September 10, 2018
September 10, 2018 —
Kenneth (Ken) Bowles, a computer science pioneer and professor emeritus at the University of California San Diego, passed away on Aug. 15, 2018 in Solana Beach, California. He was 89. Bowles gained world renown for initiating and leading a largely student-driven project that culminated in the creation of the UCSD…
June 13, 2013
June 13, 2013 —
…Bryan Ritoper, an engineering science major and the team’s airframe lead. The students say their confidence stems from a sophisticated computer vision system they have worked on for several years. “We’re one of the few teams that uses autonomous recognition of targets,” Ritoper said. Carrying that sophisticated payload is Falco,…
May 4, 2012
May 4, 2012 —
Can a computer be taught to automatically label every song on the Internet using sets of examples provided by unpaid music fans? University of California, San Diego engineers have found that the answer is yes, and the results are as accurate as using paid music experts to provide the examples,…
August 5, 2014
August 5, 2014 —
A team of computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game Minecraft. LearnToMod, which allows users to make a wide range of modifications to Minecraft, is available for pre-order for…
October 17, 2017
October 17, 2017 —
The University of California San Diego’s history of outstanding chemists dates back to Nobel Prize winner Harold Urey, who joined the university in 1958. That tradition of excellence continues today, as exemplified by The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry’s J. Andrew McCammon. The distinguished professor, who also holds the Joseph…
February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016 —
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed a pedestrian detection system that performs in near real-time and with higher accuracy than existing systems. The technology, which incorporates deep learning models, could be used in “smart” vehicles, robotics and image and video search systems.
January 23, 2012
January 23, 2012 —
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been awarded a LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold certification for its SDSC East building expansion.
June 3, 2021
June 3, 2021 —
Developing improved materials for things such as energy storage and drug discovery is of interest to researchers and society alike. Quantum mechanics is the basis for molecular and materials scientists who develop these useful, futuristic products.
September 20, 2016
September 20, 2016 —
The University of California San Diego will host over 1,000 students at SD Hacks 2016 for 36 hours of technological collaboration. This will be the second time SD Hacks will take place at UC San Diego. The student-led hackathon is one of the largest in California, along with those of…
July 20, 2021
July 20, 2021 —
UC San Diego computer music professor and high school student devise a machine learning tool to transfer music notation between musical styles.