National Science Foundation Awards $40M to University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Research

Sethuraman Panchanathan, director of the National Science Foundation, visited the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign today to award the Department of Computer Science and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications $40 million to advance research in neuron-based computing systems and expand access to and capabilities of the nation’s supercomputing infrastructure. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin joined in the announcement, noting the societal impact of the awards and the importance of federal funding for research that supports technology and innovation.