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Alumna Jing Liu PhD’24, grad student Yifan Dai PhDx’25, Professor Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau, and UW School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences Director Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau won the Best Paper Award at USENIX Association 2025 for “Fast, Transparent Filesystem Microkernel Recovery with Ananke.” Learn more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/03/31/alu…

At the MadData25 hackathon, CS students took 1st with “ClaimReady.” Using computer vision AI, ClaimReady lets people "scan, value, and protect their belongings from forest fire losses—making the insurance claims process faster and less stressful.” More: cdis.wisc.edu/data-science-c…

Congratulations to AI@UW, a student org dedicated to "advancing AI education, research, and innovation," for recently receiving the Dean's Award of Excellence at SOLI @ UW-Madison's 2025 Bucky’s Award Ceremony. For the full list of winners, head to soli.wisc.edu.

Listen as Swamit Tannu sits down with WPR's @lmeillershow for a primer on quantum computing — and speculates on where the field's accelerated growth may take us in 10-20 years. Listen here: wpr.org/shows/larry-me… UW Madison ECE

I'm joining UW–Madison Computer Sciences UW School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences as an assistant professor in fall 2026!! There, I'll continue working on language models, computational social science, & responsible AI. 🌲🧀🚣🏻‍♀️ Apply to be my PhD student! Before then, I'll postdoc for a year at another UW🏔️ -- UW NLP Allen School.

Congrats to the winners from our group at the UW–Madison Computer Sciences dept awards! Hangdong Zhao: Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award Yifei Yang: Klug Fellowship in Database Systems Konstantinos Kanellis: Landweber Fellowship in Distributed Systems Abigale Kim (@abigalekim.bsky.social): First Yr Summer Fellowship

On 4/26, CS' own Mike Swift, Meena Syamkumar, and Andy Kuemmel laced up for the Crazylegs Classic, an 8k race around Capitol Square in support of Wisconsin Badgers (kicked off by Bucky himself!). A special shoutout to Andy, who placed 11th in his division @ a 7-minute pace!

Scenes from our recent Computer Sciences reception at StartingBlock Madison, where CS alumni and friends heard from Chair Stephen Wright, UW School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences Director Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, and alumna Florentina Popovici MS'00, PhD'07 (Google - Madison). Photos: Jacob Duran

Meet some of Computer Sciences’ outstanding graduates! From Google Generation Scholars to "cozy video game" developers, these are some of @uwmadison's brightest —and newest — alumni. Read more: cs.wisc.edu/.../spring-com…

Meet Ananya Aggarwal, a Google Generation Scholar advocating for gender equity in computing: “[At] @uwmadison, one of my goals was to encourage other young women who might feel hesitant to take the first step in tech." Read her commencement story: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/spr…

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/spr…

Congratulations Dr. Mu Cai Mu Cai! Mu is my 8th PhD student and first to start in my group at UW–Madison after my move a few years ago. He made a number of important contributions in multimodal models during his PhD, and recently joined Google DeepMind. I will miss you a lot Mu!

Meet Vasudha Khanna, a spring 2025 grad and former president of Dot DataScience. “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/spr…

Meet Rishit Khare (Rishit Khare), one of our spring 2025 grads and the lead programmer behind Garage Sale (garage sale 🌱 out on steam now!), a "cozy exploration" game featured by The Capital Times. Read more: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/spr…

We agree, federal funding for research is a high-return investment that’s worth protecting. Research at UW–Madison drives innovation, saves lives, creates jobs, and makes the U.S. — and Wisconsin — stronger. Learn how research is making a difference: news.wisc.edu/research-impac…

Meet Michael Noguera, a born-and-raised Badger and one of our spring 2025 grads. Next year, he'll be pursuing a PhD at Siebel School of Computing and Data Science! Read the full spotlight: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/spr…

Meet Sreya Sarathy, one of our spring grads—and UW School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences' unofficial ambassador. “I remember how overwhelmed I felt when I first got to UW–Madison. Being able to support others who are just starting out has been really fulfilling." Get her story: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/spr…

I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted a faculty position in UW–Madison Computer Sciences , starting this Fall. While it will be bittersweet to leave MIT, I am excited for the opportunity to return to Madison and to join the growing and highly collaborative CS Department.

Meet Quintynn Vaughn, one of our spring graduates. She came to UW–Madison knowing she’d study CS—and at least one other academic discipline. She diversified by pursuing a certificate in consulting from the Wisconsin School of Business. Get her story: cs.wisc.edu/2025/05/09/spr…

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