CS @ IllinoisGraduate Programs

Why CS @ Illinois to pursue your Graduate Degree?

CS @ Illinois isTop 5 national rankingResearch faculty members:$28 million in sponsored research57 faculty across 10 research areas29 affiliated facultyStudents:450 graduate students

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With Dynamic Students CS students head to World Programming Finals 7 of last 8 yearsCS PhDs win 2 of 13 inaugural Google FellowshipsCS student Finalist for CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research Award 4th CS student in past 3 years to be recognizedCS PhD Joshua Hailpern wins Autism Speaks! Fellowship for speech visualization work aiding autistic childrenHighlights of Accomplishments

The Environment offers GradsStimulation and challenge Transition from student to world class researcher and leader in CSCollaboration Opportunities as faculty at leading universitiesOpportunities in direct high-profile industry efforts

Our Philosophy is to build Grads into aA SCHOLAR by absorbing large bodies of research literature and critically analyzing the state-of-the-art along with its shortcomings An effective COMMUNICATOR by learning how to express ideas clearly in writings, individual meetings, and public seminars An INNOVATOR by creating new theories, technologies, or paradigms that inspire people in research communities and industry

Our Research Strengths

Trustworthy SystemsNational Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research Multidisciplinary approach focuses on:Systems & NetworkingAITheoryHCILanguagesMore

Trustworthy Systems CentersInformation Trust InstituteProgram in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Intl SecurityBoeing Trusted Software CenterTrustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power GridIllinois Security Lab

Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure$26.3 million effort through Information Trust InstituteCS faculty and students working on: real-time availability,integrity, authentication, confidentiality requirements

Trustworthy Web BrowsersDeveloping new web browser to address systemic, security deficiencies in current browser architecturesOpus Palladianum browser borrows concepts typically seen in operating systems to securely manage web applications and data access Sam KingCreating new models security in web browsers and hardware architectures

Parallel ComputingIllinois advances in parallelism cover the spectrum, from mainstream computing devices to the petascale

Parallel Computing TopicsParallel application frameworks and patterns, New programming and metaprogramming languages, Software engineering techniques, compilers and autotuners, Runtime systems, New hardware designs, Formal methods to reason about the correctness of future parallel systems

Parallel Computing CentersUniversal Parallel Computing Research Center National Center for Supercomputing Applications Institute for Advanced Computing Applications & Technologies Joint Laboratory for Petascale ComputingBlue Waters

Synergistic Research on Parallel Programming for Petascale Applications Coordinated development of petascale parallel programming tools and petascale applications Combines development of petascale applications with complementary CS research on the tools & technologies to support the development of these applicationsAdve, Johnson, and Padua

Blue Waters The worlds first sustained-petascale computer will come online at Illinois in 2011Blue Waters will sustain performance of at least 1 petaflop on many applications that are crucial to researchers.Snir, Gropp, and Hwu are leading the effort to make sustained petascale computing a reality

Large Scale Computing EffortsParallelismGPUs as Next-Gen Platforms

Cyber-Physical ComputingWhen the NSF needed to define and launch this emerging area, it turned to Illinois to lead the effort.

Cyber-Physical Computing TopicsComplex reduction and control architectures, co-stability of CPS Distributed sensing systems Knowledge discovery Troubleshooting interactive complexity Predictable integration of COTS-based cyber-physical systems New abstractions at the confluence of sensing, actuation, and control Verification of cyber-physical systems More

Cyber-Physical Computing CentersCoordinated Sciences LaboratoryAdvanced Digital Sciences CenterBeckman InstituteInformation Trust InstituteMulti-Modal Information Access & Synthesis

Civil Infrastructure MonitoringLed by Gul AghaFocus on cyberinfrastructure opportunities for smart wireless sensor networks

Green GPSA novel navigation service to help drivers find fuel-efficient driving routes System uses sensors installed on vehicles to track driving conditions, routes, traffic patterns, and fuel consumption Develop mathematical models based on data collected to determine routes based on vehicle, driver, and road attributes Better understand factors that contribute most to the fuel-efficiency of vehicles in everyday use Tarek AbdelzaherCreating new models for computation in cyberphysical and pervasive computing environments

Mobile Learning CommunitiesEnable students to share trusted educational services with each other via iPods, cell phones, and other handheld mobile devices CS students are creating applications for educational content deliveryKlara NahrstedtLeads multidisciplinary team to tackle mobile learning challenge from every angle

Data SciencesHome to unrivaled national assets in data-intensive computing, Illinois has a long and distinguished histort in data-intensive discoveries

Data SciencesExcellence and leadership in:data systems, artificial intelligence, systems and networking, architecture and parallel computing

Data SciencesPursuing unprecedented applications in multi-modal intelligence information systems and data-intensive computing, and in new computing architectures to support a data-driven world

Data Sciences TopicsDatabase Systems Information Retrieval and Text Information Systems Data Mining Information Integration Natural Language Understanding Machine Learning Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Web Search and Mining

