Santos Named to Crain’s “Tech 50” List
Eunice Santos, the Ron Hochsprung Endowed Chair and Professor of Computer Science, was named to the Crain’s Chicago Business “Tech 50” list of people to know in Chicago’s tech ecosystem. Other winners...
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Computer Science Freshman Vinesh Kannan’s Startup Omnipointment to Join Straight Shot Startup Accelerator
Omnipointment, the startup created by Vinesh Kannan (CS 1st year), has been selected as one of eight to join the Straight Shot Startup Accelerator class of 2016 this summer in Omaha, Neb. Kannan...
Computer Science Undergraduate Emily Warman Wins Wells Fargo Campus Analytics Challenge
Emily Warman (CS 4th year) has been named a winner of the Wells Fargo Campus Analytics Challenge, one of five winners from across the country. Warman will receive $2,000 and a trip to San Francisco in...
Illinois Tech Programming Team Advances to World Finals
The IIT-A Team has advanced to the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) International Collegiate Programming Contest in May in Thailand. Andrei Dumitru (CS 2nd year), Benjamin...
Computer Science Undergraduate Haider Named Finalist for CRA Outstanding Researcher Award
Adnan Haider (CS 2nd year) was selected as a finalist for a 2016 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award by the Computing Research Association. The awards recognize undergraduate students in North...
Illinois Tech Places Fourth in International 48-Hour Supercomputing Competition
A team of computer science undergraduates, plus area high school students, fielded by Illinois Tech won fourth place in an international supercomputing competition for students. The competition was...
Cleversafe Founder Chris Gladwin Donates $7.6 Million to Help Build Top-Tier Computer Science Program at Illinois Tech
The Computer Science Department at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) received a $7.6 million gift from Chris Gladwin, member of the Illinois Tech Board of Trustees and founder of...
CS Undergraduate Adnan Haider Wins Gold in ACM Student Research Competition
Adnan Haider (CS 2nd year) won first place (gold) for undergraduate research at a recent ACM/IEEE high-performance computing conference. Haider’s research, “Lessons from Post-Processing Climate Data...
Illinois Tech Completes 100+ Hours of Service with STARS
Students in Technology, Academia, Research, and Service (STARS) Computing Corps is a national organization of practice for student-led regional engagement as a means to broaden participation in...
Computer Science’s Peng-Jun Wan Elected 2016 IEEE Fellow
Illinois Tech’s Peng-Jun Wan, professor of computer science, has been elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for contributions to scheduling and resource...