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digital technology

Michael Franz wins ACM Chuck Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award

The Association for Computing Machinery has selected UCI computer scientist Michael Franz to receive the ACM Charles P. “Chuck” Thacker Breakthrough in Computing Award. Franz was recognized for his development of just-in-time compilation techniques that enable fast and feature-rich services on the internet, including such widely used applications as Gmail and Facebook. “This is a […]

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Man on fire

UCI’s Tirtha Banerjee probes the physics behind catastrophic blazes

Mark Warschauer, UCI professor of education and informatics sitting on surrounded by stacks of books with computer screens on top.

K-12 post-pandemic classroom: reading, writing, recovery

UCI professor of education discusses COVID-19’s lasting impact

Avatar of a man looking down steps in a virtual landscape.

Dalton Salvo sees simulated classrooms as the future

Doctoral student believes virtual worlds are ‘next evolutionary step’ of online learning

Business school Ph.D. candidate co-authors paper on e-healthcare effects on providers

Hoanan Yin, a UCI Ph.D. candidate in management, is co-author of a recent paper describing the effects of integrating online and offline services on the reputation of and patient demands on healthcare providers. E-healthcare platforms have begun to integrate medical services across virtual and in-person environments. Providers can perform patient consultations, schedule office visits, answer […]

UCI’s John Chaput and his team have transcribed the Declaration of Independence and the UCI seal to a solution of TNA and recovered them.

John Chaput can store the Declaration of Independence in a single molecule

By using a synthetic genetic polymer, the UCI researcher overcomes prior limitations and lets you hold the world in the palm of your hand

Faculty member receives grant to study the impact of digital media on child development

Stephanie Reich, UCI associate professor of education, has received a two-year, $150,000 grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to research how digital media influences child development. Data from her earlier NICHD-funded Baby Books 2 project will be used to describe the media habits of ethnically and linguistically […]

Minecraft UCI characters stroll along Ring Road exploring the virtual campus.

Making that campus connection

Minecraft replica lets remote students visit virtual UCI

UCI researchers use campus as test bed for coronavirus contact tracing system

Wi-Fi-based application expected to be transferable to other universities and beyond

Bill Mauer, dean of UCI’s School of Social Sciences, a professor of anthropology and director of the campus’s Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion

What’s next: The future of cash

The death of dollars has been greatly exaggerated