The Grainger College of Engineering
Siebel School of Computing and Data Science

Daniel A. Reed

2014 Distinguished Alumni Service Award

Dan Reed (2022)
Photo Credit: NSF
Daniel A. Reed

Daniel A. Reed tirelessly promotes the value of computing and computational science at both the academic and national policy levels. He has created multiple large-scale HPC systems and tools to support scientific research. As head of CS @ ILLINOIS from 1996 to 2001, he helped launch the online MCS degree; oversaw increases in gifts, endowments, and research funding; and initiated planning for the Siebel Center.