MADISON, Wis. – Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau, the director of one of UW-Madison’s fastest-growing programs, will join industry experts to discuss trends in computing and data science Tuesday, July 29, during a Tech Council Innovation Network luncheon in Madison.
Join us at One City Schools, 1707 West Broadway in Madison. This is a new location for our Madison luncheons, just off Madison’s Beltline Highway with free and accessible parking.
Registration and networking begin at 11:30 a.m., lunch at noon and the presentation at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $10 for students and returning veterans, $25 for individual members, $40 for non-members and included for Tech Council corporate members. Click here to register.
Arpaci-Dusseau is the Grace Wahba professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement professor in the computer sciences department at UW-Madison. More recently, he has taken on two broader campus roles: director of the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences and the special advisor to the provost on computing. He succeeds Tom Erickson, who was the school’s founding director in 2019 after a long career in the private sector.
The School of Computer, Data and Information Sciences is completing work on Morgridge Hall, which at $267 million stands as the largest privately funded project in UW-Madison history. There has been a surge of enrollment in CDIS programs from 3,200 to 6,200 students. Two CDIS initiatives, the Creative Destruction Lab-Wisconsin and the Technology Entrepreneurship Office, help students and faculty alike turn ideas into meaningful ventures.
“The school is home to the university’s two largest majors: Computer sciences and data science, and demand is growing,” said Tech Council President Tom Still, who will moderate the forum. “We’ll learn how CDIS is prepared for the ‘AI moment’ and poised to work with industry.”
This luncheon is sponsored by the Dane County Regional Airport with support from One City Schools.
The Wisconsin Technology Council is the independent, non-profit science and technology adviser to the governor and Legislature, with events, publications and outreach that contribute to Wisconsin’s tech-based economy. To join, go to www.wisconsintechnologycouncil.com or call 608-442-7557.
