UCLA ranked No. 1 Public University

Key takeaways UCLA pulls off a striking seventh consecutive top ranking, landing the No. 1 spot among public universities on U.S. News’ 2024 “Best Colleges” list. The campus was again ranked the No....
Dr. Sheila Tejada to serve as 2020 Grace Hopper Co-Chair

Dr. Sheila Tejada to serve as 2020 Grace Hopper Co-Chair

Dr. Sheila Tejada, a '93 UCLA Computer Science alum, has been chosen to serve as 2020 Grace Hopper Co-Chair. In 1994, she was one of around 500 women to join the very first Grace Hopper Celebration in Washington, D.C. In addition to her service at the Grace Hopper...

Professor Judea Pearl Named Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow

Professor Judea Pearl Named Royal Statistical Society Honorary Fellow

Professor Judea Pearl, Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been elected as an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a professional organization in the United Kingdom. This organization promotes the...

Internet Architect Dr. Leonard Kleinrock Receives UCLA Medal

Internet Architect Dr. Leonard Kleinrock Receives UCLA Medal

Leonard Kleinrock, distinguished professor of computer science and one of the world’s foremost internet pioneers, was awarded the UCLA Medal, the campus’s highest honor, for his remarkable contributions in providing the intellectual foundation for the modern technical...

Professor Guy Van den Broeck Named Sloan Fellow

Professor Guy Van den Broeck Named Sloan Fellow

Professor Guy Van den Broeck, along with three other UCLA faculty members, is among the 126 researchers from more than 60 research institutions in the United States and Canada named as 2020 Sloan Research Fellows. Sloan Research Fellowships are one of the most...

Ph.D. Student Jieyu Zhao Named 2020 Microsoft Research PhD Fellow.

Ph.D. Student Jieyu Zhao Named 2020 Microsoft Research PhD Fellow.

It is a pleasure to announce that Ph.D. student Jieyu Zhao has been named a 2020 Microsoft Research PhD Fellow. Jieyu was one of 15 Lovelace and PhD Fellows selected from among 600 gifted researchers from top institutions across the U.S. More details can be found...

Professor Cong Delivers Keynote speech at ASP-DAC ‘2020

Professor Cong Delivers Keynote speech at ASP-DAC ‘2020

Professor Jason Cong delivered a keynote speech entitled “Design Automation for Customizable Computing” at ASP-DAC’2020 on Jan. 20, 2020 in Beijing, China. ASP-DAC 2020 is the 25th annual international conference on VLSI design automation in Asia and South Pacific...