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Computer Scientists Find New Cybersecurity Attacks on Hardware and Software

Computer Scientists Find New Cybersecurity Attacks on Hardware and Software

April 26, 2024

Researchers have found two novel types of attacks that target the conditional branch predictor found in high-end Intel processors, which could be exploited to compromise billions of processors currently in use.  Full Story


UC San Diego Among Multidisciplinary Awards Providing $221M Nationally for Cutting-Edge Projects

UC San Diego Among Multidisciplinary Awards Providing $221M Nationally for Cutting-Edge Projects

April 16, 2024

Three Jacobs School faculty are part of projects funded by the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative awards program this year. They are Kamalika Chaudhuri in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, and Jorge Cortes and Boris Kramer in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  Full Story


The AI Revolution is Upon Us--And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action

The AI Revolution is Upon Us--And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action

May 2, 2023

Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence. Full Story


Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

April 7, 2023

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering launched a new effort to help seed research collaborations between labs. The program is called the Jacobs School Early Career Faculty Development Award. It provides funding that pays for graduate students from two different labs to begin the collaborations. Full Story


UC San Diego Computer Security and Privacy Pioneer Named ACM Fellow

UC San Diego Computer Security and Privacy Pioneer Named ACM Fellow

January 23, 2023

Farinaz Koushanfar, a professor and Henry Booker Faculty Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California San Diego, has been named one of 57 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for 2022. Koushanfar is recognized for her contributions to secure computing and privacy-preserving machine learning.  Full Story


2022 Research Highlights

2022 Research Highlights

December 20, 2022

From tools to track the origin and spread of COVID-19, to making homes safer in earthquakes, to using smartphones as diagnostic tools, researchers at the Jacobs School of Engineering pioneered important work in 2022. A few highlights of our outstanding research this year are here. Full Story


San Diego Union-Tribune previews opening of Franklin Antonio Hall

San Diego Union-Tribune previews opening of Franklin Antonio Hall

September 9, 2022

Just weeks before the grand opening on Sept. 23, the San Diego Union-Tribune published an extensive story about Franklin Antonio Hall, the latest building at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The sleek and soaring structure is located across the street from to Atkinson Hall, near the campus’ Warren College neighborhood.    Full Story


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