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Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science
The home of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois is the Thomas M. Siebel Center for Computer Science, a state-of-the-art building that opened its doors in 2004.  On the north side of campus, home to the College of Engineering, Siebel Center is an interactive computing habitat, made possible by a gift from alumnus Tom Siebel. The vision for the building was not only to create a magnificent space to work in, but to offer opportunities to investigate and apply computing tools on the building itself. Advanced wireless and wired communication networks, sensors, actuators, video capture and display equipment, video walls and information panels and storage and computing capabilities within the building allow researchers to examine communication and computation issues related to pervasive computing, multimedia infrastructure, building intelligence, security and privacy, and art.
 Across a grassy green from Siebel Center is the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, which co-anchors a new information technology quadrangle. Nearby are the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, devoted to biological intelligence, human-computer intelligent interaction, and molecular and electronic nanostructures; the Coordinated Science Laboratory, which focuses on information technology infrastructure and houses the Information Trust Institute, where researchers study trustworthy and secure information systems; and the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, which unites photonics, nanotechnology, microelectronics, and biotechnology research. Just south is the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, one of the world's most technologically advanced information management and retrieval centers. It is part of the university's library system, the world's largest public university collection.
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