Oct 3, 2016
Dog Poop Microbiome Predicts Canine Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Our gut microbiomes — the varieties of microbes living in our digestive tracts — may play a role in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). “One of the really frustrating things about IBD in humans is that it’s hard to diagnose — it usually requires intestinal biopsies, which are not only imperfect, but...Read More
Oct 2, 2016
UC San Diego Department and UCTV Launch ‘The Computer Science Channel’
University of California Television (UCTV) and the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at the University of California San Diego have launched The Computer Science Channel online. The new video channel began service October 1, 2016, with a slate of newly-produced and existing content...Read More
Sep 28, 2016
#1 Employer of Recent CNS-Affiliated Graduates? It's Google
Most of the Ph.D. and M.S. students who worked in the labs of Center for Networked Systems (CNS) member faculty are well-positioned to land a great job after graduation. A few remain in academia, but the vast majority go to jobs in the technology industry, and not just any jobs. According to a...Read More
Sep 27, 2016
Pattern Recognition Laboratory to Boost Brain-Inspired Computing
Powerful new “brain-inspired” computing capabilities are turning the scientific method on its head by accelerating a “data science” experimental method that detects patterns in data before generating a hypothesis. “Pattern recognition is a mode of epistemology, a way of knowing,” says CSE Prof....Read More
Sep 27, 2016
Big Data Hub Gets a Spoke: NSF Funds Regional Approach to Big Data Challenges in the West
Researchers at the University of California San Diego, UCLA, and Arizona State University are partnering on a regional effort in the western United States to enhance “knowledge discovery and real-time interventions from sensory data flows in urban spaces.” The MetroInsight project is one of 10...Read More
Sep 23, 2016
Computer Scientist Participates in Cancer Genomes and Networks Program
CSE and Pediatrics assistant professor Debashis Sahoo at UC San Diego has been selected as a participating member of the Cancer Genomes and Networks program in the university's Moores Cancer Center. Members of the Cancer Genomes and Networks research program focus upon three thematic areas: genome...Read More
Sep 22, 2016
CSE Alumnus Gives Back to Student Success Initiative
The Internet revolution had barely begun to spread when Bhavin Shah (pictured) enrolled in the Computer Science and Engineering program at UC San Diego in 1994. Nevertheless, it was clear to him that computer science was the place to be, and he picked UCSD over his father's alma mater, UC Berkeley...Read More
Sep 22, 2016
CSE Students, Alumni Prepare for SD Hacks 2016
UC San Diego will host over 1,000 students for 36 hours of technological collaboration at SD Hacks 2016. The second annual hackathon in the series will take place Sept. 30 through Oct. 2 in RIMAC Arena on the UC San Diego campus. The student-led hackathon is one of the largest in California, along...Read More
Sep 18, 2016
UC San Diego Names Computer Engineer to Fratamico Endowed Chair
Tajana Rosing is among the latest faculty in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department rewarded with endowed chairs at the University of California San Diego. The campus named professor Rosing to the John J. and Susan M. Fratamico Endowed Chair in the Jacobs School of Engineering....Read More
Sep 15, 2016
Understanding and Dealing with Failures in Cloud-Scale Systems
Ph.D. candidate Peng (Ryan) Huang is getting ready to complete his degree. Next week he'll stage the final defense of his dissertation on "Understanding and Dealing with Failures in Cloud-Scale Systems." Huang is not worried about a future job: He has already accepted a tenure-track offer to join...Read More