Creative Computing
Professor Shlomo Dubmov is working on a project with researchers in Europe to enhance the creative relationship between humans and computers — by teaching computers to play improv jazz.
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Probing Lithium Ions Near a Solid’s Surface Reveals Clues to Boost Solid-State Battery Performance
Using computer simulations and X-ray experiments, researchers could “see” in detail why lithium ions move slowly in a solid-state battery—specifically, at the electrolyte-electrode interface. The work could lead to new strategies to enhance ionic conductivity in solid-state batteries.
Study Finds ChatGPT Outperforms Physicians in High-Quality, Empathetic Answers to Patient Questions
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine compared written responses from physicians with those from ChatGPT to real-world health questions. A panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT’s responses 79% of the time.
Moving Perovskite Solar Cell Advancements From the Lab to the Manufacturing Floor
A team of researchers, led by MIT and including the University of California San Diego, has been selected to receive a $11.25M cost-shared award to establish a new research center that will advance the development of next-generation solar cells for commercial use.
New AI Platform Addresses Challenge of Food Deserts in Low-Income Communities
An innovative food and nutrition project is uniquely combining artificial intelligence and social enterprise business models to help address the challenge of food deserts in the U.S.
UC San Diego Researchers Help Discover That Tiny DNA Circles are Key Drivers of Cancer
University of California San Diego computer scientists are among the lead authors of an international study that finds tiny circles of DNA that defy the accepted laws of genetics are key drivers of cancer formation.
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