C S @ I L L I N O I S

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We like to think big. Really, really, really big. BLUE WATERS PETASCALE COMPUTING

We think parallel programming should be synonymous with programming. UNIVERSAL PARALLEL COMPUTING RESEARCH CENTER

Large-scale systems and application research at the same time, in the same space. CLOUD COMPUTING TESTBED

In honor of 2010, we offer you 10 things you might not know about Computer Science @ Illinois,but should.

CS@ILLINOIS

Laboratory, meet the real world. Real world, meet the laboratory. REAL-WORLD NETWORK CHALLENGES

Sometimes it really is all about... THE NUMBERS

We like to learn as we go.MOBILE LEARNING COMMUNITY

OUR PHILOSOPHY: master the fundamentals and you master the future.EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM

It all starts at Illinois. Just ask...OUR ALUMNI

Our building is pretty amazing.SIEBEL CENTER FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE

We’re giving power to the people. Literally.BUILDING TRUSTWORTHY CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING | UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

Blue WatersThe 1st Sustained Petascale Computer in the World

Its 1 quadrillion calculations per second will soon produce breakthroughs in science and engineering that we can only begin to imagine. Like simulating new medicines and materials from the atom up, understanding how the cosmos evolved after the Big Bang, predicting the behavior of hurricanes and tornadoes.

Illinois computer science is working with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, electrical and computer engineering and other departments, IBM, and partners around the country to make Blue Waters’ sustained petaflops performance a reality. Multidisciplinary collaborations are yielding practical results in runtime systems, programming languages, software, systems architecture, and more. Illinois faculty and researchers – including Marc Snir, Bill Gropp, and Wen-mei Hwu – are delivering breakthroughs across the computing stack and ensuring that real-world science and engineering research will harness Blue Waters’ full potential.

We like to THINK BIG.

Really, really, really BIG.

Universal Parallel Computing Research CenterWith Microsoft and Intel

That’s what Illinois CS faculty are working to make possible with the help of Microsoft and Intel as part of the $18 million Universal Parallel Computing Research Center. With the goal of making parallel programming synonymous with programming, our faculty are engaged in collaborative research across the computing stack, from applications to hardware, making game-changing discoveries in:

• the design of new parallel application frameworks, patterns, languages, and software engineering techniques,

• compilers and autotuners for parallelism discovery and optimization,

• runtime systems for resource management and virtualization, • new hardware designs, • and formal methods to reason about the correctness

of future parallel systems.

We know what a supercomputer can do. But, what if your desktop was a supercomputer? Or, your phone?

#2We think PARALLEL PROGRAMMING should be synonymous with programming.

Cloud Computing TestbedWith HP, Intel, and Yahoo!

This is not your ordinary cloud computing effort. The Cloud Computing Testbed at Illinois is the world’s first networked cloud testbed aimed at supporting both systems innovation and applications research within a single microcosm.

With 500 TB of shared storage and 1000+ shared cores, the Illinois CCT goes deep into the system software stack to explore new and better ways to provide system-level support for data-intensive computing. The team is exploring systems-level research issues such as automatic resource allocation, scheduling, monitoring, and management tasks that arise in processing and responding to large amounts of data, with research into networking, operating systems, virtual machines, distributed systems, data-mining, Web search, network measurement, and multimedia.

LARGE-SCALE SYSTEMS

and APPLICATION RESEARCH at the Same Time, in the Same Space.

Real-world Network ChallengesIn the real world, information networks can be complex, mobile, self-forming, and rapidly-changing. But existing network analysis methods are homogenous and static.

Illinois computer science researchers, led by Jiawei Han, are planning to change that, thanks to a $16.75 million Information Network Academic Research Center funded by the U.S. Army Research Lab.

The center brings together the best faculty to address issues relating to network science, along with associated issues related to massive data handling, large scale information mining, and the rapid processing needed for rapid analysis.

