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
Learning Dance Moves Could Help Humanoid Robots Work Better With Humans
July 11, 2024
Engineers have trained a humanoid robot to perform a variety of expressive movements, from simple dance routines to gestures like waving, high-fiving and hugging, all while maintaining a steady gait on diverse terrains. This work marks a step towards building robots that perform more complex and human-like motions. Full Story
A Simple Firmware Update Completely Hides a Device's Bluetooth Fingerprint
July 10, 2024
A smartphone’s unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device’s user–until now. A team of researchers have developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability. Full Story
A breakthrough in inexpensive, clean, fast-charging batteries
July 3, 2024
Grayson Deysher, a recent PhD graduate from the UC San Diego Materials Science and Engineering program and advised by Professor Shirley Meng, is the first author on a new paper in Nature Energy that describes creation of the world’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery. Full Story
Paving a Road on the Moon
July 3, 2024
A team of aerospace engineering students from UC San Diego was one of 12 student teams selected from around the country as finalists in NASA’s Human Lander Challenge. The goal? To come up with the best solution to manage the lunar dust a spacecraft kicks up when landing on the Moon. Full Story