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Intuit software engineer Kylie Taitano ’14 was named “Rising Star” at Athena’s 21st Annual Pinnacle Awards. At the event, held May 7 in San Diego, Taitano was recognized for her inspirational work increasing the pipeline of women in tech.
Taitano’s efforts include raising funds and granting student scholarships, organizing large events and coding workshops focused on K-12 girls, partnering with the Girl Scouts on technology and mentoring students for technology entrepreneurship. She is a co-founder of Code With Her, which offers real-world coding experience and mentorship through the Girl Scouts. Read More
CSE alum Satya Mallick (PhD ’06) has been honored as one of the 50 Most Popular #AI Influencers in North America. He is number six on the list, produced by AiThority.com.
Mallick is currently the interim CEO and lead author on OpenCV.org. He also founded Big Vision, a San Diego-based company that specializes in computer vision, machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence products and services. Read More
CSE alumnus Taner Halıcıoğlu ‘96 was recognized as one of eight Outstanding Alumni during the 2019 Alumni Awards Celebration Weekend.
Honorees are selected by a committee of volunteers, including Alumni Board of Directors members, for their distinguished work and outstanding achievements. Read More
CSE alumni Leo Porter and Cynthia Lee were honored for a Top Ten Symposium Paper of All Time for SIGCSE’s 50th Anniversary. A Multi-Institutional Study of Peer Instruction in Introductory Computing was first presented in 2016. Read More
KC Claffy, director of the Center for Applied Data Analysis (CAIDA) at UC San Diego’s Supercomputer Center, was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her pioneering internet measurement and analysis work.
Claffy, also a CSE adjunct professor and alumna, was among 11 inductees from six countries who were honored at a special ceremony in San José, Costa Rica. Read More
In a machine-versus-man match up in the video game StarCraft II, an artificial “agent” was able to learn how to reach grandmaster level with all three alien races in the game. Machines have also learned how to correctly identify objects and activities in an image and how to translate human speech.
That’s due in large part to the work of Oriol Vinyals, who is pushing the boundaries of how deep machine learning can go. Read More
Since earning her PhD in 2003, Bianca Zadrozny has pursued her computer science career, in both industry and academia, in two countries. Her path has led her to IBM Research in Brazil, where she oversees natural resources analytics research.
Her group’s mission is to conduct research projects in data-driven and physically driven analytics, aiming to develop novel technologies that can help in smarter natural resources discovery and exploration. Read More
In Ozgur Sinanoglu’s Design for Excellence lab at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus, a major development in cybersecurity has emerged.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering professor and his team of eight researchers have made news over the last couple of years with their strides to create a chip that can stand up to a variety of threats and attempts to violate its security. A first-of-its kind chip that would be unhackable. Read More
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