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Bermuda 100 Challenge: Preserving Shipwrecks, Pixel by Pixel

March 27, 2017

Researchers at QI, in cooperation with the government of Bermuda, have announced the launch of the Bermuda 100 Challenge, an ambitious campaign to digitally document at least 100 ships, artifacts and other sites in Bermuda's shallow reefs.

Using Batteries to Cut Utility Costs

March 21, 2017

CNS postdoctoral researcher Alper Sinan Akyurek and CSE professor Tajana Rosing developed an algorithm for controlling batteries that can decrease the utility cost of an actual building by up to 50 percent compared to a building powered without the use of batteries.

Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute to Repurpose SDSC’s ‘Gordon’ Supercomputer

March 14, 2017

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego and the Simons Foundation’s Flatiron Institute in New York have reached an agreement under which the majority of SDSC’s data-intensive Gordon supercomputer will be used by Simons for ongoing research following completion of the system’s tenure as a National Science Foundation (NSF) resource on March 31.

New Nano-Implant Could One Day Help Restore Sight

March 13, 2017

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego and La Jolla-based startup Nanovision Biosciences Inc. have developed the nanotechnology and wireless electronics for a new type of retinal prosthesis that brings research a step closer to restoring the ability of neurons in the retina to respond to light. The researchers demonstrated this response to light in a rat retina interfacing with a prototype of the device in vitro.

New Study Shows Red Tides Can Be Predicted

March 13, 2017

A For over a century, scientists have been trying to understand what causes red tides to form in coastal areas seemingly out of nowhere. Using a novel technique developed by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego scientist George Sugihara and colleagues, that mystery is finally being unraveled.

UC San Diego to Develop Cyberinfrastructure for NASA’s ICESat/-2 Data

March 7, 2017

The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have been awarded a NASA ACCESS grant to develop a cyberinfrastructure platform for discovery, access, and visualization of data from NASA’s ICESat and upcoming ICESat-2 laser altimeter missions.

SDSC Achieves Record Performance in Seismic Simulations with Intel

March 6, 2017

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) have developed a new seismic software package with Intel Corporation that has enabled the fastest seismic simulation to-date, as the two organizations collaborate on ways to better predict ground motions to save lives and minimize property damage.

UC San Diego Launches Online Courses with edX to Advance Careers in Data Science

February 28, 2017

Description UC San Diego is creating four courses in Data Science as part of a new MicroMasters® program offered via the edX nonprofit online learning destination. Instructors from the Computer Science and Engineering department are leading the effort, and video modules for the courses are being produced in the HD Studio of the Qualcomm Institute.

UC San Diego Organizes 2017 Workshop on Big Data and the Earth Sciences

February 24, 2017

Researchers in earth sciences and information technology at UC San Diego are organizing a three-day Grand Challenges workshop May 31 to June 2 in La Jolla, Calif., on the topic of “Big Data and the Earth Sciences.”

New method to identify bacteria in blood samples works in hours instead of days

February 8, 2017

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a desktop diagnosis tool that detects the presence of harmful bacteria in a blood sample in a matter of hours instead of days.  The breakthrough was made possible by a combination of proprietary chemistry, innovative electrical engineering and high-end imaging and analysis techniques powered by machine learning.  The team details their work in the Feb. 8 issue of Nature Scientific Reports.
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