May 9, 2019
Mihir Bellare Named Inaugural Holder of S. Gill Williamson Endowed Chair in Computer Science
Professor Mihir Bellare, an internationally renowned cryptographer and a pioneer in data security and privacy, has been appointed the S. Gill Williamson Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Computer Science at the University of California San Diego. “I congratulate Mihir Bellare on his game-changing...Read More
May 8, 2019
UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Professor Pavel Pevzner Receives ACM’s Paris Kanellakis Award
UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Professor Pavel Pevzner has been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) with the Paris Kanellakis Theory and Practice Award, which recognizes theoretical work that significantly advances computing. The award includes a $10,000 prize....Read More
Apr 30, 2019
Inaugural Celebration Showcases CSE’s Diversity
It all began with a Red Chair. Through its Sit With Me Campaign, the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) asks people to sit in a Red Chair and share their thoughts on the importance of women in STEM. CSE’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee’s Awareness...Read More
Apr 22, 2019
This deep learning powered tool creates better personalized workout recommendations from fitness tracking data
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed FitRec, a recommendation tool powered by deep learning, that is able to better estimate runners’ heart rates during a workout and predict and recommend routes. The team from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering...Read More
Apr 11, 2019
Unearthing Mysteries of the Maya
UC San Diego computer science students are venturing into Maya tunnels in Guatemala, and at home in San Diego, to bring these ancient buried sites to virtual life. Using backpacks full of custom hardware in the field and cutting-edge virtual reality (VR) technology back on campus, these student...Read More
Apr 5, 2019
CSE Grad Student Selected for Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Computer science and engineering Ph.D. candidate Ailie Fraser is one of five UC San Diego students accepted this week into the Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Named after Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first African American to receive a doctorate in the U.S., the society recognizes outstanding...Read More
Apr 5, 2019
UC San Diego engineer Andrew Kahng awarded Ho-Am Prize
San Diego, Calif., April 5, 2019-- University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Professor Andrew B. Kahng has been awarded the 2019 Ho-Am Prize for Engineering, the highest award for engineering in Korea. Kahng, a professor of computer science and of electrical engineering, is...Read More
Apr 4, 2019
Faculty celebrated for extraordinary teaching, research and service
They are probing the fundamental ideas of time, reimagining how energy can be stored and designing new ways to immerse audiences in theatrical performances. In the classroom, they look deeper into new forms of engagement and peer learning, flipping traditional teaching scripts. And in the...Read More
Apr 3, 2019
Bafna Honored for Pioneering Bioinformatics Work
By Joshua Baxt, CSE writer UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering professor Vineet Bafna has been named a 2019 ISCB Fellow by the International Society for Computational Biology. ISCB fellowships honor members who have made outstanding contributions to computational biology and...Read More
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