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CME Group Opens Innovation Center at UI Research Park

We were thrilled to attend the grand opening celebration of CME Group‘s new Innovation Center at University of Illinois Research Park last week!

CME Group is the world’s leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace – handling 3 billion contracts worth approximately $1 quadrillion annually, on average. The company is a marketplace for buyers and sellers – bringing together individuals, companies and institutions that need to manage risk or that want to profit by accepting risk.

This is CME Group’s first location on a college campus.

View photos from the event here.

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MakerGirl Goes Mobile

Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, MakerGirl has gone mobile! Since hitting the road on June 1, the team has hosted over 20 3D printing sessions and impacted over 300 girls across the country. 13445297_511326412390130_2399842384637360977_n

MakerGirl is a start-up out of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that inspires girls from the ages of 7 to 10 to be active in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields through 3D printing sessions. These sessions give girls the opportunity to creatively design on the computer and then watch their designs physically come to life.

MakerGirl is a 2016 Innovation Celebration award finalist.

Follow the trip on their website & stay up-to-date with photos on their Facebook page.

 

Illinois Growth & Innovation Fund

On Thursday, June 16, we hosted Joe Aguilar, Deputy Director – Investment Analysis and Due Diligence for Illinois State Treasurer Michael W. Frerichs, at our office for two info sessions about the Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund (IGIF). We had a total of 38 attendees.  IGIF Economic Impact

The underlying goal of the Illinois Growth and Innovation Fund (IGIF) is to leverage state dollars to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois, which is expected to spur economic growth and job creation while earning investment returns for Illinois residents.

IGIF Goals:
– Deliver strong investment performance for Illinois
– Drive economic development for Illinois
– Foster a more connected and engaged entrepreneurial community in Illinois

To learn more about the IGIF, visit their website and/or view the documents below.

You’re Welcome CU Reaches New Heights

The top of Illinois American Water‘s new tower was raised this morning – and it features a familiar look, the logo of You’re Welcome CU. The structure, located near the intersection of I-72 and I-57 in Champaign, is set to be completed this August. 007

The 1 million gallon storage tank will be providing water storage for the west side of town, a growth area for Champaign. The total project cost is $3 million.

Watch the video & see more photos.

 

 

 

CEB Data Innovation Center Opens at UI Research Park

From the press release:

CEB TAPS TOP TECH MINDS TO ADVANCE TALENT ANALYTICS LEADERSHIP

Employees at new Data Innovation Center at Research Park at the University of Illinois to Focus on Emerging Technologies’ Applications for Talent-Focused Organizations

ARLINGTON, Va., March 16, 2016—CEB (NYSE:CEB), a best practice insight and technology company, today announced the grand opening of its newest office at Research Park at the University of Illinois. The facility, a data analytics innovation center, will be home to nearly a dozen undergraduate and graduate students working on emerging technologies—including natural language processing, machine learning and data visualization—to enhance CEB’s leadership position in talent strategy and analytics. CEB Grand Opening

“Our own best practice insights confirm that having the right talent in place is pivotal to achieving business objectives and driving growth,” said Melody Jones, chief administrative officer, CEB. “We’re establishing our Data Innovation Center at Research Park because students here have the skills and drive to expand our market-leading talent analytics portfolio and ultimately help the world’s best companies bring new levels of precision to their talent investments.”

“It’s exciting to see a corporation like CEB, which is in the business of recognizing and fostering talent, come to Illinois to tap into the culture of innovation at the Research Park,” said University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign chancellor Barbara Wilson. “Research partnerships are critical to groundbreaking discoveries that benefit all involved, especially in accelerating the new frontiers of data science.”

CEB’s analytics offerings, including CEB TalentNeuron, its workforce surveys and Sunstone analytics, are quickly being adopted by leading global organizations to inform everything from location planning to individual candidate selection. With more than 35 billion data points under management, the company is equipping senior executives around the world with the intelligence they need to make critical talent decisions quickly.

“Analytics are key to giving our customers an unmatched level of visibility into the labor market,” Jones added. “This Center will augment our own team’s advanced analytics work designed to fulfill that promise. Given our mission to advance the science and practice of management, we couldn’t be more pleased to bring to these innovations to market in collaboration with an institution as respected for developing tech talent as the University of Illinois.”

To learn more about CEB’s leadership in talent analytics, please visit our website.

About CEB

CEB is a best practice insight and technology company. In partnership with leading organizations around the globe, we develop innovative solutions to drive corporate performance. CEB equips leaders at more than 10,000 companies with the intelligence to effectively manage talent, customers, and operations. CEB is a trusted partner to nearly 90% of the Fortune 500 and FTSE 100, and more than 70% of the Dow Jones Asian Titans. More at cebglobal.com.

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