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) off ers 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

bioinformaticsDiff erence 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 fi les 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?