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June 1, 2023
Making Robots for Humans: Robotics Experts Present at ICRA 2023
From robotics surgery to better algorithms for robots working in teams with humans, researchers at the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute are presenting 16 papers at the ICRA 2023 conference from May 29 to June 2 in London. Full Story
June 1, 2023The Class of 2023: Dedicated to Their Dreams
UC San Diego’s Class of 2023 looks forward to diving into their future. Their passions range from international environmental equity to artificial intelligence and from biosustainability to lasers and optics. Together, they forged their own pathways at UC San Diego and look forward to taking their next steps. Our soon-to-be alumni are ready to turn their tassels and start making their dreams into reality. Full Story
May 29, 2023
Super Low-cost Smartphone Attachment Brings Blood Pressure Monitoring to Your Fingertips
UC San Diego engineers have developed a simple 3D-printed attachment that clips over a smartphone's camera and flash to measure blood pressure at the user's fingertip. The clip works with a custom smartphone app and currently costs about 80 cents to make. Researchers say it could help make regular blood pressure monitoring easy, affordable and accessible to people in resource-poor communities. Full Story
May 23, 2023
UC San Diego Engineering Team Develops New "Attacker" Device to Improve Autonomous Car Safety
To help improve the safety and security of autonomous vehicles using millimeter wave (mmWave) radio frequencies, researchers from the lab of UC San Diego electrical engineering professor Dinesh Bharadia, and colleagues from Northeastern University, devised a novel algorithm designed to mimic an attack. Full Story
May 19, 2023
New Study Shows Noninvasive Brain Imaging Can Distinguish Among Hand Gestures
Researchers have found a way to distinguish among hand gestures that people are making by examining only data from noninvasive brain imaging, without information from the hands. The results are an early step in a safe brain-computer interface that may one day help patients with movement challenges. Full Story
May 17, 2023
UC San Diego Researchers Present New Wireless System for Greater 5G Access
UC San Diego electrical engineers have developed a new technique for increasing access to the 5G-and-beyond millimeter wave (mmWave) network. Full Story
May 2, 2023
The AI Revolution is Upon Us--And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action
Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence. Full Story
May 1, 2023
Safe, autonomous driving tech takes the wheel at Research Expo 2023
Ross Greer, an electrical and computer engineering graduate student at UC San Diego, won the grand prize at Research Expo 2023 for his work on a technology that could enable vehicles to drive more autonomously and decide when the driver is prepared to take back control of the wheel. Full Story
April 18, 2023This student organization builds neurotechnology devices
UC San Diego students will present three projects at an event that will bring together teams for five University of California campuses April 29 at UCLA. The neuro-tech conference is organized by student organizations at UC San Diego, UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz and UC Davis. Full Story
February 22, 2023
Breakthrough enables battery-free smart tag technology
Imagine you can open your fridge, open an app on your phone and immediately know which items are expiring within a few days. This is one of the applications that a new technology developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego would enable. Full Story