How will AI Shape Next Generation Wireless?

July 18, 2024

With 5G network connectivity now a reality, wireless industry and academic research leaders met at the San Diego Wireless Summit to assess the state of 5G, and focus on how artificial intelligence could impact the capabilities of next-generation wireless systems in areas from digital health to digital twins. Full Story

AI Tool Spots Breastfeeding Complications from Phone Photos for Streamlined Lactation Care

July 18, 2024

In a step toward using artificial intelligence to provide faster and more accurate lactation care to breastfeeding mothers, engineers at UC San Diego developed a tool to identify breastfeeding-related conditions from simple phone images.  Full Story

Diatom Surprise Could Rewrite the Global Carbon Cycle

July 17, 2024

When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building biomass by feeding directly on organic carbon in wide swaths of the ocean. These new findings from a team led by UC San Diego researchers could lead to reduced estimates regarding how much carbon dioxide diatoms pull out of the air via photosynthesis, which in turn, could alter our understanding of the global carbon cycle, which is especially relevant given the changing climate.     Full Story

New $42M Grid-Tech Sandbox Will Help Get More Renewables on Electric Grids

July 16, 2024

A dozen buildings on the University of California San Diego campus. All of the campus’ solar panels. All the chargers for electric vehicles. More than 2,400 light fixtures. More than 800 smart plugs. These are some of the assets that DERConnect, a NSF-funded testbed for the powergrid, will be able to control on the UC San Diego campus. The team held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its brand new headquarters on the UC San Diego campus on July 11, 2024.  Full Story

COMPUTER SCIENTISTS SHED LIGHT ON SCENE RE-RENDERING, EARNING EGSR BEST PAPER AWARD

July 12, 2024

University of California San Diego researchers from the Jacobs School of Engineering Department of Computer Science and Engineering have proposed a novel rendering technique that could increase rendering efficiency and produce more visually appealing images. The paper, Residual Path Integrals for Re-Rendering, received a best paper award at the 2024 Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR) held recently in London. Full Story

How Much Risk are Humans Willing to Take When Interacting With Robots?

July 11, 2024

How do people like to interact with robots when navigating a crowded environment? And what algorithms should roboticists use to program robots to interact with humans? These are the questions that a team of mechanical engineers and computer scientists at the University of California San Diego sought to answer in a study presented recently at the ICRA 2024 conference in Japan. Full Story