June 3, 2019
According to a release issued in April by Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), a serendipitous discovery by graduate student Dylan T. Christiansen has led to materials that quickly change color from completely clear to a range of vibrant hues – and back again.
January 31, 2013
…taught by Frank and visual arts lecturer Terri Sowell, “Representing Native America,” offered for the first time in the winter and spring of 2012. The course, Frank said, attracted students from across campus: not only students from the faculty members’ fields, visual arts and ethnic studies, but also from theater,…
August 13, 2015
Ilkay Altintas has been appointed Chief Data Science Officer of the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, effective immediately. Altintas, who joined SDSC in 2001, will lead the strategic coordination of all computational data science activities at SDSC while overseeing application-based solutions and their…
September 26, 2016
The Los Angeles Fire Department, recently challenged by yet another series of late summer wildfires, has successfully tested a new web-based tool developed by University of California San Diego researchers to perform data-driven predictive modeling and analysis of fires that have a high potential for rapid spread.
October 13, 2020
Diverse teams across University of California San Diego, with collaborators elsewhere, have received two 5-year grants totaling $14.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Common Fund to continue their work as a 4D Nucleome Research Hub and Center.
April 22, 2014
To address the fact that many of us are on the go and pressed for time, app developers have devised speed-reading software that eliminates the time we supposedly waste by moving our eyes as we read. But don’t throw away your books, papers and e-readers just yet – research suggests…
September 26, 2016
The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLWH) at the University of California San Diego kicks off a year-long series of educational events with two compelling programs this fall, underscoring this year’s theme “Holocaust and the Burden of History.” The 2016-17 workshop events will approach the Holocaust from various angles to shed…
October 20, 2016
…scientist Nan Renner and visual artist Ash Smith. As part of the new Birch Fellows Program, Renner and Smith are bringing their unique skills and expertise to enhance the educational experience at Birch Aquarium. The Birch Fellows The Birch Fellows Program was launched this summer to support research, innovation and…
October 8, 2018
Working on laser-guided flying vehicles. Developing a deeper analysis of cancer cells. Deploying data-science algorithms to save endangered mangroves. The Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute at UC San Diego has launched a new program to fund 27 data-driven research projects for 34 UC San Diego undergraduates. The inaugural class of fellows…
September 18, 2017
A team of archaeologists from the University of California San Diego and two leading Israeli universities has wrapped up a three-week expedition to document two major sites in Israel using the latest in 3D scientific visualization technologies.
