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National Data Platform Receives NSF Category I Award to Expand AI-Ready Data Infrastructure for U.S.

August 10, 2026

UC San Diego researchers will lead a collaborative project to expand a national platform connecting data, computing and AI resources to empower nationwide researchers and educators.

UC San Diego Students Learn Spatial Data Science Through Real-World Applications

August 4, 2026

UC San Diego students are bridging GIS and machine learning to solve real-world challenges in public health and urban planning. In a new spatial analysis course, they analyze complex geospatial data to identify environmental risks and support smarter community decision-making.

UC San Diego Researchers Use SDSC’s Expanse to Better Understand Bone-Like Minerals

July 30, 2026

Hydroxyapatite is already widely used in medical materials to help strengthen teeth and bones, since it is the primary mineral naturally found in bone. Researchers introduced europium’s light-emitting properties to make the material easier to see in bioimaging applications.

United Nations Holds Southern California’s First Hackathon at UC San Diego

July 23, 2026

UC San Diego's recent Reboot the Earth event challenged students and developers to create innovative software for wildfire prevention and crisis communication.

Faculty Symposium Highlights AI’s Strengths in Higher Ed Teaching

July 9, 2026

At the Faculty AI Symposium in late May 2026, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla highlighted the power of UC San Diego’s faculty and the cutting-edge solutions they have built to integrate AI tools into their teaching and expand student learning rather than limit it.

Google.org Supports the Societal Computing and Innovation Lab to Accelerate AI Wildfire Solutions

July 6, 2026

Funding from Google’s philanthropic arm will help support the Wildfire Science and Technology Commons — a collaborative platform designed to accelerate the development of wildfire technology using advanced computing, artificial intelligence and integrated workflows.

UC San Diego Launches Institute for Applied Health Intelligence

July 6, 2026

The new Institute for Applied Health Intelligence at UC San Diego will connect resources across six schools and UC San Diego health to generate next-generation solutions for pressing challenges in medicine.

UC San Diego Helps Prepare AI Tourism Assistant for World Cup Crowds

July 1, 2026

As Mexico City prepared for the surge of international visitors expected during the FIFA World Cup, developers behind an AI-powered tourism assistant turned to the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego for help scale testing their technology to meet anticipated demand.

UC San Diego Researchers Win Best Paper Award for New Approach to Connecting Complex Data Systems

June 16, 2026

Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a new system designed to solve one of modern computing’s growing challenges: how to efficiently analyze data spread across multiple types of databases.

UC San Diego Awarded $4.85M to Grow NEMAR into HPC Hub for Neuro-AI

May 26, 2026

NIH funding will expand NEMAR's AI capabilities, integrate petabyte-scale neuroelectromagnetic datasets with SDSC supercomputing, and support new foundation models for brain research and broader community access.
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