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News

STEM Student Success Initiative funded by $2.5 million NSF Grant
Aug 1, 2025
Summer pre-college S-STEM program was a success and included an exciting field trip to Quantum AI company, Rigetti! Led by Professors Jorjeta Jetcheva, and Professor Carlos Rojas from the Computer Engineering department, Yolanda Wiggins from Social Sciences, Bill Andreopoulos from Computer Science, and Brianne Gutmann from Physics Education, the program is funded by a $2.5 Million NSF grant focused on supporting the attraction, retention, and graduation of academically talented, undergraduates who are Pell Grant recipents, majoring in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Computer Science at San José State.

Master's students win Best Paper Award at IEEE CAI 2025!
May 7, 2025
Master's students Anoushka Gade (pictured) and Hardi Trivedi, along with faculty advisor Professor Jorjeta Jetcheva, won the Best Paper Award at the 2025 IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence in the Business Intelligence vertical for the paper “It’s About Time: Incorporating Temporality in Retrieval-Augmented Language Models”.

Prof. Carlos Rojas wins the CoE Faculty Award for Teaching!
May 6, 2025
Assistant Professor Carlos Rojas, is this year's winner of the College of Engineering Faculty Award for Teaching.

James Wu wins CoE Staff Award for Excellence in Service!
May 6, 2025
Our very own James Wu won this year's College of Engineering Staff Award for Excellence in Service!

Best thesis award goes to Computer Engineering Department student Noam Smilovich!
April 15, 2025
Noam Smilovich has been honored with the San José State University outstanding thesis award for the 2024–2025 academic year! Noam’s thesis, “Data-Driven Control of Acoustic Waves Using Movable and Flexible Scatterers,” was selected from submissions across all academic colleges at SJSU.

Prof. Mahima Suresh wins Quantum Faculty Fellow Award!
March 10, 2025
Associate Professor Mahima Suresh has won the 2025 Quantum Faculty Fellow Award from the College of Engineering!
This project will develop new and improved instructional techniques and materials for undergraduate and graduate education. It will enhance the use of technology in instruction, create laboratory instructional resources, and include efforts to assess and improve instructional quality.

Prof. Bernardo Flores wins Research Excellence Award!
April 12, 2024
Assistant Professor Bernardo Flores has won the 2024 Award of Excellence - Distinguished Faculty Mentor for mentoring a winning student research team at the SJSU Student Research Competiton!
Events

CMPE@Connect
April 18, 2025
3:00 - 5:30 pm
Location: ENG 285/7
The Department of Computer Engineering regularly organizes monthly social networking gatherings aimed at fostering successful career development. These events feature engaging panel discussions and informative technical talks.
Our objectives for these gatherings are outlined as follows:
- Foster connections between faculty research endeavors and current students.
- Facilitate the sharing of valuable career insights and experiences.
- Provide opportunities for career advancement through mentorship.
- Disseminate pertinent industry information and other relevant updates.
- Strengthen connections among students, faculty, and alumni, tripling the potential for valuable networking opportunities.
Alumni Recruitment
We want to invite our alumni who have graduated from CMPE, SE, or AI and have accumulated more than three years of industry experience. Please provide your time for our students. Please complete the form to serve as a panel speaker, thus facilitating connections between alumni and current students.
Event Sign-Up
We encourage you to join the event to connect with our alumni and gain insight into their professional skills.