| Frontiers of Technology |  CSE's Pevzner, Tesler Co-author Landmark Papers Comparing Human and Mouse Genomes
CSE Professor Pavel Pevzner, an expert in computational biology, and CSE Project Scientist Glenn Tesler have
co-authored landmark papers appearing in Nature and Genome Research. The findings state that comparison of human,
mouse genomes show more genomic rearrangements to account for 75 million years of evolution.
Click here for the NIH news release.
[full story] |  | NSF Information Technology Research Awards Announced: CSE Faculty Play Leading Role
With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers at the University of
California, San Diego (UCSD) will embark on eight new projects in the field of information technology
(IT) including development of a new architecture for computer networks based on optical communications,
and new ways to use IT in the study of earth sciences. Projects include: The OptIPuter Project, GEOscience
Network (GEON), Network Framework, and The SEEK Project.
[full story] | | | CSE Department News | UCSD CSE Ranked Top Three in University Research Citations
The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), recently examined 7 million computer science research
papers from 1991-2001 for citation impact and ranked UCSD CSE as the third "high-impact" world-wide
academic institution and fourth among all research organizations. Citation impact is considered one
of the most important measures of influence on the field of computer science.
[full story] | |  CSE Breaks New Ground
CSE and Cal-IT2 break ground on two new buildings to support technology research and education.
[full story] | | | UCSD & Jacobs School News |  Sixth College Students Get Connected
CSE Professor Bill Griswold helped Sixth College students get connected through the ActiveCampus program.
PDAs were given to all Sixth College entering freshman as part of their technology and the arts curriculum.
[full story] | | | Industry Happenings | CSE to Benefit from $400,000 Ixia Donation
CSE and Cal-(IT)2 will receive $400,000 in technology from Ixia for labs and research on next-generation
optical networks. Ixia's donation of equipment and software will support research and classroom laboratory
environments within the CSE department and UCSD Extension's Information Technologies Program. The donation
will come from Ixia's University Partners Program (IxUPP), set up to further advancements in Internet research
and development.
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| | | Faculty and Student Accomplishments | C.K. Cheng Receives IEEE Best Paper Award
CSE Professor Chung-Kuan (C.K.) Cheng received the 2002 IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, CAD
Transactions Best Paper Award for the paper co-authored with P.N. Guo, T. Takahashi and T.
Yoshimura, entitled "Floorplanning Using a Tree Representation," IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided
Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 281-289, February 2001.
| | Ben Rosen Honored as Member of European Academy of Sciences
CSE Adjunct Professor Ben Rosen received one of the highest honors awarded to a researcher by
being made a Member of the European Academy of Sciences. Members of the Academy are selected for
their distinguished and unique contribution to modern science and technology.
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