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The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
www.beckman.uiuc.edu
405 North Mathews Avenue
The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology is an interdisciplinary
research institute devoted to basic research in the physical sciences, computation,
engineering, biology, behavior, and cognition.
Research at the Institute is focused around three scientific and technologically relevant
research initiatives: Biological Intelligence; Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction; and
Molecular and Electronic Nanostructures. In addition, the Beckman Institute provides
state-of-the-art facilities and resources, including:
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Biomedical Imaging Center
o nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy; the integration of
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Imaging Technology Group
Integrated Systems Laboratory
o advanced visualization, sonification, and interface technologies to enable
magnetic resonance methods with simultaneous optical imaging.
researchers to conduct experiments in human multi-modal perception and
cognition, cognitive and motor development, and multi-dimensional dataset
visualization
Biological Intelligence
Biological Intelligence (BI) research develops understanding of intelligent systems by studying the diverse
ways in which neurally based systems become capable of intelligent behavior. Research groups in
Biological Intelligence are:
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Science
** Speech Dynamics Laboratory **
-- electromagnetic articulography
Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction
Research in the Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction (HCII) area improves the ways a human operator
interacts with a computer by studying not only input-output techniques, but also human factors involved in
the interchange. Research groups in the Human-Computer Intelligent Interaction are:
Artificial Intelligence: Illinois Speech and Language Engineering Lab
Human Perception and Performance
Image Formation and Processing
The Beckman Graduate Fellows Program
provides fellowships to support UIUC graduate students at the M.A., M.S., or Ph.D. level engaged in
interdisciplinary research at the Institute. Six fellowships were awarded in 2007.
Research projects must involve at least one Beckman faculty member in addition to a second U of I faculty
member, and preference is given to those proposals that are interdisciplinary and involve the active
participation of two Beckman faculty members from two different groups.
2007-2008 recipient: Su-Young Yoon, Ph.D. in Linguistics; “Computer-aided pronunciation
training system for second language learners”. Artificial Intelligence group
2006-2007 recipient: Tae-Jin Yoon, Ph.D. in Linguistics
"A Predictive Model of Prosody through Grammatical Interface: A Computational Approach."
Cognitive Science group
2005-2006 recipient: Heidi Lorimor, Ph.D. in Linguistics
“Conjunction and Grammatical Agreement: When Wholes Differ from the Sums of their Parts”
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence groups
2004-2005 recipient: Heejin Kim, 2007 Ph.D in Linguistics.
“Study of Phonological Constraints on Prosodic Phrasing in American English”
Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence groups
2001-2002 recipient: Franklin Chang, 2002 Ph.D. in Psychology
"Examining Ways that Learning Influences Sentence Processing"
Cognitive Science group
2000-2001 recipient: Giulia Bencini, 2002 Ph.D. in Linguistics
“Investigating the Relationship Between Language Structure and Meaning: An Eye Tracking
Study of Structural Priming in Language Production”
Cognitive Science group