Lecturer, Part-time, Computer Science

mira.jane@sjsu.edu

 

I teach AI and ML courses at SJSU with emphasis on building both a solid theory foundation and acquiring hands-on practical programming skills with which students can pursue recent advances in research and technology.

 

Currently teaching:

 

Introduction to Machine Learning, CS 171 Section 3, Spring 2026

(MW 3:00pm-4:15pm, Canvas, work-in-progress Syllabus pdf)

 

Past teaching:

 

Graduate courses

• Topics in Machine Learning, CS 271
  • Section 2, Fall 2025, TR 1:30pm-2:45pm, Canvas, Syllabus pdf

 

Undergraduate courses

• Introduction to Machine Learning, CS 171
  • Section 3, Fall 2025, TR 4:30pm-5:45pm, Canvas, Syllabus pdf
  • Section 2, Fall 2024, MW 3pm-4:15pm, Canvas, Syllabus pdf
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, CS 156
  • Section 4, Spring 2025, TR 10:30am-11:45pm, Canvas, Syllabus pdf

 

 

Previously:

• Search Engine Design, Spring 2014
• Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Spring 2011

Education

MS & PhD, Computer Science, UCLA

BTech, IIT, Bombay

 

Bio

I am also a software engineer in Waymo, working on Machine Learning in Planner for Autonomous Driving. Before that I was a software engineer in Google Search.