Dr. Pamela Cosman

Professor

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Biography

Pamela Cosman joined the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in July 1995. She obtained her B.S. with honors in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1987 and both her M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1989 and 1993, respectively. Before joining UCSD, she was a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow at Stanford and a Visiting Professor at the University of Minnesota from 1993 to 1995. At UCSD, she is a Professor and has served as the Director of the Center for Wireless Communications from 2006 to 2008 and as Associate Dean for Students from 2013 to 2016. Cosman has received numerous accolades including the ECE Departmental Graduate Teaching Award, the Career Award from the National Science Foundation, the Powell Faculty Fellowship, and the Globecom 2008 Paper Award. An editor and associate editor for various journals, she has authored 150 papers and book chapters in the fields of image and video compression, image quality evaluation, and biomedical image processing. Additionally, she has actively participated in engineering education initiatives to enhance educational excellence and boost diversity in enrollment at the Jacobs School of Engineering.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

1995-07-01 — Present

University of California, San Diego • La Jolla, CA

Joined UCSD faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Awards

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ECE Departmental Graduate Teaching Award

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Career Award

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Powell Faculty Fellowship

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Globecom 2008 Paper Award

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).