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Aditya Thakur Receives 2020 Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on September 21, 2020

For the second year in a row, CS assistant professor Aditya Thakur is the winner of a Facebook Probability and Programming Research Award. The award, established in 2019, seek proposals from the worldwide computer science community that address problems at the intersection of machine learning, programming languages, statistics and software engineering. Thakur’s proposal was one of 19 selected.

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Using AI to treat teenagers with schizophrenia

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on September 11, 2020
Computer science professor Ian Davidson will bring expertise in explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) and deep learning (DL) to a new National Institute of Health (NIH)-funded project to treat teenagers with schizophrenia. The five-year, $3.4 million project funds trials using AI to prescribe treatments for each patient based off medical images of their brains.
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Sean Peisert named editor-in-chief of IEEE Security and Privacy

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on July 10, 2020

Computer science associate adjunct professor Sean Peisert has been named the new editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal, IEEE Security and Privacy. Peisert, who is currently an associate editor-in-chief, will begin his new, three-year appointment on January 1, 2021.

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Cindy Rubio González: Faculty Assistant to the Dean for Diversity and Inclusion

July 01, 2020
In March, computer science professor Cindy Rubio González was appointed the College of Engineering’s first faculty assistant to the dean for diversity and inclusion. In her new role, Rubio González will help Dean Jennifer Sinclair Curtis attract, retain, serve and recognize diversity in students and faculty populations in the college.
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Solving credit card fraud

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on June 18, 2020

Computer science associate professor Sam King thinks he has a solution to credit card fraud. Using his experiences in Silicon Valley and his research at UC Davis, King has developed a new, secure app called Card Scan that uses machine learning to read credit cards in seconds and reject fraudulent cards, transactions and phones.

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Alumni Spotlight: Deb Frincke ’85, ’89, ‘92

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on April 07, 2020

Since her time as a computer science student at UC Davis, Deb Frincke, B.S. ’85, M.S. ’89, Ph.D. ’92 has been at the forefront of cybersecurity as it has become an increasingly important part of modern life. With experience in academia, national laboratories and government—most recently as the Director of Research for the National Security Agency (NSA)—she has made a profound impact on the field through her leadership, mentorship and research.

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CS undergraduate Matthew Sotoudeh wins silver medal in POPL student research competition

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on March 02, 2020

Third-year computer science undergraduate Matthew Sotoudeh placed second in an undergraduate student research competition at the 2020 International Symposium on Principles of Programming Language (POPL). Sotoudeh, part of assistant professor Aditya Thakur’s lab, presented his poster and gave an oral presentation at the top programming languages conference from January 19-25 in New Orleans.

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Cindy Rubio-González named 2020 Better Scientific Software Fellow

Posted by Noah Pflueger-Peters on January 22, 2020
Assistant professor Cindy Rubio-González was named a 2020 Better Scientific Software (BSSw) Fellow, one of three scientists and engineers to receive the honor this year. Rubio will receive $25,000 to develop training materials and organize events that promote high-quality scientific software.
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