Free pizza and soda will be provided at 5 pm.  Please take moment to register here so we know how much to order.

As a community service this invitation is being extended also to 35 student organizations whose members seem likely to have an interest in the technical and environmental aspects of the new Computer, Data and Information Sciences (CDIS) building and academic programs as a community service by IEEE. 
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Madison IEEE hosts an update on UW-Madison’s new school of Computer, Data and Information Sciences (CDIS) building and academic programs.  Learn about the design features and layout of the new 350k ft2 CDIS building at University & Orchard St. that address sustainability and extreme weather.

Wednesday May 17th 5:00 – 7:00 pm
Room 1240, Computer Sciences
1210 W Dayton St, Madison, WI

Free pizza and soda will be provided at 5 pm.  Please take moment to register here so we know how much to order.

 Founding director of CDIS¹  and current L&S Dean of Innovation and Strategy², Tom Erickson³ will describe the features and layout of the new 350k ft2 CDIS building at University & Orchard St. and how they support CDIS academic programs.  Tom will also talk about design features that address sustainability and extreme weather.

A third-generation Wisconsin Badger, Tom earned a degree in electrical and computer engineering with honors from UW–Madison in 1980⁴.  Before returning to his alma mater, he founded Boston-based Acquia, a software company that grew to $175M in revenue and 800 employees.  Tom has also held executive roles in Teleatlas (TomTom), Systinet (Mercury Interactive/HP), webMethods (Software AG), Baan (Infor), and MRO Software (IBM)⁵.

Serving Chancellor Rebecca Blank’s advisory council, Tom co-chaired a working group on the future of computing at the university in 2018 which produced “Wisconsin in the Information Age.”   This led to the formation of CDIS⁶ in 2019 to combine our top ranked departments of computer sciences, statistics and iSchool.

The Computer Society is one of the top three IEEE Madison member groups⁷. About 24% of our almost 700 members belong to data and computer related societies. We hope to see you all there.

There is lots of free parking nearby: Campus Map
(1)  Breese terrace street parking
(2)  Green lots after 4:30.  Lot 34 on the lake is a favorite!

[7] Other related Societies in IEEE Madison include Circuits and Systems, Industrial Electronics, Power Electronics, Signal Processing, and Solid-State Circuits

IEEE UW-Madison, student branch
IEEE UW-Madison, Eta Kappa Nu honor society
IEEE UW-Platteville, student branch