Embodied: How Online Gaming Creates Real-Life Love
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
Mentioned: Tess TanenbaumOur war with Iran did not start or end with the killing of Soleimani (video)
NBCNews Think
Quoted: CPRI executive director Bryan CunninghamStacey Nicholas Donates $5 Million to UCI in Support of Diversity and Inclusiveness
Gift will aid recruitment, retention, graduation of underrepresented STEM students
Reflections on a Decade of Engaged Scholarship–The Final Report from the Connected Learning Research Network
Connected Learning Alliance
Interview with Informatics Associate Professor Kylie Peppler
UCI School of Education
3 Ways to Unleash High-Impact Work in 2020
Inc.
Mentioned: Gloria Mark2020 Ada Lovelace and PhD Fellowships help recipients achieve broad research and educational goals
Microsoft Research Blog
Mentioned: Informatics Ph.D. student Jazette JohnsonThe Human Screenome Project will capture everything we do on our phones
MIT Technology Review
Quoted: Mimi ItoUCI-led Project Seeks to Combat Wildfires
UCI Engineering News
Mentioned: Nalini Venkatasubramanian and Sharad MehrotraTrump still uses his personal cell phone despite warnings and increased call scrutiny
CNN
Quoted: CPRI's Bryan CunninghamHow to Overcome Your (Checks Email) Distraction Habit
Harvard Business Review
Quoted: Gloria MarkEsports makes its way into San Diego high schools and has boosted some students into college
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Quoted: Constance SteinkuehlerNine UCI Researchers Named AAAS Fellows
UCI News
Chancellor’s Professor of Computer Science Michael Franz recognized for his contributions to the areas of just-in-time compilation and optimization and techniques for computer security.
Digital Diversity with Craig Watkins, Mimi Ito and Katie Salen
How Do You Like It So Far? (podcast)
Russian spies likely intercepted ambassador's cell phone call with Trump
CNN
Quoted: Bryan CunninghamPeople are building technology that could survive the apocalypse
Fast Company
Quoted: Bill TomlinsonPeople Are Getting Their STDs Diagnosed on Reddit
Healthline
Quoted: Sean YoungMind Control: How to Focus and Pay Attention
Family Circle
Quoted: Gloria MarkIt's A Smartphone Life: More Than Half Of U.S. Children Now Have One
NPR
Re: Mimi Ito citedAmid BC suicide case, a look at how texting can empower abusers
Boston Globe
Quoted: Gloria MarkInaugural ICS Industry Showcase Delivers
Bringing together more than 2,000 student, faculty and corporate participants, the daylong showcase was the largest ICS event ever held on campus.
Advancing Accessible Technologies for All
Informatics researchers are currently leading two accessible technology projects: one targeting children with neuro-developmental disorders, and the other targeting older adults and people with vision impairments through a partnership with Toyota.
Vexed By College Statistics Courses? New Approaches Emphasize Practical Learning
KPCC
Re: Jessica Utts interviewedSoCal Professors Push To Make College-Level Statistics Less Painful
LAist
Quoted: Jessica UttsRegistration Open for the 2019 Opioid Hackathon
The two-day event focused on tackling the opioid epidemic kicks off Nov. 12 at the Beckman Center, bringing together interdisciplinary teams vying for a $1,000 prize per track.
Professor Sean Young named to CDC committee on sexually transmitted infections
UCI School of Medicine
Cyber fraud techniques evolve into confidence trick arms race
Financial Times
Quoted: Ian HarrisBlind Folks and the Evolving Elephant
Turing's Invisible Hand
UCI kicks off largest philanthropic campaign in Orange County history
UCI News
Campus seeks $2 billion for research, healthcare, scholarships, cultural endeavors
Matching Markets @ Simons: Driven by Theory, Driving the Economy
Turing's Invisible Hand
Mentioned: Vijay VaziraniUCI, other researchers develop deep-learning technique to ID at-risk anatomy in CT scans
UCI News
Quoted: Xiaohui XieWhat Fan Fiction Teaches That the Classroom Doesn’t
The Atlantic
Quoted: Rebecca BlackCelebration of SAP's Innovation Center in Newport Beach
HanaHaus
Mentioned: Dean Marios PapaefthymiouDeveloping an AR Platform to Better Train American Workers
Quoted: Kylie PepplerAI solves a Rubik’s cube without human help
Science 101
Re: Pierre Baldi research mentioned2019 health care data breaches setting records
Healio
Quoted: CPRI Fellow April Sather27 ICS students to attend 2019 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference
Female students attend on BRAID Initiative funding award.
