
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Happy Computer Science Education Week!
Madison's Randall Elementary School celebrated #CSEdWeek during a "Scratch Club" facilitated by @uwmadison CS students, @MMSDschools, and Instructional Administrator Peter Kirschmann (@cubiclecafe).
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/12/12/compu…
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- @AkarshPrabhakar says flexible labs let researchers “chase their dreams.”
- To @hagenowrobotics, the light-filled space "make[s] you excited about coming to work."
- @blaine_hoak says the new building will address "one of the biggest problems grad students face."
Go inside⬇️
Morgridge Hall is more than just the new home of @uwcdis — it's also the first time researchers from CS, @UWMadiSchool, and @UWMadisonSTATS are innovating under one roof.
Already, researchers are finding that the ultra-modern space is "paying dividends":
cs.wisc.edu/2025/10/30/cs-mo…
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Are soccer-playing droids the future of robotics?
To @JosiahHanna, “the beautiful game” is ideal for training intelligent robots of the future — ones capable of reasoning, decision-making, and bending it like Beckham.
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/11/11/josia…
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WisComputes is back with a packed issue:
⚽ Are soccer-playing droids the future of robotics? With @JosiahHanna
💻 What's it like to be a researcher in Morgridge Hall, @uwcdis' new $267M computing research facility?
And more: go.wisc.edu/5154c4
@uwmadison #OnWisconsin
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Congratulations to @jhasomesh, @TomRistenpart, and Matt Fredrikson who were recently recognized with the Test-of-Time Award at @TheOfficialACM CCS 2025. Their paper broke ground on how ML algorithms can leak private info: cs.wisc.edu/2025/10/20/somes…
@Cornell_Bowers @SCSatCMU
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Welcome to @khodakmoments, a new assistant professor researching ML, transfer learning, and AI for scientific computing. Khodak joins @uwmadison after a postdoc at @PrincetonPLI & PhD from @SCSatCMU (advised by Nina Balcan and @atalwalkar).
More: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/18/welco…
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The next issue of WisComputes,@uwmadison's computer science research newsletter, is coming soon. Subscribe today and be the first to read exclusive stories about soccer-playing robots and life as a researcher at @uwcdis.
Sign up here: go.wisc.edu/86l1c6
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Staff & students from CS 402 "Introducing Computer Science to K-12" led a block-based coding activity during the @wiscifest's Discovery Expo at @uwmadison on Wednesday. Using @OctoStudioApp, K-12 students from around Madison crafted faces and animated them with code.
#WiSciFest
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Welcome to Junjie Hu (@JunjieHu12), a new assistant professor building intelligent, adaptive AI agents that communicate across languages.
Hu joins us from @uwmadison BMI. He received a PhD from @scsatcmu under Jaime Carbonell and @gneubig.
Learn More: cs.wisc.edu/2025/10/10/welco…
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Welcome Jiawei Zhang, a new assistant professor of CS who designs "efficient, scalable, generalizable, and robust algorithms" addressing AI and engineering applications.
PhD: @cuhksz
Postdoc: @MIT_SCC
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/18/welco…
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Welcome Gavin Brown (@gavinrbrown1), a new assistant professor of CS who researches data privacy and machine learning.
Brown joins @uwmadison following a postdoc at @uwcse (with @sewoong79) and PhD at @BU_CDS (advised by Adam Smith).
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/18/new-f…
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Welcome (back) to @hagenowrobotics, a new assistant professor of CS. He researches HRI and robot teaching/teaming.
Hagenow completed his postdoc with @julie_a_shah at @MIT_CSAIL & @MITAeroAstro — but before that, he was a @UWMechEngr PhD.
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/17/welco…
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We recently welcomed Charles Yuan, a quantum computing researcher, as a new assistant professor.
Yuan joined us after completing his PhD @MITCSAIL. His research strives to make the promise of quantum computers a reality.
Learn more about Yuan's work: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/18/new-f…
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Congrats to PhD student Benjamin Young, who won Best Student Paper Award at this year's International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP) in Aarhus, Denmark.
#ICALP2025 @eatcs_secretary
More: cs.wisc.edu/2025/09/18/cs-st…
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The rankings are in — and @uwmadison is (once again) a top 10 public school for undergraduate computer science education, according to @usnews.
- 16th overall
- 9th among publics
- 6th in computer systems
- 15th in programming languages
- 23rd in AI
On, Wisconsin!
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Congrats to Naman Gupta, recently named a @MorgridgeCenter Fellow!
Gupta is a @madison_sp PhD student working with researchers from @UWPsych, @UWNursing, and @uw_gndrwomenst to support marginalized populations facing gender-based violence.
Learn more: morgridge.wisc.edu/2025/08/1…
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Congrats to Rakesh Agrawal — the "father of data mining" & a CS alumnus — on receiving @WisAlumni's Distinguished Alumni Award.
