University of Illinois Department of Computer Science

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Department of Computer Science - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A photo of the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
A photo of the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science
TypePublic
Established1964 (1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory) (1964 (1949 as the Digital Computer Laboratory))
Department HeadNancy Amato[1][2]
Location
Urbana
,
Illinois
,
United States of America
Colors  Illinois Blue[3]
  Illinois Orange[3]
Websitecs.illinois.edu

The Department of Computer Science (CS) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has consistently been ranked as a top computer science program in the world. U.S. News & World Report rank UIUC's Computer Science as a Top 5 CS Graduate School program in the nation as of 2018,[4] and Top 5 CS Undergraduate School program in the nation as of 2021.[5] The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is also ranked as one of the Top 5 Graduate Schools in Computer Engineering.[6] CSrankings.org [7] puts UIUC in the Top 2 Computer Science schools in the world by publications and research output in top conferences over the past 10 years. Since its reorganization in 1964,[8] the Department of Computer Science has produced a myriad of publications and research that have advanced the field of Computer Science. In addition, many faculty and alumni have been leads with modern-day applications and projects such as Mosaic (web browser), LLVM, PayPal, Yelp, YouTube, Malwarebytes, and Oracle.

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 , 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 UIUC's 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]

Statistics[]

As of the 2017–2018 academic year, there are a total of 2702 students in the department. (1787 Undergraduate, 915 Graduate).[12]

The average salary reported by 2018-2019 undergraduates was $106,551.[12]

Incoming 2018 freshman class average ACT score: 33.5; average math ACT score: 34.0.[12]

There are 85 full-time faculty members,[13] in the fields of:[14]

  • Architecture, Compilers and Parallel Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Computers and Education
  • Database and Information Systems
  • Graphics, Visualization, and HCI
  • Programming Languages, Formal Systems, and Software Engineering
  • Systems and Networking
  • Scientific Computing
  • Theory and Algorithms

Degrees and programs[]

Undergraduate[]

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[]

Notable faculty[]

Notable alumni[]

  • Sohaib 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&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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Ph.D. 1968, founder of Applicon
  • Thomas Siebel M.S. 1985, founder, chairman, and CEO of Siebel Systems; founder, chairman, and CEO of C3
  • Russel Simmons B.S. 1998, co-founder and initial CTO of Yelp, Inc and a member of the PayPal Mafia
  • 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 researcher

In popular culture[]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Robotics expert to be first woman to lead UI computer-science department". Retrieved 13 Jul 2018.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Illinois Identity Standards: Logos and Colors". Identitystandards.illinois.edu. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  5. ^ "2021 Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs Rankings".
  6. ^ "Computer | Rankings | US News Best Colleges". colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  7. ^ "CS Rankings by Publications | Top Research Computer Science Schools | csrankings.org". Retrieved 15 July 2019.
  8. ^ "History Timeline | Department of Computer Science at Illinois".
  9. ^ "CS History Timeline | Department of Computer Science at Illinois". 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. ^ "About the Siebel Center | Department of Computer Science at Illinois". Archived from the original on 28 May 2016. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Statistics". Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Department Faculty". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  14. ^ "Research Areas | Department of Computer Science at Illinois". Retrieved 18 July 2018.
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  16. ^ "William D. Gropp Voted IEEE Computer Society 2021 President-Elect | IEEE Computer Society". Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  17. ^ "Head of UI's computer-science department leaving for Pitt". Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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