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University of Illinois Department of Computer Science

January 15, 2023

The University of Illinois Department of Computer Science is the academic department encompassing the discipline of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. According to U.S. News & World Report, both its undergraduate and graduate programs rank in the top five among American universities.[5][6] The department ranks equally high in faculty submissions to reputable journals and academic conferences, as determined by CSRankings.org.[7] According to Computer Science Open Rankings,[8] the department ranks equally high in placing Ph.D. students in tenure-track positions at top universities and winning best paper awards. From before its official founding in 1964 to today, the department's faculty members and alumni have contributed to projects including the ORDVAC, PLATO, Mosaic (web browser), JavaScript and LLVM, and have founded companies including Siebel Systems, Netscape, Mozilla, PayPal, Yelp, YouTube, and Malwarebytes.

Department of Computer Science
TypePublic
Established1964 (1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory) (1964 (1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory))
Department HeadNancy M. Amato[1][2]
Academic staff
110[3]
Students4597[3]
Address
201 North Goodwin Avenue
,
Urbana
,
Illinois
,
United States of America
Colors  Illinois Orange[4]
  Illinois Blue[4]
Websitecs.illinois.edu

History

In 1949, the University of Illinois created the Digital Computer Laboratory following the joint funding between the university and the U.S. Army to create the ORDVAC and ILLIAC I computers under the direction of physicist Ralph Meagher.[9] The ORDVAC and ILLIAC computers the two earliest von-Neumann architecture machines to be constructed. Once completed in 1952, the ILLIAC I inspired machines such as the MISTIC, MUSASINO-1, SILLIAC, and CYCLONE, as well as providing the impetus for the university to continue its research in computing through the ILLIAC II project. Yet despite such advances in high-performance computing, faculty at the Digital Computer Laboratory continued to conduct research in other fields of computing as well, such as in Human-Computer Interaction through the PLATO project, the first computer music (the ILLIAC Suite), computational numerical methods through the work of Donald B. Gillies, and James E. Robertson, the 'R' co-inventor of the SRT division algorithm, to name a few. Given this explosion in research in computing, in 1964, the University of Illinois reorganized the Digital Computer Laboratory into the Department of Computer Science, and by 1967, the department awarded its first PhD and master's degrees in Computer Science. In 1982, UIUC physicist Larry Smarr wrote a blistering critique of America's supercomputing resources,[10] and as a result the National Science Foundation established the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in 1985. NCSA was one of the first places in industry or academia to develop software for the 3 major operating systems at the time - Macintosh, PC, and UNIX. NCSA in 1986 released NCSA Telnet and in 1993 it released the Mosaic web browser. In 2004, the Department of Computer Science moved out of the Digital Computer Laboratory building into the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science following a gift from alumnus Thomas Siebel.[11]

Degrees and programs

Undergraduate

The department offers 14 undergraduate degree programs, all leading to Bachelor of Science degrees, through six different colleges:

The department also sponsors a minor in computer science available to all UIUC students.

The department also offers two 5-year bachelors/masters programs through the College of Engineering: Bachelor of Science/Master of Science (B.S./M.S.) in Computer Science and Bachelors of Science/Masters of Computer Science(B.S./M.C.S.).

Graduate

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
  • Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science
  • Professional Masters of Computer Science (M.C.S.)
    • Online MCS is offered in partnership with Coursera.
    • MCS in Data Science(MCS-DS) Track is offered in partnership with the School of Information Science, the Department of Statistics, and Coursera
  • Master of Science in Bioinformatics (M.S. Bioinformatics)

In popular culture

In the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, the antagonist and sentient computer HAL 9000 says it was made operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois which was meant to represent the Coordinated Science Laboratory where the ILLIAC project was conducted.[12] s

