Dean University of California, San Diego, School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences | La Jolla, California We are pleased to announce that Rajesh K. Gupta has been appointed dean of the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences (SCIDS), effective July 1, 2025.Dr. Gupta, a distinguished professor and former chair in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in the Jacobs School of Engineering, has served as the SCIDS interim dean since July 2024, and served as the founding director of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) since the institute’s inauguration in 2018. As HDSI director, Dr. Gupta demonstrated his ability to work across disciplines and was instrumental in establishing HDSI as an academic unit on campus, leading the launch of master’s and Ph.D. programs in data science and forging essential partnerships with industry leaders and international partners.Dr. Gupta also held the Qualcomm Endowed Chair in Embedded Microsystems and served as the Associate Director of the Qualcomm Institute. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the largest general science organization in the United States, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). David Bellshaw led the search with Luciano Zuniga and Salem Adisu.
