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Maker Faire San Diego: Celebrating ‘Geekdom’ of Every Stripe

September 29, 2016

It’s billed as “The Greatest Show (&Tell) on Earth,” and researchers from the University of California San Diego will once again be part of the spectacle as Maker Faire San Diego takes over Balboa Park.

The Pattern Recognition Lab: Coupling Machine Learning to Brain-Inspired Computers

September 28, 2016

Powerful new “brain-inspired” computing capabilities are turning the scientific method on its head by accelerating a “data science” experimental method that detects patterns in data before generating a hypothesis.

Nowhere to Hide: UC San Diego Researchers Devise New Method for Detecting Hardware Trojans

August 12, 2016

To prevent, detect and combat hardware Trojans at any level of the supply chain, UC San Diego computer scientists and their collaborators have devised a new technique that tracks information flow through a circuit’s logic gates.The technique is described in the cover story in the August 2016 edition of IEEE Computer.

SMART Study Among First to Use Social and Mobile Tools for Weight Loss

August 4, 2016

SMART study is among the first to test an intervention that used several technologies – including social media, apps, and text messaging – to promote healthy changes in physical activity and diet. At two years in duration, it was also one of few weight loss interventions evaluated for longer than a year.

For New QI Circuits Labs Technical Director ‘The Best is Yet to Come’

July 26, 2016

If not included, the first paragraph from release will be used): Vincent (Wingching) Leung's combination of industry and academic experience positions him as an ideal candidate to take the helm at the QI Circuits Labs.

Dreaming Big at the 5G Wireless Forum and Connected Health Workshop

July 22, 2016

To make 5G a reality, sensing, computing and communications must transform wireless networks into intelligent, efficient and flexible drivers of a world where “every day things get connected for a smarter tomorrow.”

Composer-in-Residence Lei Liang Bids Farewell to Qualcomm Institute

July 15, 2016

If not included, the first paragraph from release will be used): As his three-year tenure as QI Composer in Residence comes to a close, Lei Liang is reflecting not only on the internationally recognized composition he created while at QI, but also the development of what he calls a “new musical language for myself.” 

SmartCity Hackathon Connects the Data Dots on Behalf of Climate

June 13, 2016

Several UC San Diego students competed last week in the two-day competition, which was designed to transform climate-related data into solutions the City of San Diego can implement in support of its ambitious Climate Action Plan.

Bringing Rigor Back to Science: SciCrunch Supports New NIH Requirements for Biological Citations

June 1, 2016

Ensuring research reproducibility is far from a purely intellectual pursuit: A lack of diligence and consistency can have real-world implications that erode the public’s confidence in scientific research.

UC San Diego Technology Debuts at California’s Great America in New “Mass Effect”™ Attraction

May 18, 2016

“Mass Effect: New Earth, A 4D Holographic Journey” opens to the public today and features Near/Far Acoustic Field (NFAF), an audio infrastructure developed by researchers based at the Qualcomm Institute.
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