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No Straight Lines: Influential Illinois CS Professors Helped MacGregor Chart Unconventional Course
September 18, 2018 When he arrived at Illinois CS , Doug MacGregor was in a hurry to get an advanced degree and a job. But at Illinois, MacGregor found more than a path to employment.
Illinois Computer Science Adds Talented New Faculty
September 17, 2018 The Illinois Department of Computer Science welcomes five new faculty who will join its growing family of talented researchers and educators over the next year.
Five Leading Illinois CS Students Named 2019 Siebel Scholars
September 13, 2018 Five leading students rewarded for academic excellence and leadership with $35,000 each during their final year of study.
Students Hoping to Open Tech Doors to All Have Founded Blacks & African Americans in Computing
September 7, 2018 A new group, Blacks & African Americans in Computing (BAAC), has joined the roster of student-run organizations with ties to Illinois Computer Science.
Computer Security: The Security Of The World
September 4, 2018 Parisa Tabriz takes the stage as the keynote speaker at the annual Black Hat Conference. “Computer security is increasingly becoming the security of the world,” she almost immediately declares.
Xiang Ren’s Dissertation Recognized With SIGKDD Dissertation Award
August 23, 2018 As an Illinois CS PhD student, Xiang Ren devoted his work to sorting the flood of online text, and now his dissertation has been recognized with the SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Groundbreaking CS + X Degrees Expand Into Advertising, Economics, GIS, and Philosophy
August 20, 2018 CS + X degrees offer a solid grounding in computer science with training in the arts or sciences, bringing computational skills to fields where they are increasingly in demand.
Karahalios Brings Social Computing Expertise To DARPA Group Focused On Tech’s Future
August 16, 2018 Professor Karrie Karahalios becomes part of DARAPA's Information Science and Technology Study Group, joining Professor Sarita Adve on the prestigious panel.
You Can Run, But Can You Hide?
August 15, 2018 Professor Adam Bates and his students are working with Strava and Garmin Connect on security enhancements to their fitness apps.
Illinois CS Researchers Among Teams Selected by DARPA to Unleash Power of Specialized and Reconfigurable Hardware
July 28, 2018 Researchers will explore the development of flexible architectures capable of using specialized hardware to solve specific computing problems more quickly and efficiently.
Campbell Builds a Track Record of Giving Back
July 27, 2018 “I certainly feel like giving back a little to Illinois just because it has given me a place to be – bring up my kids, work, do my research – that has a unique character.”
Fischer Plans to Use Grant to Improve Accuracy, Reduce Cost of Fluid-Flow Models for Nuclear Reactors
July 17, 2018 An $800,000 Department of Energy grant will support work to create fluid-flow models for nuclear reactors that can run on desktop computers.
New Informatics Tool Makes the Most of Genomic Data
July 16, 2018 A collaboration between the University of Illinois and Mayo Clinic has yielded a tool that makes stronger predictions about what genomic features are associated with specific drug responses.
Nancy Amato Named Next Department Head of Computer Science
July 12, 2018 Amato, who graduated from Illinois in 1995 with a PhD in computer science, will become the first woman to lead the department.
Parameswaran Aims for Algorithms That Would Add Perspective to the Voices From the Crowd
July 10, 2018 Assistant Professor Aditya Parameswaran has received an award from the U.S. Army Research Office’s Young Investigator Program.
Sinclair Focuses on Heterogeneous Systems as a Way Forward After Moore’s Law; New Award Recognizes His Work
July 9, 2018 Matt Sinclair (PhD CS '17) has been given an honorable mention for the ACM SIGARCH / IEEE CS TCCA Outstanding Dissertation Award.
Illinois Computer Science Alumni Network Launched
June 18, 2018 A group of San Francisco Bay Area alumni have launched a new way for Illinois Computer Science graduates to meet, cultivate meaningful connections, and share stories and advice.
First Class of MCS-DS Graduates Join the Data Science Revolution
June 15, 2018 Four of the first graduates of Illinois Computer Science's online Master of Computer Science in Data Science talk about the challenges posed by the rigorous new degree track, and the doors that it is helping them open.
CS + X Graduates Use Their New Blended Degrees to Open Doors
June 12, 2018 Some of the earliest graduates of Illinois Computer Science’s CS + X blended-degree programs were awarded their diplomas this spring. We talked with three of them to see what's next.