November 20, 2023
From the operating room to our homes and streets, robots are becoming increasingly integral to our daily activities. The UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute hosted its eighth annual forum with the theme “Robots in the Wild,” showcasing varied applications of robots in real-world scenarios.
December 14, 2023
As part of a national initiative better understand how the brain works, researchers from UC San Diego have analyzed more than 2.3 million individual brain cells from mice to create a comprehensive map of the mouse brain.
September 27, 2021
According to scientists, a century of suppressing wildfires has created a dangerous stockpile of flammable vegetation on landscapes. This “fire fuel” has fed the megafires that put human life and property at risk and permanently destroy ecosystems.
November 14, 2019
…Zero maps. Lytx provides machine vision and artificial intelligence-powered video telematics solutions to help commercial and public sector fleets improve safety, efficiency and productivity. Stephen Krotosky is a UC San Diego alumnus and manager of applied machine learning for the company. About 80 percent of Lytx’s AI engineers were educated…
August 11, 2015
A bioinformatics researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a three-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant worth almost $1.4 million to make biological structures more widely available to scientists, educators, and students.
April 28, 2021
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego received an Amazon Research Award to develop a voice assistant to better communicate with older adults. Their initial goal is to create a system capable of understanding and answering the medical questions of adults over age 65.
August 6, 2020
…is like a time machine that can recreate the conditions of the universe less than a nanosecond after it was created,” said Sharma. The CMS detector is a superfast camera that uses a charged particle tracking system to precisely measure the properties of particles produced in the aftermath of a…
March 11, 2020
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stages.
March 18, 2021
…unique ability— unlike a machine—to heal themselves. A computer will always need some sort of intervention to address breakdowns.” Now, Ye is interested in using computers to help the body heal when it cannot do so alone. During his first year of college, Ye contacted Dr. Sidney Zisook, Distinguished Professor…
August 29, 2017
Laurel Riek, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego, will lead a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) project on new methods for coordinating teams of robots and people in complex, uncertain environments.
