News Archive - Mika Ono

Study Finds X’s Community Notes Provides Accurate Responses to Vaccine Misinformation

A new study published in JAMA finds that X's (formerly Twitter's) Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to addressing misinformation, helped counter false health information in popular posts about COVID-19 vaccines by providing accurate, credible responses.

In Conversation with Ramesh Rao: Visualizing the Invisible with MEG (video and transcript)

Qualcomm Institute Director Ramesh Rao chats with Roland Lee and Mingxiong Huang, who co-direct QI's new Magnetoencephalography (MEG) Center on the underpinnings of the advanced brain imaging technique, the making of the new facility, and MEG’s contributions to research and patient care.

Capturing Creativity with Computation for Music AI

We know it when we see it, but what is creativity and can it be quantified? In a paper that guides future AI development, a team from UC San Diego’s Jacob School of Engineering, Department of Music and Qualcomm Institute has discovered answers in the context of musical collaboration.

Paper Calls for Patient-First Regulation of AI in Healthcare

A new paper in JAMA describes how, despite widespread enthusiasm about AI's potential to revolutionize healthcare and the use of AI-powered tools on millions of patients already, no federal regulations require that AI-powered tools be evaluated for potential harm or benefit to patients.

Behind the Scenes with National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin

Albert Lin '05, '06, '08 speaks about his new TV show, his roots at UC San Diego, and why he keeps going despite the hazards of life on the road.

10 Intriguing Spaces in QI’s Atkinson Hall

A 4 1/2-minute video, with edited transcript and photos, provides highlights of the UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute’s multidisciplinary facilities used by scientists, artists, engineers and entrepreneurs.

CDC Awards $17.5M to Team Led by UC San Diego to Strengthen Response to Disease Outbreaks

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $17.5 million to a coalition led by researchers at UC San Diego to develop innovative tools and networks to respond rapidly to emerging disease outbreaks.

UC San Diego Computer Music Pioneer Wins Silver Lion Prize

The 128-year-old European cultural institution La Biennale di Venezia has announced that UC San Diego Qualcomm Institute Composer-in-Residence Miller Puckette has won the Silver Lion award for enabling "the creation of numerous masterworks during recent decades in the history of music."

#MedEd: How Doctors Use Social Media to Advance Medicine

Ever wonder what your doctor is doing on social media? A new study published in JAMA led by John W. Ayers, Ph.D., from the Qualcomm Institute within the University of California San Diego, finds some physicians are harnessing the reach of social media to share and debate medical advancements.