List Of University Of California, San Diego People - University Of California San Diego Computer Science

The list of University of California, San Diego people includes notable graduates, professors and administrators affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States.

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Notable alumni

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Art and architecture

Micha CÃ¡rdenas, MFA (Visual Arts), 2009. Contemporary artist.
Moyra Davey, MFA (Photography), 1988. Contemporary artist.
Micol Hebron, did not graduate. Contemporary artist.
Hung Liu, MFA (Visual Arts), 1986. Contemporary artist.
Elle Mehrmand, MFA (Visual Arts), 2011. Contemporary artist.
Dan Santat, BS (Microbiology), 1998. Author and illustrator, winner of 2015 Caldecott Medal.

Athletics

Geoff Abrams, MD (Medicine), 2006. Tennis player.
Mark Allen, BS (Biology), 1980. Six-time Ironman Triathlon World Champion, inducted into the Ironman Hall of Fame; named the worldâ€™s fittest man by Outside magazine.
Billy Beane, BA (Economics), 1985. General Manager of the Oakland Athletics.
Randy Bennett, BS (Biology), 1986. Saint Mary's College of California men's basketball head coach.
Alon Leichman, BS (History), 2016. Member of the Israel national baseball team and pitching coach for Yarmouthâ€"Dennis Red Sox.
Jie Li, BA (Political Science), 2006. Winner of the US ING Cup, Open, Costen, Texas Open and many other championships.
Shlomo Lipetz, BA (International Relations), 2005. Israeli baseball player.
Bob Natal, BS (Computer Science), 1987. MLB Catcher, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins National League.
Julie Swail, BA (Economics), 1995. Olympian (womenâ€™s water polo); UC Irvine head coach.

Business

Garrett Gruener, BA (Computer Science), 1976. Co-founder of Ask Jeeves.
Jasper Kim, BA (Economics and Third World Studies), 1994. CEO of Asia-Pacific Global Research Group.
Greg Papadopoulos, BA (Systems Science), 1979. Executive VP and CTA of Sun Microsystems.
Robert J. Pera, MS (Electrical Engineering), 2002. Founder of Ubiquiti Networks Owner of the Memphis Grizzlies.
Michael Robertson, BS (Cognitive Science), 1989. Founder of MP3.com, Lindows.com, and SIPphone.
Philip Rosedale, BS (Physics), 1992. Founder and CEO of Linden Lab. Creator of virtual 3D world Second Life.
Jason Snell, BA (Communications), 1992. Editorial director of Mac Publishing and editor of Macworld.
Nick Woodman, BA (Visual Arts), 1997. Founder and CEO of GoPro.

Computer science

Bill Atkinson, BS (Chemistry), 1974. Co-developer of the Macintosh computer.
Steve Hart, MA (Mathematics), 1980. Co-founder and vice president of engineering for ViaSat; recognized for excellence and growth by Forbes Inc. and BusinessWeek.
David E. Shaw, BS (Mathematics), 1972. Founder of D. E. Shaw & Co.
Guy â€œBudâ€ Tribble, BS (Physics), 1975. Principal architect of the original Macintosh computer and co-founder of NeXt, Inc.

