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University of Illinois alumni is first female to lead computer science department

URBANA, Ill. (AP) - A professor who earned her doctorate at the University of Illinois will become the first woman to lead the university's computer science department. Nancy Amato is a professor of ...
The Daily Illini

UI computer science department confirms investment, transformation to become own school

A computer science student town hall meeting was held on Friday to formally introduce and update students about the department’s proposal to transform itself into a distinct school of computing and ...
Observer

Billionaire Tom Siebel Donates $50M to the University of Illinois for Data Science Research

Tom Siebel, the billionaire head of artificial intelligence (A.I.) company C3.ai, is funneling $50 million into data science research and education at his alma mater. The tech CEO’s donation to the ...
The News-Gazette

Robotics expert to be first woman to lead UI computer-science department

URBANA — Nancy Amato, a computer-science professor and robotics expert from Texas A&M, has been chosen to lead the highly ranked University of Illinois Department of Computer Science — the first woman ...
mccormick.northwestern.edu

EECS Alum Can Bayram (P.h.D '11) to Join ECE Dept at UIUC as Tenure-track Assistant Professor

EECS Alum Can Bayram (P.h.D '11) will be joining the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (UIUC) as a tenure-track assistant ...