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Big Data Hub Gets a Spoke: NSF Funds Regional Approach to Big Data Challenges in the West

September 29, 2016

UC San Diego, UCLA and Arizona State are partnering on a regional effort in the western U.S. with funding from NSF to enhance “knowledge discovery and real-time interventions from sensory data flows in urban spaces.”

The Pattern Recognition Lab: Coupling Machine Learning to Brain-Inspired Computers

September 28, 2016

Powerful new “brain-inspired” computing capabilities are turning the scientific method on its head by accelerating a “data science” experimental method that detects patterns in data before generating a hypothesis.

UC San Diego Receives SANDAG Diamond Award for Green Commuting Efforts

September 28, 2016

UC San Diego has received a Diamond Award from the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in recognition of the campus’ commitment to alternative forms of transportation. Fifty-seven percent of UC San Diego commuters use transportation other than single-occupant vehicles, reducing annual transportation-related CO2 emissions by approximately 55,000 metric tons.

Los Angeles Fire Dept. and UC San Diego WIFIRE Team Join Forces to Fight Wildfires

September 26, 2016

The Los Angeles Fire Department, recently challenged by yet another series of late summer wildfires, has successfully tested a new web-based tool developed by University of California San Diego researchers to perform data-driven predictive modeling and analysis of fires that have a high potential for rapid spread.

UC San Diego is World’s 7th Best Public University, According to Times Higher Education

September 23, 2016

The University of California San Diego has been ranked the seventh best public university across the globe by Times Higher Education World University Rankings. In its 2016–17 report, the London-based publication ranked UC San Diego 22nd in the United States and 41st internationally.

UC San Diego Gearing Up for Major Hackathon

September 20, 2016

The University of California San Diego will host over 1,000 students at SD Hacks 2016 for 36 hours of technological collaboration. This will be the second time SD Hacks will take place at UC San Diego. The student-led hackathon is one of the largest in California, along with those of UC Berkeley and UCLA. After a successful inaugural hackathon in 2015, thousands of students from all over the world have applied to attend this year’s event.

Study Finds Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

September 8, 2016

According to a new study by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, a large earthquake on one fault can trigger large aftershocks on separate faults within just a few minutes. These findings have important implications for earthquake hazard prone regions like California where ruptures on complex fault systems may cascade and lead to mega-earthquakes.

Big Pixel Initiative Develops Remote Sensing Analysis to Help Map Global Urbanization

September 8, 2016

Researchers at University of California San Diego’s Big Pixel Initiative are using unique tools to map urban areas around the globe, potentially revolutionizing large-scale analysis of urbanization, land use and city growth.

National Science Foundation Awards $110 Million for XSEDE 2.0 Program

August 23, 2016

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a $110 million, five-year award to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and 18 partner institutions, including the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California San Diego, to continue and expand the agency’s Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) program.

New Study Challenges Assumption of Asbestos’ Ability to Move in Soil

August 22, 2016

A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego scientist Jane Willenbring challenges the long-held belief that asbestos fibers cannot move through soil.
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