UC San Diego Alumna Evaluates Ethics in AI Algorithms
October 24, 2024
Rumman Chowdhury, one of Time magazine’s most influential people in AI in 2023, shares her thoughts.
October 24, 2024
Rumman Chowdhury, one of Time magazine’s most influential people in AI in 2023, shares her thoughts.
December 15, 2022
Election research pioneered by UC San Diego political scientist Zoltan Hajnal is not only having a real-world impact in California, but is starting to take root beyond the state.
March 21, 2024
In honor of Women’s History Month, librarians and staff at the UC San Diego Library are sharing their recommendations for books that celebrate and amplify the diverse voices and experiences of women.
January 5, 2023
Researchers led by UC San Diego computer scientist Tajana Simunic-Rosing have entered in a $35 million contract from the Semiconductor Research Corporation to make computing orders of magnitude faster and more efficient. A group of 10 universities will band together to create the PRISM center.
February 11, 2021
…discredit unfounded claims and misinformation, such as unsubstantiated health claims made by infant nutrition companies, or rumours about the transmission of COVID-19 via breastfeeding, when there is no evidence of this occurring. Looking forward Progress in breastfeeding, breast milk and lactation research is being hampered by tensions among researchers, advocates…
July 2, 2020
…xenophobia, violence, food shortages, misinformation campaigns) is not new! Rather, humans have had these same responses to epidemics, going back to the very first recorded outbreaks. I find that both comforting and profoundly disappointing. This research will be a focus of an undergraduate course I’ll be teaching on plagues (BILD…
May 16, 2024
More than two dozen UC San Diego student, staff and faculty filmmakers have received fellowship funding from the Suraj Israni Center for Cinematic Arts to pursue their unique film ambitions. On May 25, the campus and local community are invited to attend the inaugural Suraj Israni Center Fellowship Forum to…
April 4, 2023
To honor the many ways that UC San Diego’s graduate and professional students enhance the scholarly vitality of the university, a series of events will be held April 3-7 in recognition of Graduate and Professional Student Appreciation Week, a nationwide celebration.
October 7, 2021
…of hesitancy.” Misunderstanding or misinformation about science and a general distrust of scientific and governing institutions is an old phenomenon. In Jenner’s time, a popular cartoon portrayed persons vaccinated for smallpox, originally derived from cowpox pus, as growing bovine body parts. More than two hundred years later, some vaccination opponents…
November 2, 2023
Artificial intelligence in all its varied forms is rapidly accelerating, transforming our everyday lives and providing a powerful tool for scientific research. But what does it all mean and what does the future hold? Six UC San Diego experts share their insights.