Computer Science Professor: Rafail Ostrovsky Receives the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award
This year, UCLA Computer Science and Mathematics professor Rafail Ostrovsky has been named a recipient of the IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award "for outstanding contributions to cryptographic protocols and systems, enhancing the scope of cryptographic...
UCLA ACM-ICPC Team Qualifies for 2017 ICPC World Finals
This year, out of approximately 13,000 student teams that participated in regional contests around the world, the team from UCLA was one of 133 teams to qualify for the world finals of ACM’s annual International Collegiate Programming Contest, where it will compete...
Professor Sriram Sankararaman: Recipient of 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship
Sriram Sankararaman, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Human Genetics, has been named one of four UCLA professors to receive the 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship. The fellowships, which include a $60,000 grant for...
Newly Elected Members of The National Academy of Engineering: Jason Cong – George Varghese
This year, UCLA Computer Science professors Jason Cong and George Varghese were elected as two of the 84 new members and 22 foreign members of the National Academy of Engineering’s latest class of scholars. Founded in 1964, the National Academy of Engineering is a...
Computer Science Professor: Jason Cong Receives ASP-DAC’17 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award
Professor Jason Cong and his coauthors, former students: Guojie Luo, Jie Wei, and Yan Zhang received ASP-DAC's 10-Year Retrospective Most Influential Paper Award at the 2017 Asia and South-Pacific Design Automation Conference held in Tokyo, Japan. Their award-winning...
CS PhD Student: Saswat Padhi – 2017 Microsoft Research PhD Fellow
Every year, Microsoft’s research division awards two-year PhD fellowships to promising graduate students studying computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, and related fields. To scope out these researchers, Microsoft undertakes an exhaustive process:...
Professor Wei Wang: Appointed To Leonard Kleinrock Endowed Chair
Professor Wei Wang has been appointed to the Leonard Kleinrock Chair, an appointment that is reserved for distinguished scholars and teachers.
Professor Judea Pearl: Receives The 2017 Sells Award For Distinguished Multivariate Research
Professor Judea Pearl has received the 2017 Sells Award for Distinguished Multivariate Research. This award from the Society of Multivariate Behavioral Research recognizes individuals who have made distinguished lifetime achievements to multivariate analysis in...
Professor Rafail Ostrovsky: Elected to IEEE Fellow
Each year, the IEEE Fellow Committee recommends a select group of scientists, researchers and scholars for election to IEEE Fellow. These individuals are selected based on their extraordinary record of accomplishments in an IEEE field of interest. Based on Rafail...