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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Microsoft executive is “Rethinking Computing”

“I think computing is going to be at the heart of solving many of society’s problems,” stated Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft. On November 4, Mundie shared some of his visions regarding the future of computing and technology with an interested audience of students and faculty at the University of Illinois.

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Illinois Computer Science Leading $16.75 Million Information Network Center

The University of Illinois’ Department of Computer Science will develop new technologies designed to support information networks in uniquely challenging environments as part of a $16.75 million research center funded by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory. The Information Network Academic Research Center (INARC) will address the research challenges inherent in complex, mobile, self-forming, and rapidly-changing networks such as those utilized on the battlefield by the Army and its soldiers.

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Monday, November 2, 2009

ILAB leaders join to focus on research and tech transfer opportunities at Illinois

On October 27, more than 60 research-oriented senior company representatives and College of Engineering unit leaders joined together to discuss research and technology directions and opportunities as part of the annual Innovation Leadership Advisory Board (ILAB) meeting on campus.

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Engineering in the News November 2009

Excerpts from Illinois in the News, a daily service provided by the University of Illinois News Bureau. This collection of November excerpts focuses on engineering topics and faculty contacted for their expertise by print and broadcast reporters around the world.

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Cross-campus team receives ARPA-E funding to develop novel waste heat capture system

A proposal submitted by a team of researchers from across the engineering campus is among 37 projects awarded during the first round of funding under the recently formed U.S. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).

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Supervised study sessions lead to improved grades

The transistor. PLATO. The LED. No matter what pops to mind first, Engineering at Illinois has a long tradition of groundbreaking scientific research and development. But  Michael Loui, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, along with then undergraduate students Brett Robbins and Erik Johnson and current undergraduate Niranjan Venkatesan, made a discovery sure to amaze the academic community: Studying helps students improve their grades.

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Friday, October 30, 2009

Illinois CS Students Head to World Programming Competition...Again!

For the fourth year in a row, a team of Illinois computer science students is heading to the ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition world finals. The team took first place in the regional contest on Sunday, October 24, when teams of students from across the state faced off in a no-holds-barred “battle of the brains.”

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Using modeling to target cancer

Olgica Milenkovic believes a cure for cancer could be a reality, thanks to cross-disciplinary research she is conducting with Illinois colleagues in microbiology and pathobiology.

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Monday, October 26, 2009

Engineers Without Borders honored with C-U Humanitarian Award

On Oct. 15, Engineers Without Borders at Illinois, was honored several years of hard work in developing nations. The cities of Champaign and Urbana selected EWB-UIUC as a recipient of the 2009 Champaign-Urbana International Humanitarian Awards.

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U.S. Departments of Energy and Homeland Security Establish Smart Grid Program at Illinois

In recent months, the media have been buzzing with talk about the "Smart Grid," especially since then-President-Elect Barack Obama featured the need for new Smart Grid technology in a January 2009 speech on the economy. Now, the Information Trust Institute (ITI) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and its partner institutions, have been recruited to contribute towards the ongoing development of a resilient, secure Smart Grid in the United States, following the announcement of a major award of research support from the U.S. Department of Energy with contributions from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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