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Siebel School Experts at Work

Big challenges. Bold solutions. See how our faculty, students and alumni are shaping tomorrow's world.

CS professor Hanghang Tong named ACM Fellow

The Grainger College of Engineering

Siebel School News
February 5, 2026

CS PhD student Ozgur Kara and Google solve Generative AI puzzle

Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Siebel School News
February 4, 2026

From CS 411 to CEO

Siebel School News
February 2, 2026

Alum Matt Sinclair receives Department of Energy Early-Career Award

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Siebel School In the Media
February 2, 2026

Koustuv Saha on the hidden mental health cost of news on social media

Psychology Today

Siebel School In the Media
January 30, 2026

AI: emotional offloading can skip hard parts of growing up

The New York Times ($)

Siebel School In the Media
January 30, 2026

News Notes

- 2/9/2026
  Illinois Computer Science Severns Teaching Professor, Geoffrey Herman was recognized as an honorable mentioned recipient of the Career Influencer Award! This newly established award honors faculty and staff who have made a significant and lasting impact on students’ academic journeys, career development and post-graduation goals. This award recognizes faculty/staff who have been mentioned between five and nine times in the 2024-2025 Illini Success Survey.
  
  The honorable mentions were recognized as a group during the Awards Ceremony at the 5th Annual Student Success Symposium on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
- 1/27/2026
  NCSA director Bill Gropp was named chair of the Computing Community Consortium (CCC), as reported by CCC and NCSA. CCC writes, “Gropp has long been an influential leader in high-performance computing (HPC) and in shaping national research directions in computing.” He holds a Grainger Distinguished Chair in Engineering and is a CS professor in the Siebel School of Computing and Data Science. Gropp will serve as CCC chair through June 30, 2028.