Books & Culture

Training Computers to Transfer Music from One Style to Another

UC San Diego computer music professor and high school student devise a machine learning tool to transfer music notation between musical styles.

Annual Summer Program for the Advancement of Women in Philosophy Supports Potential Grad Students

Discussions ranging from reparations to the removal of monuments await the 14 students selected to participate in this year’s Summer Program for the Advancement of Women in Philosophy, the 10-day program organized by the UC San Diego Department of Philosophy.

Powerful People are Less Likely to be Understanding When Mistakes are Made

Those with power, such as the wealthy are more likely to blame others for having shortcomings and they are also less troubled by reports of inequality, according to recent research from the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

Machine Learning Enhances Non-verbal Communication in Online Classrooms

Prompted by the challenge of teaching music via Zoom during the pandemic, researchers use eye tracking, gaze estimation and machine learning to improve non-verbal communication in virtual classrooms.

Conrad Prebys Foundation Awards $500,000 Grant to Support Department of Music’s Community Outreach

The UC San Diego Department of Music will expand its post-pandemic reach with support from a $500,000 grant from The Conrad Prebys Foundation, helping to launch the department’s outreach to both regional and international audiences.

Division of Arts and Humanities Receives 12-piece Collection of mid-20th Century Soviet Art

Twelve pieces of art from the Soviet Impressionism and Socialist Realism periods will find a new home in the North Torrey Pines Living and Learning Neighborhood, thanks to longtime UC San Diego Division of Arts and Humanities supporters Ann and Joel Reed.