May 20, 2022
Mission Critical: How Humans and Robots can Team Up in Uncertain Environments
By Katie E. Ismael In the midst of a medical emergency or disaster response, how can humans and robots work together more effectively? That’s the question University of California San Diego roboticist Laurel Riek and a team of researchers are seeking to answer with a new $7.5 million Department...Read More
May 6, 2022
CSE’s NSF PhD Research Fellows
By Josh Baxt Four graduate students in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering have received prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Research Fellowships. The new fellows will receive a $34,000 annual stipend for three years, a $12,000 education allowance to cover...Read More
Apr 22, 2022
Cleaning up Online Bots’ Act – and Speech
By Ioana Patringenaru Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed algorithms to rid speech generated by online bots of offensive language, on social media and elsewhere. Chatbots using toxic language is an ongoing issue. But perhaps the most famous example is Tay, a...Read More
Apr 14, 2022
Niema Moshiri and Janine Tiefenbruck Honored as UC San Diego Integrity Champions
Efforts to ensure the integrity of remote learning developed by Niema Moshiri, an assistant teaching professor in UC San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Janine Tiefenbruck, a lecturer in the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, were recognized at UC San Diego’s 12th annual...Read More
Apr 12, 2022
Yuanyuan Zhou Honored for Bug Work
By Josh Baxt In 2008, multicore processors, in which two or more processing units are embedded into an integrated circuit, were exploding in popularity. However, multicores spawned their own unique programming challenges. University of California San Diego computer scientist Yuanyuan (YY) Zhou...Read More
Apr 5, 2022
Changemakers of CSE: Daniel Kane Takes on Intricate Puzzles
By Josh Baxt With joint appointments in UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering and Mathematics departments, Associate Professor Daniel Kane straddles the line between both disciplines. But for Kane, computer science offers some unique opportunities. “The main difference I see is that...Read More
Apr 1, 2022
CSE Rises in New U.S. News and World Report Best Engineering School Rankings
By Katie E. Ismael UC San Diego’s graduate program in Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) is ranked #11 in the newest U.S. News and World Report Graduate Program Rankings. UC San Diego has risen to its 11th spot in 2022 from #30 in 1994. And according to CSrankings.org, a metrics-based...Read More
Mar 31, 2022
Researchers Assemble the First Complete Human Genome
By Josh Baxt Two decades after the Human Genome Project produced a draft sequence, an international research team, including University of California San Diego computer scientists, has published the first complete genome. The work was done by the Telomere to Telomere (T2T) consortium, and six...Read More
Mar 29, 2022
The Power of Bugs
By Josh Baxt Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego are showing how soil microbes can be harnessed to fuel low-power sensors. This opens new possibilities for microbial fuel cells (MFCs), which can power soil hydration sensors and other devices. Led by Department of...Read More
Mar 24, 2022
There’s an Org for That
By Katie E. Ismael Soon after last fall quarter began and the campus was showing signs of prepandemic life, the leaders of the Graduate Women in Computing or GradWIC at UC San Diego thought it would be helpful for the new students to become acclimated to their unfamiliar surroundings and to the...Read More