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Barna Saha Celebrated as Harry E. Gruber Endowed Chair at UC San Diego

May 2, 2024

Barna Saha, a computer scientist at UC San Diego who spearheads a new $10 million multi-university research institute to tackle problems in theoretical foundations of data science, was honored this week as the Harry E. Gruber Professor of Computer Science and Information Technologies Endowed Chair.

Hands-on Electrical Engineering Curriculum at UC San Diego Earns Innovative Program Award

May 2, 2024

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at UC San Diego was recognized for its pioneering hands-on lab curriculum by the leading association for electrical and computer engineering educators in North America.

Science has an AI problem. This group says they can fix it.

May 2, 2024

AI holds the potential to help doctors find early markers of disease and accelerate research on other important scientific advances. But a growing body of evidence has revealed deep flaws in how machine learning is used in science, a problem that has swept through dozens of fields and implicated thousands of erroneous papers.

Soft Robots, Tough Problems

May 2, 2024

Robots that can assist physicians during surgery. Robots that can swim. Robots that can grip delicate objects. These were some of the demonstrations on display at Robosoft, the biggest conference in the field of soft robotics, in San Diego this year.

Fighting AI Fire with ML Firepower

May 2, 2024

Computer scientists from the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering have proposed a novel solution to optimize the tremendous potential of deep generative models while mitigating the production of content that is biased or toxic in nature.

A Message from Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla

May 1, 2024

Today, at approximately noon, campus community members and non-affiliate individuals arrived on campus and set up several tents on the grass adjacent to Library Walk. This activity is in violation of campus policy, which prohibits unauthorized encampments.

Scholarship Recipient Solange Jackson Advocates for Public Health

May 1, 2024

Undergraduate student Solange Jackson, a recipient of the UC San Diego UJIMA Network Black History Month Scholarship, hopes to make a positive impact on health care policies in underrepresented or marginalized communities.

Engineering Professor Tackles Tricky Academic Topics on YouTube

May 1, 2024

Professor Darren Lipomi, who also serves as associate dean for students at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering, uses his YouTube platform to candidly address the realities and tough conversations of academic life head-on.

Broadway Actress Shares Inspirations, Thoughts on “Belonging”

May 1, 2024

Broadway, TV, and film actress Melody Butiu ’96, MFA ’99, talks to UC San Diego Magazine about inclusivity and authenticity and how she tries to get to the core of the roles she seeks out.

Striking Alumni Tower Planned for UC San Diego Center

May 1, 2024

UC San Diego was founded on the former U.S. Marine Corps base Camp Matthews, and students have lived and learned among its decommissioned buildings ever since. Now, a new center of campus is taking shape: the Triton Center and its eye-catching tower, the Triton Alumni and Welcome Center.
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