UW–Madison Computer Sciences

Congratulations to Ilias Diakonikolas, whose 2019 paper "Robust Estimators in High Dimensions without the Computational Intractability" received this year's Gödel Prize: cs.wisc.edu/2026/06/04/ili…

On the pod: "Recursive Program Synthesis" with @awsTO, Associate Professor at @WisconsinCS. How cold-emailing @SumitGulwani at Microsoft Research led to a novel research paper and inside Aws' vision to automatically synthesize the software stack for future quantum computers.

@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.

@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…

@GuggFellows @UWMadisonSTATS @datascience_uw

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: cs.wisc.edu/2026/04/27/pro…

Warm congratulations to our three @UWMadison faculty recognized as @GuggFellows — selected from a pool of 5000+ scholars nationwide! 👏 Ilias Diakonikolas (@WisconsinCS), Randall H. Goldsmith (@UWMadisonChem), and Claire Wendland (@uwmadisonafrica). news.wisc.edu/three-uw-madis…

Donors make all the difference. This year, an anonymous donor enabled four @wacm_uwm officers to attend Harvard's WECode conference and access career-changing opportunities. "None of it would be possible without financial support from donors": cs.wisc.edu/2026/04/14/wac…

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/compu…

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.

Computer Sciences professor Aws Albarghouthi has a “provocative vision” for how teaching quantum computing to overcome common learning barriers: beginning with computer programming. Read more: ow.ly/Kr0k50YEy3X #Quantum #MidwestQuantum @awsTO @TannuSwamit @WisconsinCS

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…

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-fel…

First look at the initial draft of the legs that will carry the nation's first student-led, full SOTA humanoid robot! Lots of improvements under way. Architecture: FAR Hips RSU Linkage for ankles

“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/2026/0…

Thank you so much @WisconsinCS for this beautiful article about me and my robots. I’m deeply grateful for the support from our department, my advisor Bilge, and my lab mates in making my robot design work possible. 🤖👥🫶

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/exp…

It is a great pleasure to attend #HRI2016 again! This year, seven papers from the People and Robots Lab will be presented! We are already excited about presenting. Make sure to come to our talks!🥰 Go Badgers!

ICYMI: Professor @sumanbanerjee's new entrepreneurship course is an Epic success. @HeyEpic Founder/CEO (and alumna) Judy Faulkner stopped by to share the business decisions that made her @Forbes’ “most powerful woman in healthcare.” More sage advice: cs.wisc.edu/2026/02/25/a-c…