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| name = Siebel School of <br>Computing and Data Science

| image = [[File:Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science.jpg|240px|A photo of the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]]

| caption = [[Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science|Siebel Center]] building

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| head_label = Dean

| head = [[Nancy M. Amato]]<ref name="cs-illinois-edu-amato">{{cite web|title=Nancy Amato Named Next Department Head of Computer Science |url=https://cs.illinois.edu/news/nancy-amato-named-next-department-head-computer-science|accessdate=13 Jul 2018}}</ref><ref name="news-gazette-amato">{{cite web|title=Robotics expert to be first woman to lead UI computer-science department|date=12 July 2018 |url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-07-12/robotics-expert-be-first-woman-lead-ui-computer-science-department.html|accessdate=13 Jul 2018}}</ref>

| academic_staff = 110<ref name=statistics>{{Cite web |title=Rankings & Statistics {{!}} Computer Science {{!}} UIUC |url=https://cs.illinois.edu/about/statistics |access-date=10 March 2022}}</ref>

| enrollment = 5315 (Fall 2023)<ref name=statistics/>

| address = 201 North Goodwin Avenue

| city = [[Urbana, Illinois|Urbana]]

| state = [[Illinois]]

| country = USA

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The '''Siebel School of Computing and Data Science''' (formerly known as the '''Department of Computer Science''' from 1964 to 2024) is the academica department-level forschool [[computer science]] atwithin the [[Grainger College of Engineering]] ofat the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]].

According to [[U.S. News & World Report]], both its undergraduate and graduate programs rank in the top five among American universities,<ref>{{cite web|title=Best Computer Science Programs {{!}} Top Computer Science Schools {{!}} US News Best Graduate Schools|url=http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-schools/computer-science-rankings|accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Best Undergraduate Computer Science Programs Rankings|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/computer-science-overall|accessdate=10 March 2022}}</ref> and according to Computer Science Open Rankings,<ref>{{Cite web |title=computer science open rankings |url=https://drafty.cs.brown.edu/csopenrankings/ |access-date=19 April 2022}}</ref> the department ranks equally high in placing Ph.D. students in tenure-track positions at top universities and winning best paper awards. The department also ranks in the top two among all universities for faculty submissions to reputable journals and academic conferences, as determined by CSRankings.org.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://csrankings.org/|title=CSRankings: Computer Science Rankings|first=Emery|last=Berger|date=10 March 2022}}</ref> From before its official founding in 1964 to today, the department's faculty members and alumni have contributed to projects including the [[ORDVAC]], [[PLATO (computer system)|PLATO]], [[Mosaic (web browser)]], [[JavaScript]] and [[LLVM]], and have founded companies including [[Siebel Systems]], [[Netscape]], [[Mozilla]], [[PayPal]], [[Yelp]], [[YouTube]], and [[Malwarebytes]].

==History==

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* [[Steve Dorner]] B.S. 1983, [[Eudora (email client)]]

* [[Brendan Eich]] M.S. 1986, [[JavaScript]], [[Mozilla]]

* [[Clarence Ellis (computer scientist)|Clarence Ellis]] Ph.D. 1969, First African-American Computer Science Doctorate recipient and pioneer in [[Computer-supported cooperative work|Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)]] and [[Groupware]]

* [[Ping Fu]] M.S. 1990, [[Geomagic]]

* [[Mary Jane Irwin]] M.S. 1971, PhD. 1975, [[National Academy of Engineering|NAE]] member; computer architecture researcher

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[[Category:Computer science departments in the United States]]

[[Category:1964 establishments in Illinois]]

[[Category:Computer science institutes]]