May 4, 2016
Graduate Student Community Awards to CSE Support Staff and Community Leader
Jessica Gross is the TA and Graduate Admissions Coordinator in the CSE Student Affairs, and she is one of two winners for the department at the Graduate Student Association (GSA) Community Awards. Meanwhile, Ph.D. candidate Dustin Richmond -- who expects to graduate this June -- was also singled...Read More
May 4, 2016
Interested in UX Design? CSE's Klemmer Has Two of the Top Three MOOCs in New List
According to a feature article in the British online publication Digital Arts, an online course developed and taught by CSE (and Cognitive Science) Prof. Scott Klemmer is one of the best in the world for learning user experience (UX) design. The survey noted that "UX design is all about improving...Read More
Apr 29, 2016
CSE Sophomores Take VR Skills to Santa Barbara Hackathon
UC San Diego computer science sophomores Connor Smith, Kristin Agcaoili and Anish Kannan were on hand April 22-24 when UC Santa Barbara hosted the second annual Santa Barbara Hackathon. The campus group SB Hacks hosted the 36-hour marathon coding competition, which was open to college students from...Read More
Apr 26, 2016
Andrew Kahng's Best Paper at CDNLive Silicon Valley and Megatrends at Cadence Distinguished Speakers Series
For the very first time, CDNLive Silicon Valley ran an academic track during its 2016 meeting, with a UC San Diego professor taking top honors. CDNLive is the Cadence User Conference, which attracts experts as well as users and developers of Cadence technologies and techniques for designing...Read More
Apr 25, 2016
Former M.S. Student Seals $3 Million Deal for Drone Security Venture
Grant Jordan was a student in the CSE Master's program because he wanted to focus on computer security and its potential, after earning his undergraduate degree in computer science at MIT and testing anti-drone technology at the Air Force Research Lab. While at UC San Diego, he and fellow student...Read More
Apr 25, 2016
Adjunct CSE Professor Named Interim Dean of Physical Sciences
A professor of mathematics at UC San Diego who is also an adjunct professor in Computer Science and Engineering will take over on July 1 as the Interim Dean of Physical Sciences. Professor Jeffrey Remmel, who is currently the Associate Dean of the division, will take over temporarily for the...Read More
Apr 21, 2016
Former CSE Professor's Solution to Caching Problem
Wired magazine published an article this week on the importance of caching for organizing computer memory -- concluding that it is a lot like organizing your closet. The article was excerpted from a book published April 19, "Algorithms to Live By" (Henry Holt & Co., 2016). In it, the writers...Read More
Apr 19, 2016
CSE Building Additions and Renovations Shift into High Gear
After more than a year of planning and preparation, and the start in late March of renovations to create the Master's Commons working area for M.S. students on the second floor, the campus has announced that additions and renovations to the first floor and basement of the Computer Science and...Read More
Apr 18, 2016
Student Research Honored as Best CSE Poster at Research Expo 2016
At the annual Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo, a team of three students advised by CSE Prof. George Porter received the top award out of nearly 30 posters (see story below) presented by graduate students from the Computer Science and Engineering department. The award went to the team of...Read More
Apr 13, 2016
Research Expo Showcases Over 30 CSE-Related Research Posters
For the school-wide research poster session at the 2016 Jacobs School of Engineering Research Expo on April 14, nearly 30 posters were presented by CSE graduate students, including six posters presented by students of CSE Prof. Ravi Ramamoorthi in an area reserved for researchers in the Center for...Read More