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Five CS graduate students named 2027 Siebel Scholars
The Siebel Scholars Foundation announced its 2027 Siebel Scholars Award recipients. The five students from The Grainger College of Engineering Siebel School of Computing and Data Science were selected in the Graduate Schools of Computer Science category and are in the Master of Science Computer Science program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Henry Che Henry Che is pursuing a master’s degree in computer science under Professor Shenlong Wang.
Amazon AI Ph.D. fellowship supports 20 Illinois students
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is one of nine universities participating in Amazon’s new AI Ph.D. Fellowship program. The award is a two-year fellowship, and Illinois is currently several months into the second year. The program supports more than 100 Ph.D. students conducting research in core AI disciplines, including machine learning, computer vision and natural language processing.
Siebel School Stories: How Illinois Helped Niraj Pant Find His Path to Entrepreneurship
Illinois was one of the most important decisions I ever made. — Niraj Pant The Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has long served as a launchpad for students who go on to build foundational technologies. For Niraj Pant, co-founder of the artificial intelligence infrastructure company Ritual, his time at Illinois helped shape his approach to computing systems, entrepreneurship and long-term technological impact.
Siebel School announces Fall 2026 faculty and staff promotions
The Siebel School of Computing and Data Science at The Grainger College of Engineering is pleased to announce its fall 2026 faculty and staff promotions. Twenty-three faculty and staff members have earned promotions in recognition of their dedication and achievements in advancing the Siebel School’s mission.
CS Professor Sarita Adve Honored with ACM SIGARCH Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award
Sarita Adve giving her acceptance speech. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor Sarita Adve has received the ACM SIGARCH Alan D. Berenbaum Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest honors recognizing service to the computer architecture community.
IMMERSE Symposium Highlights Interdisciplinary Vision for the Next Decade of Immersive Computing
More than 280 researchers, students and industry leaders representing 45 organizations gathered at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign for the IMMERSE Symposium 2026, where immersive computing experts explored the technological advances and interdisciplinary collaborations expected to shape the field over the next decade.
Siebel School Stories: Melissa Aninagyei-Bonsu finds purpose, leadership and community at CS
Over the past four years at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, Melissa Aninagyei-Bonsu has transformed uncertainty into leadership, mentorship and permanent impact. As a Computer Science major with a minor in Statistics, Aninagyei-Bonsu has seized every opportunity to grow academically, professionally and personally, while also helping build a stronger sense of community for others along the way.
CS CARES Coffee Social
At the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science, building community isn’t just a goal—it’s a commitment to every faculty member, staff member and student across the computer science community. That goal comes to life each week at the CS CARES Coffee Social, a program proposed by newly joined CARES committee member and computer science professor Robin Kravets.
Founders Week panel highlights student and alumni startup success
Q&A These are not average student entrepreneurs; these are students who have taken their ideas here on campus, gone out and raised significant funding to take their products out to the market. —Jed Taylor Assistant Dean for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of The Grainger College of Engineering, Executive Director of TEC and Clinical Professor.
Exploring the Future of Immersive Computing: The IMMERSE Symposium 2025
“Our ambition is clear, said Sarita Adve, director of IMMERSE. “To lead immersive computing research, education, and infrastructure to propel a new era of immersive computing.” On April 29–30, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign hosted the annual IMMERSE Symposium, a bold gathering of researchers, technologists, designers, and industry leaders exploring the frontiers of immersive computing.
Spotlight: Elisa Carrillo empowered by community, driven by purpose
For Elisa Carrillo, studying computer science at the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science in The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was more than a degree—it was an experience that was deeply rooted in the power of community. As the daughter of Cuban and Colombian immigrants, every step she took at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign was a way of honoring her family’s sacrifices.
CS professor Charith Mendis and PhD student win Distinguished Paper Award at POPL 2025
CS professor Charith Mendis and CS second-year PhD student, Jai Arora, won the Distinguished Paper Award at Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2025. The paper submission that won them the Distinguished Paper Award concerned verifying the correctness of tensor compilers. “This paper presents a methodology to automatically verify tensor graph rewrites, a compiler optimization, present in tensor compilers such as XLA.
CS undergrad advances in Top Student Visualization contest at BTAA Love Data Week
Sophomore CS major Lauren Hydehas been recognized for her work and named the top student visualization at The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign as part of the Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) data visualization contest. “I'm honored to have been chosen out of all the students here to showcase my work.” said Hyde. By placing first at U. of I., Hyde will advance to Big Ten contest on Monday, February 10, representing Illinois.
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