Zachary Henkel (BS 2000) compares his work as Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft to gardening: “Sometimes I’m hauling dirt or digging ditches, but when everything aligns, I can sit back and watch the flowers bloom.” …
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CDIS students launch a startup, Coldreach, and gain backing from Y-Combinator
Xiaohan Shen (BA ’23) and Hankel Bao (BA ’23) met while studying computer science and data science at UW–Madison and soon after co-founded Easyjobs, an AI-based tool that helps job seekers stay organized and save …
Samantha Fabros Lee Found Her Place As An Information Science Major
When she graduates in May, Samantha Fabros Lee will be one of the first students to earn an Information Science BS. Lee, a senior from New Jersey, is one of a rapidly growing number of …
Two UW–Madison students awarded prestigious 2023 Goldwater Scholarships
University of Wisconsin–Madison juniors Yi Won (Paul) Chung and Carl Shirley have been named winners of 2023 Barry Goldwater Scholarships, the premier undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering in the United States. Both students …
STEM Major Spotlight in The Daily Cardinal: Computer Science
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.
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 …