Jan 13, 2017
Teaching Computers to Recognize Sick Guts: Machine Learning and the Microbiome
A new proof-of-concept study by computer scientists and other researchers at UC San Diego succeeded in training computers to “learn” what a healthy versus an unhealthy gut microbiome looks like based on its genetic makeup. Since this can be done by genetically sequencing fecal samples, the research...Read More
Jan 11, 2017
Award to Graduate Women in Computing at UC San Diego to Help Expand Mentoring
With women making up less than 30 percent of graduate students in computer science at the University of California San Diego, the group known as Graduate Women in Computing (GradWIC) on campus is looking to beef up its academic mentorship program. To that end, GradWIC will receive a $5,000...Read More
Jan 10, 2017
Software System Labels Coral Reef Images in Record Time
CoralNet works 10 to 100 times faster than processing image data by hand Much faster processing of coral-reef images is based on deep learning technology.Computer scientists at UC San Diego have released a new version of a software system that processes images from the world’s coral reefs anywhere...Read More
Dec 20, 2016
KC Claffy among “10 Women to Know in Networking/Communications”
CSE adjunct professor KC Claffy, principal investigator and founding director of the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), has been named to the second annual “10 Women in Networking/Communications That You Should Know” list. KC Claffy is...Read More
Dec 8, 2016
UC San Diego Computer Scientist Honored as ACM Fellow
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s leading computing society, today named University of California San Diego professor Rajesh K. Gupta to be an ACM Fellow. The professor of Computer Science and Engineering is one of 53 ACM members elevated to fellow status. Gupta was cited...Read More
Dec 7, 2016
CSE Holiday Party in Pictures
It was standing room only when the Computer Science and Engineering department held its annual winter holiday party on Dec. 3. Well over 200 people showed up for the skits put on by graduate students, staff, and a few faculty members. Some visual highlights of the festivities: CSE Holiday Party...Read More
Dec 6, 2016
Staff Member Aims for Seven Marathons on Seven Continents in 12 Months
CSE fund manager Cheryl Hile continues to make a splash with her ambitious effort to become the first patient with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) to run seven marathons on seven continents in a single year. Next week, on December 11, Hile and husband Brian will be in Hawaii to run the Honolulu Marathon....Read More
Dec 6, 2016
CSE Alumna Proves It Takes Smarts to Write Computer Science Books 'For Dummies'
University of California San Diego alumna Sarah Guthals (BS ’10, MS ’12, Ph.D. ’14) completed all of her degrees in Computer Science, and as a student, she co-founded the educational computer-science startup ThoughtSTEM, and developed education games to help students learn the basics of programming...Read More
Dec 6, 2016
CSE Student Featured in #ILookLikeAnEngineer Jacobs School Series
In case you've missed the engaging series of interviews involving engineering and computer science students under the hashtag #ILookLikeAnEngineer, one of the latest undergraduates highlighted in the series is Akanksha Kevalramani (pictured). The sophomore (Class of '18) majoring in Computer...Read More
Dec 5, 2016
CSE to Host Free Coding Faire for Kids
Alumni Startup Organizes Event for Computer Science Education Week Volunteer tutors work with elementary student during the 2014 Coding Faire organized by ThoughtSTEM.A heads-up for alumni, staff and faculty of the University of California San Diego and other San Diegans with young kids: the...Read More