News Archive
In the News: Big focus on devices for the disabled at A*Star's Media Exploits technology conference
11/06/2014 - 07:00 It looks just like a pair of sunglasses but it would actually help the blind avoid dangers. Called inSIGHT, the glasses will be a device that the blind or visually impaired can wear to help them detect obstacles hanging from above.
ADSC research featured on ESPN2
10/06/2014 - 08:33 ADSC's AutoScout technology was featured in a clip during the October 4 Illinois football game.
Illinois partners with NTU to develop new generation of Asian academic leaders
09/04/2014 - 06:54 The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is partnering with Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore to develop higher education’s next crop of leaders into more ethical and evidence-based decision-makers. With a $2.7 million grant, Illinois is collaborating with NTU to conduct research, develop curricula, provide guidance and create tools to train current and future executives of major research universities as part of a new NTU academy focusing on leadership, expected to launch next year.
ADSC co-organized GPU technology workshop
07/14/2014 - 07:11 In line with its mission to promote high scientific and economic impact of cutting-edge technologies, ADSC collaborated with NVIDIA to help co-organize the GPU Technology Workshop (GTW) South East Asia 2014, which took place in Singapore on July 10. GTW continues the tradition of delivering great content for domain scientists, researchers, industry professionals and developers in Southeast Asia, building onto its big sister, the GPU Technology Conference, which gathers hundreds of GPU computing experts each year.
App software edits photos, videos in real time
07/11/2014 - 06:53 Posting selfies to Instagram and Facebook has been popular among teens and young adults for many years now, but ADSC researchers are now upping the selfie-game with their development of an app that allows people to take a short video clip and alter the background using pre-designed animated templates to create a Hollywood style mini-movie in seconds.
Sanders named ECE ILLINOIS department head
07/08/2014 - 07:12 Professor William H. Sanders is ECE ILLINOIS’ new department head, Engineering at Illinois Dean Andreas C. Cangellaris announced Thursday. His appointment is effective August 16, 2014.
Wise elected Chair to Illinois Pte Board of Directors
07/01/2014 - 10:36 The Illinois at Singapore Pte. Ltd. Board of Directors have announced the election of Dr. Phyllis Wise as board chair, effective immediately. Members of the board elected Wise, who is succeeding University of Illinois Associate Provost and Dean of the Graduate College Debasish Dutta as the chairperson. Wise is the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor.
Faculty receive IBM recognition, funding for research contributions
06/16/2014 - 06:35 Two ADSC faculty members, Deming Chen and Ravishankar Iyer, have been awarded IBM Corporation Faculty Awards for their contributions in their field of research.
ADSC extends time, funding for research in Singapore
05/08/2014 - 06:38 Continuing the working relationship between Singapore and the University of Illinois, ADSC has extended its agreement with Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), to provide an additional three years of funding to the research center.
In the News: Intelligent Scribbles software edits out images in real time
04/22/2014 - 10:59 Illinois associate professor Minh Do, along with researchers at ADSC, have developed a software called Intelligent Scribbles, which allows for an object in an image to be etched out in real time. The software has been licensed by SnapClip, which is commercializing the technology.
ADSC experiences growth, accomplishments during 2013
02/21/2014 - 07:00 According to the Washington Post, only about 50 percent of new businesses are still open after four years and during 2013, ADSC proved that it deserves to be in that top group after four years of remarkable growth and significant accomplishments.
Do named 2014 IEEE Fellow
02/19/2014 - 10:49 ADSC and ECE Associate Professor Minh N. Do has been announced as an IEEE Fellow for 2014. Do was recognized for his contributions to image representation and computational imaging. In addition to his position as an associate professor of ECE, Do has a full-time appointment with the Coordinated Science Lab, a part-time appointment with the Beckman Institute, and an affiliate associate professorship with the Department of Bioengineering.
Illinois lab tackles digital imagery
01/27/2014 - 12:41 Advances in digital imagery made by ECE researchers in Singapore may soon make a difference in the field. The Illini fooball field, that is.
Champaign-Urbana recognized as one of Techie.com’s most promising tech hubs to watch in 2014
01/08/2014 - 08:16 Where are the country’s most innovative and creative tech hubs? The answer to that question used to be easy.
Researchers take second place in signal processing competition
11/15/2013 - 06:48 ADSC researchers recently took second place at the 2013 IEEE International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP) Bird Classification Challenge.
DIY energy efficiency tool is runner up at E3 Hackathon
11/12/2013 - 08:02 A team of ADSC smart grid researchers recently took second place in the Energy Efficiency for Everyone (E3) Hackathon, sponsored by Urban Prototyping Singapore, Energy Market Authority and Singapore Power.
ADSC faculty begin four new research projects
10/28/2013 - 11:20 ADSC and A*STAR recently approved four new research projects that will be conducted at ADSC’s offices in Singapore. The ADSC Technical Review Panel (TRP) and Program Management Steering Committee (PMSC) accepted these new projects during their meetings in August and September, respectively.International Computer Science Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign lead project to improve cybersecurity of industrial control systems
09/04/2013 - 05:25 The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of almost $1.6 million to a team of cybersecurity experts from the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI) and the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and Trustworthy Cyber Infrastructure for the Power Grid (TCIPG) project.
Football formation detection research wins best paper award
07/25/2013 - 07:02 ADSC researchers were awarded the best paper award at the first IEEE International Workshop on Computer Vision in Sports (CVSports), which was held in conjunction with the IEEE Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference, in June.