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Cryptography Pioneer and CS Professor Amit Sahai Named IEEE Fellow
Amit Sahai, a professor of computer science and holder of the Symantec Term Chair in Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He was honored for his...
UCLA PhD Alumni Aayush Jain Wins 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship
Aayush Jain, who received his PhD in 2021 from UCLA Computer Science under the supervision of Professor Amit Sahai, was awarded the prestigious 2026 Sloan Research Fellowship for his research in Cryptography. Now an assistant professor of Computer Science at Carnegie...
Professor Miryung Kim Receives IEEE TCSE New Directions Award, Presented by the IEEE Computer Society Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE).
Professor Miryung Kim, Vice Chair of Graduate Studies in the UCLA Computer Science Department, has received the 2026 IEEE TCSE New Directions Award. This research impact award is presented annually to an individual or team whose pioneering software engineering...
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Faculty members discuss impact of AI on academic research
More than 150 UCLA faculty, staff, postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students attended or tuned in to the livestream of Research in the Age of AI Symposium, which was held Feb. 15 at the California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA. “This is really going to change the...
UCLA’s online engineering master’s program again ranked No. 1 in the U.S.
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering’s online master’s degree program has earned the No. 1 ranking in U.S. News & World Report’s 2024 survey of the nation’s best online graduate engineering programs. This is the second year in a row — and the sixth time in 10...
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. 1 public university for veterans. The university vaulted from No. 20...
