Coordinated Science Laboratory at Illinois

06/11/2026

"The fact that Amazon is using this in the real world is “remarkable,” says CS prof. Brighten Godfrey. Godfrey co-authored a seminal 2012 paper on random network graphs, which he says are a “mind-bending problem to solve, in general.”

The tech giant says a breakthrough in data center networking has dramatically accelerated the flow of information through its massive cloud infrastructure.

06/09/2026

CSL professor Rakesh Kumar wrote an op-ed featured in Fortune discussing the AI economy.
https://fortune.com/2026/05/30/ai-chip-token-bubble-economy-nvidia-microsoft-hyperscalers-2/

06/05/2026

“Our goal is to create robots that can seamlessly transfer skills across different embodiments, including humanoids, by leveraging multimodal data in Vision-Language-Action Models and Large Behavior Model architectures."

ECE Professor Joohyung Kim and CS Professor Yuxiong Wang receive Toyota Research Institute funding to advance robotics, multimodal sensing, and AI-driven robot learning.

06/03/2026

Coordinated Science Laboratory's prof. Daniel Alabi was featured in a major piece on OpenAI's Daybreak platform.

OpenAI's GPT-5.5-Cyber marks a shift from the human-guided workflow of GPT-5.4-Cyber toward more autonomous security operations. Integrated into the Daybreak

05/30/2026

CSL prof. Deming Chen was recently featured in Yahoo Finance, offering expert insight into one of the most talked-about IPOs in the AI chip space.
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/why-cerebras-ai-chips-stand-out-in-the-nvidia-dominated-market-155742216.html

05/29/2026

Protect yourself before chatting about your finances with any AI tool. CS professor Gang Wang says, “If your documents are part of AI’s training data — there is a risk that information will be induced by a special prompt that malicious actors might use.”

If you’re financially pressed, confused about money, or just want a little free help figuring out how to improve your cash flow, you may be tempted to use AI.

05/28/2026

University of Illinois researchers developed multiplexed MRI technology that can map multiple biomarkers with one scan, giving a more complete picture of the brain.

New MRI technology provides a comprehensive view of the human brain May 6, 2026 10:37 am by Liz Ahlberg Touchstone Biomedical Sciences Editor Engineering Health and Medicine Life Sciences Share on Facebook Share on X Share via email University of Illinois researchers developed multiplexed MRI techno...

05/27/2026

Training and operating today’s most powerful AI models costs a fortune. One Ph.D. candidate within The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is working to change that and was internationally recognized for his work.

University of Illinois ECE doctoral candidate Hyungyo Kim has been named a 2026 ML and Systems Rising Star by MLCommons, an international machine learning performance benchmarking organization. Working through the IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute (IIDAI), Kim has developed groundbreak...

05/19/2026

Students at The Grainger College of Engineering are making waves in collegiate cybersecurity competitions, with the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program (ICSSP) team earning fourth place at the Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition!

Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Grainger College of Engineering are making waves in collegiate cybersecurity competitions, with the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program (ICSSP) team earning fourth place at the Midwest Regional Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (...

05/08/2026

CSL's Professor Tandy Warnow was one of three Illinois faculty elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Congratulations on this fantastic achievement!

https://news.illinois.edu/three-illinois-faculty-elected-to-american-academy-of-arts-and-sciences/?utm_source=newsbureau&utm_medium=email