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Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski pays it forward, impact doubled by Grainger Match
July 20, 2017 Marcin Kleczynski (BS CS ’12) has given a major donation to establish a named endowment supporting the Computer Science Visionary Scholarship Fund.
Solomonik wins Householder Prize
July 19, 2017 Assistant Professor Edgar Solomonik was one of two winners of the Householder Prize XX, which recognizes the best dissertation in numerical linear algebra.
Noghabi wins Microsoft grant for underrepresented students
July 13, 2017 CS @ ILLINOIS doctoral student Shadi Noghabi is one of the 12 winners chosen from U.S. and Canadian universities for the new Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant program.
Bill Gropp named NCSA Director
June 26, 2017 Professor Bill Gropp, the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in Computer Science, has been named Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Illinois researchers build Dropbox-like storage, analytical system for scientific data
June 22, 2017 Illinois researchers are looking to speed up the materials-to-device process through a novel framework called 4CeeD.
The Female Perspective: The Challenges and Triumphs of Being a CS Undergraduate
June 17, 2017 In the fall of 2016, CS @ ILLINOIS welcomed the most gender-diverse class of freshman in its history. What is the CS @ ILLINOIS undergraduate experience like?
CS @ ILLINOIS Honored for Increasing Women’s Participation in Computing
May 22, 2017 CS @ ILLINOIS has received the $100,000 Grand Prize for the NCWIT Extension Services Transformation (NEXT) Award.
Professor Hassanieh honored with ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
May 18, 2017 The ACM has awarded CS Affiliate Professor Haitham Al-Hassanieh the 2016 Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Vikram Adve named Interim Head of CS @ ILLINOIS
May 16, 2017 CS Professor Vikram Adve will serve as the interim head of the Department of Computer Science until a permanent replacement can be chosen for departing Department Head Rob A. Rutenbar.
Study: Higher mass transit use associated with lower obesity rates
May 16, 2017 Using public health and transportation data, CS Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson and colleagues found that higher mass transit use is correlated with lower obesity rates.
Eslami, Shang win Google Fellowships
May 15, 2017 Doctoral students Motahhare Eslami and Jingbo Shang have each won a Google PhD Fellowship.
Luke Olson named CSE Director
May 15, 2017 Luke Olson, Professor of Computer Science and Willet Faculty Scholar, has been named Director of the Computational Science and Engineering program.
Parameswaran, Peng win NSF CAREER Awards
May 11, 2017 Assistant Professors Aditya Parameswaran and Jian Peng have each received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support their research.
Roth honored with the IJCAI John McCarthy Award
May 11, 2017 Professor Dan Roth has been named the winner of the 2017 John McCarthy Award, the highest award the Artificial Intelligence community gives to mid-career AI researchers.
A little support from their online friends calms test-anxious students
May 8, 2017 Reading supportive comments, “likes” and private messages from social media friends prior to taking a test may help college students who have high levels of test-anxiety.
Parameswaran recognized with the IEEE TCDE Early Career Award
April 21, 2017 Professor Aditya Parameswaran was honored “for developing new interactive tools and techniques that expand the reach of data analytics.”
Statue honoring Women in Engineering to be dedicated on April 28
April 19, 2017 “The Quintessential Engineer,” a new, life-sized statue honoring women in engineering, will be officially unveiled and dedicated on Friday, April 28.
Newly developed security mechanism aims to guard existing real-time systems against cyberattacks
April 15, 2017 The work, led by PhD student Monowar Hasan and Research Assistant Professor Sibin Mohan, won Best Paper Award at the 2016 Real-Time Systems Symposium.
Rutenbar Named Senior Vice Chancellor for Research at University of Pittsburgh
April 10, 2017 After serving as Head of the Department of Computer Science for nearly eight years, Rob A. Rutenbar will leave Illinois after the close of the semester.