UCLA Samueli Announces 2024 Excellence in Teaching Awards
Every year, the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering selects and recognizes outstanding achievements by a number of its alumni, faculty members and students who have excelled in various fields. Below are profiles of the recipients of the Eon Instrumentation Inc....
Yizhou Sun and Quanquan Gu’s Paper Wins Test of Time Award
Yizhou Sun, an associate professor at the Department of Computer Science at UCLA, alongside Quanguan Gu won this year's Web Search and Data Mining Test of Time Award. Their paper "Personalized Entity Recommendation: A Heterogeneous Information Network Approach"...
Professor Bolei Zhou receives NSF CAREER Award
Bolei Zhou, an assistant professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has received an NSF CAREER award. This is the National Science Foundation’s highest honor for faculty members in the early stages of their research and teaching careers....
UCLA Computer Science Professor Named AI2050 Fellow
Aditya Grover, an assistant professor of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a 2023 AI2050 Early Career Fellowship by Schmidt Sciences. AI2050 is an initiative of Schmidt Sciences, a philanthropy founded by former Google CEO...
Professor Sahai Invited to Give UIUC Computer Science Department Distinguished Lecture
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) Computer Science Department invited computer science professor Amit Sahai to present his work on the Mathematics of Hiding Secrets in Software as part of their Distinguished Lecture Series (the equivalent of UCLA...
IEEE Circuits & Systems Magazine: A Conversation with Professor Jason Cong
In a recent conversation with the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine, Professor Jason Cong, the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence at UCLA's Computer Science Department, offered insights into his journey and contributions to electronic design automation (EDA)....
The Sriram Lab Achieves Breakthrough Discovery in Understanding Complex Genetic and Disease Relationships
UCLA Professor Sriram Sankararaman and lead author Ph.D. student Boyang Fu have made a groundbreaking discovery in genetic research.Their recent publication “Fast kernel-based association testing of non-linear genetic effects for biobank-scale data” in Nature...
Two UCLA Computer Science Professors Named to Forbes 30 Under 30 List
UCLA computer scientists Aditya Grover and Saadia Gabriel have been named to Forbes’ 2024 30 under 30 list in the science category. Grover, an assistant professor who joined the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in 2021, was selected by Forbes for his pioneer work in...
Amit Sahai Chosen as Fellow of the American Mathematical Society(AMS)
The American Mathematical Society (AMS) has chosen Professor Amit Sahai to become an AMS Fellow in recognition of his "outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics." This is a terrific honor and a...