The end result: a foundation for scalable, hierarchical, and most importantly, dynamic and resilient information networks, that meet the mission-critical needs of real world networks.

Laboratory, meet THE REAL WORLD. Real world, meet THE LABORATORY.

Sometimes it really is all about THE NUMBERS .

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Sometimes it really is all about THE NUMBERS .

Mobile Learning CommunityIllinois computer science faculty are giving the term “hands on learning” a whole new meaning, and unleashing new levels of productivity in learning with their Mobile Learning Community effort. Led by Klara Nahrstedt, CS faculty are testing the concept from every angle – with augmented reality, social network links, distributed wireless, and systems-level infrastructure needed to support mobile learning.

While our faculty tackle the multimedia, social computing, networking, and distributed systems challenges of building a peer-to-peer Mobile Learning Community, our students take on the task of creating applications and learning tools for their peers to use in class. As part of their coursework, students are tasked with creating new tools to bring educational content to students, and to provide new ways for students and faculty to interact in and out of class. It’s learning for students, by students.

We like to LEARN as we GO .

“The smart grid is something that has a transformational impact on how energy is delivered.” — Obama White House official And Illinois computer science is having a transformational impact on how smart grids are designed, implemented, and used. As part of the $26.3 million Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) center at the Information Trust Institute at Illinois, CS faculty and students are helping to build a resilient cyber infrastructure that is trustworthy, survivable, and efficient. Since 2005 the team has developed highly efficient techniques for managing large-scale security policies, message exchanges, and tamper-detection through a new “attestation” strategy.

With the new funding, the team is building on its successes, developing and integrating technologies to meet stringent real-time availability, integrity, authentication, and confidentiality requirements. The ultimate goal: massively deployed cyber-infrastructure with a secure and real-time communication system, an automated attack response system, and risk assessment and security validation techniques on a scale never before realized.

Building Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure

We’re giving POWER TO THE PEOPLE . LITERALLY.

It’s not just about what’s hot now. It’s about being the best of the best for the present, and for the future.Undergraduates at Illinois can choose from more than 40 different program concentrations across 3 degree programs, while graduate students can pursue their interests across 11 graduate degrees in computer science.

The programs of study take maximum advantage of the breadth of excellence across the 59 computer science faculty, and also across campus.

Because Illinois is not just world class in computer science, it’s also a top school for computer engineering, information science, physics, psychology, physical sciences, mathematics, entrepreneurship, engineering, and more. After all, variety is the spice of life.

Our Philosophy: master the FUNDAMENTALS and you MASTER THE FUTURE .

Folks like: Max Levchin (PayPal, Slide)

Marc Andreessen (Netscape, OpsWare, Ning)

Jawed Karim and Steve Chen (YouTube)

Scott Banister (IronPort)

Tom Siebel (Siebel Systems)

Russel Simmons (Yelp)

Ray Ozzie (Microsoft)

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Illinois CS alumni form the foundations of the IT economy, create technologies that change the way computing affects our lives, and lead the way in academia, labs, and industry.

“There must be something special in the water in Urbana, Illinois…Numerous UIUC [Computer Science] graduates are now big players in the tech industry…It’s not unlikely that the next Ray Ozzie is working on his diploma right now.”

— PC Magazine, January 2007

It all starts at Illinois. Just ask OUR ALUMNI .

Siebel Center for Computer ScienceThe department’s home, the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, is one of the most technologically advanced – and beautiful – buildings on any campus. Designed by AIA Gold Medal-winning architect Peter Bohlin, Siebel Center is a vibrant, collaborative space, with natural light, open spaces, and opportunities around every corner for collaboration and interaction.

Designed as an interactive computing habitat, Siebel Center serves as a laboratory for exploring and evaluating 21st century computing environments. Advanced computing capabilities within the building allow students and faculty to examine communication and computation issues related to pervasive computing, multimedia infrastructure, building intelligence, security and privacy, and art.

Our building is pretty AMAZING.

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