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The School of Computer, Data, and Information Sciences is a school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and houses the Computer Sciences and Statistics departments as well as the Information School. It is one of 24 schools at the University of Wisconsin. As of the fall of 2020 there were over 3200 students in the school including 2360 undergraduate majors and 850 graduate students.

The school was founded in 2019, with Tom Erickson as it’s founding director. Erickson cochaired UW Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s Future of Computing task force at UW Madison, which concluded that the demands of computing in a wide range of fields demanded a new initiative to produce talented students equipped for jobs across multiple industries.

Departments
Computer Science

Data Science

Information Sciences

Students
Demand for Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin has grown dramatically in the past few years. As of Fall, 2020, there were 1890 Computer Science Majors, which represents a 528% increase over the previous 6 years. The Computer Science program offers bachelors, masters, and Ph.D. degrees as well as many certificate program. In addition CDIS offers programs based both on campus and for distance learners.

History
The Computer Science Department originated from the Department of Numerical Analysis, started by Preston C. Hammer in 1961. In 1964, after growing in size, it was renamed to the Department of Computer Sciences. The department graduated the first PhD in computer science in the United States, Sister Mary Kenneth Keller, in 1965.

The Statistics Department was started by Professor George Box in 1960, with the goal to have faculty with an interest in applying statistics to a wide range of research areas. The department has graduated over 400 Master and 300 Ph.D degrees since 1963. It is one of the premier Statistics Departments in the world, regularly ranking in the top five to ten in the United States.

Research
Computer Science Research at the University of Wisconsin has led to large advances in computing over the last 30 years. The National Science foundation announced in October of 2020 that Madison will be home to a 5 year, $22.5 million initiative to advance high-throughput computing. This will build on UW’s Center for High Throughput Computing’s work, a group that built the HTCondor framework.

Computer Science Research Groups
Computer Architecture

Data Science

Database Systems

Graphics / Visual Computing

Human-Computer Interaction

Machine Learning, Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence

Networks

Numerical Analysis

Optimization

Programming Languages and Software Engineering

Robotics

Security

Systems

Theory

Information Sciences
Print Culture, Library And Information Technology History

User Behavior, User Literacies And Social Aspects Of Information Use

Information Policy & Ethics

Digital Youth

Social Informatics, Or The Social Aspects Of Information And Information & Communications Technologies

Red Talks
Red Talks bring successful, technology industry leaders to share their work and journey with students. Past speakers include executives at Qwiklabs, Zendesk, Oracle, Kohls, Google, and Medtronic.

Computer Science Faculty
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has nationally and internationally recognized faculty in Computer Sciences, including

Grace Wahba

Jin Yi-Cai

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau

Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau

Eric Bach

Miron Livny

Thomas Reps

Gurinder Sohi

Aditya Akella

Shuchi Chawla

Suman Banerjee