July 15, 2016
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.”
July 12, 2016
July 12, 2016 —
The University of California is first in the Top 100 Worldwide Universities Granted U.S. Utility Patents Ranking for 2015. The report, which was released today, is published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO). The ranking utilizes data acquired from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to highlight the important role patents play in university research and innovation.
July 5, 2016
July 5, 2016 —
One of the largest online course platforms, edX, announced 11 finalists for its inaugural edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning. They include UC San Diego computer scientist Ravi Ramamoorthi, who directs the Center for Visual Computing.
July 1, 2016
July 1, 2016 —
The Human Vaccines Project is teaming with the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California San Diego to apply advances in machine learning to solve critical problems impeding the development of vaccines and therapeutics for a wide range of diseases.
June 29, 2016
June 29, 2016 —
The Office of Innovation and Commercialization at UC San Diego plays a significant role in the just-announced Urban Innovation Collaboratory, a partnership between UC San Diego Extension and the Downtown San Diego Partnership.
June 21, 2016
June 21, 2016 —
The campus created the new position of Director of Social Impact and Innovation and appointed to the job Naila Chowdhury, a longtime colleague of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mohammad Yunus (who was in San Diego to give the Commencement speech at UC San Diego over the weekend).
June 17, 2016
June 17, 2016 —
Twenty-five students, only half of them from computer science, showcased their final presentations in Computer Science and Engineering 198 – a set of interactive mini-games called RecyCool, designed to start teaching third-graders how and why to recycle.
June 16, 2016
June 16, 2016 —
University of California San Diego professor Stefan Savage has been appointed to the Irwin and Joan Jacobs Chair in Information and Computer Science held until recently by emeritus professor Ron Graham, both from the Computer Science and Engineering department.
June 13, 2016
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.
June 9, 2016
June 9, 2016 —
University of California San Diego professor Ravi Ramamoorthi is the inaugural holder of a new endowed faculty chair in the university’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE).
