In the movie1968 film ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', the antagonist and sentient computer [[HAL 9000]] says it was made operational at the HAL Plant in Urbana, Illinois which was meant to represent the [[Coordinated Science Laboratory]] where the [[ILLIAC]] project was conducted.<ref name="Urbana 1992/7">{{Cite magazine| date=January 12, 2011|title=HAL of a Computer| url= https://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/tag/university-of-illinois | magazine=[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]] |first=Randy|last=Alfred| url-status= dead| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629023223/http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/tag/university-of-illinois/| archive-date= June 29, 2011| access-date= May 30, 2019}}</ref>
