Computer Science & Engineering
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UC Santa Cruz hosts Vista TEC conference at Silicon Valley Campus
The September 28 conference in Santa Clara focuses on assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired community.
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Holger Schmidt receives IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award
Schmidt is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and holds the Narinder Kapany chair in Optoelectronics in the Baskin School of Engineering.
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UCSC engineers to participate in research center on autonomous systems
Professor Ricardo Sanfelice will provide expertise in hybrid and cyber-physical systems to a consortium led by the University of Florida and funded by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and Google exec Dennis Troper share tips and tales
During a campus visit on Saturday, tech titan Susan Wojcicki urged college students to pursue careers of meaning and impact in fields that are growing—and to be flexible and humble as they begin their work lives.
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Veteran teacher shows how achievement gaps in STEM classes can be eliminated
Professor Tracy Larrabee succeeded in closing the gap between underrepresented minority and first-generation college students and the rest of her class.
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UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute launches brain research project
UCSC engineers and genomics experts are partnering with UCSF neuroscientists to develop new technology for studying human brain evolution and development.
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Tech titan returns to campus, shares tales of survival
Alumnus Michael Lopp is vice president of engineering at Slack, the popular team-building platform, and the author of two books and a blog about leadership.
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Data scientist Lise Getoor to give annual Faculty Research Lecture on Feb. 26
Lise Getoor, professor of computer science and engineering, will discuss “Responsible Data Science” in the 53rd annual Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, February 26.
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UCSC engineers collaborate with Western Digital to accelerate genome sequencing
The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute and Baskin School of Engineering have entered into a multi-year, joint research and development agreement with Western Digital.
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Engineer Ali Yanik wins National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Grant will support Yanik’s research into phononic metamaterials and their use in acousto-microfluidic technologies for biomedical applications.
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NIH grant funds development of a wayfinding app for the blind
Engineer Roberto Manduchi develops assistive technologies for people with disabilities.
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Data science researchers to tackle privacy challenges in genomics
Computer scientist Abhradeep Guha Thakurta has won NSF funding to investigate ways to protect the privacy of individuals while allowing access to large genomic data sets.