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Using Machine Learning to Hunt Down Cybercriminals

October 9, 2019

MIT’s Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at SDSC have developed a new machine learning system to identify "serial hijackers" of internet IP addresses.

Large Study Reveals PTSD Has Strong Genetic Component Like Other Psychiatric Disorders

October 8, 2019

In the largest and most diverse genetic study of PTSD to date, scientists from UC San Diego School of Medicine and more than 130 institutions in the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium found that genetics accounts for five to 20 percent of the variability in PTSD risk following a traumatic event.

CAIDA’s KC Claffy Inducted Into Internet Hall of Fame

October 8, 2019

KC Claffy, director of the Center for Applied Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the University of California’s San Diego Supercomputer Center, has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for her pioneering work in the area of internet measurement and analysis.

UC San Diego’s 4th Global Empowerment Summit inspires first San Diego Kindness Day

October 3, 2019

University of California San Diego is hosting its 4th Annual Global Empowerment Summit on October 19. The event will feature an array of international thought-leaders from religious, governmental, nonprofit and business entities to discuss collaborative solutions to pervasive inequity.

Immune Cell Identity Crisis: What Makes a Liver Macrophage a Liver Macrophage?

October 3, 2019

UC San Diego researchers investigated how a type of immune cell called a macrophage becomes specialized to the liver. Their study, published October 3, 2019 in Immunity, sets the stage for understanding how macrophage specialization gets disrupted by — or contributes to — liver disease.

School of Public Health to Offer Undergraduate and Graduate Degrees

October 3, 2019

The University of California Board of Regents approved the establishment of a School of Public Health at UC San Diego on Sept. 19.

From the Sea to the Stars

October 3, 2019

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir has wanted to travel to space since she was a child. This lifelong dream became a reality on Sept. 25, when the alumna of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and two multinational crew members launched to the International Space Station (ISS) on a Russian Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft.

Bioengineering Pioneer Y.C. Bert Fung Turns 100

October 3, 2019

Thousands of professors, engineers, scientists and students around the world work in the field of biomechanics, the study of physics and mechanics applied to living tissues. But they are all somehow connected to Professor Y.C. “Bert” Fung at the University of California San Diego.

9,000 New Students Arrive to an Evolving Campus

October 3, 2019

“I want to surround myself with like-minded people who are going to challenge me,” explained Eden Markel as she transferred her belongings from her parent’s car to a cart during move-in day. One of UC San Diego’s newest students, she joins over 9,000 first-year and transfer students who arrived on campus this September.

UC San Diego Fuels Regional Economy, Impacts State

October 3, 2019

The University of California San Diego’s scenic main campus in La Jolla overlooks and offers access to the beautiful Pacific Ocean. But we don’t just ride waves, we make them. Ranked worldwide as a top 15 research university, UC San Diego is the region’s largest contributor of economic, research and community impacts.
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