Joseph DiStefano

Joseph DiStefano

DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR EMERITUS
COMPUTER SCIENCE
BIOENGINEERING

Engineering VI - Room 367

Email: joed@cs.ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-7482
Fax: (310) 794-5056

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Joe joined the UCLA Engineering faculty in 1966, Medicine faculty in 1970, Computer Science faculty in 1982 and became chair of the undergrad Cybernetics Interdepartmental Program (IDP) in 1981. He Chairs the undergrad Computational & Systems Biology IDP, the Computational Systems Biology grad program in Computer Science, Co-Chairs the Biosystem Science and Engineering Major in the Biomedical Engineering graduate IDP and directs the UCLA Biocybernetics Research Laboratory.
RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
  • Math modeling oriented systems biology
  • Dynamic systems biology modeling, simulation and simulation
  • Human disease models, their dynamics and optimal control (treatment)
  • Physiological, pharmacological and toxicological systems applications
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
http://biocyb0.cs.ucla.edu/wp/?page_id=274
EDUCATION
  • BSEE, City College of NY 1961
  • MS, Control Systems, UCLA 1964
  • PhD, Biocybernetics UCLA, 1966
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Fellow Biomedical Engineering Society 2012
  • UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award in 2003, the Ebi Award for Creative Teaching in 2003
  • Lockeed-Martin Award for Teaching Excellence in 2004
  • Senior Fulbright-Hays Scholar in Italy in 1979
  • Fellow of the Biomedical Engineering Society
COURSES
Computer Science (CS) - Computational & Systems Biology (C&SB) - Bioengineering (BE) - CS CM 186/286: http://biocyb0.cs.ucla.edu/wp/?page_id=292