October 12, 2023
El Niño and La Niña are natural climate phenomena that alter weather patterns around the world. El Niño occurs irregularly but shows up roughly every three to seven years and typically lasts between nine and 12 months with occasional exceptions that linger for multiple years.
October 6, 2016
…generated when visitors trip sensors in strategic locations. “It’s as large a stage as I’ll ever be on,” Steiger said recently, during a break from putting the final touches on “Nimbus” in the Department of Music’s hi-tech black box theater. “Thousands of people will experience ‘Nimbus’ every week. It will…
November 14, 2019
…third-generation neural network-powered vision sensors for high performance object and activity recognition with applications in surveillance, autonomous vehicles and mobile robots. Companies with alumni in leadership positions also took part, including NXT Robotics, which provides service robots to support security needs. Accel Robotics, cofounded by bioengineering alumnus Marius Buibas, builds…
September 28, 2021
As scientific data sets become progressively larger, algorithms to process the data become more complex. Artificial Intelligence has emerged as a solution to efficiently analyze these massive data sets, and new computer processor types help speed up the work of AI algorithms.
November 20, 2012
…small battery, with a sensor to transmit vital data that is virtually invisible to the observer or user. In his work with premature babies, Coleman said a key research focus is on newborn brains, including the issues of strokes and seizures. Used in hospitals, wireless tattoo electronics offer an added…
April 30, 2015
Comet, a new petascale supercomputer designed to transform advanced scientific computing by expanding access and capacity among traditional as well as non-traditional research domains, has transitioned into an early operations phase at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego.
August 3, 2017
A computer scientist at UC Santa Cruz is moving to UC San Diego in January. Professor Jishen Zhao is the fourth new hire by UC San Diego’s Computer Science and Engineering department ahead of the 2017-2018 academic year.
July 30, 2013
For Lauren Crudup, a third-year bioengineering student at the University of California, San Diego, the Conference for African-American Researchers in the Mathematical Sciences (CAARMS) presented a unique opportunity to learn just how applicable mathematics is in the real-world—especially compared to the pure mathematics she learned in high school and earlier…
March 13, 2014
A new report from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2), supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, suggests that many people who track health-related data with wearable devices and smartphone apps are interested in sharing that data with researchers in medical and public health—provided adequate privacy controls…
February 25, 2016
…ship will use powerful sensors to conduct multidisciplinary scientific research worldwide, from coastlines to continental shelves to the deepest trenches, and will investigate the workings within, upon and above Earth’s oceans. Using satellite telepresence, students and teachers will experience ocean exploration while interacting with scientists at sea. R/V Sally Ride…
