Computer science is the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of computer technology and computer usage. The department offers courses on a wide range of topics, many of which include a mathematical component. UC Santa Cruz offers both the bachelor of arts and bachelor of science degrees, as well as the master of science and doctor of philosophy degrees, in computer science. Besides offering instructional courses, the Computer Science Department engages in a substantial research program in which both advanced undergraduates and graduate students participate.
Events
Bernt Wahl, Search, Public Health and Real Estate, Wednesday, February 10, 12:00 pm, Engineering 2, Room 506
Prof. Michael Neff, UCDavis, Animating the Gesture Style of Particular Individuals, Friday, February 12, 12:00 pm, Engineering 2, Room 599
Micro-robots to help recovery from natural disasters, and creating games to engage people with serious issues, Friday, February 12, 4:00 pm, Online
Ting Xu, Assemble Styrofoam for Nanodevices, Wednesday, February 17, 12:00 pm, Engineering 2, Room 506
Peter Meehan, KoAnn Skrzyniarz, Joshua Levine & Sandy Skees, Sustainability and Social Innovation: Doing Well by Doing Good, Thursday, February 18, 7:00 pm, Kuumbwa Jazz Center in downtown Santa Cruz
Josh Bloom, Abstracting Traditional Roles in Scientific Discovery and Inference: Application to Real-Time Astronomy, Wednesday, February 24, 12:00 pm, Engineering 2, Room 506
Don Chamberlin- UCSC Regents' Professor and Adjunct Professor, Computer Science, Perspectives on the ACM Programming Contest, Monday, March 1, 11:00 am, Engineering 2, Room 180
CITRIS / BSAC Workshop Sensors for Power Distribution: Operation, Fault Detection, and Maintenance, Tuesday, March 9, 8:00 am, Banatao Auditorium, Sutardja Dai Hall, UC Berkeley
News
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UCSC Scholarship Benefit Dinner raises more than $160,000 to support students
More than 300 people turned out for the seventh annual UC Santa Cruz Scholarship Benefit Dinner that took place Saturday night at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose. More
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New UCSC training program fosters ethics and justice discourse in science and engineering
This spring, the University of California, Santa Cruz, will launch a unique graduate-level training program funded by a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to cross-train scientists and engineers in humanities and social sciences, and vice versa. More
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7th annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner to support UCSC students--Feb. 6 at Tech Museum in San Jose
UC Santa Cruz will host its seventh annual Scholarship Benefit Dinner on Saturday, February 6, at the Tech Museum in San Jose. More
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Baskin Engineering in the News: Three Professor Profiled
Baskin Engineering professors Wentai Liu, Michael Mateas, and Joshua Stuart are profiled as "The Visionary", "The Player", and "The Dream Team" for their work on the artificial retina project, intelligent game design, and the UCSC cancer genome browser. More
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Computer scientist Michael Mateas to speak on "serious games" October 29
Michael Mateas, associate professor of computer science in the Baskin School of Engineering, will give a lecture on "Serious Games" on Thursday, October 29, at 4 p.m. in the Current Periodicals Room of the Science & Engineering Library. More
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Baskin School of Engineering will showcase groundbreaking research on Thursday, October 22
Groundbreaking research being pursued at the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz will be showcased at the school's Research Review Day on Thursday, October 22. The event will include faculty research presentations and graduate student posters, providing a broad overview of exciting research in areas such as bioengineering, nanotechnology, software service engineering, cyber-infrastructure, biostatistics, and systems design. More
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An interview with engineering dean Arthur Ramirez
Arthur Ramirez, dean of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, came to UCSC from Bell Labs, a legendary center for science and engineering. He brings a true passion for using fundamental and applied research to solve real-world problems. In the interview that follows, he discusses the importance of developing deeper partnerships in Silicon Valley, and he describes the qualities that make the Baskin School of Engineering uniquely positioned to contribute to the rapidly changing technologies of the 21st century. More
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UCSC Celebrates Pixar: A Week of Lectures and Film Screenings in Santa Cruz, October 20-23
'UC Santa Cruz Celebrates Pixar' - a week of lectures and film screenings featuring guest film and digital media specialists from Pixar Animation Studios and UCSC 'will take place October 20-23, in downtown Santa Cruz and on the UCSC campus. More