News Archive - Qualcomm Institute / Calit2

Company Based on UC San Diego Technology Gets Infusion of Capital

A hardware security company co-founded by UC San Diego computer scientists has received $2 million in seed funding from Eclipse Ventures to ramp up engineering, sales and marketing of semiconductor design tools to identify and prevent security vulnerabilities.

New UC San Diego Chapter Sends LGBT+ Delegates to oSTEM Conference

For the first time, a delegation of faculty and students from the University of California San Diego attended the annual Out in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (oSTEM) National Conference to promote greater involvement of LGBT+ community in STEM fields.

UC San Diego Cyber-Archaeologist Participates in ‘Dialogue of Civilizations’

University of California San Diego anthropology professor Thomas E. Levy is back in San Diego after participating in the fourth International Conference on Dialogue of Civilizations, held in Ahmedabad, India and co-organized by the National Geographic Society (NGS), Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and India’s Ministry of Culture.

Qualcomm Institute to Save Nearly Half a Million Dollars Per Year with Energy Efficiency Measures

The Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego, will save more than $486,650 per year in energy costs thanks to a series of energy-efficiency improvements to Atkinson Hall, where QI is headquartered.

‘Gone With the Waves’ Project Documents Puerto Rico’s Coastline and Cultural Heritage

Just ahead of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, a UC San Diego research team was able to map and document various underwater and coastal features along Puerto Rico’s coast last month, providing baseline measurements of a number of important archaeological sites that are vulnerable to coastal erosion, particularly due to climate change.

Computer Science at UC San Diego Recruits 15 Lecturers to Help Teach Undergraduates

The Computer Science and Engineering announced a stellar group of 15 lecturers, including two newcomers to the department, who will assume some of the undergraduate teaching duties in light of high continuing enrollment in computer science and data science courses.

UC San Diego-Led Expedition Documents Ancient Land and Sea Sites in Israel

A team of archaeologists from the University of California San Diego and two leading Israeli universities has wrapped up a three-week expedition to document two major sites in Israel using the latest in 3D scientific visualization technologies.

QI Researchers Participate in International Conference on At-Risk Cultural Heritage

QI researchers joined archaeologists, engineers, architects and conservation specialists from around the world at the CIPA Symposium to discuss best practices for digitizing and restoring heritage structures

Qualcomm Institute Gallery Fall Exhibition Speculates on What Dolphins Are Communicating

The Fall 2017 exhibition in the Qualcomm Institute’s gallery@calit2 at UC San Diego, Speculative Dolphin Theatre, opens Oct. 5 and runs through Dec. 8. A public reception follows a panel with artist Lisa Korpos and cognitive scientist Christine Johnson.

NSF Funds CSE Professor to Model Human-Robot Teamwork in Uncertain Environments

Laurel Riek, associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego, will lead a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) project on new methods for coordinating teams of robots and people in complex, uncertain environments.