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September 19, 2023
Students Integrating Engineering in Medicine Honored as Siebel Scholars
Five UC San Diego graduate students working at the intersection of engineering and medicine have been selected as 2024 Siebel Scholars. The Siebel Scholars program recognizes the most talented students in the world’s leading graduate schools of business, computer science, bioengineering and energy science. Full Story
September 19, 2023
Celebrating 25 years as the Jacobs School of Engineering
The University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is celebrating 25 years of being, well, the Jacobs School of Engineering. In 1998, a generous gift from Irwin and Joan Jacobs put the relatively new school of engineering at UC San Diego on a trajectory to become the perennial top-10 powerhouse of engineering and computer science education, research, and technology transfer that it is today. Full Story
September 15, 2023
Electrical Engineer Named MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35
Yatish Turakhia, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of California San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, has been named an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35. He was recognized in the Computing category for developing software tools to track and map the SARS-CoV-2 virus and future pathogens. Full Story
September 14, 2023
Interns with UC San Diego NeuroDiversity in Tech Program Find Community
The UC San Diego NeuroDiversity in Tech internship program creates opportunities for young adults on the autism spectrum to gain paid experience in video game development, while learning teamwork skills and industry-standard platforms for project management, communications, coding and software engineering. Its ultimate goal is to provide participants with the hard and soft skills to thrive in the tech field. Full Story
September 12, 2023
Mars Rover Team Shines in Utah Desert
The Mars rover built by undergraduate students at the University of California San Diego rocketed to 5th place at the University Rover Challenge this summer in the Utah desert. Full Story
August 25, 2023
Funding from Cisco Research Will Support Innovative Collaborative Engineering Research
UC San Diego will receive support from Cisco Research for eight engineering and computer science projects that will tap into the strengths of UC San Diego researchers in cybersecurity, networking and distributed systems. Cisco Research conducts research in new and emerging areas of interest to Cisco, with the goal to achieve business, societal and technology impact. Full Story
August 24, 2023UC San Diego Engineering Undergrads Get Hands-On Lab Experience in the Summertime
The Guided Engineering Apprenticeship in Research program and sponsoring organizations are providing funding for hard-working engineering students to engage in further research this summer. The summer program, known as GEAR to Career, gives students extra time in the lab to deepen their skills. Full Story
August 22, 2023
7 AI-Powered Technologies You Should Know About
Jacobs School researchers are leading five different AI projects highlighted in a recent feature story in UC San Diego: A social robot to help people with cognitive impairments; A mobile platform for managing chronic health conditions; Self-driving vehicles for delivery and micro-transit; A chatbot that gives movie recommendations; and Robots that can perform automated lifesaving surgeries. Full Story
August 17, 2023
UC San Diego Computer Scientists Tackle Annual Waste of 1.5 Billion Junked Smartphones
In a paper presented at the 2023 Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, computer scientists from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering say that most smartphones are decommissioned 2.5 years after purchase. The researchers propose repurposing phone processors – a big departure from consumer recycling – hoping to leave a notably smaller carbon footprint. Full Story
July 31, 2023
Efficiently Evolving Phylogenetic Trees: Introducing a Scalable Approach to Constructing and Updating Phylogenies
A team of researchers at UC San Diego has developed a scalable method to build large phylogenetic trees from a growing number of genome sequencing data. Full Story