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...
PhD Student Pan Lu Wins 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship
Pan Lu, a PhD student in the Computer Science department at UCLA, has been awarded the 2023 Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF), along with his team member Jiacheng (Gary) Liu, a PhD student in the School of Computer Science & Engineering at UW. The winning teams...
Professor Amit Sahai Wins Test of Time Award at FOCS
Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) 2023, one of the top conferences in theoretical computer science along with the Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC), has selected Professor Amit Sahai’s work on indistinguishability obfuscation to receive a Test of Time...
Professor Raghu Meka and student Zander Kelley Win FOCS 2023 Best Paper Award
In recent developments, UCLA Professor Raghu Meka and student Zander Kelley from UIUC achieved a breakthrough on a problem in arithmetic combinatorics that had stumped mathematicians for over 70 years. Their breakthrough has earned Meka and coauthor Kelley’s paper...