Voices of Baskin Engineering
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
Azad University
Graduate Institution
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Tehran, Iran
We want to provide greater context around online content for consumers, and reduce the amount of time people have to devote to sorting through information.
Undergraduate Institution
Nedaye Azadi
Graduate Institution
University of Waterloo
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
I spent many years in the reading room when radiologists were reading and looking at the patient images and observing what their struggles are... I think that [my device] could be very instrumental in helping a radiologist to improve head and neck cancer management.
Undergraduate Institution
Kharazmi University
Graduate Institution
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department
Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown
Kermanshah, Iran
What I would consider to be a career well-performed would be one in which I would be able to answer this question: How do stem cells think?
Undergraduate Institution
University of Central Arkansas
Graduate Institution
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Department
Undergraduate Affairs and MEP
Hometown
Little Rock, Arkansas
It is important to have a community, especially for students of color because it's easy to feel like you're erased, that you don't belong somewhere because historically you're not a part of that group, but things have to change and things are changing, and it's so important to have diversity in tech.
Degree Progam
B.S., Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Undergraduate Institution
UC Santa Cruz
Department
Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown
Los Gatos, California
It is just amazing to see what people my age can do with the resources that we have at universities. It makes you feel like we can really do something good for the future. I think we have potential to really save this earth
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
University of California, Los Angeles
Graduate Institution
San Jose State and University of California, Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Los Altos, California
The Ph.D. experience allowed me to mature as a person. I learned to function in an environment where I had to figure out the parameters myself. I came out of UCSC with self confidence and the ability to figure out a solution and explain it to an audience.
Degree Progam
B.S. Computer Science
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Tracy, California
I super recommend taking a class like CSE 115A where you finally get to build something that you want to build... We are all used to doing homework assignments, so when you actually have to make that leap, it is really amazing the amount of growth that comes from that.
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
UC Santa Barbara
Graduate Institution
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown
Fresno, California
I think for any entrepreneur you just have to be ready that it's going to be tougher than you think, but at the end of the day, even if you fail, you're going to learn so much.... it's going to be so hard, so be ready for that, but it's, it's worth the ride.
Degree Progam
Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
University of California, Santa Cruz
Graduate Institution
University of California, Santa Barbara
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Cupertino, California
I sat in on some of the seminars in Professor Derrell Long’s group in the Storage Systems Research Center. They have a seminar every week, and I came and listened to all the grad students talk about how they were progressing on their research projects, and that made me want to pursue graduate school.
Degree Progam
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
University of Dhaka
Graduate Institution
University of California, Santa Cruz
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown
Pabna, Bangladesh
I use millions of nanoprobes to detect the activity of neurons non-invasively. My new probe has a lot of potential applications but one of the ones I want to mention is that it could help us to develop a high-bandwidth brain/machine interfaces, and we could use that to develop prostheses for people with disabilities.
Undergraduate Institution
Georgia Institute of Technology
Graduate Institution
Cornell University
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Tupelo, Mississippi
Even when I was a kid, I was really interested in making computers do things they weren’t supposed to... After school, I worked for the National Security Agency for a long time, and it really motivated me to see how important it is to secure computers when lives are on the line.
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
Symbiosis International University
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Kolkata, India
I love the fact that [my lab] will encourage you no matter what you want to research on... They are really open to listening, and not just listening but also discussing, and they won’t put you down if your ideas don’t match theirs. There is a lot of healthy discussion going on all the time, even during lunch breaks.
Degree Progam
B.S., Bioinformatics, minor in Statistics
Department
Bimolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
I feel like I have had such incredible mentors at UCSC, and so much of what I have learned and the passion that I have developed for bioinformatics has been a product of the wonderful mentorship that I have had around me, so it has been really great to be able to take that full circle and provide that same thing for other undergraduate students.
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science and Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
UC Berkeley
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Berkeley, California
My research revolves around preventing pressure injuries... A lot of research is about developing a specific new technology that will prevent pressure injuries, but I am kind of taking a more system approach for which you can use any technology and apply it.
Degree Progam
Computer Science
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Bangalore, India
I would ask the incoming class of female engineers to join clubs like Society of Women Engineers, AMC-W, and Girls Who Code to build a strong network of women around them... That is what has helped me get through high school and college, and I really want incoming students to find a strong group of women to help them as well.
Degree Progam
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Iran
"Calculating the trajectory of a rocket is cool, but can your computer carry on a conversation without someone noticing it's a computer (to pass the Turing Test)?"
Degree Progam
Bachelor of Science, Robotics
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown
Berkeley, California
"There’s a lot of opportunity for collaboration here, but a lot of it is only possible if you put yourself out there."
Degree Progam
Masters of Science, Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Institution
University of Lancaster
Graduate Institution
UC Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
New Delhi
"Teaching here has given me confidence and motivation. When I read evaluations from satisfied students, it makes me think this is what I want to do."
Degree Progam
Master of Science, Computer Science
Undergraduate Institution
Peking University
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
"When you are learning a new field, your brain feels totally restructured, as if a whole new world has been revealed to you."
Degree Progam
Bachelors of Science, Bioengineering
Department
Biomolecular Engineering
Hometown
Stanford, California
"There’s so much more to becoming a well-rounded student and person than remaining on your major track alone, and UCSC recognizes that."
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science
Undergraduate Institution
Manipal Institute of Technology
Graduate Institution
UC Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Nagpur, India
"UC Santa Cruz has a good core set of professors working in data science and machine learning. There’s a broad spread of research interests among professors within the department."
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science
Undergraduate Institution
Baha’i Institute for Higher Education (BIHE)
Graduate Institution
UC Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
Hometown
Tehran, Iran
"Throughout my time as a graduate student here, I was very fortunate to be able to research with faculty members who are globally known for their work. "
Degree Progam
Ph.D., Computer Science
Undergraduate Institution
University of Arizona
Graduate Institution
UC Santa Cruz
Department
Computer Science and Engineering
"Maybe you need to vent about something that’s happening or need questions answered. When this happens, it’s nice to know someone’s there."
Degree Progam
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Hometown
Los Angeles
“It’s important for a college to support engineering organizations and provide students the free time to be involved with them. There’s a good balance of academic and non-academic activities here.”