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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.

‘Gone With the Waves’ Project Documents Puerto Rico’s Coastline and Cultural Heritage

September 19, 2017

Just ahead of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, a UC San Diego research team was able to map and document various underwater and coastal features along Puerto Rico’s coast last month, providing baseline measurements of a number of important archaeological sites that are vulnerable to coastal erosion, particularly due to climate change.

Computer Science at UC San Diego Recruits 15 Lecturers to Help Teach Undergraduates

September 19, 2017

The Computer Science and Engineering announced a stellar group of 15 lecturers, including two newcomers to the department, who will assume some of the undergraduate teaching duties in light of high continuing enrollment in computer science and data science courses.

UC San Diego-Led Expedition Documents Ancient Land and Sea Sites in Israel

September 18, 2017

A team of archaeologists from the University of California San Diego and two leading Israeli universities has wrapped up a three-week expedition to document two major sites in Israel using the latest in 3D scientific visualization technologies.
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