Jan 29, 2018
UC San Diego Launches edX Online MicroMasters® in Algorithms and Data Structures
The online courses include Graph Algorithms as well as Graph Algorithms for Genome Sequencing and six more.Eight-course online program helps students master algorithmic programming techniques – and get a job The University of California San Diego is launching an online series of courses designed...Read More
Jan 29, 2018
CSE Alumnus Runs for School Board
UC San Diego computer science alumnus Jee Manghani (B.S. ’96), spent 20 years in commercial software development, including six years at General Atomics, before eventually becoming an entrepreneur and general partner in Soledad Investment, a value-investing partnership. Now he is Chief Executive...Read More
Jan 23, 2018
Making Pipelines and Large Processing Microbial Community Studies Available to Any User, Any Time, Any Place
CSE Ph.D. Candidate José Navas Molina is set to be the first Computer Science student to stage the final defense of his doctoral dissertation in 2018. His advisor, CSE and Pediatrics professor Rob Knight, will chair a faculty committee that includes fellow CSE professors Vineet Bafna, Larry Smarr,...Read More
Jan 22, 2018
New Algorithm Identifies Ten Times More Naturally Occurring Antibiotics than All Previous Studies
Drug resistance is a major concern worldwide. Many drugs, including antibiotics of ‘last resort’ such as vancomycin and daptomycin, are Peptidic Natural Products (PNPs) that have an unparalleled track record in pharmacology. Many antimicrobial and anticancer agents are PNPs, but discovery of new...Read More
Jan 17, 2018
CSE Alumnus from Oracle Addresses Database Researchers at UC San Diego
An early alumnus of the Computer Science and Engineering department will be back on campus Friday, January 19 to address faculty and students involved in the regular Database seminar in CSE, and then participate in a Student Roundtable Chat afterwards. Shasank Chavan, VP, OracleShasank Chavan, who...Read More
Jan 16, 2018
CSE Alumnus’s Startup Shows Tech Takeovers Happen Even in Smaller Markets
Just because he’s not in Silicon Valley or San Diego doesn’t mean that CSE alumnus Matthew Der (M.S., Ph.D. ’13, ’15) couldn’t work for a dynamic startup that would attract a blue-chip takeover. That’s exactly what happened to Notch, Co., a tech consulting firm in his hometown of Richmond, Virginia...Read More
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