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ADSC researchers receive EMA grant for enhancing power system resilience
04/24/2019 - 08:45 ADSC researchers are working on a project that looks at developing a device to improve the power grid’s situational awareness and minimize the impact of cyber-attacks, especially as the number of intelligent devices connect to the grid continues to grow.
Smart grid honeypots offer effective way to study attacks on industrial control systems
01/16/2019 - 09:30 As cybersecurity continues to be a worldwide concern, ADSC researchers are working to improve upon and apply a technology that has been proven to be reliable in identifying and analyzing security attacks
Illinois researchers pursue the best of both worlds – top performance and high programmability – under new DARPA project
09/28/2018 - 09:15 You might not think of high-performance computing and high programmability as things that go hand in hand—unless you’re ADSC researcher Deming Chen and CSL researcher Wen-mei Hwu.
Chen's Inspirit IoT startup making waves in industry, academia
09/13/2018 - 09:00 Inspirit IoT, a startup company co-founded by CSL's Deming Chen to advance smart sound and smart vision applications, recently secured late-seed funding from Beijing-based Senscape Technologies.
Sanders named interim director
09/13/2018 - 08:45 William H Sanders has been named interim director of the Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), a new world-class innovation center led by the U of I System.
Researchers have great showing in emotion recognition challenge
07/29/2018 - 10:00 .ADSC researchers have been celebrating successes in emotion recognition for several years, including ranking among the best globally in facial expression recognition and commercializing recognition technology.
Illinois launches major cybersecurity initiative in Singapore
01/11/2018 - 04:45 The new initiative, funded by the National Reseach Foundation, will work to make information systems both trustworthy and secure.
ADSC receives grant to develop UAS safety-security guidelines
12/07/2017 - 03:45 Monitoring dynamic factors, such as flight plans, weather, civil events and building model updates, are essential to ensuring UAS operation safety.
Sanders testifies at Congressional hearing on resiliency
10/27/2017 - 06:45 ECE Department Head and ADSC researcher William H. Sanders speaks to Congress about electric grid and cyber resiliency.
ADSC, Illinois researchers win DAC-IoT competition with low-cost audio security system
08/08/2017 - 09:41 Researchers teamed up with startup Inspirit IoT to develop a low-cost, audio-based security system that can alert a central command center when trouble breaks out.Researchers win best paper at sensor networks conference
07/12/2017 - 10:09 The research promotes securing the power grid using natural timestamps in the power grid’s frequency fluctuations sensed from the powerline electromagnetic radiation (EMR).
ADSC researchers help solve Sentosa resort queue challenges
06/08/2017 - 05:42 In hopes of reducing the frustration of lines, ADSC researchers are partnering with Sentosa, an amusement resort off Singapore’s southern coast, to dramatically decrease the time guests spend waiting for shuttle busses.
CyberSAGE aids in security assessment of critical infrastructure systems
04/24/2017 - 04:52 The tool allows security analysts to make practical and informed decisions about the security of their critical infrastructure system, such as a smart power grid.
Researchers optimize air conditioning units for max efficiency
03/07/2017 - 04:04 By using new technology developed by ADSC and a Singapore air-conditioning company, companies could save thousands of dollars per month on their energy bills.ADSC feature matching technology recreates 3-D images
02/23/2017 - 08:42 ADSC researchers are developing technology that can build virtual 3D replicas out of moving 2D images, even when the images contain similar textures and sizes.
Portable noise monitoring technique aims to identify and map out noise pollution
09/01/2016 - 06:39 An ADSC team uses microphones attached to vehicles to measure urban noise.
Ampotech offers a new way to easily monitor electricity usage
07/12/2016 - 08:48 ADSC researchers have developed a technology that allows facilities to monitor their electricity usage without making major modifications to electrical distribution panels.
Newly developed software can interpret emotions in real time
07/06/2016 - 10:40 The system tracks facial expressions to determine the emotions of individuals through video.
Image recognition software supports sushi buffet chain in Singapore
06/02/2016 - 10:54 ADSC researchers are using object detection and classification algorithms to assist with automatic image recognition.