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Computer Science Undergrad Jonathan Ty Awarded Alan Turing Memorial Scholarships for Support of LGBTQIA+ Community

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Jonathan Ty, a sophomore majoring in computer science, has been awarded the 2024-2025 Alan Turing Memorial Scholarship and the Alan Turing Memorial Teradata Scholarship from the University of California San Diego’s Center for Networked Systems (CNS). Each year CNS recognizes a student whose studies relate to networked systems and who is an active supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community.

Computer Science Undergrad Jonathan Ty Awarded Alan Turing Memorial Scholarships for Support of LGBTQIA+ Community

UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla Elected Foreign Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy

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Recognized for pioneering contributions in robotics, embedded software and cybersecurity, Chancellor Khosla's election to the Indian National Science Academy acknowledges his pivotal role in shaping global research and technological advancements in these fields.

Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla stands in front of Geisel Library at UC San Diego

UC San Diego Prof Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

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Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku, assistant professor of psychology in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award "for bold and highly innovative research projects."

UC San Diego Prof Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Wei Xiong Recognized with Two National Awards

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Wei Xiong and his team of researchers study novel light-matter interactions as a way to control and understand how the structure and dynamics of materials change when they interact with photons. In recognition of this work, Xiong, who is a Kent Wilson Faculty Scholar in UC San Diego’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been named a Brown Investigator and a Blavatnik Award finalist.

Wei Xiong Recognized with Two National Awards

Nobel Prize Winner, ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton Has UC San Diego Roots

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AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for work he began at UC San Diego with cognitive psychology colleagues here four decades ago.

AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton is pictured speaking on a stage against bold background of purple blocks

UC San Diego Assistant Professor Recognized with Intel Rising Star Faculty Award for Trustworthy Machine Learning Research

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At a time when the world continues to grow in its advancement in AI and machine learning, Assistant Professor Lily Weng at UC San Diego's Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute within the School of Computing, Information and Data Sciences has received the Intel® Rising Star Faculty Award.