27 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 LeaderCalifornia’s ‘smart’ energy future glows on the horizon—but how to get there?
CALmatters
Quoted: Gene TsudikPlaying Games Can Build 21st-Century Skills. Research Explains How.
EdSurge
Quoted: Katie Salen Tekinbaş and Kurt SquireOur Brains Aren’t Designed to Handle the Trump Era
The New York Times
Mentioned: Gloria MarkImproved land management project co-led by UCI gets $4.6 million in state funding
UCI News
Re: Padhraic Smyth research groupUCI-led study finds Harry Potter fan fiction challenges cultural stereotypes of autism
UCI News
Quoted: Rebecca BlackClose the Digital Generation Gap, Unlock the Power of Online Affinity Networks, and Fuel Learning
Connected Learning Alliance
ICS at 50 and Beyond
The daylong event on Oct. 16 drew more than 400 people who helped celebrate 50 years of research and teaching excellence in UCI’s Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences.
UCI student helps design canoe that allows the blind to paddle solo
Los Angeles Times
Informatics Ph.D. student Mark Baldwin profiled
When courtroom science goes wrong — and how stats can fix it
Knowable Magazine
Re: Hal Stern featured in comic form
Making a donor-powered difference
UCI News
Re: Gillian HayesPhilanthropic support lets researcher translate ‘wacky ideas’ into real-world results
ICS News
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