Data Sciences CentersMulti-Modal Information Access & Synthesis CenterNational Center for Supercomputing Applications Cloud Computing Testbed Institute for Genomic Biology Institute for Advanced Computing Applications and Technologies Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and TechnologyCoordinated Science LaboratoryAdvanced Digital Sciences Center

Cloud & Grid Computing @ IllinoisFocus on systems and applications issues in cloud architecturesFirst and only cloud testbed with app and sys research in a single, Internet-scale microcosmCharacterized by real-world, multi-disciplinary approach

Information Network Center$16.75 million center funded by Army Research LabLed by Jiawei HanCenter to study info network challenges in complex, mobile, self-forming, rapidly-changing networks Focus on real-world challenges of networks: heterogeneity, interactivity, and ability to evolve

Inferential Text Reading & Understanding Dan Roth leading Illinois effort in machine readingPart of largest-ever DARPA grant for AI researchFAUST system will represent major leap in natural language understanding and current search capabilities

Scanning the GenomeSaurabh Sinha developed new stats technique Enables scientists to scan genome more efficiently, with less prior informationResearch funded by NIH and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

With Many Research Area DisciplinesComputerScienceAlgorithms & TheoryArchitecture, Parallel Computing & SystemsArtificial IntelligenceBioinformatics & Computational BiologyDatabases & Information SystemsGraphics, Visualization & HCIProgramming Languages, Formal Methods & Software EngineeringSystems & NetworkingScientific Computing

Combining Breadth & Depth

Resources & IT Collaboration

NCSABeckman InstituteGrainger Engineering LibraryInformation Trust Institute Coordinated Science Lab

Cross Campus Initiatives & Multi-Disciplinary Research

Institute for Genomic BiologyIllinois Informatics InitiativeTop departments inLibrary & Information SciencePsychologyLinguisticsAccounting & FinanceWith Research Collaboration

Solid Research FundingExamples of some sponsored research funding$10M Microsoft/Intel$9.7M NSF (projected)$1.7M NIH$1.5M NASA$1.1M ONR$600K DOE$1.4M other agencies (projected)

Exciting Research FacilityThomas M. Siebel Center offersInteractive computing habitat and living laboratoryState of the art facility enables research 15 research labsOpen, collaborative environmentFlexible space, designed to enhance interactionMeeting areas and public spacesProximity of faculty, labs, and student officesAll grad students receive office space in the building19 conference/seminar rooms21 informal meeting spaces5 instructional labs, 9 classrooms, 200-seat auditoriumCaf, reading room, grad break roomsInteractive technologies

Great Opportunities: Industrial FriendsThe Corporate Connections Program is a strategic recruiting and research service for companies seeking CS and ECE students.

How to Become a part of CS @ Illinois

Choose a ProgramComputerScienceM.S. or Ph.D. with Computational Science & Engineering (CSE) OptionM.C.S. /Master of ArchitectureM.C.S./MBAM.C.S./J.D.Ph.D./MDFor more information, visit www.cs.illinois.edu/graduate/academics.Ph.D.MS (thesis)MS Bioinformatics(professional masters online)MCS (non-thesis, professional masters)I2CS MCSJoint Programs

Ph.D. Program: Flexible Program of Study CurriculumStudents are assigned a Program of Study Committee of 3 faculty advisors to design and approve curriculumStimulates faculty interaction and student independenceAdvantage: breadth, depth, diversity of UIUC course offeringsMath offers 60+ grad coursesInterdisciplinary areas with ECE, Bio., Chem., Psy., Linguistics

For more information, visit www.cs.illinois.edu/graduate/academics

Ph.D. Program RequirementsTotal number of hours required: 96 (64 with an approved M.S.) Coursework hours required: 48 (16 with an approved M.S.)Advanced Coursework hours required: 24 (16 with an approved M.S)Thesis Research (CS599) hours required: 32Qualifying ExamPrelim ExamFinal Exam

Tuition and AssistantshipsThe majority of M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students hold either a FellowshipTeaching Assistantship, orResearch Assistantship

For more information on the University of Illinois graduate tuition and fees, visit www.illinois.edu/goto/gradtuition

Apply to CS @ Illinois byCompleting the online applicationPaying the application feeSubmitting a Statement of PurposeSubmitting three Letters of RecommendationSubmitting a CV/ResumeSubmitting TOEFL or IELTS scores (for international students only)Submitting Official transcriptsCompleting CS Interest formComplete outline of how applications are evaluated and GPA requirements are located at http://cs.illinois.edu/graduate/academics (click on Admissions tab).

By the Applications Deadlines*Ph.D., M.S., M.C.S. (on campus) December 15, 2011 (fall term entrance only)

M.C.S. (online) and M.S. Bioinformatics October 15, 2011 (spring term) and January 15, 2011 (fall term)

To complete an application and learn more about the process, visit www.cs.illinois.edu/graduate/academics

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