Who We Are

Introducing CSL

Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL)

The University of Illinois’ Coordinated Science Laboratory is a premier, multidisciplinary research laboratory that focuses on information technology at the crossroads of computing, control and communications.

With a rich history of nearly 60 years of innovation, CSL has developed and deployed new technologies that have achieved international scientific recognition and transformed society.

Led by a faculty of world-renowned experts and researchers, CSL uses these innovations to explore critical issues in defense, medicine, environmental sciences, robotics, life-enhancement for the disabled and aeronautics.

What We Do

Our current efforts include:

Building next-generation air transportation systems.
Enhancing multi-modal imaging and visualization for health care, animation, security and surveillance.
Designing pervasive and embedded technologies, from hand-held devises to large-scale systems.
Creating telecommunications networks that are secure, available, safe, private, and survivable in the face of attacks and other disruptions.
Building new parallel technologies for high-end computing applications.
Constructing new wireless technologies for seamless, high-speed communications.
Designing new architectures for the future power grid.

CSL is building the infrastructure today to make these advancements a reality for tomorrow.

About CSL

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Meet the Director: Ravi Iyer

A faculty member since 1983, Ravishankar Iyer is the Director of the Coordinated Science Laboratory and the co-director of the Center for Reliable and High-Performance Computing.

During his distinguished career, he has made fundamental and pioneering contributions to the design and validation of reliable and fault tolerant computing systems.

He is the George and Ann Fisher Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.