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UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Hires 24 Faculty in Fall 2020
September 8, 2020
The University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is proud to introduce the 24 new professors hired in Fall 2020. These professors are among the more than 130 faculty who have joined the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in the last seven years. Full Story
UC San Diego engineers selected for DARPA Secure Silicon program
August 13, 2020
Engineers at UC San Diego have been selected by DARPA to participate in the Automatic Implementation of Secure Silicon (AISS) program to increase the security of our nation’s semiconductor supply chain. Full Story
COVID-19: the Jacobs School community engages
May 19, 2020
The Jacobs School community has stepped up to the many challenges the SARS-CoV-2 visus has put before us. This is a cross section of projects that Jacobs School faculty, students and staff have launched in response to COVID-19. Some of these efforts are sure to grow into larger, sustained efforts. Others will morph or conclude as needs and available resources change. Through it all, our commitment to bold innovation for the public good remains. Full Story
Engineering telemedicine app, universal control system for ventilators for COVID-19 care
April 20, 2020
Engineers in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego have partnered with physicians at the Mayo Clinic to create a telemedicine to help critical care specialists provide the best possible care, even when resources are stretched thin. The team is also working on a universal control system that would work with any DIY ventilator. Full Story
Computer scientists receive $1 million DARPA grant to address information onslaught
March 10, 2020
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1 million grant to Computer Science and Engineering Department professors Tajana Rosing, Sanjoy Dasgupta and Electrical and Computer Engineering Department professor Tara Javidi to explore how hyperdimensional computing (HD) can help address informational onslaught. The project is called HyDREA (Hyperdimensional Computing: Robust, Efficient and Accurate). Full Story
Researchers Develop Framework that Improves Firefox Security
February 25, 2020
Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve web browser security. The framework, called RLBox, has been integrated into Firefox to complement Firefox’s other security-hardening efforts. Full Story
2019 Jacobs School of Engineering highlights
December 19, 2019
A lot happened at the Jacobs School of Engineering in 2019. Here's a look back at just a few of the ways we made bold possible. Full Story
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