UCLA Computer Science Welcomes Six Faculty Members
The UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has recently added six new faculty members to its Computer Science Department. Their collective expertise spans critical areas such as machine learning, robotics, quantum computing, and scalable software systems, enriching the...
Professor Judea Pearl Honored with the 2024 Kampé de Fériet Award
The Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty (IPMU) has awarded the esteemed 2024 Kampé de Fériet Award to Professor Judea. A prominent figure in the fields of computer science and statistics at UCLA, Pearl also directs the Cognitive Systems...
UCLA Professor Demetri Terzopoulos Elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering
Demetri Terzopoulos, UCLA Distinguished Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Computer Science, was honored as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) in April 2024. This prestigious recognition highlights his exceptional contributions to the field of...
Congratulations to Professor Jason Cong on Receiving the ISPD Lifetime Achievement Award
We are delighted to announce that Professor Jason Cong has been honored with the 2025 ISPD Lifetime Achievement Award. This prestigious accolade will be presented at the upcoming International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), scheduled to take place in Austin, TX,...
Professor Sahai Wins STOC Test of Time Award
Professor Sahai's paper with his former Ph.D. student Brent Watershas been selected as one of the 10-year Test of Time Awards and will be presented at this year's STOC in Vancouver. The citation for the award reads: “The Sahai-Waters paper changed the landscape of...
CS Ph.D. Pan Lu Awarded Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship
Pan Lu, a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science department at UCLA, has been awarded the prestigious Bloomberg Data Science Ph.D. Fellowship for the academic year 2023-2024. This fellowship recognizes and supports outstanding doctoral students in their research and...
UCLA ACM Student Chapter Wins the 2023-2024 ACM Outstanding Chapter Website Award
The International Association of Computing and Machinery (ACM) has awarded the UCLA student chapter of ACM the 2023-2024 Outstanding Chapter Website Student Chapter Excellence Award. The ACM at UCLA has received a Chapter Excellence award seven times in the past eight...
Professor Jason Cong Delivered a Keynote Speech at FCCM 2024
The UCLA Computer Science Department extends warm congratulations to Professor Cong on giving the opening keynote speech entitled “Can Deep Learning Broaden the Participation of FPGA Designs?” at the 2024 IEEE 32nd Annual International Symposium on Field-Programmable...
Internet Pioneer Leonard Kleinrock Elected to National Academy of Science
Distinguished professor emeritus Leonard Kleinrock of computer science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The academy announced its 2024 class of 120 new members and 24 international members at its annual...