Professor Rafail Ostrovsky named fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is the world’s largest scientific society, today named four UCLA faculty members to its new 2021 class of fellows. Since 1874, the AAAS, which publishes the journal Science, has chosen members for their...
Professor Amit Sahai received 2022 Michael and Sheila Held Prize from the National Academy of Sciences
Amit Sahai, Symantec Term Professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received the 2022 Michael and Sheila Held Prize of $100,000 from the National Academy of Sciences. The academy announced the prize on Jan. 24 as part of its 2022...
UCLA CS Alumnus Brent Waters (B.S., 2000) elected as an ACM Fellow “For contributions to cryptography”
UCLA CS Alumnus Brent Waters (B.S., 2000) was elected as an ACM Fellow "For contributions to cryptography." ACM Fellowship is ACM's most prestigious member grade and recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and...
UCLA Ph.D. Alumnus David Pan elected as an ACM Fellow “For contributions to electronic design automation, including design for manufacturing and physical design”
Dr. Pan graduated from the UCLA Computer Science Department in December 2000 with an Outstanding Ph.D. Award. He received the 2009 UCLA Engineering Distinguished Young Alumnus Award and was elected as an IEEE Fellow in 2014 as well as an SPIE Fellow in 2017. He is...
Professor Rafail Ostrovsky elected as an ACM Fellow “For contributions to the foundations of cryptography”
Professor Rafail Ostrovsky was elected as an ACM Fellow "For contributions to the foundations of cryptography." ACM Fellowship is ACM's most prestigious member grade and recognizes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and...
CS undergraduate Yu-Hsi (Ellie) Cheng selected for Honorable Mention for 2022 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
UCLA CS undergraduate student Yu-Hsi (Ellie) Cheng was selected for the Honorable Mention by the Computing Research Association (CRA) for their 2022 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award. This award program recognizes undergraduate students in North American...
Computer Science Alumnus Leads STEM Career from Hackathons to Meta
Alexander Ramirez ’14 knew from a young age that he was born to work in STEM. Growing up in California with his mom being a radiologist and his dad a programmer, science and technology were always front and center for Ramirez. But it wasn’t until he created an iPhone...
UCLA Computer Science Professor Awarded $10,000 Okawa Foundation Research Grant
Cho-Jui Hsieh, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received a 2021 Okawa Foundation Research Grant for his work on machine learning for optimization. Hsieh is one of only seven recipients from the United States to...
Professor Miryung Kim selected as 2021 ACM Distinguished Member
Professor Miryung Kim has been selected as one of the 2021 Distinguished Members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The 63 new Distinguished Members work at leading universities, corporations, and research institutions around the world. The ACM...