Feb 5, 2024
New Technology Unscrambles the Chatter of Microbes
Researchers from University of California San Diego, as part of a large collaboration with scientists around the world, have developed a new search tool to help researchers better understand the metabolism of microorganisms. Microbes are key players in virtually all biological and environmental...Read More
Feb 2, 2024
Spotlight on Research and Discovery at CSE’s 5th Annual Research Open House
Robots to help in healthcare settings, self-driving vehicles, engineers exploring mangroves and oceans—not to mention numerous demonstrations of the broad range of research faculty and students are engaged in at UC San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Welcome to CSE’s fifth-...Read More
Feb 1, 2024
How to Run a Password Update Campaign Efficiently and With Minimal IT Costs
A team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego partnered with the campus’ Information Technology Services to analyze the messaging for a campuswide mandatory password change impacting almost 10,000 faculty and staff members....Read More
Jan 31, 2024
CSE Faculty Are Among Google’s First Trust & Safety Research Award Winners
Three faculty members from UC San Diego’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) are among the inaugural group of 15 academic researchers worldwide to receive Google’s Trust & Safety Research Award. Associate Professor Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick, Professor Stefan Savage, and...Read More
Jan 31, 2024
Bringing Together Real-world Sensors and VR to Improve Building Maintenance
A new system that brings together real-world sensing and virtual reality would make it easier for building maintenance personnel to identify and fix issues in commercial buildings that are in operation. The system was developed by computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and...Read More
Jan 25, 2024
PRISM Center Shines at Its First Annual Review
The new Processing with Intelligent Storage and Memory center, or PRISM, was awarded its second-year funding recently during a successful annual review by the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC). The $50.5 million center, led by UC San Diego computer science professor Tajana Šimunić-Rosing,...Read More
Jan 16, 2024
Two Join CSE’s Expanding List of NSF CAREER Award Recipients
Two UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) faculty members – Assistant Professor Jingbo Shang and Associate Professor Hao Su – were recognized with the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. They join nearly 50 CSE recipients, a list that...Read More
Jan 16, 2024
CSE’s Qipeng Liu Is Redefining Cryptography with Quantum Computing
Cryptography is as ancient as hieroglyphics. Forever evolving from these rudimentary origins, the process of hiding or coding private information has grown increasingly complex – think World War II ciphers, early computers, and today’s quantum computers. This latest frontier, quantum computing, is...Read More
Dec 7, 2023
In This Era of AI, Will Everyone Be a Programmer?
ChatGPT and Large Language Models (LLMs) are viewed by many as a threat to the field of computer science education because they’re able to produce code on command. But for Leo Porter, a teaching professor at University of California San Diego, these are tools that might actually help bring...Read More
Dec 7, 2023
CSE Researchers Named Again Among the World’s Most Influential in Their Fields
For the second year in a row, CSE researchers Rob Knight and Pavel Pevzner at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were named among the world’s most influential in their fields in this year’s Clarivate listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World. These scientists rank in the top...Read More