UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO (UCSD)
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BACKGROUND@UCSD
BACKGROUND
History Founded in 1956
Mission dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through
excellence in education and research at the undergraduate, graduate, professional school and postdoctoral levels
Notable Research Global Warming Keeling Curve
RANKING
Academic Ranking of World Universities (by Shanghai Jiaotong Uni.) World Wide: 14 National: 12
Times Higher Education 32
STUDENTS
Total: 28,200Distributions
Social Science: 47% Biology: 22% Engineering: 14% Others: 17%
Employment after Graduated Teacher: 8.4% Engineer: 8.0% Scientific Researcher: 5.1% Others: 78.5%
DIVISIONS AND SCHOOLS
Arts & HumanitiesBiological Sciences Int'l Relations/Pacific Studies Jacobs School of Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering Physical SciencesRady School of ManagementSchool of MedicineScripps Inst. of OceanographySkaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical
SciencesSocial Sciences
LOCATION
La Jolla(pronunciation: “La Holla”)
LOCATION
FACILITIES
jointly run by UCSD and University of California, Irvine(UCI)
2 buildings on each campus UCSD: Voigt Drive (next to the School of Engineering)
Research focus: wireless communications Photonics Cyberspace Nanotechnology micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS)
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY (CALIT2)
Student center
PRICE CENTER
Main library
GEISEL LIBRARY
Famous: Protein Data Bank internationally recognized
computational biosciences computational approaches to earth sciences and genomics
SAN DIEGO SUPERCOMPUTER CENTER
1st outdoor shake table in the world
LARGE HIGH PERFORMANCE OUTDOOR SHAKE TABLE
>5000 animals~380 species>410,000 visitors per year
BIRCH AQUARIUM
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
425 student organizationsCS-related
1. IEEE Graduate Student Chapter at UCSD2. Computer Science and Engineering Society3. SAGE
Assist each other on studies 4. Trudy
Learn and discuss interest in the field of Computer Science
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
6 residential colleges Revelle College John Muir College Thurgood Marshall College Earl Warren College Eleanor Roosevelt College Sixth College
COLLEGE SYSTEM
EVENTS
Aquarium Community Service Conference Dance/Party Film/Movies Concerts/Bands Sports/Recreation Health Sciences Lectures/Seminars Libraries Performing Arts Religious Events Other Events(e.g. Dinner, Exhibits, FoodSales, Internal
Events, Special Events and more...)
> 10 CATEGORIES
Friday of the 7th week @ Spring semester for students to enjoy themselves after midterm Art/DJ/Band performances
SUN GOD FESTIVAL
@Halloween/end of Spring Semester
PUMPKIN DROP/WATERMELON DROP
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DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
AND ENGINEERING
DEGREES
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) offers four degree programs: the B.S. degree in computer science the B.A. degree in computer science the B.S. degree in computer engineering the B.S. degree in computer science with a specialization in
bioinformaticsDifference between B.A. and B.S.:
B.A. stands for “Bachelor of Arts” B.S. stands for “Bachelor of Science”
BACKGROUND
The CSE department is part of the Jacobs School of Engineering
The Computer Science and Engineering Building
FACILITIES
more than 300 high-performance UNIX/Linux and Windows-based workstations
a large number of laptop systemsseveral hundred wireless personal digital
assistants two network-attached terabyte disk arraysfour separate high-performance compute
clustersGood use of San Diego Supercomputer
Center (SDSC)
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING’S
RESEARCH
RESEARCH THEMES
Algorithms and ComplexityArtificial IntelligenceBioinformaticsComputer Architecture and CompilersComputer Graphics and Computer VisionDatabases and Information ManagementEmbedded Systems & SoftwareHigh-Performance ComputingMeaning and ComputationProgramming SystemsSecurity and CryptographySoftware EngineeringSystems and NetworkingUbiquitous ComputingVLSI/CAD (Computer-Aided Design)
RESEARCH PROJECT (SMART VIVARIUM)
Smart Vivarium Project Physiologic and Environmental Monitoring of RodentsAutomatically analyze the behavior of mice from
video surveillanceEstimate the position of each mouse in each frame
of video. Label the instantaneous behaviors of each mouseData are catalogued and analyzed to determine the
health of each mouse.
RESEARCH PROJECT (SMART VIVARIUM)
Basic Posture Recognition: 1. Sit 2. Walk 3. Stretch
RESEARCH PROJECT (SMART VIVARIUM)
Count the footstep of mice
RESEARCH PROJECT (SLEEP SERVER)
RESEARCH PROJECT (SLEEP SERVER)
PCs maintain network presence and availability in sleep mode
Reduce energy consumptionCreates lightweight virtual images of sleeping PCs,
and these pared down images maintain connectivity and respond to applications
Each virtual PC image enables remote access to the sleeping PC it represents
Sleep Server seamlessly wakes up the physical PC - owner tries to connect remotely into the machine
from home - the user needs to remotely access stored files and
media. Support more PCs (250PCs with one SS -> 500 PCS
with two SS)Highly Scalable Architecture
REFERENCE
http://smartvivarium.calit2.net/http://mesl.ucsd.edu/yuvraj/research/sleepserver.htmlhttp://www-cse.ucsd.edu/faculty-research.html
QUESTIONS PREAPRED
QUESTIONS
1. What is the most notable research in your university history?2. Which school/department has the most number of students?
Why?3. According to the university fact sheet, many graduates
become teachers. Why?4. Is there anything special about the learning atmosphere in
UCSD?5. What do you think is special about CSIE department in UCSD
comparing to other universities in California?6. How do students in USCD study?7. How is the education for degree students? And Do degree
students have chance to do research?8. How much time and energy do you invest in general
education other than professional curriculum?9. Is the education theory-based or project-based?