Film, theatre, and television

Yareli Arizmendi, MFA (Acting), 1992. Actor in Like Water for Chocolate.
James Avery, BA (Theatre), 1976. Stage, screen and television actor who co-starred with Will Smith on the TV show Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Rachel Axler, MFA (Playwriting), 2004. Emmy Award-winning writer for The Daily Show and Parks and Recreation.
David Barrera, MFA (Acting), 1994. ALMA Award-nominated actor for 24.
Hart Bochner, BA (Theatre), 1979. Film actor notably of Breaking Away.
Robert Buckley, BS (Economics), 2003. Actor, best known for One Tree Hill.
Danny Burstein, MFA (Acting), 1990. Six-time Tony Award-nominated actor, Grammy Award nominee for Follies.
Ricardo Chavira, MFA (Acting), 2000. Actor, notably of Desperate Housewives.
Charlet Chung, BA (Communications), 2006. Voice Actor, notably of Overwatch.
Steve Cosson, MFA (Directing), 2001. Obie Award-winning artistic director of The Civilians.
Benicio del Toro, did not graduate. Actor, notably of Traffic.
Emily Donahoe, MFA (Acting), 2004. Obie and Helen Hayes award winning actor.
Maria Dizzia, MFA (Acting), 2001. Tony Award nominee In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play).
Johnny Ray Gill, MFA (Acting), 2010. Series regular on Underground and BrainDead.
Michael Greif, MFA (Directing), 1985. Director of Rent and former artistic director of La Jolla Playhouse. Three-time Tony Award nominee.
Naomi Iizuka, MFA (Playwriting), 1992. Author of over two dozen plays including Language of Angels.
Chane't Johnson, MFA (Acting), 2001. Television and film actor; coach for Denzel Whitaker.
Mike Judge, BS (Physics), 1985. Animator/Director best known for Beavis and Butt-head, Office Space, King of the Hill, and Silicon Valley. Graduation speaker for the class of 2009.
Sagan Lewis, MFA (Acting), 1977. Series regular on St. Elsewhere.
Melanie Marnich MFA (Playwriting), 1998. Writer for Big Love, Jerome Fellowship from The Playwrights' Center.
Jefferson Mays, MFA (Acting), 1991. Tony Award winner, I Am My Own Wife.
Silas Weir Mitchell, MFA (Acting), 1995. Character actor and star of Grimm.
Toby Onwumere, MFA (Acting), 2015. Star of Sense8.
Joy Osmanski, MFA (Acting), 2003. Most notable credits include The Loop and Santa Clarita Diet.
Neil Patel, MFA (Scenic Design), 1991. Broadway designer of Side Man, winner of Obie and Helen Hayes awards.
Jeanne Paulson, MFA (Acting), 1978. Tony Award nominee, The Kentucky Cycle.
Dileep Rao, BA (Theatre), 1995. Film actor in Avatar, Inception.
Caridad Svich, MFA (Playwriting), 1988. Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Milana Vayntrub, BA (Communication), 2008. Actress, comedian, and writer.
Kellie Waymire, MFA (Acting), 1993. Best known for Star Trek: Enterprise and roles on Six Feet Under, and One Life to Live.
Wong Fu Productions filmmaking trio: Wesley Chan, Ted Fu and Philip Wang, BA (Cinematography), 2006.
Jimmy O. Yang, BS (Management Science), 2009. Actor and stand-up comedian, best known for Silicon Valley and Patriots Day.
Paloma Young, MFA (Costume Design), 2006. Tony Award winner, Peter and the Starcatcher.

Journalism

Mona Kosar Abdi, BA (International Studies), 2011. Multimedia journalist with WSET ABC 13, the Al Jazeera Media Network.

Law and politics

Steve Peace, BA (Political Science), 1976. California State Senator, 40th Senate District, chair of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee, California Journal of Legislator of the Year 2000; and producer of the 1970s cult film Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.
Timothy J. Roemer, BA (Government), 1979. Former Indiana Congressman and current president of the Center for National Policy.
John Shoven, BA (Physics), 1969. Hoover Institute senior fellow.
Tres Watson, BA (History), 2006. MBA, (Entrepreneurial) 2015. Same-sex marriage activist.

Literature

Debito Arudou, MA (International Affairs), 1990. Author and activist.
Greg Benford, Ph.D (Astrophysics), 1967. Nebula Award winner.
David Brin, MS (Applied Physics), 1978; Ph.D (Space Science), 1981. Nebula and Hugo Award Winner; science fiction author, notably of Uplift; physicist.
Robert Todd Carroll, Ph.D (Philosophy), 1974. Publisher of The Skeptic's Dictionary and fellow for Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.
Angela Davis, MA (Philosophy), 1969. Radical activist and philosopher.
Raymond E. Feist, BA (Communications), 1997. Author.
Nancy Holder, BA (Communications), 1976. Bram Stoker Award winner.
Khaled Hosseini, MD (Medicine), 1993. Afghan-American novelist and physician; his 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
Aaron Krach, BA (Visual Arts), 1994. Writer.
Virgil Nemoianu, Ph.D (Literature), 1971. Essayist, literary critic, philosopher of culture.
Rex Pickett, BA (Literature and Visual Arts), 1976. Author of Sideways.
Kim Stanley Robinson, BA (Literature), 1974; Ph.D (Literature), 1982. Two-time Nebula and Hugo Award winner.
Alan Russell, BA (English and American Literature), 1978. Lefty Award winner and bestselling crime fiction author.
Vernor Vinge, Ph.D (Mathematics), 1971. Hugo Award winner Science fiction author, computer scientist, and mathematician.

