Jack Baskin School of Engineering The University of California, Santa Cruz. Steve Kang, Dean and Prof. of Electrical Engineering October 15, 2003

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1 Jack Baskin School of Engineering The University of California, Santa Cruz Steve Kang, Dean and Prof. of Electrical Engineering October 15,

2 UC Santa Cruz 1965 Present enrollment of over 14,000 students (10% graduate students) 45 undergraduate majors 27 graduate fields 5 Academic Divisions and 10 Residential Colleges (Cambridge model) Faculty honors include: 11 members of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) Two members of the NAS Institute of Medicine 15 members of the AAAS Rated the 2 nd most influential university in the world in the physical sciences by Great Britain s The Guardian (2001) newspaper as follows: 1. Scripps Research Inst, USA; 2. UC Santa Cruz, USA; 3. Rockefeller, USA; 4. Harvard, USA; 5. Brandeis, USA U.S. News and World Report (1997) 13th for its commitment to undergraduate teaching (1997) 26th best public campus in the country (2001) 2

3 UCSC Enrollment Growth 15,000 12,000 9,000 6,000 3, Santa Cruz Actual 12, Target 16,900 3

4 Vision of the Baskin School of Engineering A distinctive engineering school tailored to promote technological innovation Frontiering, Impacting through excellence in Research, Service and Teaching 4

5 Baskin School of Engineering Academic Programs Degrees Currently Offered Bioinformatics BS, MS, Ph.D. Computer Science BA, BS, MS, Ph.D. Computer Engineering BS, MS, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering BS, MS, Ph.D. Information Systems Management BS Degrees Offered in the Near Future Biomolecular Engineering MS, Ph.D. Information Systems Management MS Software Engineering MS Applied Mathematics and Statistics MS, Ph.D. 5

6 Baskin School of Engineering Its Growth Annual Growth Faculty >10% Graduate Students >10% Undergraduate Majors >10% Graduate Programs n/a Undergraduate Programs n/a 6

7 Target Areas of Excellence Information Technology Engineering Management Info. Systems Management Security Visualization VLSI Bioinformatics Storage Networks Databases Remote Sensing Biomolecular Engineering Statistics & Mathematical Modeling Biotechnology Nanosystems NEMS Nanotechnology 7

8 X = Main department *Proposed Departmental Target Areas of Excellence Bayesian statistics and dynamic mathematical modeling Bioinformatics and biomolecular engineering Communications, signal and image processing Database & Storage, networks, and computer security AMS CS CE EE BE* ME* X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Embedded Systems Design X X X IS&T Management X X X X X Machine learning, humancomputer interface, graphics and visualization Optoelectronics and optical systems Remote sensing and environmental technology Software engineering X X VLSI, nanosystems, MEMS/NEMS X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X Key: AMS Applied Mathematics and Statistics CE Computer Engineering BE Bioengineering CS Computer Science EE Electrical Engineering ME Multidisciplinary Engineering 8

9 Interdisciplinary Partnerships Arts Digital Arts/New Media Humanities Computational Linguistics Engineering Ethics History of Science, Technology and Medicine Natural Sciences Biotechnology Nanotechnology Environmental Technology Remote Sensing Social Sciences Information Systems Management Human Computer Interface 9

10 Current Engineering Research Areas High High Speed Network Design Network Protocol Design Real Real Time Embedded Systems Programming Languages Software Engineering VLSI design, testing, CAD Signal Processing and Communications Photonics and nanoelectronis Nanobiosensors Nanobiosensors,, Retinal prosthesis Remote sensing Artificial Intelligence Computer Architecture Machine Learning Computer Vision Bayesian Statistics, Envirometrics Dynamical mathematical modeling Scientific Visualization Image Synthesis, Image processing, Animation, and Pattern Recognition Storage Systems and Database Cyber Security Analysis of Algorithms Parallel Computation Distributed Computation Nonmonotonic Reasoning Information Systems and Technology Management Robotics Bioinformatics Biomolecular Engineering Human Genome Mapping Distance Learning Technology 10

11 University Industry Partnership UCSC State Investment Industry Education Research Community Support (High Schools, Community Colleges, Industry) Industry Investment Tech Transfer Work Force Commercialization Business Feedback 11

12 Recent Initiatives California Institute for Science and Innovation (QB3, CITRIS) NSF Engineering Research Center for Biomimetic Microelectronic Systems (Sept ) with USC, Caltech Pacific Rim Roundtable for Technology and Society KT Executive Program (2003 ) Silicon Valley Center at NASA Ames Park NASA University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) (2003 ) $330M over 10 yrs. Information Systems and Technology Management (MS) (planned) Software Engineering (MS) (planned) 12

13 Engineering II Building (June 2002 Groundbreaking, Fall 2004 Occupancy) (June 2002 Groundbreaking, Fall 2004 Occupancy) 13

14 Cal ISI Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) Partnership among UC San Francisco (medical sciences), UC Berkeley (engineering and physical sciences), and UC Santa Cruz (bioinformatics, mathematical sciences) To host three interrelated programs Bioengineering and Biotechnology; Bioinformatics; and Structural and Chemical Biology To develop new technologies and new areas of research based upon the application of the physical, chemical, mathematical and engineering sciences to biomedical research To enable the University of California and California industry to remain in the forefront of research in the 21 st century Major new research facilities will be built on the three campuses by

15 Center for IT Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) Partnership among UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Merced UCSC Director Prof. Patrick Mantey UCSC faculty membership from Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems and Technology Management, Social Science Division Education plan includes Tele Laboratory Center; degrees through distance learning (MS Network Engineering; NSF Developing Effective Engineering Pathways (DEEP) program Synergistic with Information Technology Institute (Director Patrick Mantey) New space (15,000 sq. ft.) in Engineering II to be ready for industry visitors in Sept UC Berkeley UCSF UC Davis UC Merced UC Santa Cruz UC Santa Barbara UCLA UC Irvine UC Riverside UC San Diego 15