UCLA Computer Science Department
Industrial Affiliate Membership Program


Basic Membership
The basic membership of the Industrial Affiliate Program entitles the member companies to the following benefits:

  • Customized assistance to member’s recruiting needs, including but not limited to
    • Providing graduate student listing and resumes (with their degree objectives, expected date of graduation, etc) in the areas of interest to the member company
    • Customized assistance to set up on-site interviews
    • Invitation for one technical talk each year at the department-wide seminar series to highlight member company’s research and technology
  • Facilitating the interaction with faculty members in the area of interests, including research collaboration, reference checking, summer internship, and consulting
  • An invitation to attend the Annual Research Review organized by the department or the school of engineering with up to five free admissions.   At this Review, students and faculty showcase their current research. It provides a superb vehicle for the Affiliates and the Department to interact.
  • An invitation to attend the Computer Science Department Distinguished Lecture Series
  • Copies of in-house research reports, preprints, and additional information on specific topics in computer science, as available, on request

The fee for the basic membership is $10,000 per year. Through mutual agreement between the member company and the department, a faculty member is assigned to serve as a liaison for the program.

Gold Membership
In addition to the benefits of the basic membership, the gold membership entitles the member company to:

  • Close tie with a specified research laboratory or center with regular meetings and visits for exchanges of research problems and results
  • Sending one industrial visitor to the specified lab/center in the Computer Science Department for a period of up to 12 months 
    • The visitor is provided with office space and is given full access to our computer facilities, libraries and research laboratories
    • The visitor is entitled to attend all classes and lectures and to freely interact with our faculty and students
  • Sending one representative on the department’s advisory board to provide inputs and feedbacks to the department’s education and research directions
  • Participating in the undergraduate senior-year project program, in which the member company can propose year-long projects for a team of 3-4 students to work on as the senior-year project under the supervision of a faculty advisor.

The fee for the gold membership is $50,000 per year. Through mutual agreement between the member company and the department, the faculty director of the specified research lab or center is assigned to serve as a liaison for the program. 

To discuss the program in further detail, please contact:
Dr. Jason Cong
Professor and Chair

UCLA Computer Science Department
4732E Boelter Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1596
tel: (310) 825-8878, fax: (310) 825-2273

 e-mail:chair@cs.ucla.edu