University of Wisconsin -- Madison

Industrial Relations

Cooperation and collaboration with industry has become a productive and necessary aspect of our instructional and research programs. Primarily through our Industrial Affiliates Program, we interact with a large number of companies and their research and development laboratories located in the midwest and throughout the country. The need for highly qualified scientists in industry, academia, and government is the main driving force behind this important symbiosis. We also believe that these relationships with industry are necessary to assure the long-term growth of the field.

Over the last year our department received large corporate donations from about 20 companies. Cisco donated high-speed network equipment; Microsoft provided department-wide licenses to a wide variety of their software, plus gave several individual cash and equipment grants; Alias/Wavefront provide department-wide licenses for their Maya graphics software; and Pixar provided a large number of licenses for Renderman. Additional gifts to the Computer Sciences Department include graduate fellowships, undergraduate scholarships, research/instructional equipment, faculty development grants, and unrestricted cash. The research and instructional equipment, and the faculty and student support, provided by these corporations constitute a major asset of our department.

Relationships between the department and these companies include many joint research activities, as well as other interactions of mutual interest. For example, as part of our industrial affiliate program we provide industrial corporations with support for student recruiting. Our affiliates over the last year are listed below.

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