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Google, UC San Diego and NYU Estimate $25 Million in Ransomware Payouts

July 28, 2017

A UC San Diego Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science and Engineering participated in a study with Google and NYU which estimates that criminals made off with over $25 million in payouts from victims of ransomware cyber attacks.

At Intersection of Visual Computing and Robotics, New Professor Joins UC San Diego Faculty

July 17, 2017

Effective July 1, Dr. Hao Su joined the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department as a tenure-track assistant professor at the University of California San Diego to explore fundamental problems in broad disciplines related to artificial intelligence, including computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning and robotics

High School Students Get a Taste of Studying Computer Science at UC San Diego

July 14, 2017

Over 200 high school students have moved into dorms at UC San Diego for the 2017 California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science (COSMOS), a four-week program focused on advanced tech skills including programming and robotics.

UC San Diego in International Collaboration to Develop Wireless Implantable ‘Neurograins’

July 13, 2017

Five UC San Diego professors will receive $4MN as part of an international collaboration led by Brown University to develop grain-sized sensors, actuators and networking to be inserted into the cerebral cortex for brain research or repair. DARPA is funding the overall $19MN project announced this week.

Research Center Awards Travel Grants to Two Graduate Students in Computer Science

July 6, 2017

Computer science graduate students Ariana Mirian and Stephanie Chen will attend the 2017 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando, FL, thanks to travel grants awarded by UC San Diego’s Center for Networked Systems (CNS).

UC San Diego Ph.D. Candidate Accepts Tenure-Track Faculty Position at University of Illinois

June 29, 2017

Computer science graduate student Tianyin Xu will complete his Ph.D. later this summer, but he received five faculty job offers from top-notch schools, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he will become a tenure-track assistant professor next January.

UC San Diego Computer Scientist Welcomes New Jobs Partnership with Tech San Diego

June 27, 2017

The non-profit organization Tech San Diego launched a University Talent Initiative, initially as a partnership with UC San Diego, to improve the local talent pipeline and to make San Diego companies more competitive with Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York and Austin in attracting UC San Diego graduates and interns.

5G Wireless and Beyond: From Evolution to Revolution

June 22, 2017

5G capabilities will make it possible to harness sensor technologies, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning for unprecedented applications -- applications discussed at length during the conference.

New Tools at UC San Diego Help Calibrate Doses for ‘Exercise as Medicine’

June 16, 2017

EPARC's new Biodex System 4 and C-Mill treadmill will help exercise physiologists understand how much and what type of exercise to prescribe to patients, particularly those with gait difficulties.

Computer Science Students Demo Real-Time Multiplayer Games of Their Own

June 14, 2017

Over 30 computer science students split into five teams to develop multiplayer videogames in the 10 weeks of the spring quarter, and their final presentations on June 9 drew a large SRO crowd of other students and gamers to the Qualcomm Institute auditorium.
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