November 12, 2013
Crowdsourcing, solar-powered sensors, a mobile app, and a Kickstarter fundraising campaign. That may sound like the trappings of a hot new high-tech startup, but this is the Japanese Friendship Garden Haiku Hunt. It’s a 21st-century scavenger hunt for visitors of all ages who will be able to use their Android…
April 4, 2013
…games designed to teach computer programming, new materials for protecting soldiers from blasts, and much more. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications “Solving the world’s most pressing and complex challenges–in the realms of health, energy, information technology and other disciplines–requires research teams with a broad range of expertise working…
December 8, 2016
The leading computing society in the world, ACM, named UC San Diego computer science and engineering professor Rajesh K. Gupta to be an ACM Fellow. He’s the only University of California professor honored by ACM in the class of 2016.
February 14, 2014
Attention modification programs, which train a person to ignore or disregard specific, problematic cues or triggers, have been used effectively to treat cases of anxiety and substance abuse. In a novel study published this week in the journal Appetite, Kerri Boutelle, PhD, professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at the University…
December 3, 2021
The paper by a team of computer scientists that led to a novel processor architecture that would provide significant energy benefits has been recognized for its lasting impact with a MICRO Test of Time Award.
February 20, 2018
The next computer-generated animals in King Kong or The Lion King could look a lot more realistic thanks to a breakthrough by computer scientists at the University of California. The researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley developed a method that dramatically improves the way computers simulate fur, and…
December 15, 2014
A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego have demonstrated a way to emit and control quantum light generated using a chip made from silicon—one of the most widely used materials for modern electronics.
December 19, 2018
Engineers have developed a neuroinspired hardware-software co-design approach that could make neural network training more energy-efficient and faster. Their work could one day make it possible to train neural networks on low-power devices such as smartphones, laptops and embedded devices.
August 13, 2020
Q&A with Dr. Chip Schooley on How SARS-CoV-2 Spreads, Vaccine Trials Underway and More UC San Diego’s fall plan is continually evolving, informed by the university’s Return to Learn program. We invited students, faculty and staff to submit their questions about how the university is involved in vaccine development, how…
February 15, 2023
“The pandemic highlighted an underserved area—rapid detection of various different pathogens such as COVID, the flu, and other viruses,” says Shane Bowen ‘00, ‘05, a co-founder of Palamedrix.