Music and entertainment

Anthony Neely, BS (Psychology and Theatre), 2008. American Mandopop Singer .
Mark Applebaum, Ph.D (Composition), 1996. Composer and Professor of Music at Stanford University.
Milo Aukerman, Ph.D (Biology), 1992. Lead singer of punk rock band Descendents.
Chad Butler, BA (History of Science), 1997. Drummer of the rock band Switchfoot.
Chaya Czernowin, Ph.D (Composition), 1993. Composer and Walter Bigelow Rosen Professor of Music at Harvard University.
Steven Dehler, BA (Economics), 2010. Model, actor, and dancer.
Paul Dresher, MA (Composition), 1976. Composer, guitarist, and improviser.
Nathan East, BA (Music), 1978. Bass guitarist.
David Felder, Ph.D (Composition), 1983. Composer and SUNY Distinguished Professor at the University at Buffalo.
Jon Foreman, did not graduate. Guitarist of rock band Switchfoot.
Tim Foreman, did not graduate. Bassist of rock band Switchfoot.
Trevor Grahl, MA (Composition), 2009. Composer.
Maria Ho, BA (Communications), 2005. Professional poker player.
David Evan Jones, Ph.D (Composition). Composer, Professor of Music, and Porter College Provost at UC Santa Cruz.
Kelly Kim, BA (Economics), 1998. Professional poker player.
Paul Phillips, BS (Computer Science), 1996. Professional poker player.
John Warthen Struble, MA (Composition), 1976. Composer, pianist, and author of The History of American Classical Music.

Public service

George Blumenthal, Ph.D (Physics), 1972. Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Kurt M. Campbell, BA (Special Project Major), 1980. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
Dana Shell Smith, BA (Political Science), 1992. United States Ambassador to Qatar, 2014-present.

Science, technology, medicine, and mathematics

Margaret Allen, MD (Medicine), 1974. First female heart transplant surgeon.
Bruce Beutler, BS (Biology), 1976. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
JC Buller, M.D. (Medicine), 1997. Associate Dean of Clinical Education, Touro University California COM. Physician, Photographer, Author of "Tableau and Enigma"
Chu Ching-wu, Ph.D (Physics), 1990. US News and World Report's Researcher of the Year.
Brian Druker, BS (Chemistry), 1977; MD (Medicine), 1981. Oncologist/chief investigator who developed a new drug for leukemia treatment.
David Goeddel, BS (Chemistry), 1972. First full-time scientist and director of Genentechâ€™s molecular biology department; co-founder, president and CEO of Tularik, Inc.
Gerald Joyce, Ph.D (Biology) 1984. Scientist, Salk Institute. Inventor of the in vitro evolution technology. Director of the Genomics Institute of the Novartis Research Foundation.
Antony Garrett Lisi, Ph.D (Physics), 1999. Theoretical physicist awarded FQXi grant.
M. Brian Maple, Ph.D (Physics), 1969. David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics.
Eleanor Mariano, BS (Biology), 1977. Former director, White House Medical Unit; First Filipino American to reach the rank of Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy.
Walter Munk, Ph.D (Oceanography), 1947. Oceanographer.
George Perry, Ph.D (Marine Biology), 1979. Leading researcher in Alzheimer's disease.
Jed E. Rose, Ph.D (Neurosciences), 1978. Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Co-Inventor of the nicotine patch, President and CEO of the Rose Research Center.
Maurizio Seracini, BS (Bioengineering), 1973. Founded the Editech srl, Diagnostic Center for Cultural Heritage in Florence.
Edward Tobinick, MD (Medicine), 1974. Patented a use of subcutaneous TNF-Î± to treat intractable back pain.
Susumu Tonegawa, Ph.D, (Molecular Biology), 1968. Nobel Prize recipient for physiology or medicine for his work on antibody diversity.
Craig Venter, BA (Biochemistry), 1972; PhD (Pharmacology), 1975. President of Celera Genomics, the first private firm to decode the human genome.

