3/27/2023 Aaron Seidlitz, Illinois CS
Four CS professors were ranked as “outstanding” on this list – including Jeff Erickson, Ryan Cunningham, Timothy Chan, and Aishwarya Ganesan – the highest honor provided by CITL.
Written by Aaron Seidlitz, Illinois CS
This past month, the Center of Innovation in Teaching and Learning (CITL) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign released their List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent By Their Students for the Fall 2022 semester.
Illinois Computer Science had 28 faculty members included on the list.
“Our faculty’s commitment to excellence in teaching computer science shines through in many ways, including the number of professors honored by this list from CITL,” said Department Head and Abel Bliss Professor in Engineering Nancy M. Amato. “This is one of many fitting acknowledgments of our faculty’s noteworthy teaching efforts.”
Of the 28 total faculty included, the following four ranked as “outstanding” – which is the highest honor given through this list by CITL:
- Jeff Erickson was ranked as outstanding in CS 473: Algorithms
- Ryan Cunningham was ranked as outstanding in CS 498: Law & Policy Issues in CS
- Timothy Chan was ranked as outstanding in CS 598: Fine-Grained Algorithms
- Aishwarya Ganesan was ranked as outstanding in CS 598: ML for Systems
The other 24 faculty included on the list were:
- Ram Alagappan in CS 598: Cloud Storage Systems: Theory & Practice
- Lawrence Angrave in CS 341: System Programming
- Chandra Chekuri in CS 498: Algorithms for Big Data
- Katie Cunningham in CS 500: Current Topics in Computing Education Research
- G. Carl Evans in CS 225: Data Structures
- Wade Fagen-Ulmschneider in CS 340: Introduction to Computer Systems AND in CS 107: Data Science Discovery
- Christopher Fletcher in CS 563: Advanced Computer Security
- Yael Gertner in CS 401: Accelerated Fundamentals of Algorithms I AND in CS 491: Excursions in computing
- Saugata Ghose in CS 233: Computer Architecture
- Jiawei Han in CS 598: Text Mining: A New Paradigm
- Geoffrey Herman in CS 233: Computer Architecture AND in CS 500: Current Topics in Computing Education Research
- Nan Jiang in CS 542: Statistical Reinforcement Learning
- Dakshita Khurana in ECE 407: Cryptography
- Robin Kravets in ECE 439: Wireless Networks
- Colleen Lewis in CS 491: Intro to Inclusive Terminology
- Charith Mendis in CS 598: ML for Compilers & Architect.
- Radhika Mittal in CS 598: High-Speed/Programmable Networks
- Klara Nahrstedt in CS 537: Advanced Topics in Internet of Things (IoT)
- Luke Olson in CS 598: Scientific Machine Learning
- Yongjoo Park in CS 511: Advanced Data Management
- Brad Solomon in CS 199: Honors for Data Structures (CS 225)
- Elahe Soltanaghai in CS 598: Smart Cities, Homes, & Beyond
- Luther Tychonievich in CS 418: Interactive Computer Graphics
- Tiffani Williams in CS 400: Accelerated Fundamentals of Computing I AND in CS 491: Excursions in Computing
“We teach a demanding subject that constantly evolves,” said Mahesh Viswanathan, Illinois CS professor and Associate Head for Academics. “Our professors at Illinois Computer Science maintain an impressive command of the subject matter, and relay that to our excellent students in exciting ways.”