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Professor Miryung Kim Receives Robert M. Stevenson Faculty in Residence Award

Jul 23, 2018

This year, computer science professor Miryung Kim was awarded the Robert M. Stevenson Faculty-in-Residence (FIR) Award, created by UCLA Residential Life in order to recognize current FIRs who provide outstanding contributions to the residence hall communities. The...

Computer Science Professor: Leonard Kleinrock Receives 5 Million Gift To Establish UCLA Connection Lab

Jul 20, 2018

5 million gift to the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering in honor of internet pioneer Leonard Kleinrock will establish a new center devoted to shaping the future of the internet and computer networking. The gift from Sunday Group Inc., a Las Vegas-based software...

CS Ph.D. Student Muhammad Gulzar Wins Gold Medal at ICSE Student Research Competition

Jul 16, 2018

Every year, ACM holds Student Research Competitions, which offer undergraduate and graduate students an opportunity to present their original research before a panel of judges and attendees at well-known ACM-sponsored and co-sponsored conferences. This year, Muhammad...

Four CS Professors Ranked in Top 100 Computer Scientists in U.S.

Jul 14, 2018

Earlier this year, UCLA was ranked No. 1 among U.S. public universities in the 2017-18 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and No. 12 worldwide overall in the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled by Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The Computer...

Assistant Professor Kai-Wei Chang Receives 2018 Okawa Research Grant

Jul 1, 2018

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Kai-Wei Chang! We are pleased to announce that he is a recipient of the 2018 Okawa Research Grant for his work on Reducing Implicit Societal Bias in Artificial Intelligence Systems. This year there were six awardees—five of...