November 17, 2017
University of California San Diego alumnus and Qualcomm co-founder Franklin Antonio is donating $30 million to the university in support of programmatic expansion of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering.
April 3, 2014
…people happy at work? Autonomy, mastery and purpose,” said Fry. “That’s why we started Twitter University—when team members develop a sense of expertise, it makes the organization stronger as a whole.” During his talk, Fry counseled students to take advantage of their time in graduate school. Although he only spent…
April 2, 2019
Rajesh Gupta, a professor of computer science and engineering at University of California San Diego, has been awarded the IEEE Computer Society 2019 W. Wallace McDowell Award for his “seminal contributions in design and implementation of microelectronic systems-on-chip and cyberphysical systems.”
January 19, 2023
The UC San Diego Mandeville Art Gallery will open its doors March 4 under the guidance and direction of a new, dynamic leader: Ceci Moss, who joins the university poised to take arts education and outreach to new heights, building on the gallery’s expansive, 57-year history.
February 12, 2020
The greater San Diego-Tijuana region will get a rare opportunity to engage with contemporary Indigenous writing and poetry, part of an international symposium addressing the importance and impact of Indigenous language and literature.
February 16, 2017
…independence, thanks to the autonomy provided by the agents. Although an agent is assisting the Aira user, the ability to communicate with an agent allows the user to explore new territory. “Whenever I try to explain the concept of Aira—especially to a visually impaired person—it is hard for them to…
April 10, 2015
An upcoming exhibition at the University of California, San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute will showcase art works derived from large-scale laser scans of buildings, landscapes and the environment. Autonomous Sensing ScanLAB opens April 16 in Atkinson Hall’s gallery@calit2, with a 5pm panel discussion with speakers Thomas Pearce and Matthew Shaw from…
November 14, 2019
…panels on empowering people; drones for security and defense; autonomy in transportation; and artificial intelligence at the edge. Graduate students from many robotics labs demoed various technologies in a wide range of fields, from healthcare robotics, to soft robotics, to drone and autonomous vehicles.
November 5, 2015
…education, and by school autonomy and participation. Positive steps taken so far under the government reforms, he said, include mandatory exams for potential teachers followed by regular assessments and professional development, an autonomous evaluation organization for schools and teachers, and the creation of the nation-wide System for Education Information and…
October 22, 2012
“A Mercedes Benz isn’t designed to function in the Sahara Desert,” notes Dr. Eliah Aronoff-Spencer of the University of California, San Diego. “So why are we designing medical equipment for developing countries the same way we do for developed ones?”
