Madison Computer Sciences News Today

The new building will house the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Computer Sciences and Statistics Departments as well as the Information School.

MADISON, Wis. – Joe Hildebrandt, who has invested in more than 80 private companies and co-founded two Wisconsin early stage funds, will be inducted into the

Deepak Ramalingam On January 21 at 6 a.m.,125 people across the country and the world put their heads down and dove into three full days of coding. They were participating in BadgerHacks, a hackathon organized by three UW-Madison Computer Sciences freshmen and entirely run by UW-Madison students with the support of their advisor, Dr. Hobbes Legault. When the 72 hours were up, 35 valid projects were submitted, and five winning teams were chosen. Participants could create their own individual pro...

Posted on Swamit Tannu, new assistant professor specializing in computer architecture and quantum computing, joins UW-Madison Computer Sciences from Georgia Tech, where he completed his PhD. His research focuses on “architecture and compilation techniques to mitigate hardware error to enable quantum computers that can solve practical problems,” such as designing better drugs, more efficient batteries, and inexpensive fertilizers. Tannu was attracted to UW-Madison CS in part because th...