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nancy Amato Named Next Department Head of Computer Science". Retrieved 13 Jul 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Robotics expert to be first woman to lead UI computer-science department". Retrieved 13 Jul 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Rankings & Statistics | Computer Science | UIUC". Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Illinois Identity Standards: Logos and Colors". Identitystandards.illinois.edu. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  5. ^ "Best Computer Science Programs | Top Computer Science Schools | US News Best Graduate Schools". Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs Rankings". Retrieved 10 March 2022.
  7. ^ Berger, Emery (10 March 2022). "CSRankings: Computer Science Rankings".
  8. ^ "computer science open rankings". Retrieved 19 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ . Archived from the original on 29 December 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  10. ^ Smarr, Larry (1982). P. D. Lax (ed.). "The supercomputer famine in american universities". The Report of the Panel on Large Scale Computing in Science and Engineering.
  11. ^ . Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. ^ Alfred, Randy (January 12, 2011). . Wired. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  13. ^ "Vikram Adve named Interim Head of CS @ Illinois". Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  14. ^ "William D. Gropp Voted IEEE Computer Society 2021 President-Elect | IEEE Computer Society". Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  15. ^ "Head of UI's computer-science department leaving for Pitt". Retrieved 27 May 2017.

January 15, 2023
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The University of Illinois Department of Computer Science is the academic department encompassing the discipline of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign According to U S News amp World Report both its undergraduate and graduate programs rank in the top five among American universities 5 6 The department ranks equally high in faculty submissions to reputable journals and academic conferences as determined by CSRankings org 7 According to Computer Science Open Rankings 8 the department ranks equally high in placing Ph D students in tenure track positions at top universities and winning best paper awards From before its official founding in 1964 to today the department s faculty members and alumni have contributed to projects including the ORDVAC PLATO Mosaic web browser JavaScript and LLVM and have founded companies including Siebel Systems Netscape Mozilla PayPal Yelp YouTube and Malwarebytes Department of Computer ScienceThe Thomas M Siebel Center for Computer ScienceTypePublicEstablished1964 1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory 1964 1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory Department HeadNancy M Amato 1 2 Academic staff110 3 Students4597 3 Address201 North Goodwin Avenue Urbana Illinois United States of AmericaColors Illinois Orange 4 Illinois Blue 4 Websitecs wbr illinois wbr edu Contents 1 History 2 Degrees and programs 2 1 Undergraduate 2 2 Graduate 3 In popular culture 4 Notable faculty 5 Notable alumni 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory EditIn 1949 the University of Illinois created the Digital Computer Laboratory following the joint funding between the university and the U S Army to create the ORDVAC and ILLIAC I computers under the direction of physicist Ralph Meagher 9 The ORDVAC and ILLIAC computers the two earliest von Neumann architecture machines to be constructed Once completed in 1952 the ILLIAC I inspired machines such as the MISTIC MUSASINO 1 SILLIAC and CYCLONE as well as providing the impetus for the university to continue its research in computing through the ILLIAC II project Yet despite such advances in high performance computing faculty at the Digital Computer Laboratory continued to conduct research in other fields of computing as well such as in Human Computer Interaction through the PLATO project the first computer music the ILLIAC Suite computational numerical methods through the work of Donald B Gillies and James E Robertson the R co inventor of the SRT division algorithm to name a few Given this explosion in research in computing in 1964 the University of Illinois reorganized the Digital Computer Laboratory into the Department of Computer Science and by 1967 the department awarded its first PhD and master s degrees in Computer Science In 1982 UIUC physicist Larry Smarr wrote a blistering critique of America s supercomputing resources 10 and as a result the National Science Foundation established the National Center for Supercomputing Applications in 1985 NCSA was one of the first places in industry or academia to develop software for the 3 major operating systems at the time Macintosh PC and UNIX NCSA in 1986 released NCSA Telnet and in 1993 it released the Mosaic web browser In 2004 the Department of Computer Science moved out of the Digital Computer Laboratory