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Qualcomm Institute Experiments with New Models for Blended and Online Courses

April 16, 2014

In 2013, Qualcomm Institute director Ramesh Rao extended an offer to provide support for development of as many as 10 massive open online courses (MOOCs) – especially those experimenting with different types of online course production and delivery.

Computer Software Accurately Predicts Student Test Performance

April 15, 2014

The University of California, San Diego and Emotient, the leading provider of facial expression recognition data and analysis, announced publication of a joint study by two Emotient co-founders affiliated with UC San Diego, together with researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia State University.

UC San Diego Alumnus and Research Scientist Honored with DRI Nevada Medal

April 15, 2014

Albert Yu-Min Lin may now be even better known in Nevada than he is in his home state of California. The research scientist from the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego was in Nevada in late March to accept the 27th Desert Research Institute (DRI) Nevada Medal.

Qualcomm Institute Kicks Off Spring 2014 Exhibition in Gallery@Calit2

March 27, 2014

On April 10, 2014, the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California, San Diego will kick off its Spring 2014 exhibition, Senses of Care: Mediated Ability and Interdependence, in the gallery@calit2. The opening of the exhibition will feature a talk by the curatorial team, led by UC San Diego associate professor of communication Brian Goldfarb, as well as a reception, both open to the public. The exhibition runs through June 13 in the gallery on the first floor of Atkinson Hall. It will remain in the gallery through the summer, but will be viewable by appointment only.

ArtPower! at UC San Diego Announces First Annual Filmatic Festival

March 20, 2014

The first annual Filmatic Festival will bring film screenings, interactive film-based performances, digital media workshops, and industry expert panels to the campus of the University of California, San Diego for four days of media exploration and creation in late April. Produced by ArtPower! and curated by some of San Diego’s leading film curators and media artists, the festival will explore the future of film and the ever-evolving film audience experience.

Recent Computer Science Alumna Makes Waves – Not Photo Filters – at Instagram

March 14, 2014

It isn’t often that a computer scientist is written up in an international fashion magazine, but an alumna of the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department at the University of California, San Diego is taking the publicity in stride.
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