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Cybersecurity Club at UC Davis Brings New Education, Competition Opportunities to Campus

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• October 08, 2019

• Students

The Cybersecurity Club at UC Davis (CSC) is a community for anyone interested in cybersecurity to learn, network and hone their skills to prepare themselves for a field that’s increasingly important to the world’s security.

New $1.5M UC Davis Institute Will Harness the Data Revolution

• October 07, 2019

• Research

Focusing on research and education, the UC Davis TETRAPODS Institute of Data Science (UCD4IDS) will serve as a hub for faculty, scholars, and students with interests and expertise in data science.

In Memoriam: Antara Bhowmick

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• October 01, 2019

• Students

The UC Davis College of Engineering and Department of Computer Science mourn the loss of alumna Antara Bhowmick ‘19, who passed away in an accident on September 25.

Patrice Koehl and Yong Jae Lee win College of Engineering Outstanding Faculty Awards

• September 23, 2019

• Faculty

They will be recognized, along with all of their colleagues who received awards in the last year, at the Celebration of Faculty Excellence awards ceremony and reception.

UC Davis, MouseBelt Partner to Launch Blockchain Education Initiative

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• September 06, 2019

• Research

UC Davis is partnering with MouseBelt to accelerate blockchain education, research and entrepreneurship.

Going for a Hike in Stebbins Cold Canyon? There’s an App for That!

• August 20, 2019

• Students

A group of UC Davis students has created an iPhone app that allows visitors to the Stebbins Cold Canyon trail to view wildlife guides, maps and safety information to enhance their enjoyment of the trail. This is one of the first apps in the country for a natural reserve or field station and it is available for free in the Apple App Store.

DECAL Group Paper Receives ESEC/FEC 2019 Test-of-Time Award

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• August 12, 2019

• Alumni

A 2009 paper led by alumnus Christian Bird ’10 and professors Premkumar Devanbu and Vladimir Filkov received a test-of-time award for its long-lasting impact on the field of software engineering from the Association for Computing Machinery’s 27th Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FEC 2019).

Andy Wu: Redefining Possibilities and Bettering Society with Technological Innovations

• August 12, 2019

• Students

Andy (Che-An) Wu is a second-year computer science major whose career goal is to become a tech-entrepreneur and make a huge difference in this world.

Cindy Rubio-González Receives DOE Early Career Award

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• August 06, 2019

• Faculty

Assistant Professor Cindy Rubio-González has received an Early Career Award from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science.

Raissa D’Souza Appointed Lead Editor of Physical Review Research

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• July 01, 2019

• Faculty

Computer Science and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering professor Raissa D’Souza has been named lead editor of the American Physical Society’s new open access journal, Physical Review Research.

Márton Pósfai Wins 2019 UC Davis Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• June 21, 2019

• Students

The award, given to 2-3 postdoctoral scholars every year, recognizes the vital role postdoctoral research plays at UC Davis and honors recipients for outstanding research accomplishments in their field.

Raissa D’Souza Receives Two Honors from the Network Science Society

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• June 18, 2019

• Faculty

Professor Raissa D’Souza was honored twice by the Network Science Society, being named a Fellow of the society and receiving the inaugural Euler Award for an outstanding research contribution that changed paradigms or assumptions in the field.

CS Team Selected for Oral Presentation at the 2019 IEEE CVPR Conference

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• June 12, 2019

• Research

The paper, authored by Ph.D. student Krishna Kumar Singh, visiting researcher Utkarsh Ojha and assistant professor Yong Jae Lee, describes an algorithm the team developed that was able to identify, disentangle and layer different parts of generated images by associating random codes with different parts of the image.

CS Alumni Win Sacramento Kings Capitalize Startup Competition

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• May 31, 2019

• Alumni

Smart parking startup Japa, co-founded by Department of Computer Science alumni Mat Magno ’18 and Charles Chen ‘18, is the winner of the 4th annual Kings Capitalize Startup Competition.

UC Davis Alumni, Professor Prem Devanbu Win MSR 19’s 10-Year Most Influential Paper award

• by Noah Pflueger-Peters
• May 28, 2019

• Alumni

UC Davis alumni Chris Bird ‘10, Earl Barr ‘09 and David Hamilton ‘10 and CS professor Premkumar Devanbu received the 2019 10-Year Most Influential Paper award from the Mining Software Repositories Conference for their 2009 paper, “The Promises and Perils of Mining Git.”