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Pradeep K. Khosla, an internationally renowned electrical and
computer engineer, is the eighth Chancellor of the University of
California, San Diego, and Distinguished Professor of Electrical and
Computer Engineering. At UC San Diego, he has initiated a
comprehensive, all-inclusive strategic planning process to develop a
vision and shared goals for the future of the campus. Before his
current appointment, Khosla served as Dean of the College of Engineering
and Philip and Marsha Dowd University Professor at Carnegie Mellon
University. There, he set the strategic direction for undergraduate and
graduate education and research, and initiated undergraduate curriculum
reform, successful diversity efforts, multidisciplinary research centers
and graduate offerings, and international programs.
Khosla spent the majority of his career at Carnegie Mellon, rising
through the ranks from his first position as Assistant Professor in 1986
to his appointment as Dean in 2004. From 1994 to 1996, he also served
as a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Program Manager
in the Software and Intelligent Systems Technology Office, Defense
Sciences Office and Tactical Technology Office, where he managed
advanced research and development programs.
Khosla received his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from
the Indian Institute of Technology in 1980, and his MS and Ph.D. degrees
in electrical and computer engineering in 1984 and 1986 at Carnegie Mellon.
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