Computer Sciences

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  Three CS students share their WISCURDS research experiences

  When students join a WISCURDS project, they often arrive with ideas about what they hope to gain from the experience: a stronger resume, a letter of recommendation, maybe a publication. Less often do they fully anticipate how the work will reshape the way they think about their field, their collaboration, and themselves.

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  CS PhD student Sonia Cromp uses CHTC to fill in gaps in AI

  Observing gaps in Large Language Models’ (LLMs’) abilities to process tabular data motivated UW-Madison Computer Sciences PhD candidate Sonia Cromp to develop Tabby, an architecture modification to LLMs that improves how they handle structured data. Cromp began working on Tabby two and a half years ago, after realizing there were weaknesses in generative modeling, particularly for tabular data, within LLMs.

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  UW-Madison Commencement May 8 and 9, 2026 – CS info here!

  Congratulations, graduates! The Computer Sciences Department will be holding in-person graduation ceremonies . . .

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  2026 CS Department Awards & Thank-yous

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  Algorithms and education: Ellis Horowitz MS’67, PhD’69 Receives 2026 Distinguished Achievement Award 

  Over the course of more than 50 years, Ellis Horowitz MS'67, PhD'69 has helped define what it means to teach and study computer science. A professor emeritus of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Southern California, Horowitz is perhaps best known for the textbooks that have shaped the field for generations — works that began as a response to a rapidly growing discipline and became foundational references for students and educators around the world.

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