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Maker Faire San Diego: Celebrating 'Geekdom' of Every Stripe
September 29, 2016

It’s billed as “The Greatest Show (&Tell) on Earth,” and researchers from the ...

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New Robotics Hires at UC San Diego
September 29, 2016

UC San Diego is strengthening its robotics expertise through the Contextual Robotics Institute, whic...

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UC San Diego's First Solar Car
September 29, 2016

During the summer of his third year at the University of California San Diego, electrical engineerin...

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Big Data Hub Gets a Spoke: NSF Funds Regional Approach to Big Data Challenges in the West
September 28, 2016

Researchers at the University of California San Diego, UCLA, and Arizona State University are partne...

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Five Ph.D. students named Siebel Scholars
September 27, 2016

Five engineering graduate students from the University of California, San Diego have been named 2017...

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The Pattern Recognition Lab: Coupling Machine Learning to Brain-Inspired Computers
September 27, 2016

Calit2 has created a Pattern Recognition Laboratory (PRLab), housed in Calit2’s Qualcomm Insti...

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EnVision Interns: The Power of Volunteer Student Teams for a Maker Space
September 23, 2016

LED lights in the shape of a 3D printer head light up the word “3D” in the window of the...

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UC San Diego Names Computer Engineer to Fratamico Endowed Chair
September 20, 2016

Tajana Rosing has been named the John J. and Susan M. Fratamico Endowed Chair in the Jacobs School o...

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Appoints Chancellor to Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
September 20, 2016

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today announced the appointment of 30 private sector, nonp...

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Engineer, Father, Philanthropist: Bhavin Shah
September 19, 2016

It was 1994, the Internet revolution was just getting started and California was on the forefront of...

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UC San Diego Gearing Up for Major Hackathon
September 16, 2016

The University of California San Diego will host over 1,000 students at SD Hacks 2016 for 36 hours o...

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International 'Window to the Brain' research team developing skull implant
September 16, 2016

Researchers from the University of California Riverside, the University of California San ...

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New faculty focus on robotics, data and cybersecurity and more
September 14, 2016

Thirteen new faculty are joining the Jacobs School of Engineering at the University of California Sa...

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UC San Diego Alum Defining the Future of Movies with New Mobile Ticketing Platform
September 14, 2016

Ameesh Paleja, a 2001 University of California San Diego graduate of with a bachelor’s in comp...

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Researchers build world's largest database of crystal surfaces and shapes
September 13, 2016

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with the Materials Project...

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