Apr 1, 2019
Gupta Receives IEEE McDowell Award
By Joshua Baxt Rajesh Gupta, a professor of computer science and engineering at University of California, San Diego, has been awarded the IEEE Computer Society 2019 W. Wallace McDowell Award for his “seminal contributions in design and implementation of microelectronic systems-on-chip and...Read More
Apr 1, 2019
New Algorithm Supercharges Long Read DNA Assembly
By Joshua Baxt Researchers at UC San Diego have discovered a better way to assemble long DNA reads into genomes. Called Flye, the new algorithm is faster and more accurate than existing assembly methods. Given the increasing popularity and potential benefits of long reads, this new approach could...Read More
Mar 19, 2019
The Robots that Dementia Caregivers Want: Robots for Joy, Robots for Sorrow
Building robots that can help people with dementia has been a longtime goal for roboticists. Yet until now, no one has sought to survey informal caregivers, such as family members, about what characteristics and roles these robots should have. A team of scientists at the University of California...Read More
Mar 18, 2019
UC San Diego Researchers Find Strong Performance, Complexities, and Puzzles in Intel's Optane DIMMs
University of California San Diego computer scientists have completed the first comprehensive evaluation of Intel’s new Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory Modules (Optane NVDIMMs). They found that Optane DIMMs can make key storage applications 17 times faster, especially if system designers adapt...Read More
Mar 6, 2019
Inaugural Holder of the Halıcıoğlu Chair in Computer Architecture at UC San Diego Named
Hadi Esmaeilzadeh, a professor of computer science at the University of California San Diego, is building the computer architecture that will enable the artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies of the future. He is expanding his work by collaborating with colleagues at the Center...Read More
Jan 30, 2019
CSE Represents UC San Diego at oSTEM National Conference in Houston, TX
By Trisha Kholiya, Qualcomm Institute student writer Computer Science and Engineering’s (CSE) Assistant Professor Arun Kumar and Director of Student Affairs Patrick Mallon recently joined ten UC San Diego oSTEM Chapter members to spearhead the first CSE presence at the oSTEM National Conference...Read More
Jan 24, 2019
The Problem Solvers
By Josh Baxt, CSE writer Seats were full at the recent CSE Open House. Photo: Shanni Jin, Qualcomm InstituteOn January 18, the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department hosted its first annual CSE Research Open House, during which faculty, students, and industry representatives...Read More