The University of California, Davis, is first and foremost an institution of learning and teaching, committed to serving the needs of society. The Department of Computer Science contributes to the mission of the University in three ways. First, its undergraduate and graduate education programs seek to educate students in the fundamental principles of computer science and the skills needed to solve the complex technological problems of modern society; the breadth of course work provides a framework for life-long learning and appreciation for multidisciplinary activities. Second, through our research programs, the department contributes to the development and progress of computer science, and software and information technology, to provide innovative, creative solutions for societal needs. Finally, the department disseminates its research - to enhance collaborations with the public sector, further interdisciplinary interests that benefit society, and educate the public - through publications, public service, and professional activities.
CS News
Prof. Felix Wu's work on Davis Social Links is featured in a recent article in Nature.
During fall quarter 2009 UC Davis seniors Fei Li and Sunny Dhillon, taking Prof. Ken Joy's Introduction to iPhone Application Development class, created the UC Davis Mobile application that gives you much of what you need to negotiate the university and the town of Davis. Full article here
Professor and CS Chair Prasant Mohapatra has been elevated to IEEE Fellow, one of the Institute’s most prestigious honors, for "contributions to the quality of service provisioning in computer networks." Congratulations on this most important achievement.
Creating secure, mobile wireless networks for the military is the aim of a $35.5 million, 10-year grant from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to a group of universities including UC Davis. Prasant Mohapatra, Tim Bucher Family Endowed Chair of the Department of Computer Science, is the principle investigator from UC Davis; co-investigating faculty in CS include Karl Levitt, Felix Wu, and Raissa D’Souza. More
Wei-Hsien Hsu (pictured left) Jianqiang Mei, Carlos Correa, and Prof. Kwan-Liu Ma of the VIDi (Visualization and Interface Design Innovation) research group received the best paper award at ArtsIT 2009. This conference is planned to be a place where people in arts, with a keen interest in modern IT technologies, meet with people in IT, having strong ties to arts in their works. Click here for the paper (PDF).
The VIDi (Visualization and Interface Design Innovation) research group had a strong presence at VisWeek 2009 (Vis, InfoVis, and VAST Conferences) with six paper presentations, two contest awards, a panel presentation, and an invited talk at the NSF FODAVA Forum.
Prof. Prem Devanbu has been selected to receive an IBM Faculty Award of $20,000 to support his research in Empirical Software Engineering. The letter from IBM states: "This award is highly competitive and
recognizes the quality of your program and it's importance to our industry."