The Grainger College of Engineering
Coordinated Science Laboratory

CSL: Celebrating 75 Years of Excellence

Join us in honoring the 75th Anniversary of the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign! This special event showcases CSL’s legacy of groundbreaking research and collaboration through inspiring keynotes, dynamic panels, interactive poster sessions, and vibrant networking opportunities that celebrate the past and look ahead to the future of innovation.

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Agenda

Monday, April 13, 2026

7:30-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Introductory Remarks
  • Klara Nahrstedt, former CSL Director (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Discovery Partners Institute)
  • Rashid Bashir, Dean, The Grainger College of Engineering (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Susan Martinis, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research & Innovation (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Minh Do, interim CSL Director (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
9:00-10:00 a.m.
Keynote: Xinzhou Wu (NVIDIA)

Session Chair: R. Srikant (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

10:00-10:30 a.m.
Coffee Break
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

Panel: Computer Systems
Session Moderator: Ravishankar K. Iyer (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • Wen-mei Hwu (NVIDIA)
  • Franco P. Preparata (Brown University)
  • William H. Sanders (Rochester Institute of Technology)
  • Benjamin W. Wah (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
12:00-1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00-2:00 p.m.
Keynote: H. Vincent Poor (Princeton University)

Session Chair: Venugopal V. Veeravalli (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

2:00-3:30 p.m.

Panel: Communication and Signal Processing
Session Moderator: Olgica Milenkovic (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • Alan Bovik (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • Upamanyu Madhow (UC Santa Barbara)
  • Muriel Médard (MIT)
  • Andrew Singer (Stony Brook University)
3:30-4:00 p.m.
Break
4:00-5:30 p.m.

Panel: Circuits
Session Moderator: Elyse Rosenbaum (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • Ibrahim N. Hajj (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Sung Mo (Steve) Kang (UC Santa Cruz)
  • Timothy N. Trick (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • Martin D. F. Wong (Hong Kong Baptist University)
 
 

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

7:30-8:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
8:00-9:00 a.m.
Keynote: Dawn Tilbury (University of Michigan)

Session Chair: Nancy Amato (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

9:00-10:30 a.m.

Panel: AI, Robotics, and Autonomous Systems
Session Moderator: Sayan Mitra (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • Seth Hutchinson (Northeastern University)
  • Steven M. LaValle (University of Oulu)
  • Mark W. Spong (UT Dallas)
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Panel: Decision and Control
Session Moderator: Tamer Başar (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • Geir Dullerud (University of Minnesota)
  • P. R. Kumar (Texas A&M University)
  • Sean Meyn (University of Florida)
  • Angelia Nedich (Arizona State University)
12:30-2:00 p.m.
Lunch + Posters 
2:00-2:30 p.m.
Fireside Chat with Arvind Krishna (IBM)

Host: Bruce Hajek (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

2:30-3:30 p.m.
Keynote: Sunil Kumar (Tufts University)

Session Chair: Bruce Hajek (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

3:30-4:00 p.m.
Coffee Break
4:00-5:30 p.m.

Panel: Role of CSL in Research and Education
Session Moderator: Carolyn Beck (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Panelists:

  • J. Gary Eden (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  • W. Kent Fuchs (University of Florida)
  • Arvind Krishna (IBM)
  • David C. Munson (Rochester Institute of Technology)