“Great innovators significantly advance their fields of study; the greatest innovators, however, invent entirely new fields."
uwalumni.com/news/rakesh-agr…
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“Few have so deeply reshaped the tech landscape — let alone done it twice.”
Then again, few people are like @andykonwinski: serial founder (@databricks & @perplexity_ai), research enabler, and @uwmadison CS alumnus.
Meet a @WisAlumni Luminary Awardee: uwalumni.com/news/andy-konwi…
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@SharonYixuanLi, Jelena Diakonikolas, and Shivaram Venkataraman are among the inaugural recipients of @Google's ML and Systems Junior Faculty Award.
Recipients represent early-career leaders in machine learning (ML) and systems research.
Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/08/07/googl…
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🆕From @TheOfficialACM:
A new journal—ACM Transactions on AI Security and Privacy (TAISAP)—will be led by Co-Editors-in-Chief @pdmcdan (@uwcdis), @kantarcioglu (@VT_CS) and @_Sagar_Samtani (@KelleySchool).
Submissions open in the near future: acm.org/media-center/2025/ju…
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A research team led by @uwmadison received $5 million from @DARPA's Translating All C to Rust (TRACTOR) program:
- @jhasomesh & @tchajed
- Sanjit Seshia and @alvinkcheung, @Berkeley_EECS
- @lizziepolg, @InfAtEd
- @VarunChandrase3, @ECEILLINOIS
More: cs.wisc.edu/2025/07/15/trans…
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In May, the latest class of CS PhDs walked across the stage toward their futures—and officially became alumni.
Now off to begin careers in academia and industry, we congratulate all who successfully defended their dissertations in the last year:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/06/30/celeb…
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The @NSF recently named 27 @UWMadison students in its annual Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
Two CS students—@shawnim00 (advised by @SharonYixuanLi) and Seth Ockerman (advised by Shivaram Venkataraman)—were included.
Meet the recipients: grad.wisc.edu/2025/04/08/15-…
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Welcome to the AI Terrarium, a Matrix-like environment populated by artificial intelligence agents.
Inside it, simulated personas interact, learn—and roleplay?
The latest issue of the @UWMadisonLS magazine takes a closer look: lsmagazine.wisc.edu/issues/s…
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Congratulations to Xiaojin (Jerry) Zhu for being named a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor.
Awarded to 16 faculty across @uwmadison, this award recognizes distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service.
Learn more: news.wisc.edu/44-faculty-hon…
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Fueling Discovery is a @WiStateJournal deep dive into the research and discovery happening in @UWMadisonLS.
🗞️ @UWMadison as a cybersecurity leader
🗞️ How students are creating safe, reliable AI
🗞️Rethinking file storage (so you don't have to)
Go inside: madison.com/exclusive/fuelin…
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For @UWMadison students, the CS capstone promises real-world experience. For industry partners like @nuumobile, it offers access to top talent.
And for instructors, the capstone's success makes one thing clear: It's time to scale experiential learning.
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Last month, @GEHealthCare challenged @uwmadison students to pitch their best global healthcare solutions.
To the winners went the scholarships—but for most, the real draw was the chance to develop professional skills.
Go inside the competition: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/27/nplus…
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Congratulations to Ilias Diakonikolas, recipient of @TheOfficialACM's 2024 Grace Murray Hopper Award.
Diakonikolas is the first faculty member from @UWMadison to win the award, one of the highest honors for young researchers in computing.
Read more:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/21/ilias…
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Meet Quintynn Vaughn, one of our spring graduates.
She came to @UWMadison knowing she’d study CS—and at least one other academic discipline. She diversified by pursuing a certificate in consulting from the @UWBusiness.
Get her story:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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Meet Sreya Sarathy, one of our spring grads—and @uwcdis' unofficial ambassador.
“I remember how overwhelmed I felt when I first got to @UWMadison. Being able to support others who are just starting out has been really fulfilling."
Get her story:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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Meet Michael Noguera, a born-and-raised Badger and one of our spring 2025 grads. Next year, he'll be pursuing a PhD at @siebelschool!
Read the full spotlight:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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Meet Rishit Khare (@KhareRishit), one of our spring 2025 grads and the lead programmer behind Garage Sale (@playgaragesale), a "cozy exploration" game featured by @CapTimes.
Read more:
cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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Meet Vasudha Khanna, a spring 2025 grad and former president of @dotdatascience.
“Participating in the MadData hackathon as a freshman was a leap of faith,” says Khanna. “What really pulled me in was the opportunity to lead.”
Get Khana's full story: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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After high school, Usman Khan found himself on the "Road to Wisconsin," a guaranteed transfer program for Illinois students.
“Coming from a smaller high school, it made a top-tier university feel more accessible,” says the spring '25 grad.
Read more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/sprin…
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