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GRE #5

FUNNY
chortle
droll
facetious
flippant
gibe
jocular
levity
ludicrous
raillery
riposte
simper

GRE #4

PREVENT/OBSTRUCT
discomfort
encumber
fetter
forfend
hinder
impede
inhibit
occlude

GRE #3

PRAISE
acclaim
accolade
aggrandize
encomium
eulogize
extol
fawn
laud/laudatory
venerate/veneration

GRE #2

WITHDRAWAL/RETREAT
abeyance
abjure
abnegation
abortive
abrogate
decamp
demur
recant
recidivism
remission
renege
rescind
retrograde

GRE #1

WISDOM
adage
aphorism
apothegm
axiom
bromide
dictum
epigram
platitude
sententious
truism

UCSD - CSE - SDSC

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and also partners in NPACI, the NSF-funded National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure. Francine Berman is a director of SDSC.

• Grid Development Group
  
  
  
  • Karan Bhatia
  
  
  • Grid Systems:
    
    
    
    • Teragrid
    
    
    • Geongrid
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Projects:
    
    
    
    • Inca - a grid monitoring and testing framework
    
    
    • Gemstone - a rich desktop client (Firefox extension) for accessing service-based applications
    
    
    • GAMA - a grid account management infrastructure
    
    
    • myMPI - a pypthon library for MPI
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Performance Modeling and Characterization (PMaC)
  
  
  
  • Prediction and understanding of factors effecting the performance of current and projected HPC platforms
  
  
  • Allan Snavely
  
  
  
  


• Sciences Research & Development (SciRAD)
  
  
  
  • Supports the cyberinfrastructure needs of all kinds of researchers across the disciplines of the natural sciences
  
  
  • Develop the data systems, computational and analytical tools
  
  
  
  

UCSD - CSE - Field - HPC

High Performance Computation Lab is challenging computing problems:

• Scientific Computation
  
  
  
  • The Scientific Computation Group (SCG)
  
  
  • Investigates run-time software techniques
  
  
  • Reducing the development time of high-performance scientific applications
  
  
  • "KeLP" software infrastructure
  
  
  • Scott Baden
  
  
  
  


• Performance Programming
  
  
  
  • Design, writing, and tuning of programs to sustain near-peak performance
  
  
  • Parallelization, localization, load balancing, and overlapping communication with computation
  
  
  • Performance Programming
  
  
  • Larry Carter
  
  
  
  


• Compiler Technology
  
  
  
  • Interface between programming languages and architectures
  
  
  • Exploiting multiple levels of parallelism and optimizing data movement to achieve high performance
  
  
  • Performance Compilers
  
  
  • Hierarchical tiling extends traditional tiling to include optimization for storage and data movement
  
  
  • Jeanne Ferrante
  
  
  
  


• Ubiquitous Computing
  
  
  
  • ActiveCampus
  
  
  • Explorations in community-oriented ubiquitous computing
  
  
  • Location-based services for collaboration
  
  
  • William G. Griswold
  
  
  
  


• Concurrent Systems Architecture
  
  
  
  • Software, system, and hardware architecture issues in parallel and distributed computer systems
  
  
  • Scalable clusters, Grids, desktop grids, and high speed network coupled systems
  
  
  • The Concurrent Systems Architecture Group (CSAG)
  
  
  • Andrew A. Chien
  
  
  
  

UCSD - CSE - Field

The CSE Department has significant strengths in most major fields of:

• Algorithms and Complexity


• Artificial Intelligence


• Bioinformatics


• Computer-Aided Design


• Computer Vision


• Data and Knowledge Base Systems


• Embedded Systems


• Graphics


• Meaning and Computation


• Network Security and Cryptography


• Parallel and High-Performance Computation


• Processor Architecture and Compilation


• Software Engineering


• Systems and Networking

UCSD - CSE

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

People:

• Faculty (profiles, awards)


• Researchers and Visiting Scholars


• Staff


• Graduate Students


• Graduating PhDs


• Personnel Directory [all, search]


• Organization Chart [pdf]

Research:

• Faculty & Research


• Technical Reports: by Criteria, by Author, by Year


• Associated Centers and Research Units

Faculty:

• Graduate Studies


• Doctoral Programs


• Course Description

Admission:

• Graduate Admissions Office


• Graduate Application Checklist


• The deadline for receiving supporting materials is January 20, 2008


• Minimum GPA is 3.0 of 4.0 scale


• GRE Institution Code is R4836, and the CSE Department Code is 0402.


• TOEFL Institution Code is 4836, and the CSE Department Code is 78. (Minimum TOEFL score is 550 PBT, 213 CBT or 80 iBT).


• IELTS, minimum score is Band Score 7.


• FAQ


• Contact Information [pdf] (here is the email to contact for admission)


• Resources for Prospective Students

Financial and Housing Support:

• Financial Support and Cost of Study


• Housing Resources


• Off-Campus Housing

UCSD - OGS

Before applying for Graduate Admission at UCSD.

• Contact the department and/or program in which you are interested.


• Review the department website. (here is the website of Computer Science department, and brochure in [pdf])


• Make contacts to ensure your interests match what the department has to offer.


• Read the department requirements. (here is the basic information)


• Applicants admitted must respond by April 15.


• Registration Fees

UCSD

"University of California, San Diego" or "UCSD" for short, is the university that I intend to go to study for a PhD in Computer Science.

Here is the link to send an on-line application. The deadline to send the application is December 15, 2007 for fall semester 2008.

The application process by Office of Graduate Studies require:

• Statement of Purpose [pdf]


• Educational background and Official transcripts


• GRE Score (plus TOEFL or IELTS for international applicants)


• Three Letters of Academic Recommendations [pdf]


• Non-refundable Application Fee ($80.00 for International Applicants)

Other:

• General Catalog [pdf]


• International Students and Scholars Office


• Schedule of Classes


• Registrar's Office