Computer science is a lot more than just programming. The major involves the study of logic and proofs, getting into the nitty gritty of software and hardware and understanding what makes algorithms quicker or slower.
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UW–Madison students claim first place in the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC)
Debug with a Cout, a team of extraordinary students from the computer sciences department, placed first in the regional round of the 2023 International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC). Undergraduates Joseph Cai and Boying Li, as …
Fire up the GPUs: UW-Madison, Morgridge project sparks next-level computing
A form of computing machinery that was once the province of hardcore video gamers — the graphic processing unit, or GPU — has recently taken the world of scientific research by storm. Originally designed in …
From the Desk of the Director: Gearing up for Day of the Badger
It has been a tremendous journey as we build the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. With your continued support and encouragement, we have made significant strides in …
CDIS experts separate AI facts from fiction for The UW Now series
A thousand people joined The UW Now’s March 14th livestream titled “Artificial Intelligence — Facts vs. Fiction.” In addition to featuring Sharon Yixuan Li, Jignesh Patel and Blaine Hoak from the School of Computer, Data …
On Wisconsin reports the new CDIS building and other buildings are changing the campus landscape
On Wisconsin, the UW–Madison alumni magazine, reported on the development of the new School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences (CDIS) building – in the article “Building for the Future.” The article notes that with …
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel honors CDIS alum John Boyer ’82
When John Boyer tried signing up for a service dog training program, staff denied him entry because their instructional materials were made for the blind but not the deaf. Boyer ticked both of those boxes, …
Statistics represented on WARF Innovation Award-winning team
A UW–Madison research team’s efforts to develop a new diagnostic test for Sjögren’s syndrome earned the 2022 WARF Innovation Award. The multidisciplinary team includes faculty member Michael Newton and graduate student Zihao Zheng from the …
Google Quantum Computing Utilizing HTCondor
Google’s launch of a Quantum Virtual Machine emulates the experience and results of programming one of Google’s quantum computers, managed by an HTCondor system running in Google Cloud. HTCondor Software Suite (HTCSS) provides an array …
Daily Cardinal reports on growth of CDIS majors
The Daily Cardinal reported on UW-Madison’s fastest growing majors – data science and computer sciences – in the article “Data science, computer science majors show biggest increase in student enrollment.” In addition to noting the …