building into the Thomas M Siebel Center for Computer Science following a gift from alumnus Thomas Siebel 11 Degrees and programs EditUndergraduate Edit The department offers 14 undergraduate degree programs all leading to Bachelor of Science degrees through six different colleges Computer Science Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science Liberal Arts and Science Statistics and Computer Science LAS Computer Science and Chemistry LAS Computer Science and Linguistics LAS Computer Science and Anthropology LAS Computer Science and Astronomy LAS Computer Science and Economics LAS Computer Science and Geography and Geographic Information Systems LAS Computer Science and Advertising Media Computer Science and Philosophy LAS Computer Science and Animal Sciences Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences Computer Science and Crop Sciences Agricultural Consumer and Environmental Sciences Computer Science and Music Fine and Applied Arts The department also sponsors a minor in computer science available to all UIUC students The department also offers two 5 year bachelors masters programs through the College of Engineering Bachelor of Science Master of Science B S M S in Computer Science and Bachelors of Science Masters of Computer Science B S M C S Graduate Edit Doctor of Philosophy Ph D Master of Science M S in Computer Science Professional Masters of Computer Science M C S Online MCS is offered in partnership with Coursera MCS in Data Science MCS DS Track is offered in partnership with the School of Information Science the Department of Statistics and Coursera Master of Science in Bioinformatics M S Bioinformatics In popular culture EditIn the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey the antagonist and sentient computer HAL 9000 says it was made operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana Illinois which was meant to represent the Coordinated Science Laboratory where the ILLIAC project was conducted 12 sNotable faculty EditSarita Adve principal investigator for the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center Vikram Adve helped to create LLVM along with Chris Lattner Former Interim Head of the Department of Computer Science 13 Gul Agha director of the Open Systems Laboratory and researcher in concurrent computation Prith Banerjee former senior Vice President of Research at Hewlett Packard and director of HP Labs Roy H Campbell Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Professor of Computer Science Herbert Edelsbrunner recipient of the National Science Foundation s Alan T Waterman Award David Forsyth Professor of Computer Science C William Gear mathematician specialized in numerical analysis computer graphics and software development Donald B Gillies mathematician and computer scientist specialized in game theory and computer architecture Bill Gropp Thomas M Siebel Chair Professor director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and co creator of Message Passing Interface IEEE Computer Society President Elect 14 2021 Jiawei Han Abel Bliss Professor specialized in data mining Michael Heath director of the Center for the Simulation of Advanced Rockets and former interim department head 2007 2009 Thomas Huang researcher and professor emeritus specialized in Human Computer Interaction Ralph Johnson Research Associate Professor and co author of Design Patterns Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software David Kuck sole software designer on the ILLIAC IV and developer of the CEDAR project Steven M LaValle principal scientist at Oculus Rift Chung Laung Liu Professor of Computer Science Ursula Martin computer scientist specialized in theoretical computer science and formal methods and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire Bruce McCormick professor of physics computer science and bioengineering Klara Nahrstedt Ralph and Catherine Fisher Professor of Computer Science and director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory David Plaisted faculty at the Department of Computer Science until professorship at UNC Chapel Hill Daniel Reed former department head 1996 2001 and former director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications 2000 2003 Edward Reingold specialized in algorithms and data structures Dan Roth Professor of Computer Science Rob A Rutenbar Abel Bliss Professor and former department head 2010 2017 15 noted for advances in computer hardware Marc Snir Michael Faiman and Saburo Muroga Professor of Computer Science and former department head 2001 2007 Shang Hua Teng Professor of Computer Science and Godel Prize laureate Josep Torrellas Willett Faculty Scholar in Computer Science and research faculty for the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center Marianne Winslett professor emerita of computer science Stephen Wolfram former Professor of Physics Mathematics and Computer Science and founder of Wolfram Research Frances Yao Professor of Computer Science and staff at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Yuanyuan Zhou Professor of Computer Science and