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It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of Sean E. Wang, who died May 23, 2018 after a brief illness. Sean was a well known and liked alumni of our department. He received his doctorate in 2013 after completing BS and MS degrees in Mathematics at UCLA. He has been present as an alumni, participating in DataFest, seminars and other activities. He was also a committed Bruin, attending sports events and evangelized for the university and its mission. A memorial will be held on Friday, June 15th in Whittier. Sean’s parents, TJ and Shean Wang, shared the following message: “We are very comforted, touched and grateful after seeing so many online memories shared by Sean’s friends. As Sean’s parents, we know him mostly as a dear son with lots of his own persistence and style. We want him to enjoy life in his own way and have a positive impact on his friends and communities. It seems that he did, in his short 38 years of life. We are very sad but feel grateful, too. We know that many of his friends are concerned about what happened. We only have limited information. Sean left us without warning. … We believe he passed away of heart failure on 5/19, but we are still waiting for the coroner’s official report. We sincerely welcome his friends come to say goodbye to him. We do not have any dress code, except no shorts and no reddish clothes please. Blue and gold, UCLA T-shirts, etc. are very much appreciated. We are planning to set up a memorial scholarship fund with the UCLA Statistics Department, a good suggestion from some of you.” Here is information on the memorial on Friday, June 15th in Whittier: More information on the impact Sean had can be found at: http://dailybruin.com/2018/05/31/alumnus-remembered-for-his-love-for-ucla-passion-for-politics/ There are also memorial threads for the various groups that Sean contributed to. Those who had the good fortune to know Sean also know how much he will be missed.
In Memorial of Sean E. Wang
Professor Song-Chun Zhu is part of the University of Virginia’s new $27.5M Center on Research in Intelligent Storage and Processing in Memory (CRISP) It is one of six Joint University Microelectronics Program (JUMP) centers nationwide that are managed by the Semiconductor Research Corporation with cost-sharing from DARPA. Each research center will examine a different challenge in advancing microelectronics—a field that is crucial to the U.S. economy and its national defense. The six JUMP centers are located at the University of Virginia, UC Santa Barbara, Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, University of Michigan and Notre Dame. UV’s CRISP Center will bring together researchers from eight universities in an effort to remove the separation between memories that store data and processors that operate on that data — a separation that has been part of all mainstream computing architectures since 1945 when von Neumann first outlined how programmable computers should be structured. Unfortunately, that technology led to today’s “memory wall” in which data access has become a major performance bottleneck. Professor Zhu, along with his colleague Jason Cong (CS), will work with CRISP researchers and become instrumental in removing that bottleneck.
Congratulations to Professor Song-Chun Zhu who is part of the University of Virginia’s new $27.5M Center on Research in Intelligent Storage and Processing in Memory (CRISP)
Congratulations to faculty member Jingyi Jessica Li who is an inaugural winner of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award. Recipients of this prize are outstanding women at significant points in their research careers in the disciplines of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, Manufacturing and Design (STEM2D). Jessica will receive $150,000 in funding and three years of mentorship from Johnson & Johnson leaders as well as members of the award’s Advisory Board. Details of the announcement are available at this link. A profile of Jessica and those of the other winners are available here.
Jessica Li is a recipient of the Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D (WiSTEM2D) Scholars Award
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UCLA Statistics is recruiting for several faculty positions now!
Congratulations to faculty member Jingyi Jessica Li who has been awarded a 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. This very prestigious fellowship is awarded to early-career scholars who represent the most promising scientific researchers working today. Fellows receive a $65,000 award to support their research. More details are available here.
Jessica Li has been awarded a 2018 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship