Jan 25, 2023
New CSE Faculty Member Amy Ousterhout Races Ahead
By Kimberley Clementi It’s been said that slow and steady wins the race. But high performers like Amy Ousterhout, a new assistant professor in UC San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering, set a pace few can match – whether she’s navigating the fast-track in academia or a high-...Read More
Jan 5, 2023
UC San Diego Leads $50.5M Center for Computing
By Ioana Patringenaru and Katie E. Ismael Researchers led by Tajana Simunic-Rosing, a computer science professor at the University of California San Diego, received a $35 million contract from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to make computing orders of magnitude faster and more efficient....Read More
Dec 22, 2022
Security Sleuths: Computer Scientists’ Solutions to Security Issues Withstand the Test
By Tiffany Fox and Katie E. Ismael Twenty, 15, even 10 years ago, computer scientists were just beginning to discover the power of big data, building better user interfaces for the Internet of Things … and quickly realizing encryption and security would play a big role in all of it. Now in 2022,...Read More
Dec 22, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris Honors CSE Student Naba Rizvi (PhD ’25)
By Kimberley Clementi I send my warmest congratulations on your selection as a Computer Science Hero. Vice President Kamala Harris sent a personal note of congratulations to Naba Rizvi, a PhD student in UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department, for her recent recognition...Read More
Dec 14, 2022
New Web Tracking Technique is Bypassing Privacy Protections
By Ioana Patringenaru Advertisers and web trackers have been able to aggregate users’ information across all of the websites they visit for decades, primarily by placing third-party cookies in users’ browsers. Two years ago, several browsers that prioritize user privacy --- including Safari,...Read More
Dec 13, 2022
Two CSE Teams Earn $100K Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Awards
By Kimberley Clementi Two teams from UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department have received Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) awards for 2022. The CSE teams along with four additional teams from the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department earned six out of...Read More
Dec 12, 2022
CSE Welcomes Experienced Software Engineer Michael Coblenz
By Kimberley Clementi What would prompt a senior software engineer with Apple, Inc. to exchange a high-performance career for academia? That’s precisely the path Michael Coblenz took when he left the tech giant after an eight-year tenure and returned to his alma mater, Carnegie Mellon University,...Read More
Nov 22, 2022
Two CSE Researchers Among Most Highly Cited in the World
By Kathrine Connor Two researchers affiliated with UC San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering are among the world’s most influential researchers in their fields, according to the 2022 Clarivate listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World. The list highlights...Read More
Nov 21, 2022
A New Era For Robotics at UC San Diego
By Ioana Patringenaru The Contextual Robotics Institute at UC San Diego hosted its 7th annual forum on Nov. 16, highlighting not only the robotics work underway across campus, but also efforts to capitalize on the broader San Diego region’s strengths and expertise. The Contextual Robotics...Read More
Nov 17, 2022
CSE's Tajana Rosing Honored for Excellence in Semiconductor Design Research
By Katie E. Ismael UC San Diego professor Tajana Šimunić Rosing, a leading researcher in accelerating big data in hardware using both novel machine learning techniques, such as hyperdimensional computing, and in- and near-memory and storage processing, will receive the 2022 University Research...Read More