Oct 31, 2016
DNA Day Features CSE Faculty, Alumni Speakers
Three professors affiliated with the Computer Science and Engineering department were among the speakers at the second DNA Day on October 28. Originally staged in 2015, the 2016 event was again organized by CSE Prof. Vineet Bafna along with Semyon Kruglyak at Illumina. The day-long workshop was co-...Read More
Oct 31, 2016
CSE Alumnus Wins Most Influential Paper for Work on Runtime Verification
Halfway across the world computer scientists gathered in Singapore on Oct. 30 for the start of the Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), which runs through Nov. 3. This year's general chair of the conference is a former computer...Read More
Oct 28, 2016
UC San Diego Computer Science Ranked #17 Globally
U.S. News & World Report is out with an expanded version of its 2017 Best Global Universities, ranking the 1,000 top research universities in the world (up from 750 ranked last year). The universities are spread across 65 countries. Despite the larger number of universities in the rankings, UC...Read More
Oct 28, 2016
Adjunct Professor's Project Awarded DHS Grant
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded $1.4 million grant to the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) , directed by SDSC research scientist and CSE adjunct professor KC Claffy. The funding will allow CAIDA to expand Archipelago Measurement Infrastructure (with worldwide...Read More
Oct 25, 2016
Computer Scientists, Others Brief IBM on UC San Diego Research
Two faculty members with appointments in the Computer Science and Engineering department were among those professors and university administrators making presentations to a delegation of senior IBM researchers who visited UC San Diego in mid-October. The delegation of five IBM executives was led...Read More
Oct 25, 2016
Understanding the Visual Dynamics of Opinions and Purchases
CSE Professor Julian McAuley will speak on Wednesday as part of the Design Lab's Design@Large Fall 2016 lecture series. His topic: "Understanding the Visual Dynamics of Opinions and Purchases". Date: Wednesday, October 26Time: 4:00pm - 5:15pmLocation: Room 1202, CSE Building Abstract: Services...Read More
Oct 25, 2016
Exploiting Structure in the Stable Matching Problem
Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. candidate Daniel Moeller is scheduled to stage the final defense of his dissertation this week on the topic of "Exploiting Structure in the Stable Matching Problem." His advisor, CSE Prof. Mohan Paturi, will chair the panel that includes fellow CSE professors...Read More
Oct 25, 2016
CSE Expands Presence at 2016 Contextual Robotics Forum and Technology Showcase
The idea of enabling humans to do more is central to the 2016 Contextual Robotics Forum at UC San Diego, which will take place this Friday, October 28 at UC San Diego. Leaders in robotics research and manufacturing will convene to discuss Shared Autonomy: New Directions in Human-Machine Interaction...Read More
Oct 24, 2016
Cognitive Science Professor Teaches Statistical Data Analysis
She is a professor of Cognitive Science, but UC San Diego associate professor Angela Yu is inviting Computer Science and Computer Engineering students to take one of her courses on statistical data analysis. She will teach an undergraduate course (COGS 118D: Mathematical Statistics for Behavioral...Read More
Oct 20, 2016
CSE Alumnus, Lead Engineer for Pokémon GO, Back on Campus
Next time you see someone playing Pokémon GO, the popular mobile phone-based game, keep in mind that a Computer Science and Engineering alumnus, Edward Wu (B.S. '04) leads the groundbreaking game’s technical team. Wu is a senior product manager at Niantic, the company that makes Pokémon GO and was...Read More