Computer Sciences

Alumni

CS majors Fall 2023

811%Percentage of growth in number of Comp Sci undergrads in the last 10 years

$128KAverage starting salary for graduates of the Professional Master’s Program

NSF Funded Expedition Project Uses AI to Rethink Computer Operating Systems
The University of Wisconsin–Madison, a leader in operating systems and machine learning research, is one of four universities teaming up on this transformational effort.
CS grad student Robert Klock on the 2024 Met Gala and “the timeless influence that technology has had on fashion”
At the Met Gala, costumes spanning 400 years of fashion will be brought back to life. CS grad student Robert Klock explains how.
UW–Madison team wins silver at International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals
The UW–Madison International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) team was awarded a silver medal at the world finals this year, and holds the North American record of advancing to 21 world finals competitions in a row.
Four CS master’s students reflect on their path to academic excellence
2024 graduates Abirami Vijay, Justin Kiefel, Poulami Paul, and Aisha Mohamed look back at the most challenging–and rewarding–aspects of the Computer Sciences master’s program.

(gathered by former Chair Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau)

Once again, Prof Dieter van Melkebeek has led the University of Wisconsin to great heights in the 46th ICPC finals, including an incredible 8th place finish overall (2nd highest US school, behind only MIT). [1]
Prof Mike Swift was named a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor. [2]
Prof Rahul Chatterjee was awarded a Reilly-Baldwin Wisconsin Idea Endowment Grant for his proposal “Supporting Survivors of Technology-Facilitated Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Wisconsin”. [3]
Finally, let us once again congratulate our Chair Steve Wright for being awarded the prestigious Hilldale Professorship. [4]