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Gear Establishes Legacy Gift to CS
August 16, 2017 Bill Gear and his wife Ann Lee Morgan have established a bequest that will provide financial support to CS @ ILLINOIS students and/or faculty, depending on the future value of their residual estate.
Professor Emeritus and former Associate Department Head William Kubitz dies at 78
August 9, 2017 CS @ ILLINOIS is deeply saddened to note the passing of Professor Emeritus and former Associate Department Head William Kubitz.
CS alumnus Shannon Chen receives SIGMM Outstanding PhD Thesis Award
August 1, 2017 Chen will be recognized at ACM Multimedia 2017 for his research advancing 3D tele-immersive technology.
Baker Award recognizes breadth and impact of Jacobson’s research
August 1, 2017 Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson has been honored with the David F. Baker Distinguished Research Award, recognizing his lifetime achievements in industrial engineering.
Malwarebytes CEO Marcin Kleczynski pays it forward, impact doubled by Grainger Match
July 20, 2017 Marcin Kleczynski (BS CS ’12) has given a major donation to establish a named endowment supporting the Computer Science Visionary Scholarship Fund.
Solomonik wins Householder Prize
July 19, 2017 Assistant Professor Edgar Solomonik was one of two winners of the Householder Prize XX, which recognizes the best dissertation in numerical linear algebra.
Noghabi wins Microsoft grant for underrepresented students
July 13, 2017 CS @ ILLINOIS doctoral student Shadi Noghabi is one of the 12 winners chosen from U.S. and Canadian universities for the new Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant program.
Bill Gropp named NCSA Director
June 26, 2017 Professor Bill Gropp, the Thomas M. Siebel Chair in Computer Science, has been named Director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.
Illinois researchers build Dropbox-like storage, analytical system for scientific data
June 22, 2017 Illinois researchers are looking to speed up the materials-to-device process through a novel framework called 4CeeD.
The Female Perspective: The Challenges and Triumphs of Being a CS Undergraduate
June 17, 2017 In the fall of 2016, CS @ ILLINOIS welcomed the most gender-diverse class of freshman in its history. What is the CS @ ILLINOIS undergraduate experience like?
CS @ ILLINOIS Honored for Increasing Women’s Participation in Computing
May 22, 2017 CS @ ILLINOIS has received the $100,000 Grand Prize for the NCWIT Extension Services Transformation (NEXT) Award.
Professor Hassanieh honored with ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award
May 18, 2017 The ACM has awarded CS Affiliate Professor Haitham Al-Hassanieh the 2016 Doctoral Dissertation Award.
Vikram Adve named Interim Head of CS @ ILLINOIS
May 16, 2017 CS Professor Vikram Adve will serve as the interim head of the Department of Computer Science until a permanent replacement can be chosen for departing Department Head Rob A. Rutenbar.
Study: Higher mass transit use associated with lower obesity rates
May 16, 2017 Using public health and transportation data, CS Professor Sheldon H. Jacobson and colleagues found that higher mass transit use is correlated with lower obesity rates.
Eslami, Shang win Google Fellowships
May 15, 2017 Doctoral students Motahhare Eslami and Jingbo Shang have each won a Google PhD Fellowship.
Luke Olson named CSE Director
May 15, 2017 Luke Olson, Professor of Computer Science and Willet Faculty Scholar, has been named Director of the Computational Science and Engineering program.
Parameswaran, Peng win NSF CAREER Awards
May 11, 2017 Assistant Professors Aditya Parameswaran and Jian Peng have each received a prestigious CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation to support their research.
Roth honored with the IJCAI John McCarthy Award
May 11, 2017 Professor Dan Roth has been named the winner of the 2017 John McCarthy Award, the highest award the Artificial Intelligence community gives to mid-career AI researchers.
A little support from their online friends calms test-anxious students
May 8, 2017 Reading supportive comments, “likes” and private messages from social media friends prior to taking a test may help college students who have high levels of test-anxiety.