computer science

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

A UCI team led by Padhraic Smyth, professor of computer science and director of the UCI Data Science Initiative, is one of 16 interdisciplinary groups to share $47 million awarded as part of the National Science Foundation Research Traineeship program. UCI will receive $2.9 million, primarily in the form of graduate student fellowships, to develop “team science […]

Traditional keyboard sounds can be decoded, UCI and Italian researchers find

UCI informatics professor Debra Richardson was at the White House last week for the Computer Science for All summit, a progress report on President Barack Obama’s call for greater resources and actions to encourage more students to learn about computing. Richardson heads UCI’s CS1C@OC program, which was created with funding from the National Science Foundation to produce 100 well-trained computer […]

Taking and sharing smartphone photos boosts positive feelings

Entrepreneur Marios Papaefthymiou chairs University of Michigan program

Machine sounds enable reverse engineering of source code

In the spirit of UCI’s forward-thinking founders, campus researchers see beyond the present to create a brilliant future

Middle school students develop mobile apps to address challenges posed by National Academy of Engineering

Syed Ali Jafar, a UC Irvine computer scientist who has changed the world’s understanding of the capacity of wireless networks, has won the 2015 Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists in physical sciences & engineering. One of three winners chosen from among 300 candidates from highly ranked American universities and research institutions, Jafar will receive a $250,000 unrestricted cash prize and a medal in September at New York’s Museum of Natural History.