Media Coverage
A digest of CS @ ILLINOIS faculty, alumni, and students who are featured in the media.
Illini Baseball Team Not In ‘Dark Ages’ When It Comes To Analytics
April 25, 2018The News-Gazette -- More coverage of the new Illini baseball analytics program, the creation of CS + Astronomy major Charlie Young. There's also video of the program in action.
Andreessen Horowitz Gears Up For Separate Crypto Asset Fund
April 24, 2018CNBC -- Illinois Computer Science alum Marc Andreessen’s (BS '94) Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm plans to launch a crypto-only fund. Additional coverage from TechCrunch and Recode.
How Web Browsers Have Changed 25 Years After The Introduction Of Mosaic
April 24, 2018NPR -- It's been 25 years since Mosaic was launched at the University of Illinois and transformed access to the Web. But NPR says it took the network a couple of years to really notice the browser's rise.
An Alternative Security Conference Calls Out Lack Of Inclusion
April 18, 2018WIRED -- "The goal was just to make a statement," said Parisa Tabriz, one of the organizers the Our Security Advocates conference, director of engineering at Google, and an Illinois Computer Science alum. OURSA was organized after the annual RSA conference featured an almost entirely male lineup of keynote speakers.
Chicago Sports Tech Firm Stats Looks To Bring AI To The Broadcast Booth And Sideline
April 17, 2018Chicago Tribune -- CS Professor Sheldon Jacobson is interviewed in this story on sports-data firm Stats and its expanding use of AI for analysis.
This AI Can Automatically Animate New Flintstones Cartoons
April 13, 2018Gizmodo -- Researchers who include Illinois Computer Science PhD student Tanmay Gupta and Associate Professor Derek Hoiem have trained artificial intelligence to generate new clips of The Flintstones cartoon series based on text descriptions of what’s happening in a scene. Other coverage includes Tech Times, TheNextWeb, and BRG. You can also watch the researchers' video here.
What Privacy Rights Facebook Users Give Up When Joining
April 11, 2018Fox Illinois -- In an article on Facebook's ability to track its users, CS Professor Karrie Karahalios tells the TV station's website that online privacy and is a new and evolving concept, and that many people accept the company's default privacy settings rather than further restricting what information they allow access to.
New Approach For Illini Baseball, And CS + Astronomy Major Is Behind It
April 6, 2018Bandwagon podcast -- CS + Astronomy major Charlie Young talks baseball analytics and his work building Illinois Baseball's fledgling analytics program on WILL's Bandwagon sports podcast. Segment starts at 11:13.
Satellites, Supercomputers, And Machine Learning Provide Real-time Crop-Type Data
April 4, 2018Phys.org -- Research from Illinois that includes work by CS Assistant Professor Jian Peng has provided a new technique for distinguishing between corn and soybeans in satellite data, crops that previously have been impossible to distinguish from space. Also covered by Farmers Advance.
Whose NCAA Bracket Did Better? WBEZ Expert vs. The Machine
April 3, 2018WBEZ's Morning Shift -- Going into the NCAA Tournament, WBEZ sports contributor Cheryl Raye-Stout created her own bracket to compete with one created by CS Professor Sheldon Jacobson's Bracket Odds website. With the tournament now over, who had the better bracket?
Technology Holds The Key To Redistricting Reform
April 3, 2018Houston Chronicle -- A Texas Southern University Professor draws on research by CS Professor Sheldon Jacobson to argue that AI can help solve the problem of gerrymandering in drawing political boundaries.
List Of Best Illinois Innovations, Inventions Includes PLATO
April 1, 2018The State Journal-Register -- The University of Illinois' innovative PLATO computer-based education system wins a spot in the Top 10 innovations and inventions from Illinois, part of the ongoing Illinois 200 project. The project is part of the state's celebration of its bicentennial.
UI Grad Named To Head New Siebel Center For Design
March 29, 2018The News-Gazette -- University of Illinois graduate Rachel Switzky is the first director of the Siebel Center for Design. The facility's construction and opening is being financed in part by the Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation. Thomas Siebel is an Illinois Computer Science graduate and CEO of C3 IoT.
The Dark Web's Favorite Currency Is Less Untraceable Than It Seems
March 27, 2018WIRED -- A paper whose authors include ECE Assistant Professor and CS affiliate Andrew Miller finds that the cryptocurrency Monero's privacy protections are flawed.
Understanding Facebook, Privacy, And Your Data
March 27, 2018WILL's The 21st -- CS Professor Tarek Abdelzaher joins the daily public radio talk show as fallout continues from news that Facebook users' private data was used to as part of a campaign to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
Online, Cheap -- and Elite
March 20, 2018Inside Higher Ed -- CS Professor and Director of Online and Professional Programs John C. Hart is interviewed in a story about Georgia Tech's online master's degree in computer science and online degree programs.
NCAA Tournament Winners And Losers: TruTV, Sister Jean ... And Sheldon Jacobson
March 19, 2018Chicago Tribune -- Among the highlights from the tournament's opening weekend, the Tribune notes that CS Professor Sheldon Jacobson's model for predicting long-shot winners correctly picked one of the biggest upsets of the competition so far.
Levchin, Nosek Among List Of Co-founders Of Tech's Biggest Companies
March 15, 2018Business Insider -- PayPal co-founders and Illinois alumni Max Levchin and Luke Nosek appear on a list of 23 entrepreneurs who are co-founders of the world's biggest tech companies.
Analysis: Twitter Bots Appear To Be Pumping Up Campaign For Governor
March 14, 2018Chicago Reader -- A handful of Twitter bots and propaganda accounts appear to be trying to influence Illinois's gubernatorial election on behalf of Republican candidate Jeanne Ives, according to an analysis by Ajay Jain, an Illinois Computer Science student.
Science Of Upsets: Prof Has Formula That Doubles Your Shot
March 14, 2018The Associated Press -- AP interviews CS Professor Sheldon Jacobson about his model for upset prediction, a story that was picked up by The New York Times, the Washington Post, ESPN , ABC News, Fox Sports, Yahoo! Sports, the National Post, and dozens of others.