Joined UC San Diego CSE Faculty as Lecturer

Jan 15, 2023·
Edwin Solares
Edwin Solares
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Appointed as Lecturer in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego, transitioning from UC Davis postdoctoral position where I worked with mentors Patrice Koehl (Computer Science) and Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra (Population Genomics).

Current Teaching (2024-2025)

  • CSE 150A: Introduction to AI - Probabilistic Reasoning
  • CSE 150B: Introduction to AI - Search and Reasoning
  • CSE 151A: Machine Learning - Learning Algorithms
  • DSC 232R: Big Data Analytics Using Spark
  • MAS DSE 220: Introduction to Machine Learning
  • CSE 29: Systems Programming and Software Tools

Dual Appointment

In August 2024, expanded to dual position in the Halicioglu Data Science Institute alongside Computer Science and Engineering.

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Executive Director, ESB AI Lab Corporation
Executive Director of ESB AI Lab Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit advancing research in AI, machine learning, computer vision, and genomics. Previously a Lecturer at UC San Diego. My research harnesses AI and bioinformatics for food security and species conservation. Published in Nature Plants, PNAS, Genome Research, and G3 (h-index: 7).