• 2012 Student Research Symposium

    We had several of our Computer Science students participate in the Student Research Symposium that took place March 9th and 10th. Three students created research posters that were reviewed by a judging committee, while one of our students gave a research presentation in front of a judging panel. We are excited that our computer science…

  • My Summer Break by Dr. Rob Edwards

    Over the summer I represented the department at two workshops: Genomic Enabled Modeling of Biology and Cystic Fibrosis: Ecology, Evolution, and Eradication. Both of these workshops were at the cutting edge of understanding how we can learn from microbes and affect what they are doing and how they do it. The former was focused very…

  • Dr. Rob Edwards receives NAS Fellowship and Tenure

    Dr. Rob Edwards has accepted an invitation to be a 2011 Kavli Frontiers Fellow from the National Academy of Sciences. Rob was nominated by existing fellows because of his research cross-cutting work at the interface of computer science and biology. It is an exciting opportunity for him to meet and exchange ideas with brilliant young…

  • Autonomous Helicopter Aerial Imaging for Monitoring of Natural Reserves

    Autonomous Helicopter Aerial Imaging for Monitoring of Natural Reserves Dr. Mahmoud Tarokh and his team of two graduate students, Paulo Merloti and David Pai, have successfully demonstrated in the field the autonomous helicopter project. The objective is to apply a robotic helicopter for environmental monitoring in the wetlands, particularly at the Tijuana River National Estuary.…

  • Meadowbrook Middle School’s AVID Class Visit to the Computer Science Department

    Meadowbrook Middle School’s AVID Class Visit to the Computer Science Department

    Poway Meadowbrook Middle School’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program, under the direction of Ms. Kay McHeffey, visited SDSU on November 29th, 2010. In addition to the typical SDSU tour, the class stopped by the Computer Science Department to hear about computer science opportunities and participate in a research demonstration. Prof. Marie Roch talked about…