Distinguished faculty

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Hannes Alfven, Electrical Engineering. Father of modern magnetohydrodynamics, eponym of Alfven waves, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1970.
David Antin, Visual Arts. Known, poet and performance artist.
Eleanor Antin, Visual Arts. Feminist artist of The Angel of Mercy.
Percival Bazeley, Medicine. Member of the Salk Polio vaccine team.
Douglas Glynn Bolitho - breast cancer advocate
Kenneth Bowles, Computer Science. Known for his work in initiating and directing the UCSD Pascal project.
Benjamin H. Bratton, Visual Arts. Sociologist, architectural and design theorist.
Sydney Brenner, Salk Institute. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2002.
Sheldon Brown, Visual Arts. Director of Experimental Game Lab, Co-Director of Center for Research in Computing and the Arts.
Keith Brueckner, Physics. Theoretical physicist, National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member, and a founder of the UCSD Department of Physics.
Geoffrey R. Burbidge, Physics. Professor known mostly for his alternative cosmology theory, which contradicts the Big Bang theory.
Margaret Burbidge, Astronomy. First to study and identify quasars; Carnegie Fellowship winner, 1947.
Craig Callender, Science Studies. Philosopher of science.
Micha CÃ¡rdenas, Visual Arts and Critical Gender Studies. Artist and theorist, collective member of Lui Velazquez.
Lin Chao, Biology. Known for his early work on the evolution of bacteriocins, his demonstration of Mullerâ€™s ratchet in the RNA Virus Phi-6.
Shu Chien, Bioengineering. Bioengineering pioneer and National Medal of Science laureate.
Patricia Churchland, Philosophy. Neurophilosopher and MacArthur Fellowship recipient, 1991.
Paul Churchland, Philosophy. Philosopher of mind and philosopher of science, proponent eliminative materialism.
Harold Cohen, Visual Arts. English-born artist, creator of AARON.
Francis Crick, Salk Institute. Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1962.
Paul Crutzen, Chemistry. Notable atmospheric chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1995.
Charles Curtis, Music. Avant-garde cellist.
Chaya Czernowin, Music. Israeli composer, former professor of composition.
Anthony Davis, Music. Opera composer, jazz pianist.
Diana Deutsch, Psychology. Known for her research on the psychology of music including the octave illusion.
Bram Dijkstra, English. Known for his books on the femme fatale icon in popular culture.
Russell Doolittle, Chemistry. Known for research on molecular evolution.
Mark Dresser, Music. Double bass player and improviser, winner of the Fullbright Fellowship, 1983.
Renato Dulbecco, Salk Institute. Helped launch the Human Genome Project, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1975.
Jeffrey Elman, Cognitive Science. Psycholinguist and pioneer in the field of neural networks.
Robert F. Engle, Economics. Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2003.
Robert Erickson, Music. Composer. His composition Sierra is the state anthem of California.
Ronald M. Evans, Salk Institute. Discovered steroid and nuclear receptors; Lasker Award winner.
Manny Farber, Visual Arts. Film critic and painter.
Gilles Fauconnier, Cognitive Science. Inventor of the modern-day theory of conceptual blending.
George Feher, Physics. Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2006/7), National Academy of Sciences member, biophysicist.
Brian Ferneyhough, Music. Composer, founder of New Complexity movement.
David Noel Freedman, Religion. General editor of the Anchor Bible Series.
Y.C. Fung, Bioengineering. Considered the father of bioengineering.
Fred Gage, Salk Institute. Neuroscientist and stem cell biologist; discovered human adult neural stem cells.
Clark Gibson, Political Science. Expert on African politics and electoral fraud.
Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Physics. Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963.
Joseph Goguen, Computer Science. Helped originate the OBJ family of programming languages.
Adele Goldberg, Linguistics.
Marvin Leonard Goldberger, Physics. National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member, former Dean of Natural Sciences, and former president of Caltech.
Lawrence S.B. Goldstein, Cellular and Molecular Medicine. First to characterize kinesin molecular motors; head of UCSD stem cell research program.
Jean-Pierre Gorin â€" film director, Visual Arts (since 1975)
Fan Chung Graham â€" mathematician, Akamai Professor in Internet Mathematics
Ronald Graham â€" mathematician, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Clive W.J. Granger â€" 2003 Nobel laureate in Economics
Deborah Hertz â€" Herman Wouk Chair in Modern Jewish Studies
Gretchen Hofmann - professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms
Edwin Hutchins â€" developed distributed cognition and cognitive ethnography; Mac Arthur Foundation Award Winner (1985)
Harvey Itano â€" biochemist known for his work on the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia and other diseases
Gabriel Jackson â€" Fulbright historian, author, and former department chairman
Irwin M. Jacobs â€" Former professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chairman of Qualcomm
Fredric Jameson â€" literary critic and Marxist political theorist
Chalmers Johnson â€" Professor Emeritus of History
