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Students champion equitable research in genomics and cybersecurity with Fellowship for Anti-Racism Research (FARR)
Celine Neudorf (B.S., Human Biology; M.S., Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics, ‘24) and David Torres-Mendoza (B.S., Cognitive Science, ‘17; Ph.D., Computer Science, ‘28) are the FARR fellows, advancing research in genomics and cybersecurity.
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Fellowship recipient Shourya Bose is applying machine learning and AI to optimize power grids
Shourya Bose is completing his last year as an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. student and is one of three recipients of the Dissertation-year Fellowship.
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Kaleen Shrestha: ethical data science in the era of AI
Kaleen Shrestha is a member of the inaugural class of Baskin Engineering’s new M.S. in Natural Language Processing (NLP) program. She is also an undergraduate alumna of UC Santa Cruz, where she majored in computer science.
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Expanding interdisciplinary research: Anuj Kumar reflects on his Ph.D.
Anuj Kumar was a member of Baskin Engineering’s 25th graduating class, earning a Ph.D. in applied mathematics in June 2023. During his time at UC Santa Cruz, he worked under the guidance of Professor Pascale Garaud conducting research in…
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Quadruple UCSC alumnus Alec Dektor makes computational breakthrough
Alec Dektor is a quadruple UC Santa Cruz alumnus (B.A. math; M.A. math; M.S. scientific computing and applied mathematics; Ph.D. applied mathematics). During his time at Baskin Engineering, he published six papers—four as first author.
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How Haofan Cai became a trailblazing faculty member in the U.S.
Haofan Cai is a class of 2023 graduate, who completed her Ph.D. in computer science and engineering. Before coming to UC Santa Cruz, she completed her undergraduate degree program at Southern University of Science and Technology, a small university…
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Investigating bias in technology through Baskin Engineering’s anti-racism research fellowship
Graduate students Roman Reggiardo and Milad Hakimshafaei are the latest fellows carrying out individual projects to research tools and techniques that will combat discrimination and racism in technology and engineering.
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Why Selin Ovali wants to develop technology with a social and educational focus
Selin Ovali joined the inaugural class of the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) professional master’s degree program after completing her studies in computer science at Purdue University. Ovali is assisting the UC Santa Cruz Social Emotional Technology Lab (SETLab), directed…
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