UCI team uses machine learning to help tell which wildfires will burn out of control
UCI News
Mentioned: Padhraic SmythHow Congress turns citizens’ voices into data points
The Conversation
Re: written by Informatics Ph.D. candidate Samantha McDonald‘Robots And Algorithms And AI, Oh My!’ Careers Scholar Gina Dokko’s Take On What They All Mean
Forbes
Mentioned: Melissa MazmanianGamergate Comes to the Classroom
The Verge
Quoted: Bo RubergColumn: With artificial intelligence on the rise, humans should reconsider the way we think about our own
Daily Pilot
Quoted: Pierre BaldiWhy North America is the premier destination for graduate computer science studies
Study International News
Record-breaking year: UC Irvine nets $441 million in research funding
Orange County Register
Quoted: CPRI's Bryan CunninghamWas E-mail a Mistake?
The New Yorker
Quoted: Gloria MarkBuilding a better bot
UCI News
Mentioned: Computer Science studentsSchedule Unveiled for the 2019 Connected Learning Summit
Connected Learning Alliance
The forgotten software that inspired the internet
BBC
Mentioned: Bonnie NardiThe Questionable Conviction, and Re-Conviction, of Ricky Joyner
ProPublica
Quoted: Hal SternRubik's Cube Solved in 'Fraction of a Second' by Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Algorithm
Newsweek
Quoted: Pierre BaldiAI solves Rubik's Cube in one second
BBC News
Quoted: Pierre BaldiThis AI Can Solve A Rubik's Cube Super Fast
Forbes
Quoted: Pierre BaldiUCI researchers’ deep learning algorithm solves Rubik’s Cube faster than any human
UCI News
Re: Pierre BaldiGillian Hayes Appointed Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Dean of the Graduate Division
Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor
The Slackification of the American Home
The Atlantic
Quoted: Melissa MazmanianWaze Data Can Help Predict Car Crashes and Cut Response Time
Wired
Quoted: Sean YoungUCI computer scientists make art come alive at the Venice Biennale
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: Alexandru Nicolau and Alexander VeidenbaumAvast CEO Vince Steckler Gives a Q&A on His Ten Years at the Top
Security Boulevard
The Brighter Side Of Screen Time
NPR
Re: Mimi Ito mentionedSlack is ruining my life and I love it
CNN
Quoted: Gloria MarkUCI Innovators Recognized at Second Annual Innovator Awards Ceremony
UCI Beall Applied Innovation News
Re: Tony Givargis nominatedUCI computer scientists bring tech-powered installations to the Venice Biennale
Verdict
Quoted: Alexandru NicolauAmazon’s voice assistant will get smarter. These new Alexa Prize teams will help
CNET
Re: UCI team advised by CS Professor Sameer SinghIt’s Game Over for the Institute of Play. But Its Legacy Lives On.
EdSurge
Quoted: Katie Salen TekinbaşWhy getting better with money starts with habits not spreadsheets
ABC Life
Quoted: Sean YoungNew Study Shows Crowdsourced Traffic Data Could Save Lives
UCI School of Medicine
Re: study led by Informatics Professor Sean YoungEsports Lab Spotlight: Craig G. Anderson
UCI Esports
Informatics graduate student Craig G. Anderson interviewed
UCI Esports Fitness Program with tildae and BloodWater!
UCI Esports
ICS student Brenden Alvarez (tildae) interviewed
Autism and Fanfiction
Parenting OC
Quoted: Rebecca BlackRaising safe, digitally savvy kids in the ‘screen age’ requires a strategy
Women In the World
Quoted: Mimi ItoThe UCI Podcast Interview with Bonnie Ruberg
The UCI Podcast
UCI Stock Market Competition Makes Financial Literacy a Top Priority for Undergraduate Students
UCI Paul Merage School of Business
Informatics student YuHeng Li wins second place
AVIAA Spreads Wings into Irvine and Beyond
UCI News Applied Innovation
Quoted: Gillian HayesUCI’s graduate programs shine in U.S. News & World Report rankings
UCI News
ICS Computer Science program ranks 16th among public schools and 28th overall.
The Problem of Toxicity in Esports (and Two Solutions)
Variety
Re: Informatics graduate student Amanda Cullen citedEsports Lab Spotlight: Maria J. Anderson-Coto
UCI Esports
Quoted: Informatics graduate student Maria J. Anderson-Coto
Seeing Video Games in a New Light
By exploring gender and sexual identity in video games, Bonnie Ruberg’s latest book seeks to provide a sense of belonging for LGBTQ players while also offering readers of all backgrounds a new perspective on video games that foregrounds diversity.
AVIAA Merges Fleets, Acquires Convolus
UCI Applied Innovation
Australian citizens are unwitting ‘combatants’ in cyberspace, Defence boss says
ABC
Mentioned: Bryan CunninghamThe 100 Leading Pioneers Of AI Drug Development
Forbes
Mentioned: Pierre Baldi named Top 100 AI Leader
ICS News
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