A Sampling of Clips for
November 9th, 2007
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Analytics is Growing Field in San Diego
San Diego Union Tribune, Nov.9 -- Guy Jones likes to call his company's software a smoke detector. And this year, alarms were blaring for one of his largest clients.
Jones is president of Carlsbad-based Island Data, whose software scours e-mail, online feedback forms and other customer comments for trends or criticism. Island Data is one of several companies in San Diego using sophisticated algorithms to analyze data to make better business decisions – a field known as analytics. (Quotes UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering professors Robert Hecht Nielson and Gert Lanckreit). More
As San Diego Grew, Firefighting Didn’t Keep Up
Voice of San Diego, Nov. 9 -- On a dry, blustery September day in 1970, a power line fell in the mountains east of San Diego and sent up a warning that went largely unheeded. Today, the story sounds familiar: Sparks fly, dry winds catch them and no one can stop what comes next. On that day, the flames screamed south, jumping Interstate 8. With gusts hitting 82 mph, firefighters could do little to halt the ensuing inferno that killed eight people and almost burned to San Diego's southeastern boundary. (Quotes UCSD political science professor Steve Erie). More
Drug that Lowers Cholesterol Spoils Sleep
The Peninsula(Qatar), Nov. 9 -- A drug that helps lower cholesterol may have an adverse effect on patients’ sleep patterns, a new study has found. Researchers at UCSD who compared two types of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins — simvastatin and pravastatin — found that the former caused disruptions in sleep patterns. More
Neuroscientists Focus on Autism
NPR, Nov. 5 -- Brain researchers are experimenting with a new approach to treating autism. It involves stimulating brain cells called mirror neurons. Those neurons are thought to allow people to imitate and empathize. But in people with autism, they don't work the way they're supposed to. (Features interview with UCSD cognitive science professor Jaime Pineda and UCSD alum Lindsay Oberman). More
Revelle Forum Presents Commentator Lou Dobbs
La JollaVillage News, Nov. 8 -- Lou Dobbs, the distinguished and controversial senior CNN cable television anchor, managing editor and news commentator of the nightly program “Lou Dobbs Tonight,” comes to La Jolla this Sunday, Nov. 11, 7 p.m., as part of UCSD Extension’s Revelle Forum. More
SDSU, UCSD Doctoral Program Ranked Seventh Nationally
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 8 -- San Diego State University’s joint doctoral program in mathematics and science education was named the seventh best in the country in an article published in Notices, the journal of the American Mathematical Society (Mentions UCSD). More