CSL Current News
New GPU Computing Collaboration Network for Scientists, Researchers, and Developers Launches at SC09
November 19, 2009 - 2:21pm - By: Laurie Talkington and Andrew Schuh, CSLThe Coordinated Science Laboratory, home of the first CUDA Center of Excellence, today announced the launch of a new network of research communities designed to foster collaboration among scientists, researchers, and developers utilizing GPU computing.
CSL's Andy Schuh discusses new collaborative CUDA platform
November 19, 2009 - 12:30pmFrom SC09, Andy Schuh discusses gpucumpting.net, a new collaborative website, on YouTube.
Illinois researchers successful in measuring the “seeds” of crystallization
November 18, 2009 - 2:07pm - By: Rick Kubetz, COE, and Dr. Bong-Sub Lee, MatSEA novel microscopy technique—fluctuation transmission electron microscopy—allowed researchers at Illinois to detect subcritical nuclei in a glassy material, the first such measurements of the earliest stages of crystallization.
Alum Horst develops novel robotic knee
November 11, 2009 - 1:28pm - By: Megan Kelly, CSLWhile Robert Horst was in high school, he suffered a knee injury that required three surgeries to fix. He endured a long healing process, and the primitive rehabilitation technology used frustrated him. So he decided to do something about it.
Illinois, A*STAR names Winslett new Director of Advanced Digital Sciences Center
November 10, 2009 - 8:14am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLThe University of Illinois has named Marianne Winslett as Director of the Advanced Digital Sciences Center (ADSC) in Singapore. ADSC, operated by the University of Illinois and funded by the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), is focused on breakthrough innovations that will make human-machine interactions as seamless and trustworthy as our interactions with each other.
CSL researcher Todd Coleman joins prestigious ISAT study
November 9, 2009 - 1:53pm - By: Megan Kelly, CSLThe Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invited CSL researcher Professor Todd Coleman to join its Information Science and Technology (ISAT) study group for a three year term beginning this fall. The group carries about 30 people and only invites the brightest new scientists and engineers to be members.
CSL researchers win SASP’09 best paper award for work on translating CUDA for FPGAs
October 20, 2009 - 9:47am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLCSL researchers Deming Chen and Wen-mei Hwu have received the best paper award at IEEE’s Symposium on Application Specific Processors 2009. The research focuses on applying the CUDA programming language to field-programming gate arrays (FPGAs), opening up a new research area where compiler and synthesis techniques intersect.
Illinois researcher uses modeling to target cancer
October 19, 2009 - 4:21pm - By: Megan Kelly, CSLCSL researcher 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.
The researchers are working to genetically modify poxviruses and inject them into tumors. Their objective is to program the viruses to invade and eradicate cancer cells.
Illinois undergrad helps break ground on innovative neuroengineering research
October 13, 2009 - 10:52am - By: Megan Kelly, CSLMartin McCormick once thought mind reading was a talent reserved for superheroes in the comics. But he’s not so sure anymore.
Illinois researchers win Best Student Paper for research advancing computer vision
October 9, 2009 - 2:25pm - By: Megan Kelly, CSLECE professor Yi Ma, graduate students Shankar Rao and Hossein Mobahi, and 2006 Ph.D. ECE alumnus Allen Yang won the 2009 Best Student Paper Award (Sang Uk Lee Award) at the Asian Conference on Computer Vision.
InfoStructure seminar series to challenge intersections between technology and society
October 9, 2009 - 9:02am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLImagine the success of the iPhone without millions of busy people who demand information on the run. Or consider the viability of MySpace without the legion of teens, like, dying to be connected to their social network with one click.
Neither would exist without the other. But too often, information technology is discussed as though it were independent of society, a chasm that graduate students at the University of Illinois are hoping to bridge through a new educational initiative.
Bursting the Bubble: Researchers study ionospheric plasma bubbles that interfere with communications systems
September 24, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, Coordinated Science LaboratoryHigh up in the ionosphere, plasma bubbles invisible to the naked eye wreak havoc on communication and navigation systems back on Earth.
Instabilities in the bubbles often cause over-the-horizon radars to either lose signals or to register readings from different regions than where they should be looking. GPS receivers can fail as these structures pass overhead.
In Memory: CSL loses former researcher Dick Brown, a pioneer in digital computing
September 1, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Susan Kantor, ECEFormer CSL researcher Richard M. Brown died Saturday, August 22, at the Meadowbrook Health Center in Urbana. He was 85.
Dennison is promoted to CSL Associate Director
August 26, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, Coordinated Science LaboratoryElizabeth G. Dennison has been promoted to Associate Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory.
Breaking the 1000-core barrier: New parallel architecture provides foundation for breakthroughs in imaging, more
August 24, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, Coordinated Science LaboratoryThe Rigel Architecture will enable faster, more powerful processing of video, images, speech, graphical data, and physical simulation.
Super-resolution techniques are bringing Hollywood to your house: WICD interview
August 10, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Matt Brickman, WICDTechnology once exclusive to forensic experts is hitting the shelves. And it could help sharpen up your home movies.
Researchers developing next-generation energy models with eye toward smart grid
August 7, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, Coordinated Science LaboratoryIllinois researchers are tackling complex questions regarding energy markets. Ultimately, the work will contribute toward the development of the smart grid.
Engineering on the Brain: Illinois receives $3 million to train students in neuroengineering
August 6, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, Coordinated Science LaboratoryThe National Science Foundation has awarded Illinois an IGERT grant to study neuroengineering, an emerging field that falls outside the boundaries of traditional disciplines like neuroscience and engineering.
Three CSL researchers win HP Labs Innovation Research Awards
June 16, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman and Jenny ApplequistThree researchers in the Coordinated Science Laboratory are among an elite group of 59 professors to receive a 2009 HP Labs Innovation Research Award. The program creates opportunities for colleges, universities and research institutes to conduct breakthrough collaborative research with HP.
The professors – Narendra Ahuja, Thomas Huang and William H. Sanders – were selected from a pool of 300 applicants from more than 140 universities around the world.
UI Professor develops model to predict wireless use, help create more effective public policy
April 6, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLWhen University of Illinois professor Christian Sandvig looks at his map of South Central L.A., he sees red. The same goes for a small town in the Amish country of Illinois and Chicago's Lincoln Park.
Srikant named Nearing Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering
April 6, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLCoordinated Science Laboratory researcher Rayadurgam Srikant has been invested as the Fredric G. and Elizabeth H. Nearing Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Srikant is internationally known for his work on communication problems related to the Internet and more recently for research on wireless networks.
Remote Sensing builds new Chile compound to study upper atmosphere
March 17, 2009 - 8:00am - By: Kim Gudeman, CSLAfter decades of studying airglows in the Northern Hemisphere, CSL researcher Gary Swenson and a team of atmospheric physicists are moving their research south.
Illinois professor develops mathematical models to predict viral spreading patterns, develop better vaccines
March 1, 2009 - 8:00amGet a flu shot, prevent the flu? While the vaccine often works, there are other years when a high percentage of patients who received the shot get influenza anyway.
University of Illinois professor Olgica Milenkovic believes that it’s possible to create more consistently effective vaccines -- and that the solution is better math.