$175 million commitment helps launch UW–Madison School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences, support transformative mission

The University of Wisconsin–Madison’s School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences — a unique, forward-thinking collaboration focused at the intersection of technology and humanity — is announcing a $175 million private investment and launching an effort to raise an additional $50 million to establish a new beacon for high tech in Wisconsin housed in a …

MinneAnalytics scholarship award winner 2021

  The Department of Statistics is delighted to announce Wen Ye as the winner of a 2021 MinneAnalytics scholarship. Wen is a triple major in Statistics, Data Science (the relatively new degree program sponsored by Statistics) and Computer science. In addition to superlative classroom performance in these areas she has exercised an admirable interest in …

Career Panel Series Upcoming Panel: Data Science in the Biomedical Field

Upcoming Panel: Data Science in the Biomedical Field September 14, 2021 – 12:30-2:00 PM Pacific About the Career Panel Series Given the interdisciplinarity and relative adolescence of the field of Data Science, it is unsurprising that career paths in the field are confusing and opaque. The Academic Data Science Alliance (ADSA) Career Development Network is …

Research Analyst / Data Analyst job openings with Education Analytics

Education Analytics a non-profit located in Madison, Wisconsin has recently opened up some job positions. Research Analyst / Data Analyst (L10018) Research Analyst / Data Analyst – Senior (Experienced) Education Analytics is a non-profit organization that uses data analysis to inform education policy decisions. We work with school districts, regional offices of education, non-profits, and …

Awards Newsletter Fall 2021

Welcome! Greetings, all! With the start of the new academic year, the Awards and Outreach Committee want to make you aware of awards and the process surrounding awards nominations. All complete nominations can be sent to Dana Maltby. Please make sure you follow the instructions for nomination materials exactly. In this email, please also note …

Student Organization Fund Raising/Social Event-You’re Invited

We are excited to invite you to be a part of a fund-raising opportunity that would benefit the MANRRS program, and potentially other organizations at UW who serve underrepresented students, particularly in STEM. MANRRS will be holding a non-profit partner kickoff event at Delta Beer Lab on Wednesday, September 8, at 5:00-6:30pm. Guests who attend …

Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists National Competition 2022

Project Description The Blavatnik Family Foundation is providing critical support to seed innovative work in science and technology that will address society’s most pressing global problems. These awards recognize the country’s most promising faculty-rank researchers in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences & Engineering, and Chemistry. Nominees and their work as independent investigators will be evaluated according …

The 2021 School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences Job Fair

The 2021 School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences Job Fair will be held in the Varsity Room in Union South on Wednesday, September 22, 10am-5pm.

Varsity Venture Studio

Attention UW-Madison community: the fall semester round of idea generation for Varsity Venture Studio is now open, and we invite you to transform your big idea into a funded software company. For this round, anyone in the UW-Madison ecosystem has until October 11th to submit their idea.

The 2021 WI Welcome at the JSM conference was a great success.

Zhengjun Zhang, Keith Levin, Nicolas Garcia Trillos, and Sebastian Raschka were the organizers. Dan Barnish posted the virtual welcome reception information in JSM 2021 program book.  The department chair, Yazhen Wang, posted the info via several departmental email lists. Participants came from Duke University, University of Connecticut, University Virginia, and our department, among many others. …