The University of Michigan has raided UC San Diego, hiring a
pair of young computer scientists who've been drawing attention for their
efforts to help Google find better ways to operate online. Jason Mars, an
assistant professor, and Lingjia Tang, a member of the research faculty,
decided to leave UCSD's Department of Computer Science and Engineering only a
year after they arrived. Mars is the first African American in the department's
history to hold a tenure track position.
"They're both excellent researchers. This is the single
biggest setback I've had as chair," said Rajesh Gupta, who took over the
fast growing department in 2010, and who made headlines in June when he
negotiated an $18.5 million gift from an anonymous donor. Mars and Tang, who
are married, have joined Michigan's computer science department which, like
UCSD's, is ranked among the 20 best in the country by US News and World Report.
The department hired the couple last year, naming Mars to a tenure track
position and Tang to a researcher's post. Michigan offered both of them tenure
track jobs, an offer that UCSD later exceeded, Gupta said. Mars also has family
ties to Michigan. The raid occurred in the spring as UCSD was preparing to
expand faculty hiring...
Full story from the San Diego
Union-Tribune at http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/sep/02/ucsd-michigan/
2 comments:
What does this have to do with Janet Napolitano?
Faculty pay, online info about faculty pay that facilitates raiding, etc. Yudof referenced the loss by UCLA of the neuroscientists to USC. Now we are on Napolitano's watch.
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