Jan 13, 2018
Authorities Release UC San Diego Student Who Inadvertently Crossed Border with Mexico
A UC San Diego senior majoring in Mathematics-Computer Science spent five days in detention at the U.S.-Mexico border after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities detained the student. UC San Diego senior Orr Yakobi (right) with his attorney Jacob Supochnick after Yakobi's release...Read More
Jan 13, 2018
Computer Science Major Honored for Undergraduate Research in Applied Cryptography
Computer Science major Julia Len recently got word that she was a recipient of a prestigious award honoring outstanding undergraduate researchers. The awards are given annually by the Computing Research Association (CRA) to undergrads at North American universities who show "outstanding research...Read More
Jan 12, 2018
U.S. and Japanese Research Institutions Sign Bilateral Memorandum of Understanding
The University of California San Diego and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have forged a new, five-year pact to cooperate on research in the fields of computer science and technology. Philip Papadopoulos (left) and Satoshi Sekiguchi sign MOU between...Read More
Jan 8, 2018
Alumnus at Amazon Encourages Ph.D. Students to Apply for ML Internships
CSE alumnus Sheeraz AhmadCSE alumnus Sheeraz Ahmad (Ph.D. ’15) focused on machine learning and its application in learning and decision-making problems faced by humans and artificial agents. Since graduation, he has been up in Redmond, WA, at Amazon, where he is a Research Scientist working on…...Read More