Graduate Studies
Graduate Research in Computer Science
The graduate program in computer science has been successful in achieving a slightly more gender-balanced student body than the national average. There are five female faculty members (out of about 33), as well as a very active WiCS (Women in Computer Science) club.
The undergraduate UCSB student body is very diverse, including about 20% Latina/o. We are working hard to recruit these students into our PhD program.
Graduate Info
If you have any general questions about your degree, course information, etc, go to the department web site. If question isn't answered there, go to the department office to ask Amanda or go to the office hours of a graduate faculty advisor - Prof. Elizabeth Belding or Prof. Omer Egecioglu.
Outreach
NCSI and MRL have active outreach and undergraduate research programs. In computer science, we are in dire need of graduate student volunteers for such activities. If you are willing to volunteer to be a graduate student mentor for an undergraduate summer or school year project, or if you would be willing to lead outreach sessions, please let Diana Franklin know at franklin@cs.ucsb.edu. Our lack of volunteers severely limits our efforts.
Graduate Student News
Computer Science students Mohit Tiwari, Xun Li, Hassan Wassel, Bita Mazloom, Shashi Mysore and their advisors, Fred Chong and Tim Sherwood, have their work on "Tracking Information Flow at the Gate-Level for Secure Architectures" selected in the annual "Top Picks” issue of IEEE Micro - more
Graduate Student Profile: Damon Valenzona
- Degree & Progress: 1st Year M.S.. Student in Computer Science
- Hometown: Renton, WA
- Hobbies / Interests: soccer, running
- Internship: Appfolio
Tell Us About What Got You Interested in CS: My major was undeclared when I started as a freshman at UCSB. My second quarter I tried a computer science class (cs 5ja) because I figured if I majored in CS then I could could get a good job after graduation. Luckily, as I made my way through the required CS courses for the major I became really interested in CS. Programming became like solving a puzzle, challenging and gratifying.