Computer, Data & Information Sciences

The College of Letters & Science bestows named chairs and professorships on 17 faculty members.

Extraordinary members of L&S faculty and staff have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).

Three College of Letters & Science students have received 2025 Goldwater Scholarships, considered the country’s preeminent undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Computer sciences professor Gurindar (Guri) Sohi has won the 2025 Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society. The first person from UW–Madison to receive the honor Sohi is recognized for his contributions to enhancing the efficiency of microprocessors and his influence on computer architecture.

Six L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.

Thirteen L&S Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty announced as 2025-26 Vilas Associates Competition awardees.

Sharon Yixuan Li, assistant professor of computer sciences is among 126 scientists across the United States and Canada that has been selected to receive the 2025 Sloan Research Fellows.

Professor and Director of the Information School Alan Rubel explains how information schools sit at the center of computing technology, data and people.

Six L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.