Science & Technology

Award will fund research on privacy decisions by users of connected household devices

Alfred Kobsa, UCI professor of informatics, is part of an international team that recently received $882,000 from the National Science Foundation and the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. The award will fund research to improve users’ privacy decisions within the “Internet of Things,” which is the network connectivity among household items that enable them to collect […]

Phu Nguyen, Soroosh Sorooshian and Kuo-lin Hsu

UCI introduces iRain smartphone app

Data used by agencies worldwide is now freely available

Jack Brouwer

Greening the grid

UCI tests integration of renewable hydrogen into existing natural gas systems

A Bold New Sports Franchise

Seeing video games as the next frontier in college athletics, UCI launches player scholarships and a first-of-its-kind arena

Behind the Games

Alumna encourages other minority women to enter technology and engineering fields

Technology Is Part of Life - and Art

Beall Center exhibit showcases the few constraints of ‘expanded media arts’ and how the field intertwines with the human experience

Taking Legal Power to the People

Alum’s apps promote autonomy for clients with disabilities

Cylance Inc. gift to support activities of Center for Machine Learning & Intelligent Systems

Irvine-based Cylance Inc. has donated $50,000 to computer science professors Alex Ihler and Padhraic Smyth to support the activities of UCI’s Center for Machine Learning & Intelligent Systems. The funds will be used to draw distinguished speakers to campus for the center’s weekly seminar series and to recruit Ph.D. students in machine learning. Founded in 2012, Cylance develops cybersecurity software employing […]

2 UCI engineering professors included in 2016 class of National Academy of Inventors fellows

UCI engineering professors Michelle Khine and Enrique Lavernia have been named fellows of the National Academy of Inventors for 2016. The distinction is awarded to academics who’ve demonstrated a prolific spirit of innovation with outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development and the welfare of society. Lavernia is UCI’s provost and executive vice chancellor […]

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Santa vs. superheroes

UCI physics professor compares St. Nick’s powers to those of traditional caped crusaders