Press Mentions

2024 Heading link

WGN News: Inside the awe-inspiring ‘Aurora’ super computer at Argonne National Lab, (Mike Lowe with Michael Papka), 11.13.24
WGN Radio 720: The world’s fastest super computer is coming to Lemont, (Collin McCarthy with Michael Papka), 3.8.24
ABC7 Chicago: Aurora at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont on track to be world’s fastest supercomputer, (Mike Rivera with Michael Papka), 3.7.24

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NBC5 Chicago: You and AI: A crash course in AI, and what it could mean for you (Christian Farr with Barbara Di Eugenio), 9.12.23

2022 Heading link

Nature: Learning over a lifetime, (Neil Savage with Bing Liu), 7.20.22
Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Undergraduate Fellowship Works to Diversify Quantum Science, (Rebecca Kelliher), 6.20.22
HPCwire: Undergrads Begin Summer Quantum Research with Multi-Institutional Support, (Meredith Fore, CQE), 6.15.22
Medill Reports Chicago: Mapping cities, health and environment at UIC’s Electronic Visualization Lab, (Yuliya Klochan), 5.8.22
WGN9 News: UIC Wearable Tech class: Where students dream it, build it and patients benefit, (Dina Bair, Katharin Czink), 2.22.22
McKinley Park News: Environmental Justice Issues Inspire New Pollution Sites Map, (Justin Kerr) 1.25.22
Univision: Escuelas y comunidades latinas en Chicago son las más afectadas por la contaminación, según estudio, 1.25.22

2021 Heading link

News 3 WSILTV: Remembering Leland Wilkinson, H2O.ai chief scientist, data visualization pioneer and luminary, 12.17.21
Block Club Chicago: Chicagoans will get another chance to weigh in on city ward remap this week (Justin Laurence with Chris Kanich), 11.15.21
WGN Chicago: Midday Fix: Details on a program that empowers girls to become the next leaders in STEM (Kristina Miller with Chenille Lawrence), 11.8.21
AXIOS Chicago: CPS policy blocks student access to computer software (Monica Eng, with Dale Reed), 11.2.21
Chicago Tribune: Surge of International students from India prompts University of Illinois to launch office in New Delhi, (Karen Ann Kullotta), 8.16.21
WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: Global Shortage of Computer Chips Hits US Manufacturing, (Paul Caine, with Robert Sloan and Seda Memik), 7.29.21
Chicago Tribune: UIC debuts ‘Hummingbird,’ allowing audience to participate in the story, (Darcell Rockett, with Daria Tsoupikova), 6.22.21
Forbes: “As A White Male, I Am The Face Of The Problem:” A Conversation About Equality, (Brenda D. Wilkerson, opinion piece, with Dale Reed), 5.7.21
WBEZ: Volunteers Help Chicago Residents Without Internet Connect To COVID-19 Vaccines, (Anna Lopez), 3.22.21

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NBC 5 Chicago: Illinois Residents Still Targeted in Unemployment Fraud Scheme, (Chris Kanich), 12.31.20
NBC 5 Chicago: Chicago-Area Groups Demand End to Facial Recognition Amid Concerns (Bob Sloan), 02.04.20
Politico Women Rule Newsletter: How women are changing statehouses, 01.31.20
Puget Sound Business Journal: Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures launches $50M initiative to advance women in emerging tech hubs, 01.29.20
The University Network: Cornell Program Recruiting Women To Computer Science Expands Nationally, 01.28.20
Philanthropy Women: Melinda Gates Wants Cities to Get Gender.Equality.Tech, 01.28.20
Fast Company: Melinda Gates’s Pivotal Ventures has a plan to help women gain more power in tech, 01.28.20
Crunchbase: Melinda Gates’ Pivotal Ventures Commits $50M To Increase Women In Tech And Support Emerging Hubs, 01.28.20
ChicagoInno: Melinda Gates Leads $50M Initiative to Boost Women in Tech, Starting in Chicago, 01.28.20
WGN Radio: UIC Gets a Grant to Boost Women in Tech from Melinda Gates [link no longer available], 01.28.20
Pulse 2.0: Melinda Gates: $50 Million To Create More Opportunities For Women In Tech, 01.28.20
Fox Periodical: Why Melinda Gates is making an investment $50 million to make the following Silicon Valley—beginning in Chicago, 01.28.20 [link no longer available]
CNET: Melinda Gates’ VC firm invests $50 million to boost diversity in tech across the US, 01.28.20
GeekWire: Melinda Gates’ nonprofit launches $50M initiative to increase representation of women in tech hubs, 01.28.20
Chicago Tribune: Melinda Gates wants more women involved in Chicago’s tech industry. And she’s putting money where her heart is. 01.28.20
Forbes: Melinda Gates Names Chicago First Gender-Inclusive Tech Hub, 01.28.20
Fortune: Why Melinda Gates is investing $50 million to make the next Silicon Valley—starting in Chicago, 01.28.20
Chicago Sun Times: UIC receives major grant to boost women in computer science, 01.28.20
citybizlist: Washington DC: Cognizant U.S. Foundation Invests $5.2 Million, 01.29.20
Crain’s Chicago Business: UIC gets grant from Melinda Gates-backed effort to boost women in tech, 01.28.20
Crain’s New York Business: Cornell Tech’s women’s initiative to expand nationally, 01.28.20
Cornell Chronicle: Cornell Tech women in tech program goes national, 01.28.20

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CIO Review: Why don’t we defend better? Data breaches and the lack of information problem (Bob Sloan), 12.18.19
WIRED: What sci-fi can teach computer science about ethics (Emmanuelle Burton), 08.26.19
WIRED: This app lets your Instagram followers track your location (Jason Polakis), 07.19.2019
WGN Chicago: FTC to announce plan to crack down on robocalls (Bob Sloan), 06.24.2019
WIRED: App makers are mixed on ‘Sign in With Apple’ (Chris Kanich), 06.15.2019
The Guardian (UK): AI could be a critical tool to save the planet, 04.30.2019
NPR’s Planet Money podcast: Episode 908: I am Not a Robot (Chris Kanich, Jason Polakis), 04.24.2019
WBEZ Chicago: At UIC, Students Study ‘Unstoppable’ Technology of Self-Driving Cars, 04.17.2019
NPR’s All Things Considered: Want To Know How Far Artificial Intelligence Has Come? Just Look At CAPTCHA (Jason Polakis), 04.16.2019
Nature: AI empowers conservation biology, 03.04.2019
The Conversation: Is your VPN secure? (Mohammad Taha Khan), 02.04.2019
The Verge: Why Captchas have gotten so difficult (Jason Polakis), 02.01.2019
WIRED: Your old tweets give away more location data than you think (Jason Polakis), 01.10.2019