David K Jordan â€" Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Provost of Warren College, Interim Provost of Sixth College, Alumni Association Distinguished Teaching Award 2008 recipient [2] [3]
Allan Kaprow â€" Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts
Harvey Karten -(Neuroscience), National Academy of Sciences member, neuroscientist
Charles David Keeling â€" first alerted the world to the anthropogenic contribution to the "greenhouse effect" and global warming; discoverer of the Keeling Curve
Walter Kohn â€" Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (1998), Chair of the UCSD Physics Department (1960s), Kohn-Sham equations
Barbara Kruger â€" artist and Professor of Visual Arts
Ronald Langacker â€" creator of cognitive grammar, Professor of Linguistics
William Lerach â€" guest lecturer on securities and corporate law; a leading securities lawyer in the United States
George Lewis â€" Professor of Music, jazz trombone player, MacArthur Fellowship winner (2002)
Lei Liang â€" composer, winner of Rome Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship
Arend Lijphart â€" Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science; elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1989; President of the American Political Science Association from 1995 to 1996; recipient of the prestigious Johann Skytte Prize in Political Science in 1997
George Mandler â€" experimental psychology, founder of UCSD Department of Psychology
Jean Matter Mandler â€" cognitive development
Babette Mangolte â€" French cinematographer and Professor of Visual Arts
Lev Manovich â€" New Media theorist, Director of Software Studies Initiative and Professor of Visual Arts
M. Brian Maple â€" National Academy of Sciences member, physicist
Herbert Marcuse â€" philosopher, mentor to Angela Davis
Harry Markowitz â€" Nobel laureate in Economics (1990)
Andrew Mattison â€" co-author of The Male Couple, co-founder of the University of California Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research
Mathew D. McCubbins â€" professor of political science
Elliot McVeigh â€" Director of Cardiovascular Imaging Lab, Researcher at Cardiovascular Imaging Lab and Faculty, Office of the Dean of Engineering.
Mario Molina â€" Nobel laureate in Chemistry
Eileen Myles â€" poet, Professor of Literature
Donald Norman â€" Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Science and Psychology; co-founder and first chair of Cognitive Science; author of User Centered System Design; VP of Apple; National Academy of Engineering
Pauline Oliveros â€" composer, central figure in the development of post-war electronic art music
George Emil Palade â€" Nobel laureate in Physiology/Medicine (1974), Professor of Medicine in Residence and Dean for Scientific Affairs (Emeritus)
Linus Pauling - Nobel laureate in Chemistry (1954), Professor of Chemistry
Richard Popkin â€" Professor of Philosophy
Samuel Popkin â€" Professor of Political Science
Miller Puckette â€" Creator of Puredata Programming Language, Co-Director of Center for Research in Computing and the Arts
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran â€" neuroscience and psychology
Jef Raskin â€" Assistant Professor in Computer Science, founder of the Apple Macintosh project
Roger Revelle (1909â€"1991) â€" oceanographer, scholar, namesake of Roger Revelle College
Roger Reynolds â€" 1989 Pulitzer Prize in Music
Sally Ride â€" Professor of Physics, former astronaut
Marshall Rosenbluth â€" Professor of Physics, member of the National Academy of Sciences, developer of the Metropolis algorithm, "Pope of Plasma Physics"
Rosaura Sanchez - literature professor, author and literary critic
Herbert Schiller â€" Professor Emeritus of Communication (1970â€"2000)
Terry Sejnowski â€" Professor of Biological Sciences and Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Neurosciences, Psychology, Cognitive Science, and Computer Science and Engineering
Kartik Seshadri â€" Professor of Indian Classical Music
Lu Jeu Sham â€" National Academy of Sciences member, Kohn-Sham equations, physicist
Ravi Shankar â€" Indian musician, sitar player
Susan Shirk â€" Ho Miu Lam Endowed Chair of China and Pacific Relations; former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State during the Clinton administration
Nicholas Spitzer - Distinguished Professor of Biology, National Academy of Sciences member
Larry Squire â€" Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology
John G. Stoessinger â€" political analyst; prize-winning author of ten leading books on world politics; guest lecturer in international relations; political science
Avrum Stroll â€" Professor of Philosophy
Harry Suhl â€" National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member
LeÃ³ SzilÃ¡rd (1898â€"1964) â€" Hungarian physicist, Professor at the Salk Institute
Roger Tsien (1952â€"2016) â€" Nobel Laureate in Chemistry (2008), Wolf Prize in Medicine
Chinary Ung â€" Grawemeyer Award-winning composer
Harold Urey â€" Nobel laureate in Chemistry
Benjamin Elazari Volcani, microbiologist; discovered life in the Dead Sea; pioneered biological silicon research
Joseph Wang â€" nanoengineer, ISI's World's Most Cited Engineer, ISI's World's Most Cited Chemist
Kenneth Watson â€" National Academy of Sciences (Physics) member
Herbert F. York (1921â€"2009) â€" Enrico Fermi Award (2000)
Efim Zelmanov â€" Fields Medal recipient, Professor of Mathematics
Bruno H. Zimm â€" National Academy of Sciences member, biophysicist

References

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