Jul 5, 2016
CSE Professor Reaches Finals of Inaugural Online Teaching Prize
Professor Ravi Ramamoorthi cited for pioneering work on computer graphics education One of the largest online course platforms, edX, announced the finalists for its inaugural edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning. The 11 finalists for the first edX Prize in 2016...Read More
Jul 3, 2016
Bioinformatics Professor Elected to European Academy
CSE Prof. Pavel Pevzner is one of only eight new members elected to the Informatics section of the Academia Europaea, Europe's equivalent to the combined U.S. National Academies. The Academia Europaea elected 172 new members from four major areas, including humanities, social and related sciences,...Read More
Jun 30, 2016
UC San Diego Is #1 in Percentage of Female Students in STEM Majors
In a study of the 100 largest universities in the nation, UC San Diego came out on top as the campus with the highest percentage of female students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Based on statistics for 2013, BestColleges.com found that 33 percent of female...Read More
Jun 29, 2016
Alumnus Wins Prestigious Computer Architecture Award
CSE alumnus Tim Sherwood (Ph.D. '03) is the recipient of a prestigious award honoring mid-career computer architects. Sherwood is the 2016 recipient of the ACM SIGARCH Maurice Wilkes Award, named for the computing pioneer credited with proposing microprogramming in 1951, long before it was adopted...Read More
Jun 27, 2016
Machine Learning Method Differentiates Healthy Male, Female Microbiomes
The week-long International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) ended June 24, and the last day included the 2016 ICML Workshop on Computational Biology. CSE professors Larry Smarr and Rob Knight as well as Qualcomm Institute data scientist Mehrdad Yazdani were represented in a poster...Read More
Jun 27, 2016
Computer Science at UC San Diego #4 in Ranking
According to a ranking of U.S. computer science undergraduate programs serving international students, UC San Diego ranks #4 nationwide. The website College Values Online used data published separately by the Institute of Education Studies and Payscale.com to factor into the ranking, and the...Read More
Jun 23, 2016
Director of Student Affairs Heads into Retirement
After four-and-a-half years in CSE, and a total of 34 years of outstanding service to UC San Diego overall, Lynne Keith-McMullin is retiring as Director of Student Affairs in the department. Her last official day will be Wednesday, June 29, so two days before that, we'll celebrate her with a Happy...Read More
Jun 23, 2016
CSE Professor and Alumnus Win Bloomberg Data Science Grant
The Bloomberg Data Science Research Grant Program, run by the financial giant created by billionaire former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, is a relatively new source of support for computer-science research. It began in 2015. Specifically, faculty can apply for unrestricted gifts to support...Read More
Jun 23, 2016
'Decoding the Microbiome' Draws 142,000 Viewers in May
Who says computer science isn't sexy enough to grab TV viewers? Well, that was certainly not true in May for at least one program produced by the CSE department in collaboration with UCSD-TV. In the first month following the April premiere of "Decoding the Microbiome", the latest program in CSE's...Read More
Jun 22, 2016
Longtime Staffer Selected Among Exemplary Staff Employees of the Year
A Computer Science and Engineering staffer is among those named UC San Diego Exemplary Staff Employees of the Year for the 2015-2016 academic year. Glenn Little (pictured below) -- a Programmer-Analyst III who has worked in CSE for more than 30 years -- made the cut. He is one of ten Professional...Read More