Computer Science
- December 08, 2014
Student robotics competition on Dec. 12 features "Game of Thrones" theme
Small autonomous robots built by UC Santa Cruz engineering students will face off in "Game of Drones" competition.
- November 25, 2014
Computer scientist Ethan Miller elected IEEE Fellow
Ethan Miller, professor of computer science, has been named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
- October 16, 2014
Grad students' interactive fiction honored at IndieCade games festival
Ice-Bound is an interactive fiction piece created by two graduate students in the UC Santa Cruz Center for Games and Playable Media
- October 14, 2014
Acclaimed game designer joins UC Santa Cruz art faculty
Award-winning game designer and producer Robin Hunicke will join the UC Santa Cruz faculty in January as Associate Professor of Art & Game Design.
- October 13, 2014
UC Santa Cruz creates new Department of Computational Media
A new department builds on the success of the campus's pathbreaking programs in games and playable media
- October 10, 2014
Computer scientist Charlie McDowell recognized as advocate for women in tech
McDowell and alumnus Jacob Martinez are featured on a list of "10 Men Making Waves for Women in Tech"
- September 23, 2014
UC Santa Cruz establishes Symantec Presidential Chair in Storage and Security
Computer scientist Ethan Miller has been appointed to a new endowed chair funded by a gift from Symantec and UC Presidential matching funds
- September 11, 2014
Teaching computers the nuances of human conversation
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker wants to make spoken dialogue systems more responsive to the user.
- August 18, 2014
Grad student unites personal passion and programming skills to help others
Computer science graduate student Lourdes Morales is working to help others with disabilities use technology.
- June 26, 2014
UCSC graduate student is a new kind of storyteller
Aaron Reed's award-winning games use computer technology to explore the possibilities of interactive fiction.
- June 02, 2014
Corporate-sponsored projects give engineering students valuable experience
UCSC engineering students presented their corporate-sponsored senior design projects to mentors and faculty
- May 20, 2014
UCSC data storage researchers tackle practical problems
In the rapidly evolving field of data storage, UCSC has been a leading academic research center for more than a decade.
- April 30, 2014
Red Hat to acquire Inktank, a cloud storage company with UCSC roots
Software provider Red Hat will acquire Inktank, a data storage company with origins in a UCSC research project, for $175 million.
- March 17, 2014
UCSC's 'Project Awesome' supports women in computing
Project Awesome is an ongoing effort to recruit and retain more women students in computer science and computer engineering.
- March 11, 2014
UC Santa Cruz ranked among top schools for game design
The game design programs at UCSC were named among the top programs in the country by the Princeton Review.
- February 21, 2014
UCSC engineering students find inspiration in eBay scholarship program
A team of engineering students has developed promising new approaches for doing online shopping from mobile devices
- February 14, 2014
Risk and reward: undergraduate Lauren Scott explores the world of computer games
Lauren Scott, a 21-year-old UCSC student majoring in computer science and business management economics, is thriving as an assistant game designer.
