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Department of Computer Science

Beckman Institute

Beckman Institute

The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is an interdisciplinary research institute devoted to leading-edge research in the physical sciences, computation, engineering, biology, behavior, cognition, and neuroscience.

The Institute was founded on the premise that reducing the barriers between traditional scientific and technological disciplines can yield research advances that more conventional approaches can not.

Computer science researchers make major contributions to research in the following themes:

  • Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction
  • Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures

Learn more about the Beckman Institute at www.beckman.illinois.edu.