Nature Names UC San Diego a Top 15 Research Institution Worldwide
August 9, 2017
…index, which measures research productivity in the globe’s top science journals.
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UC San Diego’s Vince Kellen Named to CIO Hall of Fame
May 1, 2019
The University of California San Diego has announced that Vince Kellen, the campus’s chief information officer (CIO), is a 2019 inductee into the national CIO Hall of Fame.
Hate Spoilers? This AI Tool Spots Them for You
July 8, 2019
Did social media spoil the Avengers’ Endgame movie for you? Or maybe one of the Game of Thrones books? A team of researchers from the University of California San Diego is working to make sure that doesn’t happen again. They have developed an AI-based system that can flag spoilers in…
Assessing ‘Stickiness’ of Tumor Cells Could Improve Cancer Prognosis
February 3, 2020
Researchers led by UC San Diego built a device that sorts and separates cancer cells from the same tumor based on how “sticky” they are. They found that less sticky cells migrate and invade other tissues more than their stickier counterparts, and have genes that make tumor recurrence more likely.
This System Helps Robots Better Navigate Emergency Rooms
May 11, 2021
Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego have developed a more accurate navigation system that will allow robots to better negotiate busy clinical environments in general and emergency departments more specifically.
Want to Throw Off Your Chatbot? Use Figurative Language
November 8, 2021
Computer scientists recently examined the performance of dialog systems, such as personal assistants and chatbots designed to interact with humans. The team found that when these systems are confronted with dialog that includes idioms or similes, their performance drops to between 10 and 20 percent.
Genetically Informed Atlases Reveal New Landscapes in Brain Structure
February 7, 2022
An international team of scientists, led by UC San Diego researchers, has used atlases of the human brain informed by genetics to identify hundreds of genomic loci. The findings illuminate how genes impact the brain and diseases.
Holocaust Living History Workshop Series Continues at UC San Diego in 2023
January 17, 2023
The University of California San Diego’s Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) 2022-23 series continues with six events that underscore this year’s theme, “Rethinking Genocide: Fascism, Exploitation and the Holocaust.”
Victor Shih Appointed as New Director of UC San Diego’s 21st Century China Center
April 18, 2023
Victor C. Shih has been appointed as the new director of the 21st Century China Center at the University of California San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy, effective July 1, 2023.
Storied Research Platform is Retired
August 15, 2023
The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was one of the most innovative oceanographic research tools ever invented, but on Aug. 3, FLIP’s distinguished career finished its final chapter when it was towed to a dismantling and recycling facility, the costs to renovate it deemed too expensive.
