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September 28, 2020

Soundbites: 蘑菇视频 researchers examine deceptive ads on news websites

In this video: Franziska Roesner, associate professor in the Allen School Eric Zeng, graduate research assistant in the Allen School Journalists: download soundbites聽here With the election season ramping up, political ads are being splashed across the web. In the age of misinformation, how can news consumers tell if the ads they’re seeing are legitimate? USA Today and other mainstream news sites might seem like they would limit access to deceptive ads. But聽a study聽by 蘑菇视频 researchers found that both…

August 31, 2020

蘑菇视频 receives NSF funds for investment in an interdisciplinary quantum future

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The National Science Foundation has awarded $3 million to establish a NSF Research Traineeship at the 蘑菇视频 for graduate students in quantum information science and technology. The new traineeship 鈥� known as Accelerating Quantum-Enabled Technologies, or AQET 鈥� will make the 蘑菇视频 one of just 鈥渁 handful鈥� of universities with a formal, interdisciplinary QIST curriculum.

August 20, 2020

Faculty/staff honors: Public service award, endowed professorship, cybersecurity grant 鈥� and a 蘑菇视频 professor among Talented 12

Jessica Ray, 蘑菇视频 assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a member of the 2020 Talented 12 list of young chemists working to solve world problems by the weekly newsmagazine Chemical & Engineering News, or C&EN.

Recent honors and grants to 蘑菇视频 faculty and staff have come from the American Chemical Society, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the National Science Board and the family of engineers Ganesh and Hema Moorthy.

May 28, 2020

蘑菇视频 launches new Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences with $2.5 million investment from Microsoft

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The 蘑菇视频 today announced the establishment of the Center for Research and Education on Accessible Technology and Experiences (CREATE). Fueled by a $2.5 million inaugural investment from Microsoft, 蘑菇视频 CREATE is led by an interdisciplinary team whose mission is to make technology accessible and to make the world accessible through technology.

Faculty/staff honors: Outstanding educator in landscape architecture, Royal Society of Edinburgh corresponding fellowship 鈥� and the Green Rat Clingfish takes a bow

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Recent honors to 蘑菇视频 faculty and staff have come from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the World Register of Marine Species.

February 12, 2020

Four 蘑菇视频 scientists awarded Sloan Fellowships for early-career research

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Four faculty members at the 蘑菇视频 have been awarded early-career fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The new Sloan Fellows, announced Feb. 12, are Kyle Armour and Jacqueline Padilla-Gami帽o, both assistant professors in the College of the Environment; and Hanna Hajishirzi and Yin Tat Lee, both assistant professors in the College of Engineering.

December 16, 2019

Faculty/staff honors: Distinguished teaching honor, new editor for environmental health journal, overseeing education in Uganda, Allen School honors

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Recent honors to 蘑菇视频 faculty and staff include the new editorship of a major journal, a post with the Republic of Uganda and honors from the American College of Physicians, the Association for Computing Machinery and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

December 2, 2019

Grants awarded: Speeding the engineering life cycle with data science; developing literacy interventions for students with intellectual disabilities; preventing depression among young women

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蘑菇视频 faculty members Roxanne Hudson and Magdalena Balazinska have received grants for research to be conducted over the next few years.

November 27, 2019

A method with roots in AI uncovers how humans make choices in groups and social media

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Using a mathematical framework with roots in artificial intelligence and robotics, 蘑菇视频 researchers were able to uncover the process of how a person makes choices in groups. And, they also found they were able to predict a person鈥檚 choice more often than more traditional descriptive methods.

November 4, 2019

Single discrimination events alter college students’ daily behavior

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蘑菇视频 researchers aimed to understand both the prevalence of discrimination events and how these events affect college students in their daily lives. Over the course of two academic quarters, the team compared students’ self-reports of unfair treatment to passively tracked changes in daily activities, such as hours slept, steps taken or time spent on the phone.

August 8, 2019

蘑菇视频, UC San Diego, UC Berkeley receive $5M NSF award to simplify researcher access to public clouds

The National Science Foundation has awarded a five-year, $5 million grant to the University of California, San Diego, the 蘑菇视频 and the University of California, Berkeley to develop CloudBank, a suite of managed services to simplify public cloud access for computer science research and education.

June 19, 2019

Partnerships for Impact: NSF Awards an additional $4M to the West Big Data Innovation Hub co-led by the 蘑菇视频 eScience Institute

The National Science Foundation is awarding a second round of funding for the Regional Big Data Innovation Hubs 鈥� organizations launched in 2015 to build and strengthen data science partnerships across industry, academia, nonprofits and government to address scientific and societal challenges. The 蘑菇视频, in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, San Diego, will continue to coordinate the West Big Data Innovation Hub.

‘Alexa, monitor my heart’: Researchers develop first contactless cardiac arrest AI system for smart speakers

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蘑菇视频 researchers have developed a new tool to monitor people for cardiac arrest while they’re asleep 鈥� all without touching them. The tool is essentially an app for a smart speaker or a smartphone that allows it to detect the signature sounds of cardiac arrest and call for help.

May 30, 2019

Artificial intelligence, machine learning, Internet of Things among topics at May 31 xTech + Impact Summit

Academics will gather May 31 at the 蘑菇视频 with policymakers, entrepreneurs, and representatives of corporations, foundations and nonprofits for The xTech + Impact 2019 Summit, a daylong seminar exploring the role of exponential technology and its impact on society.