Sep 22, 2016
CSE Alumnus Gives Back to Student Success Initiative
The Internet revolution had barely begun to spread when Bhavin Shah (pictured) enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering program at UC San Diego in 1994. Nevertheless, it was clear to him that computer science was the place to be, and he picked UCSD over his father's alma mater, UC Berkeley...Read More
Sep 22, 2016
CSE Students, Alumni Prepare for SD Hacks 2016
UC San Diego will host over 1,000 students for 36 hours of technological collaboration at SD Hacks 2016. The second annual hackathon in the series will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in RIMAC Arena on the UC San Diego campus. The student-led hackathon is one of the largest in California, along...Read More
Sep 18, 2016
UC San Diego Names Computer Engineer to Fratamico Endowed Chair
Tajana Rosing is among the latest faculty in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department rewarded with endowed chairs at the University of California San Diego. The campus named professor Rosing to the John J. and Susan M. Fratamico Endowed Chair in the Jacobs School of Engineering....Read More
Sep 15, 2016
Understanding and Dealing with Failures in Cloud-Scale Systems
Ph.D. candidate Peng (Ryan) Huang is getting ready to complete his degree. Next week he'll stage the final defense of his dissertation on "Understanding and Dealing with Failures in Cloud-Scale Systems." Huang is not worried about a future job: He has already accepted a tenure-track offer to join...Read More
Sep 14, 2016
CS Senior and Team Win Top Prize at Target Hackathon
In late August, retail giant Target hosted a three-day Diversity Leadership Symposium and invited undergraduate students from around the country to help develop strategies to address diversity and inclusion in the retail industry. The activities included a 'case study hackathon'. By the end of the...Read More
Sep 14, 2016
Alumnus Uses Technology to Serve Movie-goers and Target Competitors
A CSE alumnus is making waves in Hollywood because he may be pointing the way to the future of movie-going. Ameesh Paleja (B.S. '01) finished his undergraduate degree in computer science at UC San Diego. He is now the co-founder and CEO of Atom Tickets, based in Santa Monica, Calif. According to...Read More
Sep 13, 2016
Engineers Receive $1 Million Grant to Improve the Way Robots Interact with People in U.S. Factories
Laurel Riek, a roboticist at the University of California San Diego, will lead a three-year, $1 million project funded by the National Science Foundation to help change the role of robots in factories and make it easier for machines to work alongside people. [Pictured at right is the envisioned...Read More
Sep 13, 2016
Computing Education Research Gets a Boost
In late August, the CRA Bulletin published an article arguing, "Why CS Departments Should Embrace Computing Education Research." The piece followed a July CRA Conference at Snowbird, which addresses issues such as how a CS department may benefit from hiring tenure-track faculty in computer...Read More
Sep 12, 2016
CSE, CNS Faculty Play Leadership Role at SIGCOMM
SIGCOMM 2016 – the week-long annual meeting of the ACM Special Interest Group on Data Communication – wrapped up Aug. 26 in Florianopolis, Brazil – the first time the conference has taken place in Latin America. The event moves to Los Angeles for SIGCOMM 2017, and UC San Diego computer scientist...Read More
Aug 30, 2016
CSE, Contextual Robotics Institute and Banner Year for New Science Faculty
Over the weekend UC San Diego and, among others, its Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, received lavish coverage for the new crop of faculty hired ahead of the new academic year. Writing in the San Diego Union-Tribune, science editor Gary Robbins noted that from "San Diego to San...Read More