founder of Emphora Pattern Insight and Whova oeNotable alumni EditSohaib Abbasi B S 1978 M S 1980 former CEO of Informatica Nancy Amato Ph D 1995 Unocal Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A amp M University steering member of CRA W and current head of the Department of Computer Science University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1 2 Daniel E Atkins III Ph D 1970 Inaugural Director of the Office of Cyberinfrastructure for the U S National Science Foundation Marc Andreessen B S 1993 Mosaic web browser Netscape Eric Bina M S 1988 Mosaic web browser Netscape Ed Boon B S Mortal Kombat Rick Cattell B S 1974 co founder of Object Data Management Group ACM Fellow winner of the 1978 ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Steve Chen B S 2002 YouTube Steve S Chen Ph D 1975 Cray Computer Edward Davidson Ph D 1968 professor emeritus in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor Steve Dorner B S 1983 Eudora email client Brendan Eich M S 1986 JavaScript Mozilla Clarence Ellis Ph D 1969 First African American Computer Science Doctorate recipient and pioneer in Computer Supported Cooperative Work CSCW and Groupware Ping Fu M S 1990 Geomagic Mary Jane Irwin M S 1971 PhD 1975 NAE member computer architecture researcher Jawed Karim B S 2004 YouTube Robert L Mercer M S 1970 Ph D 1972 co CEO of Renaissance Technologies and pioneer in Computational Linguistics Marcin Kleczynski B S 2012 CEO and founder of Malwarebytes Pete Koomen M S 2006 co founder and CTO of Optimizely Chris Lattner Ph D 2005 LLVM Der Tsai Lee M S 1976 Ph D 1978 14th President of National Chung Hsing University Max Levchin B S 1997 PayPal Slide Nimit Maru B S 2004 co founder and CEO of Fullstack Academy Robert McCool B S 1995 author of the original NCSA HTTPd web server and the Common Gateway Interface CGI Mary T McDowell B S 1986 former CEO of Polycom former executive vice president at Nokia Peng T Ong M S 1988 co founder of Match com Ray Ozzie B S 1979 Lotus Notes Groove Networks and former CTO and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft Anna Patterson Ph D 1998 Vice President of Engineering Artificial Intelligence at Google and co founder of Cuil Linda Petzold B S 1974 Ph D 1978 Professor of Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering at UC Santa Barbara NAE member and J H Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software recipient computational science and engineering researcher Fontaine Richardson Ph D 1968 founder of Applicon Thomas Siebel M S 1985 founder chairman and CEO of Siebel Systems founder chairman and CEO of C3 ai Russel Simmons B S 1998 co founder and initial CTO of Yelp Inc and a member of the PayPal Mafia Anil Singhal M C S 1979 co founder and CEO of NetScout Systems James E Smith M S 1974 Ph D 1976 winner of the 1999 Eckert Mauchly Award Jeremy Stoppleman B S 1999 co founder and CEO of Yelp Inc Parisa Tabriz B S 2005 M S 2007 computer security expert at Google and Forbes 2012 Top 30 People Under 30 To Watch in the Technology Industry Mark Tebbe B S 1983 Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and co founder of Answers Corporation Andrew Yao Ph D 1975 Turing award winner theoretical computer science researcherSee also EditBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology Grainger College of EngineeringReferences Edit a b Nancy Amato Named Next Department Head of Computer Science Retrieved 13 Jul 2018 a b Robotics expert to be first woman to lead UI computer science department Retrieved 13 Jul 2018 a b Rankings amp Statistics Computer Science UIUC Retrieved 10 March 2022 a b Illinois Identity Standards Logos and Colors Identitystandards illinois edu Retrieved 18 July 2018 Best Computer Science Programs Top Computer Science Schools US News Best Graduate Schools Retrieved 10 March 2022 Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs Rankings Retrieved 10 March 2022 Berger Emery 10 March 2022 CSRankings Computer Science Rankings computer science open rankings Retrieved 19 April 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link CS History Timeline Department of Computer Science at Illinois Archived from the original on 29 December 2015 Retrieved 18 June 2016 Smarr Larry 1982 P D Lax ed The supercomputer famine in american universities The Report of the Panel on Large Scale Computing in Science and Engineering About the Siebel Center Department of Computer Science at Illinois Archived from the original on 28 May 2016 Retrieved 18 June 2016 Alfred Randy January 12 2011 HAL of a Computer Wired Archived from the original on June 29 2011 Retrieved May 30 2019 Vikram Adve named Interim Head of CS Illinois Retrieved 27 May 2017 William D Gropp Voted IEEE Computer Society 2021 President Elect IEEE Computer Society Retrieved 2021 07 06 Head of UI s computer science department leaving for Pitt Retrieved 27 May 2017 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title University of Illinois Department of Computer Science amp oldid 1125143915, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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