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Jack Baskin School of EngineeringUC Santa Cruz

At A Glance

Degrees Offered

Bioengineering B.S.
Bioinformatics B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Computer Science B.A., B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Computer Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Electrical Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Information Systems Management B.S.
Network Engineering M.S.

Degrees Planned for Next Five Years

Statistics & Stochastic Modeling M.S., Ph.D.
Biomolecular Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering M.S.
Environmental Engineering B.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Techn Management M.S., Ph.D.
Software Engineering M.S.
Web & Internet Engineering M.A.S.

Graduate Students by Department (1999-2000)

Computer Engineering 57%
Computer Science 43%

Undergraduates by Department (1999-2000)

Computer Engineering 29%
Computer Science 55%
Electrical Engineering 9%
Information Systems Management 7%

Research Foci

  • High-Speed Network Design
  • Network Protocol Design
  • Real-Time Embedded Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Engineering
  • File & Storage Systems
  • Logic Synthesis, Timing Analysis
  • VLSI systems- design, testing, CAD
  • Interconnection Modeling and Design
  • Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Architecture
  • Machine Learning
  • Computer Vision
  • Bayesian Statistics
  • Dynamical mathematical modeling
  • Scientific Visualization
  • Computer Modeling, Image Synthesis, and Animation
  • Pattern Recognition and Retrieval
  • Image Processing, Storage, Retrieval, and Transmission
  • Analysis of Algorithms
  • Parallel Computation
  • Distributed Computation
  • Computational Learning Theory
  • Nonmonotonic Reasoning
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biomolecular Engineering
  • Human Genome Mapping

Target Areas of Excellence by Department

  AMS CS CE EE BE* IE*
Bayesian statistics and dynamic mathematical modeling K X X X X X
Bioinformatics and biomolecularengineering X X X   K  
Communications, signal and image processing X X K K    
Engineering management X X X X   K

Information technology infrastructure/database, storage, networks, and computer security

  K K X X  
Machine learning, human-computer interface, graphics and visualization   K X X    
Optoelectronics and optical systems     X K   X
Remote sensing and environmental technology   X X K   X
Software engineering   K X      
VLSI, nanosystems, MEMS/NEMS     K K X X
K=key department *proposed

Key:
AMS - Applied Mathematics and Statistics
CS - Computer Science Statistics
CE - Computer Engineering
EE - Electrical Engineering
BE - Bioengineering
IE - Interdisciplinary Engineering

Planned Growth

1997-98 2000-01 2010 Annual Growth
Faculty 25 50 114 >10%
Graduate Students 142 160 485 >10%
Undergraduate Majors 594 1075 1435 >10%
Graduate Programs 2 2 n/a n/a
Undergraduate Programs 2 5 n/a n/a