Tag Computers
Startup focuses on reliable, efficient cooling for computer servers
In a dark, windy room on the top floor of Engineering Hall on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus, racks of computers are processing information for a college that relies, like all technical fields, on massive computing power. The noise comes from multiple fans located inside each computer case and from the large air conditioner that drives currents through the room to remove waste heat from the processors. Read More
National, shared software assurance facility, ‘SWAMP,’ launches
Cybercrime is a booming, estimated $100 billion industry in the United States and shows no signs of slowing down. Read More
UW-Madison alum masterminds strategy of Internet ad placement
Increasingly, advertising is the currency of the Internet. Those rectangles that compete to catch your eye fund many of those free services that dominate the Web. Read More
Researcher says for 2-year-olds, touch screens may trump TV
Smartphones and tablets may be better learning tools for toddlers younger than 2 1/2 years old than "Sesame Street" and other educational TV programs, according to a researcher in the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Human Ecology. Read More
Students game the system, train computer to play Angry Birds
Angry Birds sounds simple: Just slingshot a digital bird at a pile of evil pigs. You could teach a child to play. But could you teach a computer? Read More
Micro-cameras flex their way into the future of imaging
Imagine sticking a thin sheet of microscopic cameras to the surface of a car to provide a rear-view image, or wrapping that sheet around a pole to provide 360-degree surveillance of an intersection under construction. Read More
Transition to Office 365 email and calendar continues
The campus’s conversion to the Office 365 software system for email and calendaring continues to move ahead, with the first small migration of faculty and staff to begin early in 2014. Read More
Hackathon links humanities and sciences
Jillian Sayre contends that Herman Melville’s whaling ship Pequod and its encounters with other boats at sea may have toted meaning beyond the characters onboard. Read More
Innovation institute to broaden U.S. palette of advanced materials
Sporting sleek cases, sensitive touch screens, and an ever-increasing array of features, today's smartphones and tablets provide consumers unparalleled mobile computing capability. Read More
Software Assurance Marketplace to host exposition
Top software analysis tool providers from around the world are being invited to run their latest assessment tools at the Morgridge Institute for Research on the UW–Madison campus in a months-long series of tests to improve the quality and security of software assurance tools and open-source software. Read More
Data center aggregation team launches project website
The campuswide team working to create a shared data center service and optimized server infrastructure has launched its project website, offering details and ongoing updates on the project as it moves through to implementation. Read More
Dell computers selected as preferred products
The Administrative Excellence team, in partnership with Purchasing Services, has selected Dell computers — including three laptops and one desktop with an optional monitor — as UW–Madison preferred products. Read More
National cybersecurity effort launched to strengthen software infrastructure
Scientists at the Morgridge Institute for Research, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Indiana University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have received a $23.6 million grant as part of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA 11-02) by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to address threats arising from the development process of software used in technology ranging from the national power grid to medical devices. Read More
Class aims to birth software companies at UW–Madison
Paul Barford, a UW–Madison professor of computer science, has a proposition, and he's got five minutes to make it. Read More
CPU-GPU optimization could offer big power savings for drones, data centers
The speed boost that a powerful computer processor can provide seems great, but the electric bill can be a real shocker. Not unlike choosing between a Ford Mustang and a Toyota Prius, faster processors require more energy to run, making them more expensive for their users. Read More
UW students go mobile, portable and functional with their computing
As their computing devices become smaller, UW–Madison students are raising their online expectations. Internet-ready handheld devices and tablet computers are growing in popularity on campus, and students want more from them in terms of features, apps and tools for learning and communicating. Read More
Multidisciplinary team maps costs of participating in Health Information Exchange
Following the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, health care systems around the country are looking more closely at participating in Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) - networks that share patients' medical data across multiple hospitals and clinics, and improve coordination of care regardless of where patients receive it. Read More
Learning machines scour Twitter in service of bullying research
UW-Madison researchers have been teaching computers to scour the endless feed of posts on Twitter for mentions of bullying events. Read More
Collaborative computing, pioneered at UW–Madison, helped drive LHC analysis
When scientists at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe announced the appearance of a new particle among the pieces of smashed protons, Miron Livny saw a huge scientific success. Read More
UW scientists play key role in discovery of a new particle consistent with Higgs boson
Experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), aided by scientists from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, have narrowed the search for the elusive Higgs boson, discovering a new particle with a mass in the region of 125 GeV. Read More