ITI professor receives Campus Distinguished Promotion Award
05/28/2019 - 4:00pmRecently, more than 100 faculty received the exciting news that they would be promoted to either associate or full professor. For CSL’s Grace Gao, her promotion came with an additional achievement.
ITI researcher Klara Nahrstedt recipient of College of Engineering Faculty Award
04/30/2019 - 2:45pmDuring the annual College of Engineering Faculty Awards Ceremony, ITI researcher and CSL Director Klara Nahrstedt was honored with the Tau Beta Pi Daniel C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award.
Called “as close to the Nobel Prize as you can get in this college” by the event’s MC and the college’s Executive Associate Dean Philippe H. Geubelle, this award is given to a faculty member who has received national or international acclaim for dedication to academic excellence through teaching and research, and who has made exemplary contributions to the understanding of their field.
CSL researchers work to guarantee system reliability
04/25/2019 - 1:15pm It is said that the only guarantees in life are death and taxes. CSL graduate student Chuchu Fan and adviser Sayan Mitra are working to add power systems to that list in their Siebel Energy Institute-funded project, “A Formal Verification and Synthesis Tool for Safety Critical Power Grid Infrastructures and Cyber-physical Systems."
Illinois researchers sweeten “honeypot” to catch, blacklist hackers
04/25/2019 - 1:00pm “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” - Sun Tzu. This quote inspired CSL student Phuong M. Cao and team to conduct research to understand how programs were being attacked. A paper about that research was recently accepted at a prestigious conference.
CIRI Symposium attracts thought leaders, exhibits outputs-oriented research
04/25/2019 - 11:45amEarlier this month, the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute held its annual meeting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The event, titled the CIRI Symposium on Resilience of Critical Infrastructures, drew nearly 100 participants from academia, government, and the private sector to hear about CIRI projects, to discuss pressing critical infrastructure challenges, and to explore new opportunities to collaborate.
Resilience Calculator enables businesses to “bounce back” in the face of disaster
02/07/2019 - 2:30pmCIRI researchers Adam Rose and Noah Dormady are developing a tool - the Business Resilience Calculator (BRC) - to measure and assess the resilience of a business in the face of a disruption, such as a natural disaster, infrastructure collapse, or terrorist attack. The BRC will allow businesses to precisely measure their resilience by assessing the potential economic impact of damage to critical infrastructure.
ITI Professor Gul Agha named ACM Fellow
12/07/2018 - 4:15pm Gul Agha, ITI Professor, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. ACM Fellows are composed of an elite group that represents less than one percent of the Association’s global membership.
CIRI’s Tien works with Rockefeller Foundation to create more resilient City of Atlanta
12/05/2018 - 4:15pm CIRI’s Iris Tien, assistant professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, has been chosen to co-lead a Discovery Area Working Group for the City of Atlanta,
Center for Autonomy launched to develop research, education in emerging field
12/04/2018 - 10:15amFrom self-driving cars to intelligent robotic assistants to remote surgical systems, autonomous technology will revolutionize the way we live, work, and play. In order to enable this revolution, however, advancements in foundational research and workforce development must first take place to provide assured and certified-safe performance.
Sanders, Liu, and Mitra win Siebel Energy Institute Grants
12/03/2018 - 2:45pmThe Siebel Energy Institute is a global consortium for energy research.
University of Illinois researchers on team to stop cyber "stepping stone" attacks
11/08/2018 - 2:00pm Computer systems protect their valuable assets with layers of protection, much like a castle has a moat, an outer wall, an inner wall, and a keep. Cyber attackers get around these defenses by comprising one computer at a time. Illinois researchers are trying to prevent these "stepping stone" style attacks.
Understanding the behavior of drone swarms
11/02/2018 - 9:15am Parenting a toddler is like flying a drone. While parents may not be able to predict toddlers’ actions, designers of drone swarms could soon understand the correct behavior of a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) thanks to the research of CSL Assistant Professor Sibin Mohan.
Inspiring future programmers
10/31/2018 - 4:15pm Today’s kids may be digital natives, but Sibin Mohan, ITI Research Assistant Professor and his students wanted to introduce them to the technology behind computers.
Bashir named 2018-2019 Centennial Scholar
10/17/2018 - 2:00pmCSL Assistant Professor Masooda Bashir has been named the iSchool's Centennial Scholar for 2018-2019. Endowed by alumni and friends of the School, the Centennial Scholar award recognizes outstanding accomplishments and/or professional promise in the field of library and information science.
Cloud computing application could help create more resilient power grid
10/10/2018 - 11:15am For many people, ‘the cloud’ describes a misunderstood space where photos and documents are stored. To ITI researchers, the cloud is the future of electric grids.
CIRI connects with automakers at Auto-ISAC Cybersecurity Summit
10/08/2018 - 4:00pm Increasing automotive connectivity, paired with rapid advancement in the realm of autonomous vehicles, necessitates the development of a resilient cybersecure motor vehicle ecosystem. For this reason, leaders from the auto industry and government gathered for two days at the 2nd Auto-ISAC (Information Sharing & Analysis Center) Cybersecurity Summit.
Manufacturers gather to discuss cybersecurity across the supply chain
10/04/2018 - 3:15pm From Northwestern University to Rolls-Royce North America, myriad organizations from the manufacturing and cybersecurity communities convened to explore the current state of cybersecurity in the manufacturing sector, cybersecurity challenges facing manufacturers, and efforts underway to improve the cybersecurity and resilience of manufacturing supply chains.
2018 CREDC Industry Workshop impresses attendees
10/04/2018 - 3:00pm Every year CREDC hosts a workshop to bring together stakeholders to discuss emerging topics in cyber security and resiliency
Illinois researchers partner with ABB on new DOE-funded energy delivery systems research
09/27/2018 - 2:30pm The University of Illinois is teaming with ABB on two newly awarded projects funded by the Department of Energy Cybersecurity for Energy Delivery Systems program. These are the latest from an ongoing research collaboration between Illinois and ABB.