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Several Siebel School undergraduate students were honored with Outstanding Poster Presentations at the 2026 Undergraduate Research Symposium (URS). CS student Isha Tyagi, mentored by CS professor Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider, and Shaan-Om Patel, Rishabh Gaur and Aarav Agarwal, mentored by CS professor Lawrence Angrave, all received the honor. Of the nearly 1,000 posters presented, only 23 were selected.  Ten research projects were submitted by students and their CS research faculty mentors, in addition to six projects advised by CS PhD students. URS is the signature event of the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) showcasing student work across campus and is open to all University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign undergraduate students enrolled in the current academic year. 

Yuchen Xia, CS PhD, was recognized with a Gold Reviewer Award at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML). ICML peer reviewers are tasked with carefully reading, assessing and providing critical feedback to authors, as well as providing an appraisal of the papers' strengths. Xia, advised by CS assistant professor Nishil Talati, is part of an elite group that makes up the top 25% of the 17,749 reviewers selected for 2026. ICML is the premier gathering of professionals dedicated to the advancement of machine learning in AI.