Jul 27, 2017
NSF Approves Proposal for Machine Learning Cyberinfrastructure
Effective October 1, 2017, CSE Professor and Calit2 Director Larry Smarr will become Principal Investigator on a new NSF-funded, $1 million community infrastructure in support of machine learning research. Ahead of the launch, HPCwire interviewed Smarr for a preview of the proposed...Read More
Jul 26, 2017
CSE Professor Honored for Cognitive Science Contributions
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) professor Gary Cottrell calls himself "a cognitive scientist collecting a computer science salary", noting that this is “much better than the other way around.” Now, he has been elected a Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society, an honor reflecting his "impact...Read More
Jul 25, 2017
CSE Ranks #14 among U.S. Programs in Computer Science and Engineering
The Computer Science and Engineering program at UC San Diego now ranks #14 in the nation, and #40 worldwide, according to an expanded subject-area ranking in the 2017 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), published by the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. Based on five hard-data metrics, the...Read More
Jul 19, 2017
Center for Visual Computing Has Major Presence at Upcoming Computer Vision Conference
Computer vision researchers from the University of California San Diego will have a major presence at the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2017), with 20 papers on the agenda featuring at least one co-author from UC San Diego. Considered the premier forum for...Read More
Jul 18, 2017
CSE Professor Separates AI Fact from Fiction at San Diego Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con 2017 gets underway on Thursday, July 20, and while a lot of students and some faculty from CSE will likely be attending the pop-culture event, one CSE professor will have the opportunity to talk about her own field of academic work along with some big names from the world of...Read More
Jul 17, 2017
At Intersection of Visual Computing and Robotics, New Professor Joins UC San Diego Faculty
Effective July 1, Dr. Hao Su joined the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of California San Diego. At a macro level, he explores fundamental problems in broad disciplines related to artificial intelligence, including machine...Read More
Jul 14, 2017
High School Students Get a Taste of Studying Computer Science at UC San Diego
Many of the students studying and living on campus this month look decidedly younger than usual for the University of California San Diego, primarily because they are younger. One group of 205 high school students moved into dorms this week to attend the 2017 California State Summer School for...Read More
Jul 12, 2017
Opportunity for UC San Diego Researchers to Collaborate with Small Business to Win Federal Funding
In September, San Diego will be one of the stops for a national outreach effort undertaken by federal agencies to make small businesses more aware of the funding opportunities for which they may be eligible. The industry group BIOCOM and UC San Diego Office of Innovation and Commercialization will...Read More
Jul 7, 2017
CSE Graduate Students in Center for Networked Systems End Academic Year with Ph.D. Degrees and New Jobs
As of early July, 15 Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Ph.D. candidates affiliated with the Center for Networked Systems (CNS) have graduated or are expected to graduate in the academic year from October 2016 through September 2017. Unlike last year, when half the Ph.D. graduates went to work...Read More
Jul 5, 2017
Research Center Awards Travel Grants to Two Graduate Students in Computer Science
For female students in particular, attending the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing can be a critical launching pad for careers in computer science in either academia or private industry. For that reason, UC San Diego's Center for Networked Systems (CNS) provides funding each...Read More