Coordinated Science Laboratory
| Established | 1951 |
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Field of research | Computing, Communications, Signal processing, and Control |
| Director | Klara Nahrstedt |
| Address | 1308 West Main Street |
| Location | Urbana, Illinois, U.S. 40°06′54″N 88°13′36″W / 40.1149°N 88.2267°W |
| Affiliations | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| Website | csl.illinois.edu |
The Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) is a major scientific research laboratory at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. With deep roots in information technology, CSL has invented and deployed many landmark innovations, such as the electric vacuum gyroscope, the first computer-assisted instructional program and the plasma TV. Today, research thrusts include computer vision, economics and energy systems, information trust, neuroengineering, parallel computing, robotics and more.