ECE ILLINOIS and CS @ ILLINOIS welcomed hundreds of alumni at the two events. Another networking reception will be hosted at Uptake in Chicago on July 19.
Written by Julia Sullivan, ECE ILLINOIS
Last week, hundreds of Bay Area alumni gathered at two evenings of networking. ECE ILLINOIS and CS @ ILLINOIS partnered with Yelp and Google to sponsor the events, which included department news and updates from Department heads William H Sanders and Robin A Rutenbar.
Another alumni networking reception will be held in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, July 19, 2016, at Uptake, a tech startup that helps companies in major industries gather and analyze data to improve their businesses. ECE alumnus Greg Goff recently joined Uptake as its chief product officer.
At the event, CS Professor and ECE Affiliate Faculty member Ranjitha Kumar will give a brief talk about her research titled, "Data-Driven Design." Kumar is also co-founder and Chief Scientist for Apropose, a startup helping businesses understand marketing and design at the scale of the web.