The inaugural session of the LACC took place from June 27 to August 19 with a group of eight terrific students. As part of the LACC program, the students first went through eight modules covering various computing topics: programming, algorithms, social networks, web services, robotics, energy and speed of computation, cryptography, and image processing. Each module was organized as a highly interactive 2-3 hour lecture delivered by a graduate student, followed by an 1-1.5 day long mini-project involving software analysis and programming. Furthermore, the students also conducted additional web research into additional topics relating to these modules, and delivered short presentations every Friday.
In the final 4 week of the program, the students transitioned to doing independent research projects in teams of two, working in laboratories of Professors Dolecek, Gupta, and Srivastava under close supervision of graduate student mentors. The project topics were diverse, and spanned theoretical algorithmic research to experimental embedded systems. At the culmination of the program, the LACC students presented their research via posters and demos as part of the HSSRP poster session.
Note: You are free to download the module
Resources: Slides: pdf, key; Code
Resources: Slides, code media
Resources: Slides, code, media
Resources: Slides: pdf, ppt; Code
Farewell Dinner and Poster Session
On August 18 we had a dinner at the UCLA Faculty Club to celebrate a successful end of the program, and then on August 19 we had the final poster session. Below are some photos from the event.