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CS undergrad Nikhil Trivedi winner of GAMSPy Student Competition 2025
Nikhil Trivedi, a dual-major undergraduate student in Computer Science and Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, is the winner of the GAMSPy Student Competition for Fall 2025
Listen to Paper Trail, a new computer science research podcast
Each episode is a deep dive into a top research paper from UW–Madison's Department of Computer Sciences. Stream the first two episodes now.
Inside the Midwest’s premier student-run hackathon
For 24 intense hours on November 22–23, Morgridge Hall turned into a hub of caffeinated creativity as MadHacks 2025 drew over 400 participants from across the country — the largest turnout in the event’s history.
Matt Sinclair is optimizing the future of computer architecture with open source
“We have been approaching a point where we’re becoming very power constrained," Sinclair said. “My group works to maximize the performance of workloads with a smaller than ideal power budget.”
Computer Sciences’ top five stories of 2025
During a landmark year, these were the defining moments and accomplishments that set the tone for 2026.
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