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Siebel School Experts at Work

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Varun Chandrasekaran on OpenAI and the Hugging Face breach

Inc. ($)

Siebel School In the Media
August 14, 2026

Sheldon Jacobson on why bigger airport security isn’t always better

The Hill

Siebel School In the Media
August 14, 2026

Jingrui He named a 2026-2027 University Scholar

Illinois News Bureau

Siebel School News
August 14, 2026

Award-winning Illinois researcher Sayan Mitra could help robots navigate with less

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Siebel School News
August 14, 2026

CS Ph.D. Muyan Hu named 2026 ML and Systems Rising Star

Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Siebel School News
July 31, 2026

Sheldon Jacobson offers a 30-minute solution to daylight saving time

The Hill

Siebel School In the Media
July 28, 2026

Gang Wang: has AI become too powerful to control?

Tech Xplore

Siebel School In the Media
July 28, 2026

Sheldon Jacobson weighs in on daylight saving time becoming permanent

WCIA

Siebel School In the Media
July 23, 2026

Siebel School and industry experts met in Chicago at DPI to explore AI changing the tech ecosystem

Discovery Partners Institute

Siebel School News
July 23, 2026

News Notes

8/14/2026
Ashish Kashinath, CS Ph.D., has been selected for the Moore Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in quantum networking. Kashinath is advised by Sibin Mohan, CS adjunct research assistant professor. The Fellowship supports Illinois students in select fields who seek to broaden their training, develop new skills and gain perspectives as Illinois postdoctoral research associates.
8/13/2026
Craig Zilles, CS professor and Severns Faculty Scholar, appeared on The Grading Podcast where he discussed how technology is designed not just to make grading easier, but to make better assessment practices possible. He also shared his own experiments with second-chance testing and its evolution into an Illinois-wide computer-based testing facility.