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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."
Hutter's Work On Communication Costs Leads to DOE Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
December 4, 2018 PhD student Edward Hutter's work in communication-cost analysis and reduction earns him a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship.
Kudaligama’s Service to Grad Students, Illinois CS Earns Graduate College Recognition
November 29, 2018 Viveka Kudaligama has been honored with the 2018 Graduate College Excellence Award for Graduate Contacts.
Gropp Named AAAS Fellow
November 27, 2018 The distinction recognizes contributions to scalable algorithms and software for high performance computing.
Preventing the Spread of Misinformation Online
November 26, 2018 Professor Tarek Abdelzaher is working with his students on a unique way to identify social media bots by looking at the larger picture of misinformation campaigns.
Cohens Give Back Because of Opportunities Illinois CS Provided, Hope Others Will Follow
November 15, 2018 Through their own scholarship support, Ira and Debra Cohen hope to help develop a culture of giving at Illinois CS. "These kids become mentors,” Ira Cohen said.
Solomonik Recognized for Early Career Work Aimed at Improving HPC Performance
November 14, 2018 The IEEE Computer Society has recognized Assistant Prof. Edgar Solomonik’s research with the TCHPC Award for Excellence for Early Career Researchers in HPC.
Jacobson Recognized for Research That Transformed Passenger Screening After 2001 Attacks
November 12, 2018 Professor Sheldon Jacobson and three former students laid the groundwork for TSA PreCheck passenger screening. That work has been recognized with an IMPACT Prize.
Acun’s Focus on HPC Energy Efficiency Leads to Dissertation Recognition from SIGHPC
November 9, 2018 Illinois CS PhD graduate Bilge Acun's dissertation on supercomputer energy efficiency won an honorable mention in SIGHPC's dissertation competition.