CS @ IllinoisCS @ IllinoisGraduate Programs

Why CS @ Illinois to pursue your

Graduate Degree?

CS @ Illinois is…

Top 5 national ranking Research faculty members:• $28 million in sponsored research• 57 faculty across 10 research areas• 29 affiliated faculty

Students:• 450 graduate students

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Great Faculty…

With Dynamic Students

CS students head to World Programming Finals – 7 of last 8

years

CS PhDs win 2 of 13 inaugural Google Fellowships

CS student Finalist for CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Research

Award – 4th CS student in past 3 years to be recognized

CS PhD Joshua Hailpern wins Autism Speaks! Fellowship for speech

visualization work aiding autistic children

Highlights of Accomplishments…

The Environment offers Grads… Stimulation and challenge Transition from student to world class

researcher and leader in CS Collaboration Opportunities as faculty at leading

universities Opportunities in direct high-profile

industry efforts

Our Philosophy is to build Grads into a… A 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 Systems National Center of

Excellence in Information Assurance Education and Research

Multidisciplinary approach focuses on: Systems & Networking AI Theory HCI Languages More

Trustworthy Systems Centers

Information Trust Institute

Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and Int’l Security

Boeing Trusted Software Center

Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid

Illinois Security Lab

Trustworthy Cyberinfrastructure

$26.3 million effort through Information Trust Institute

CS faculty and students working on: real-time availability, integrity, authentication, confidentiality requirements

Trustworthy Web Browsers

Developing new web browser to address systemic, security deficiencies in current browser architectures

Opus Palladianum browser borrows concepts typically seen in operating systems to securely manage web applications and data access

Sam King

Creating new models security in web browsers and

hardware architectures

Parallel Computing

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

Parallel Computing Topics Parallel 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 Centers

Universal Parallel Computing Research Center

National Center for Supercomputing Applications

Institute for Advanced Computing Applications & Technologies

Joint Laboratory for Petascale Computing

Blue 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 applications

Adve, Johnson, and Padua

Blue Waters The world’s first sustained-petascale computer will come online at Illinois in 2011

Blue 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 Efforts

Extreme Scale Computing

Parallelism GPUs as Next-Gen Platforms

Cyber-Physical Computing

When the NSF needed to define and launch this emerging area, it turned to Illinois to lead the effort.

Cyber-Physical Computing Topics Complex 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 Centers

Coordinated Sciences Laboratory

Advanced Digital Sciences Center

Beckman Institute Information Trust Institute Multi-Modal Information

Access & Synthesis

Civil Infrastructure Monitoring

Led by Gul Agha

Focus on cyberinfrastructure opportunities

for smart wireless sensor networks

Green GPS A 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 Abdelzaher

Creating new models for computation in

cyberphysical and pervasive computing

environments

Mobile Learning Communities

Enable 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 Nahrstedt

Leads multidisciplinary team to tackle mobile

learning challenge from every angle

Data Sciences

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

Data Sciences

Excellence and leadership in:

data systems, artificial intelligence, systems and networking, architecture and parallel

computing

Data Sciences

Pursuing 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 Topics Database 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 Centers Multi-Modal Information Access &

Synthesis Center National Center for

Supercomputing Applications Cloud Computing Testbed Institute for Genomic Biology Institute for Advanced Computing

Applications and Technologies Beckman Institute for Advanced

Science and Technology Coordinated Science Laboratory Advanced Digital Sciences Center

Cloud & Grid Computing @ Illinois

Focus on systems and applications issues in cloud architectures

First and only cloud testbed with app and sys research in a single, Internet-scale microcosm

Characterized by real-world, multi-disciplinary approach

Information Network Center

$16.75 million center funded by Army Research Lab

Led by Jiawei Han Center 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 reading

Part of largest-ever DARPA grant for AI research

FAUST system will represent major leap in natural language understanding and current search capabilities

Scanning the Genome

Saurabh Sinha developednew stats technique

Enables scientists to scangenome more efficiently, with less prior information

Research funded by NIH and Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

With Many Research Area Disciplines

ComputerScience

ComputerScience

Algorithms & Theory Architecture, Parallel

Computing & Systems

Artificial Intelligence

Bioinformatics & Computational Biology

Databases & Information Systems

Graphics, Visualization & HCI

Programming Languages, Formal Methods & Software Engineering

Systems & Networking

Scientific Computing

Combining Breadth & Depth

Resources & IT Collaboration

NCSA Beckman Institute Grainger Engineering

Library Information Trust

Institute

Coordinated Science Lab

Cross Campus Initiatives & Multi-Disciplinary Research

Institute for Genomic BiologyIllinois Informatics InitiativeTop departments in

• Library & Information Science

• Psychology• Linguistics• Accounting & Finance

With Research Collaboration…

Solid Research Funding…

Examples 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 offers…Interactive computing habitat and living laboratory

• State of the art facility enables research • 15 research labs

Open, collaborative environment• Flexible space, designed to enhance interaction• Meeting areas and public spaces• Proximity of faculty, labs, and student offices• All grad students receive office space in the building• 19 conference/seminar rooms• 21 informal meeting spaces• 5 instructional labs, 9 classrooms, 200-seat auditorium• Café, reading room, grad break rooms

Interactive technologies

Great Opportunities: Industrial Friends The 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 Program…

ComputerScience

ComputerScience

• M.S. or Ph.D. with Computational Science & Engineering (CSE) Option

• M.C.S. /Master of Architecture• M.C.S./MBA• M.C.S./J.D.• Ph.D./MD

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

Ph.D. MS (thesis)

MS Bioinformatics

(professional master’s online)

MCS (non-thesis, professional master’s)

I2CS MCS

Joint Programs

Ph.D. Program: Flexible Program of Study Curriculum

Students are assigned a Program of Study Committee of 3 faculty advisors to design and approve curriculum

Stimulates faculty interaction and student independence

Advantage: breadth, depth, diversity of UIUC course offerings• Math offers 60+ grad courses• Interdisciplinary areas with ECE, Bio., Chem., Psy., Linguistics

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

Ph.D. Program Requirements Total 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: 32 Qualifying Exam Prelim Exam Final Exam

Tuition and Assistantships

The majority of M.S. and Ph.D. graduate students hold either a • Fellowship• Teaching Assistantship, or• Research Assistantship

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

Apply to CS @ Illinois by… Completing the online application Paying the application fee Submitting a “Statement of Purpose” Submitting three “Letters of Recommendation” Submitting a “CV/Resume” Submitting TOEFL or IELTS scores (for international students

only) Submitting “Official” transcripts Completing 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…

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• 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

Champaign/Urbana Offers… Culture

• Home to renowned Krannert Center for the Performing Arts• Division I college athletic events• More than 800 student organizations catering to wide range of interests: broomball to

paragliding

Recreation• 2 recreational centers with aquatic center, spa, indoor track, indoor soccer, 24-hour roller

hockey court, 10,000 sq. ft. fitness area with state-of-the-art cardio and weight• Outdoor pool and climbing wall

Quality of Life • Unique combination of big city amenities and small town traffic and cost of living• Among 10 Best Green Cities

Great Outdoors• Opportunities for hiking, camping, biking, canoeing, cross-country skiing, and more

Location• 135 miles from Chicago • 180 miles from St. Louis • 125 miles from Indianapolis

Champaign/Urbana…

Join our Team at CS @ Illinois

For More Information

Call (217) 333-4428

Email academic@cs.illinois.edu

Visit www.cs.illinois.edu/graduate

Thanks for your interest in CS @ Illinois!