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Aug 31, 2021
Computer science students qualify for programming World Finals
By Katherine Connor A team of UC San Diego computer science students has qualified to compete in the World Finals of the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC), the world’s preeminent programming and coding competition. The students clinched a spot when they placed sixth in...Read More

Jul 29, 2021
NSF invests $20M in UC San Diego-headquartered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute
Faster computer chip design. Wireless networks with greater energy efficiency. Self-driving cars that interact better with pedestrians and with one another. These are among the advances expected to emerge from a new institute led by the University of California San Diego that is focused on...Read More

Jul 23, 2021
Training Computers to Transfer Music from One Style to Another
By Doug Ramsey Can artificial intelligence enable computers to translate a musical composition between musical styles – e.g., from pop to classical or to jazz? According to a professor of music and computer science at UC San Diego and a high school student, they have developed a machine...Read More

Jul 22, 2021
Jeremy Blackstone (Ph.D. ’21): Mountaineer, Explorer and Howard Professor
Newly minted UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Ph.D. Jeremy Blackstone has trekked back to his undergraduate roots at Howard University, this time as a professor. Before that journey, he was part of CSE Professor Ryan Kastner’s research group and a member of the Engineers for...Read More

Jul 15, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Could Be New Blueprint for Precision Drug Discovery
Writing in the July 12, 2021 online issue of Nature Communications, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering describe a new approach that uses machine learning to hunt for disease targets and then predicts whether a...Read More

Jun 25, 2021
Computer Scientist Stefan Savage Honored as Prestigious Distinguished Researcher at UC San Diego
By Kayla Chen UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Professor Stefan Savage is one of two researchers across the campus to be named the Distinguished Researcher by the UC San Diego Academic Senate. He was honored with the award for his work in cybersecurity. These awards are a sign...Read More

Jun 23, 2021
CSE’s Shlomo Dubnov Helps Develop Machine Learning to Enhance Non-verbal Communication in Online Classrooms
By Doug Ramsey Researchers in the Center for Research on Entertainment and Learning (CREL) at the University of California San Diego have developed a system to analyze and track eye movements to enhance teaching in tomorrow’s virtual classrooms – and perhaps future virtual concert halls....Read More

Jun 21, 2021
Albert Chern: Integrating Math, Computer Science and Art
By Josh Baxt New UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Assistant Professor Albert Chern brings a mathematical mindset to computer science. In fact, for most of his academic career, math came first. “My undergraduate studies all the way to my Ph.D. and post-doc were all in...Read More

Jun 21, 2021
CSE’s Arun Kumar is Helping to Solve ML’s Big Data Problem
by Josh Baxt Big datasets can be incredible assets in business, healthcare, the physical and social sciences and many other disciplines – but the data won’t reveal itself. To isolate useful information and harness its predictive capabilities, researchers and organizations rely on sophisticated...Read More

Jun 18, 2021
UC San Diego Computer Scientist Victor Vianu Honored for Research “Gems”
UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Professor Victor Vianu will present his work at the ACM SIGMOD Principles of Database Systems (PODS) conference, which will be held June 20 to 25, as part of Gems of PODS series. These are similar to prestigious Test-of-Time awards but usually encompass...Read More