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You Can Help Design Solutions to San Diego’s Troubles with Traffic and More

September 28, 2017

…from proposed algorithms for autonomous vehicles that would allow them to move as a caravan to a new parking structure made of poster board. People who didn’t make the hackathon can still join the challenge online. There is about a month to innovate until the Oct. 24 deadline. A showcase…

UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Doubles Size of Early-Career Faculty Acceleration Program

February 8, 2024

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has doubled the size of its Accelerating Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations for Early-Career Faculty program. The program helps faculty build interdisciplinary research to the point that it is competitive for multi-year research funding.

Contextual Robotics Institute Director Gets Qualcomm Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Robotic Systems

October 30, 2017

Henrik Christensen, an internationally renowned expert in robotics, has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Qualcomm Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Robotic Systems at the University of California San Diego. The chair was made possible by a generous $1 million gift from Qualcomm Incorporated and a $500,000 match from…

Department of Defense Awards Funds to Ten UC San Diego Researchers to Develop Instrumentation

May 21, 2018

The Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) grants support the development of instruments that have a wide range of military applications. In all, 10 researchers from UC San Diego received awards that will help them improve ocean weather and climate prediction, reproduce the extreme conditions of matter that exist in…

Exploring the Diverse Applications of Robotics Beyond the Lab at UC San Diego

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.

Scientists Identify Climate Change as Major Contributor to Record-Breaking Marine Heatwave

May 26, 2020

Two new studies led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego highlight the significance of long-term observations for understanding ocean climate trends and events, including record-shattering marine heatwaves.

Scripps Scientists Awarded Nearly $5 Million to Study Triggers of Toxic Algal Blooms

October 28, 2019

Researchers are gearing up to hunt for blooms along California’s coast using a suite of technologies that can target and sample ocean microbes and sift through genetic code in real time. All of this is made possible by a new $4.9 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Researchers Tap Robots for the Dirty, Dull and Dangerous

December 16, 2024

UC San Diego researchers use robots and 3D reconstruction to automate the construction industry.

NSF Invests $20M in UC San Diego-headquartered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute

July 29, 2021

The Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale will pursue foundational breakthroughs at the nexus of artificial intelligence and optimization. Advances will transform chip design, robotics, and communication networks.

Mass Education Was Designed to Quash Critical Thinking

November 19, 2024

In her book “Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education,” political scientist Agustina Paglayan argues that schools around the world are failing to cultivate critical thinking skills in students — and that these institutions are actually designed to promote conformity.

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