About

N+1 TEAM

Faculty & Leadership

Remzi Arpaci-Dusseau

Credentials: Grace Wahba Professor and Director, School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

Position title: Computer Sciences at UW-Madison

Suman Banerjee

Credentials: David J. DeWitt Professor

Position title: Computer Sciences Department

David Ertl

Credentials: Executive Director

Position title: N+1 Institute

Kassem Fawaz

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Amber Field

Credentials: Director of Capstone Program, Computer Sciences Department

Position title: Vice President Of Software Development at Singlewire Software

Justin Hines

Credentials: Director of Corporate Relations

Position title: School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences

Shivaram Venkataraman

Credentials: Assistant Professor

Position title: Computer Sciences Department

Advisory Board

Rick Elert

Credentials: CEO Epsilon

Jason Franklin, MD

Credentials: WV Ventures

Joel Fields

Credentials: CFO Paradigm

Dan Olszewski

Credentials: Center Director Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship

Alok Tyagi

Credentials: CEO Boast.ai

Strategic Partners

Malcolm Thorne

Credentials: Managing Director

Position title: 4490 Ventures

Dan Malven

Credentials: Managing Director

Position title: 4490 Ventures

Vision

Disruptive technologies have the potential to materially change our world. From real-time personalized efficacy tracking in drug discovery to personalized healthcare delivery to AI/ML enabling faster and more accurate treatment diagnosis, the potential for saving human lives is enormous. Smart cities, enabled by smart homes and buildings can create a safer and more efficient living environment for the world’s populations while preserving our valuable natural resources. The Internet of autonomous things has the potential to materially save lives and lower costs as machines perform accident-prone tasks more efficiently and safely without humans on board. Recent breakthroughs in Large Language Model Artificial Intelligence are changing how we think about productivity and automation. With the decentralized Internet, people, machines, and businesses will be able to trade value, information, and work with global counterparts they don’t know or explicitly trust, without an intermediary – massively altering global commerce. It is now clear to us that some of the greatest human advancements are within our grasp.

The N+1 Institute strives to discover the full potential of disruptive technologies through focused, collaborative approaches to applied learning, commercialized research, and entrepreneurship. Bringing together students, researchers, and industry partners, we envision the institute can fuel innovation and thought leadership worldwide. By cultivating a new business-minded tech talent workforce and closing the gap between research and industry, we can bring about a more connected, safer, and efficient society for us all.

Mission

The N+1 Institute at UW-Madison fuels innovation through a community of students, researchers, and companies to enable the next wave of disruptive computing.  The N+1 Institute strives to transform education and research in ways that can not only prepare industries for disruptive technologies but enable them to reach new limits.

Specifically, we aim to:

  • advance the scope of research and applications by promoting unique research-industry collaborations 
  • offer a new model of tech education that blends applied learning and entrepreneurial skills 
  • accelerate innovation across industries through next gen applications 
  • facilitate a broad innovation ecosystem that fosters new ideas, new products and new businesses

At N+1, we build learning pathways and collaborations that promote tech innovation and entrepreneurial growth. With an emphasis on applied learning and research embedded around applied business areas, our students are set to become a more capable, forward-thinking tech talent workforce. By fostering new models of engagement for industries and research we can both expand how widely technologies are applied and how widely applications bring industry, education, and our society into the future.

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TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE THE FUTURE

Our unique blend of students, faculty, industry pioneers, and early adopters fuels a new approach to innovation. Research leads to groundbreaking tech advancements, education builds the skills needed to lead us forward, and industry collaboration bridges the gap between raw technology and use-inspired application. N+1 at UW-Madison is building a better future.   

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