Julian Chin-Behind the scenes at Tech Services
This Fall Informatics PhD student Julian Chin was highlighted for her work with Tech Services. Julian works as a data analyst on the Data and Technology Innovation Team at Tech Services. Learn more about her and her role on campus here!
PhD Student Kyra Abrams selected for the 23-24 SAGE board
Informatics PhD student Kyra Abrams as been selected to serve on the 2023-2024 SAGE board. SAGE is a student advisory board serving the graduate student community and working directly with the graduate college developing programs and new initiatives.
Cliff Shin Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Cliff Shin successfully defended his dissertation, “INTERDEPENDENCY BETWEEN COMPLEXITY AND LONGEVITY THROUGH THE LENS OF THE DESIGNER” on June 14th and will graduate August 2023. Program Area: Design Technology & Society Research: My research goal is to establish design elements and design process for product longevity from consumers’ insight by investigating data that […]
Ryan Chandler Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Ryan Chandler successfully defended his dissertation, “SEMANTIC-PROSODIC CORRELATES OF BACKCHANNEL UTTERANCES IN HUMAN-COMPUTER DIALOG” on March 28th and will graduate May 2023. Program Area: Cognitive Science and Language Processing Research: I am interested in researching the practical applications of computational semantics inside large organizations for the purposes of unlocking the potential of unstructured […]
Informatics Instructors Ranked as Excellent
Eight Informatics instructors were named in the University’s List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Fall 2022 & Winter 2022-2023. The rankings are released every semester, and results are based on the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Only those […]
10 Years of Teen Open Lab
In collaboration with the Urbana Free Library the CUC Fab Lab is excited to celebrate 10 Years of Teen Open Lab. Teen Open Lab has been operating out of the Urbana Free Library providing after-school activities for middle and high school students since 2013. The space promotes open, creative, self-driven projects that include 3D printers, […]
Playful By Design: Transformative Approaches to Game Studies
Keynote speaker Dr. Judith Pintar will introduce her Playful By Design framework for creating game design programs for positive social impact at the inaugural Playful By Design conference in Portugal. Along with a group of UIUC faculty and representatives from Game Studies and Design the conference will bring together game design educators and companies in […]
Hans Muller Paul Defends Dissertation
Doctoral Candidate Hans Muller Paul successfully defended his dissertation, “DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF MACHINE LEARNING TOOLS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENERGY CROP GENETIC MANIPULATION USING CRISPER/CAS TECHNOLOGY” on August 15th and will graduate December 2022. Program Area: Bioinformatics Research: My research focus is on how we can use machine learning approaches to improve the quality […]
Informatics instructors ranked as excellent
Four Informatics instructors were named in the University’s List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent for Spring 2022. The rankings are released every semester, and results are based on the Instructor and Course Evaluation System (ICES) questionnaire forms maintained by Measurement and Evaluation in the Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. Only those instructors who […]
Informatics PhD Alum Juan Alfonso de la Rosa Munar named Dean of the College of Arts, Architecture and Design of Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Bogota
Dr. Juan Alfonso de la Rosa Munar has been named Dean of the College of Arts, Architecture and Design of Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL), Bogota, for a two-year term (2022 – 2024). UNAL is the largest public university in Colombia and is consistently ranked as one of the top institutions in the country. Juan received his PhD […]