Researchers at Mayo Clinic used AI models to predict how well existing drugs could treat heart failure, achieving about 89% accuracy using data from 59,000 patients. healthcare-brew.com/stories/2025/1…

Join us October 21 for a Certificate in Cybersecurity Information Session! It will be 5:45 - 7 p.m. in CSL Room 301! Pizza will be served. Come for the food and stay for the info!

Illinois alum Ryan Corey (’14 M.S., ’19 Ph.D.) is redefining how we hear.  His UIC engineering lab just earned a $500K NIH Early Career Award to make wireless hearing tech faster, smarter and more accessible. csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

NCSA scientist Phuong Cao and ECE Professor Ravishankar Iyer have received two NSF grants to advance cybersecurity in open-science research and strengthen the security of high-performance computing systems. csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

AI companions may reduce loneliness at first, yet long term reliance can deepen isolation. The key question is whether artificial companionship leads people back to human connection or pulls them further away. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/not-ju… -feel-more-alone

MEDIA MENTION: U. of I. study compares ChatGPT with students in aerospace engineering. ChatGPT excelled at structured math but struggled with open-ended thinking. Faculty member Melkior Ornik explains why courses must emphasize higher-level reasoning. edu.rsc.org/feature/compar…

Big news from Grainger Engineering! Prof. Shaloo Rakheja just received a Silicon Crossroads grant to help prepare more students for the fast-growing semiconductor industry. Her new industry-guided 5G/6G course will give students real skills for real jobs.  hmntl.illinois.edu/news/rakheja-r…

A UIUC study compares ChatGPT with undergraduates in an aerospace engineering module. Professor Melkior Ornik explains why course design must now emphasize higher-level reasoning and project-based work that deepens critical thinking. edu.rsc.org/feature/compar…

Please join us to celebrate the end of a successful fall semester at a Reading Day Cookie Reception on Dec. 11! Cookies and cider will be served in the CSL Atrium between 10 am and 3:30 pm, or until cookies are gone. We hope to see you there!

Daniel Liberzon has received an NSF award to study how we can better understand complex systems that change over time. His work could help improve everything from medical drug delivery to modern engineering tools.  csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

Congratulations to these fantastic staff members who won our CSL Staff awards. --Bonnie Crawford won the Administrative Support Staff Award --Clint Harper won our Administrative Award --Shannon Weick won the Research Support Award Again, congratulations to these great teammates!

Xue and Huang were recognized for their work on power-gating, a technique that reduces power consumption in AI chips by disabling the power supply to unused portions.  ece.illinois.edu/news/two-ece-e…

CSL's Koustuv Saha explores a powerful idea in his latest piece: how people change their behavior when they feel watched by AI.  techpolicy.press/the-risks-of-t…

Illinois students raced autonomous drones at 110+ mph in Abu Dhabi—zero human control, all onboard AI. Made it to Phase III on their first attempt! Lessons learned will fuel next year's comeback and advance research in agile robotics. csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

The National Science Foundation has extended the Illinois Cyber Security Scholarship Program for one year with an award of $513,000, continuing support for students in The Grainger College of Engineering to study cybersecurity. csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

A cross-disciplinary team from The Grainger College of Engineering has been awarded a $500,000 grant to investigate and address the effects of detrimental research practices. csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

Two professors at The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are among the 169 U.S. distinguished academic and institutional inventors and 16 International Fellows named to the 2025 class. grainger.illinois.edu/news/stories/8…

Assistant Professor Yupeng Zhang and his team, along with researchers from the University of California, Irvine, received a $260,000 grant from the NSF to develop a working program that would further increase the efficiency of intrusion detection systems csl.illinois.edu/news-and-media…

Congratulations to Gene E. Robinson, who has been appointed executive director and CEO of the Discovery Partners Institute. Former CSL director Klara Nahrstedt is now serving as the director of research and development for DPI.

Health chatbots can sound confident even when they’re wrong. UIUC’s Koustuv Saha explains that the most dangerous mistakes are often subtle and easy to miss. His work shows why we need better ways to test AI before people rely on it for medical advice. aitoday.io/healthcare-cha…