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County of San Diego Partners with UC San Diego to Upgrade Fire Detection Network

January 23, 2018

On Jan. 23, the County of San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to approve an investment in technology developed at the University of California San Diego that will improve the County’s fire detection and response capabilities. The County unanimously approved $437,174 to make critical upgrades to the High-Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) and Alert Wildfire network, operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego.

Researchers Develop New Thin Transparent and Lightweight Touchscreen Pressure Sensor Arrays

January 23, 2018

Researchers from UC San Diego and UT Austin have demonstrated zinc-oxide thin-film transistor sensors for new functionality in touch screen displays on mobile devices.

U.S. and Japanese Research Institutions Sign Bilateral Memorandum of Understanding

January 12, 2018

UC San Diego signs a memorandum of understanding with Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology to cooperate on research in computer science and artificial intelligence.

Cygames, Inc. and UC San Diego Announce Joint Research Initiative

December 19, 2017

Japanese game developer Cygames, Inc. announced today an academic collaboration with the UC San Diego Center for Research in Entertainment and Learning to create an "x-reality" lab for long-term basic research and shared instrumentation.

Strong UC San Diego Presence at Machine Learning Conference

December 19, 2017

The 31st annual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems attracted nearly 8,000 attendees, including a large delegation from Computer Science and Engineering as well as three other UC San Diego departments.

Company Based on UC San Diego Technology Gets Infusion of Capital

December 15, 2017

A hardware security company co-founded by UC San Diego computer scientists has received $2 million in seed funding from Eclipse Ventures to ramp up engineering, sales and marketing of semiconductor design tools to identify and prevent security vulnerabilities.

New UC San Diego Chapter Sends LGBT+ Delegates to oSTEM Conference

December 14, 2017

For the first time, a delegation of faculty and students from the University of California San Diego attended the annual Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM) National Conference to promote greater involvement of LGBT+ community in STEM fields.

Tackling ‘Ocean Exploration in a Sea of Data’ at the National Ocean Exploration Forum

November 6, 2017

The fifth annual forum included scholars of data science, ocean exploration and other disciplines who are interested in how data science analysis and visualization techniques can be applied to oceanographic data.

UC San Diego Cyber-Archaeologist Participates in ‘Dialogue of Civilizations’

October 19, 2017

University of California San Diego anthropology professor Thomas E. Levy is back in San Diego after participating in the fourth International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations, held in Ahmedabad, India and co-organized by the National Geographic Society (NGS), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and India’s Ministry of Culture.

Qualcomm Institute to Save Nearly Half a Million Dollars Per Year with Energy Efficiency Measures

October 5, 2017

The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego, will save more than $486,650 per year in energy costs thanks to a series of energy-efficiency improvements to Atkinson Hall, where QI is headquartered.
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