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Gene Golub Had A Talent For Giving, Which Lives On At Illinois CS
February 15, 2019 Golub believed in giving back, and his gifts to Illinois CS continue to fund scholarships, fellowships, and a professorship.
Narhstedt Receives 2018 Robert Piloty Prize For Outstanding Research
February 15, 2019 Nahrstedt has longstanding ties to German computer science and is internationally recognized for her work in multimedia systems and networks.
Kartik Hegde Awarded Facebook Fellowship For Plan to Rev Up Deep Learning For Mobile Devices
February 13, 2019 Hegde, a PhD student, plans to use the fellowship to advance his work on efficient processors for deep learning.
Textbook Co-authored By Campbell Takes An In-Depth Look At Cloud Computing
February 11, 2019 "Assured Cloud Computing" collects the research of the Assured Cloud Computing Center at the University of Illinois, a project that was led by Campbell.
Professor Jiawei Han Named Aiken Endowed Chair
February 7, 2019 Han is the second-ever Aiken Chair, a position he plans to use to maintain Illinois' leadership in data-mining research.
CS Graduate Indukuri Using $1.29M In Venture Backing From LinkedIn CEO And Others To Fine Tune Trala
February 5, 2019 Illinois CS graduate sees venture funding as key to expanding content of violin app, and boosting its sales.
Online MCS Featured in National Advertising Campaign
January 30, 2019 This week, Coursera released three TV advertisements to raise awareness for the high-quality online courses and degrees offered from the world’s best universities, including the University of Illinois.
Mohan Teaches Middle Schoolers, Trying to Inspire Future Programmers
January 22, 2019 Research Assistant Professor Sibin Mohan and his students are working to introduce young students to the science behind the devices they are so familiar with.
Still Early In His Career, Nathan Handler Commits To Supporting Illinois CS Programs
January 14, 2019 Nathan Handler sees his gifts to Illinois Computer Science as a way to help make sure student groups such as the ACM chapter continue to thrive.
European Universities Honor Snir, Padua for Contributions to Parallel Computing, HPC
January 11, 2019 The École Normale Supérieure de Lyon honored Snir for decades of achievements; the Universidad de Valladolid recognized Padua as a parallel computing pioneer.
CRA Awards Recognize Four Illinois CS Undergrads For Research
January 10, 2019 Illinois CS students Jonah Casebeer and Ben Zhou were finalists, while Harshay Shah and Edward Huang were recognized with honorable mentions from the CRA.
Four Illinois CS Students Receive NCSA’s Fiddler Innovation Fellowships
January 7, 2019 Fiddler Fellowships are financed by an endowment from Illinois CS graduate Jerry Fiddler and his wife, Melissa Alden, and support students conducting multidisciplinary research.
Illinois Computer Science Teams Up With College Of Education To Train High School Educators To Teach CS
January 6, 2019 The new I-STECS initiative is intended to help address the need for more computer science education in high schools.
Is Code Enough? Stodden, Marinov Research Focuses On Providing Code Rather Than Generated Data With Research
December 19, 2018 Stodden and Marinov will try to determine how researchers can reliably share code used to generate data rather than the data itself.
With One Year to Go, Grainger Match Multiplies Impact of Scholarship Gifts
December 14, 2018 Those who’ve taken advantage of the Grainger Match often say it was a key part of their motivation for giving.
Fletcher, Marinov, Torrellas Lead Team Developing New Defense Against Spectre, Meltdown Attacks
December 14, 2018 Antidotes for Spectre and Meltdown have been incomplete and slowed processors. Three Illinois CS professors are developing a better fix. Intel is backing their work.
Mohan's Project With Boeing Aims to Provide An Understanding Of The Behavior Of Drone Swarms
December 12, 2018 Research Assistant Professor Sibin Mohan's new project with Boeing will use machine learning techniques to try to define normal behavior for drone swarms.
Center For Autonomy Launched To Develop Research, Education In Emerging Field
December 6, 2018 The new Center for Autonomy will enable high-impact research and develop new educational programs. It will include four Illinois CS faculty.
Illinois CS Professor Gul Agha Named ACM Fellow
December 6, 2018 CS Professor Gul Agha has been named an ACM Fellow for “research in concurrent programming and formal methods."