Jack Baskin School of Engineering

UC Santa Cruz

About UCSC SoE

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