The CITRIS principal investigator and professor of computer science and engineering addresses complex issues of public safety—from wildfire prevention to reliable patient monitoring—with systems and networking expertise.
This season features two industry professionals who will share their experiences as women in tech, the importance of self-confidence, and how to build community.
Baskin Engineering’s 2022 distinguished graduate student alumnus Brian Levine credits his time at UC Santa Cruz for giving him the tools to become a life-long educator and socially impactful researcher.
Phokion Kolaitis, a distinguished research professor at the Baskin School of Engineering, will discuss ‘some aspects of computational social choice’—an interdisciplinary field that examines problems in collective decision making from an algorithmic perspective.
Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.; Electronic Music, minor
Department: Computer Science and Engineering
“There’s a lot of intersection between electronic music and computer science. In one of my classes, we’re using a specific music programming language to program our own sounds and electronic instruments. Doing these types of projects heightens my interest because I never thought I could blend those two fields and passions of mine together.”
The Skyhook Data Management incubator project was created by researchers at the UC Santa Cruz Center for Research in Open Source Software (CROSS) as a solution to cut down on client workload in filtering and decoding large datasets in storage systems.
Alexander Wolf, Baskin Engineering dean, and Becca Fenwick, director of the CITRIS Initiative on Drone Education and Research, are two of the 11 tech professionals selected to be a part of the Santa Cruz Works 2022 Titans of Tech.
Baskin Engineering alumnus Raghav Chaudhary applied the machine learning and natural language processing skills he learned in the NLP MS program to develop and sell his startup in just five months.
Degree Program: Human Computer Interaction, M.S.
Undergraduate Institution: Purdue University, Computer Science B.S.
Department: Computational Media
“I specifically chose this program because I really liked the people involved and the research currently being done at Baskin Engineering in the HCI field.”
Cormac Flanagan, professor of computer science and engineering at the UC Santa Cruz Baskin School of Engineering, has received the Principles of Programming Languages (POPL) 2022 Most-Influential Paper Award for his paper on dynamic information flow analysis.
The annual UCSC hackathon brought together over 400 students worldwide to learn new skills and develop innovative technological solutions to real-world challenges.
Degree Program: Computer Science, B.S.; Business Management Economics, B.A.
Department: Computer Science and Engineering; Economics
“The [UCSC] campus and culture really appealed to me, and I can confidently say I’m happy with my decision.”