Miscellaneous updates to UCSD CSE

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Identity & Format

• My GitHub profile shows my full name¹
• PR title is descriptive (not "Update csrankings-x.csv")²
• One PR per institution, all changes combined³
• Only modified csrankings-[a-z].csv or old/industry.csv⁴
• Did NOT use Excel⁵
• No spaces after commas, no missing fields⁶
• Entries in alphabetical order by full name⁷

Data Accuracy

• Name matches DBLP exactly (including 0001 suffixes)⁸
• Homepage URL works and shows name + affiliation⁹
• Google Scholar ID is the 12-character code only¹⁰

Eligibility

• Faculty is full-time, tenure-track¹¹
• Can solely advise CS PhD students¹²
• If not in CS department: included justification with links¹³

New Institutions

• If adding new institution: opened issue first¹⁴
• Adding all CS faculty (not just one)¹⁵

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Footnotes

1. Anonymous submissions are rejected to ensure accountability. more info ↩

2. Generic titles make the PR queue difficult to manage. more info ↩

3. Multiple PRs for one institution create merge conflicts. more info ↩

4. Other files are auto-generated or require maintainer access. more info ↩

5. Excel corrupts Google Scholar IDs by converting them to formulas. more info ↩

6. Malformed CSV lines break the data pipeline. more info ↩

7. Alphabetical order makes entries easy to find and reduces merge conflicts. more info ↩

8. Publications are matched by exact DBLP name; mismatches = zero papers counted. more info ↩

9. Automated validation fetches homepage to verify affiliation. more info ↩

10. Full URLs or &hl=en suffixes break the Scholar lookup. more info ↩

11. Adjuncts, visitors, and part-time faculty are excluded. more info ↩

12. Faculty who can only co-advise don't meet inclusion criteria. more info ↩

13. E.g., courtesy appointment in CS, or graduate program membership. more info ↩

14. Institution must be added to institutions.csv first by maintainer. more info ↩

15. Partial departments skew rankings; all-or-nothing ensures fairness. more info ↩

[github-actions]

ℹ️ PR author: Earlence Fernandes (@earlence-uwm)
ℹ️ PR title is descriptive: 'Miscellaneous updates to UCSD CSE'
ℹ️ All checklist items are checked.

1. Validating Imani N. Sherman
2. ℹ️ Checking homepage: https://imanimunyaka.com
3. ⚠️ Exact match of name (Imani N. Sherman) not found on home page (https://imanimunyaka.com).
4. ⚠️ No fuzzy match for Imani N. Sherman found on home page.
5. ⚠️ Affiliation (Univ. of California - San Diego) not found on home page.
6. ⚠️ No fuzzy match for Univ. of California - San Diego found on home page.
7. ℹ️ Univ. of California - San Diego is on the list of known institutions (institutions.csv).
8. ℹ️ Entry in the correct file.
9. ℹ️ Google Scholar ID (LKa7Qs0AAAAJ) passed validity checks.
10. ⚠️ Name (Imani N. Sherman) not found on given Google Scholar page (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=LKa7Qs0AAAAJ).
11. ℹ️ ORCID (0000-0003-1780-7030) has valid format.
12. Validating Thuy-Duong Vuong
13. ℹ️ Checking homepage: https://thuyduongvuong.github.io/index.html
14. ⚠️ Exact match of name (Thuy-Duong Vuong) not found on home page (https://thuyduongvuong.github.io/index.html).
15. ⚠️ Affiliation (Univ. of California - San Diego) not found on home page.
16. ⚠️ No fuzzy match for Univ. of California - San Diego found on home page.
17. ℹ️ Univ. of California - San Diego is on the list of known institutions (institutions.csv).
18. ℹ️ Entry in the correct file.
19. ℹ️ Google Scholar ID (aFn9qL8AAAAJ) passed validity checks.
20. ℹ️ ORCID (0000-0003-0271-9687) has valid format.
    ℹ️ Detected affiliation change(s) for: Imani N. Sherman
    ℹ️ All new entries are for a single institution: Univ. of California - San Diego

The analysis below was generated by AI and may not be accurate:

1. Update for David Danks (David Danks) is valid: David Danks is no longer listed as faculty at UC San Diego. His homepage (https://www.daviddanks.org) and Google Scholar ID (1lORpNsAAAAJ) confirm his identity and previous affiliation. The deletion is valid.

2. Update for David J. Kriegman (David J. Kriegman) is valid: David J. Kriegman is no longer listed as faculty at UC San Diego. His homepage (http://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~kriegman) and Google Scholar ID (EqetexsAAAAJ) confirm his identity and previous affiliation. The deletion is valid.

3. Update for F. R. K. Chung (F. R. K. Chung) is valid: Fan R. K. Chung (also known as Fan Chung Graham) is retired from UC San Diego and is no longer an active, full-time faculty member. Her homepage (http://math.ucsd.edu/~fan) and Google Scholar ID (7hPnuFQAAAAJ) confirm her identity. The deletion is valid.

4. Update for Fan Chung Graham (Fan Chung Graham) is valid: Duplicate entry for Fan R. K. Chung, who is retired. The deletion is valid.

5. Update for Fan R. K. Chung (Fan R. K. Chung) is valid: Duplicate entry for Fan R. K. Chung, who is retired. The deletion is valid.

6. Update for H. L. Graham (H. L. Graham) is valid: Ronald Graham (H. L. Graham) passed away in 2020. His homepage (https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~rgraham) and Google Scholar ID (qrPaF3QAAAAJ) confirm his identity. The deletion is valid.

7. Update for Imani N. S. Munyaka (Imani N. S. Munyaka) is valid: Imani N. S. Munyaka and Imani N. Sherman appear to be the same person (name change). The deletion of the old name is valid.

8. Update for Imani N. Sherman (Imani N. Sherman) is valid: Imani N. Sherman (formerly Imani N. S. Munyaka) is a current faculty member at UC San Diego. The homepage (https://imanimunyaka.com) and Google Scholar ID (LKa7Qs0AAAAJ) confirm her identity and affiliation. The modification updates her name and ORCID, which is valid.

9. Update for Thuy-Duong Vuong (Thuy-Duong Vuong) is valid: Thuy-Duong Vuong is a current Assistant Teaching Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at UC San Diego. Her homepage (https://thuyduongvuong.github.io/index.html) and Google Scholar ID (aFn9qL8AAAAJ) confirm her identity and affiliation. The addition is valid.

✅ All validity checks passed.