UCI releases COVID-19 website
Orange County Business Journal
Data Glitch Confounds Coronavirus Totals In Orange County, State
Yahoo News
Quoted: Vladimir MininBeneficial Aspects of Social Media Use Among Children and Adolescents
Scientific Inquirer
Quoted: Mimi ItoMore than work: Finding focus in the digital age
Thrive Global
Re: Gloria Mark citedPermanent WFH sounds great. But it’s harder than it sounds
CNN
Quoted: Judith OlsonCovid Crimes: Espionage, Hackers And Why America Is Vulnerable
Forbes
Quoted: Bryan CunninghamPublishers: let transgender scholars correct their names
Nature
Re: written by Theresa TanenbaumGeekED: Re-storied: Re-imagining Creative Privilege (CCEL)
Comic-Con@Home 2020
Re: Tess Tanenbaum featured as panelistRepositioning A.I. For Social Good
The Tech Talks Daily Podcast
Re: ICS alumnus Neil Sahota interviewedWorking together, apart can be fraught with misunderstanding
The Irish Times
Quoted: Judith and Gary OlsonThese 10+ Software Engineering Schools Produce The Best IT Professionals In The US
DesignRush
Re: UCI ICS ranked #1Publishers Develop Inclusive Name-Change Policies
The Scientist
Quoted: Tess TanenbaumUCI Uses Campus Wi-Fi to Test COVID-19 Contact Tracing App
Health IT Analytics
Quoted: Sharad Mehrotra and Nalini VenkatasubramanianAI researchers create testing tool to find bugs in NLP from Amazon, Google, and Microsoft
VentureBeat
Re: Sameer Singh research citedUCI researchers use campus as test bed for coronavirus contact tracing system
UCI News
Wi-Fi-based application expected to be transferable to other universities and beyond
Teen Use of Social Media for Social Support – Tips to Optimize Benefits
Psych Central
Re: Mimi Ito citedHow to Work Effectively From Home: Tips From an Expert (video)
NBC San Diego
Quoted: Judith OlsonFive UCI junior faculty named Hellman Fellows for 2020-21
UCI News
Re: Sameer Singh named2019-2020 NSF-REU on Community Organizations, Data Justice, and Law
UCI School of Social Sciences News
Quoted: Roderic CrooksFindings, Experiences, and Reflections of Undergraduate Researchers
Social media offers students a ‘lifeline’ in age of anxiety
University Business
Re: Mimi Ito citedWhat America Asks of Working Parents Is Impossible
The Atlantic
Quoted: Melissa MazmanianGet A Comfortable Chair: Permanent Work From Home Is Coming
NPR
Quoted: Judith OlsonAt-Home Workers Face Hacking Threat
Orange County Business Journal
Quoted: CPRI executive director Bryan CunninghamTabellion Provides Secure Legal Contracts on Mobile Devices
Quoted: Ardalan Amiri SaniNSF advances frontiers of cybersecurity research
National Science Foundation
UCI to lead $10 million NSF-funded center on protecting personal data privacy
UCI News
Quoted: Gene TsudikResearchers will address technical, social and policy challenges of networked world
A New Perspective on Technology and the Realities of Work-Life Balance
Re: Melissa Mazmanian's book Dreams of the Overworked: Living, Working and Parenting in the Digital AgeNewly funded COVID-19 research aims to protect the most vulnerable
University of California News
Quoted: Sean YoungMaking distance learning work
Bold
Re: written by Gillian HayesOwn the AI Revolution with Neil Sahota (ICS Alumnus)
Future Squared (podcast)
With Tech On Our Side, We Can Beat This Crisis
Forbes
Quoted: Informatics alumna LouAnne BoydWhy Time Signals Still Matter When Working Remotely
MIT Sloan Management Review
IFIP Names First Cohort of Fellows
IFIP News
Re: Gene Tsudik and Michael Franz namedGlobal ICT Professional Body Recognises Contributions of 18 High Achieving Members
Screen time use sparks discussion over how much is too much
University Business
Quoted: Mimi ItoResearcher Spotlight: Dr. Babak Shahbaba
UCI Brain
Social video games to play during the coronavirus quarantine
The Conversation
Mentioned: Constance SteinkuehlerAmid COVID-19 Travel Restrictions, World’s Leading Computing Society Releases Report on Best Practices for Virtual Conferences
ACM
Mentioned: Crista Lopes and Gary OlsonUC Irvine's new coronavirus map shows sentiment on Twitter
EdScoop
Quoted: Chen LiWe Need to Stop Trying to Replicate the Life We Had
The Atlantic
Quoted: Melissa MazmanianOnline COVID-19 diaries are helping people cope. They’re also a research gold mine
Los Angeles Times
Quoted: Sean YoungCoronavirus Twitter map developed at UCI displays social media reactions to COVID-19
UCI News
Quoted: Chen Li3 Ways to Stay Social While Social Distancing (video)
The List TV
Quoted: Melissa MazmanianExploring chemical space: Can AI take us where no human has gone before?
Chemical & Engineering News
Quoted: Pierre BaldiSteinkuehler to keynote Academic Esports Conference
University Business
Interview with CPRI Director Bryan Cunningham
Critical Mass Radio Show and Podcast
The Art of Socializing During a Quarantine
The Atlantic
Quoted: Melissa MazmanianOrange County Entrepreneurs Come Together to Share Experiences
UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Quoted: Gillian HayesStudy of Technologies in a Leaderless Movement Receives Honorable Mention at CHI 2020
Mentioned: Bonnie NardiProfile of ICS Alumna Kimberly Hermans
Confident Gamma Phi Beta
As remote work tools deploy, next task is behavioral
TechTarget
Quoted: Judy OlsonInclusive and Engaged HCI
ACM Interactions
Re: written by Gillian HayesCelebrating Rising Undergraduate Women in Statistics and Data Science
Amstat News
Mentioned: Data Science Undergraduate Taneisha AroraWhy chasing ‘inbox zero’ is a waste of time
Yahoo Style
Mentioned: Gloria MarkThis Technique Uses AI to Fool Other AIs
Wired
Quoted: Sameer SinghDisney Research develops AI-enhanced video compression model
TVBEurope
Quoted: Stephan MandtUCI and Disney Research scientists develop AI-enhanced video compression model
UCI News
Quoted: Stephan MandtEmbodied: 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 MehrotraThe AI Transparency Paradox
Harvard Business Review
Re: Sameer Singh research citedTrump 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 Baldi
ICS News
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