Stacey Nicholas donates $5 million to UCI in support of diversity and inclusiveness
Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students
February 10, 2020
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UCI joins College and University Fund for the Social Sciences
Partnership provides critical link with Social Science Research Council to support research, collaboration and scholarship
January 28, 2020
UCI, other researchers develop deep-learning technique to ID at-risk anatomy in CT scans
Radiation therapy is one of the most widely used cancer treatments, but a drawback of the procedure is that it can cause collateral damage to healthy tissue in proximity to cancerous growths. Identifying organs at risk via CT scans is a difficult and labor-intensive process, but UCI computer scientists and researchers from other institutions have […]
October 02, 2019
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
New technique could help authorities conduct triage in multiple-blaze scenarios
September 17, 2019
Donation from gamer funds new scholarship esports team for ‘Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’
UCI Esports will host a pilot scholarship team for “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” during the 2019-20 academic year – thanks to a $50,000 gift from the owners of Street Media, which publishes Irvine Weekly and LA Weekly, led by CEO (and gamer) Brian Calle. Players will be jointly selected by UCI Esports and the TAG Smash […]
August 08, 2019
UCI researchers’ deep learning algorithm solves Rubik’s Cube faster than any human
Work is step toward advanced AI systems that can think, reason, plan and make decisions
July 15, 2019
Outdated gaming equipment gets new life
UCI Esports donates original arena PCs to informatics department, research labs and student clubs
July 09, 2019
UCI computer scientists breathe life into Venice Biennale installations
Collaborative artworks interact with viewers through artificial intelligence
June 11, 2019
The UCI Podcast: New episode explores the history of video games, hunt for exoplanets
A new episode of The UCI Podcast featuring interviews with two UCI faculty members is now available. The first segment is a conversation on the history of video games through the lens of LGBTQ theory with Bonnie “Bo” Ruberg, assistant professor of informatics. Ruberg’s new book, Video Games Have Always Been Queer, is on shelves […]
April 10, 2019
Foundation gives UCI institute $1.4 million gift to study the security of the ‘internet of things’
UCI’s Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute has received $1.4 million from the Herman P. & Sophia Taubman Foundation to explore emerging threats to the “internet of things,” the vast global network connecting billions of computers, devices, machines and sensors. With everything from voice-prompted apps controlling lighting, heat and appliances in homes to sophisticated factory automation […]
March 28, 2019