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

October 5, 2017

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

September 19, 2017

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.

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

September 12, 2017

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

New ECE Faculty Hire Awarded Fulbright Scholarship to Bring Breadboards to Bishkek

August 18, 2017

Curt Schurgers, director of the QI Prototyping Lab, is celebrating two big accomplishments: An appointment to the faculty of the UC San Diego Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award.

Qualcomm Institute’s CARI Therapeutics Awarded NIH Grant for Opioid Sensor

August 10, 2017

QI Innovation Space member CARI Therapeutics has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to collaboratively develop a biosensor that will detect the presence of opioids in patients in recovery.

5G Wireless and Beyond: From Evolution to Revolution

June 22, 2017

5G capabilities will make it possible to harness sensor technologies, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning for unprecedented applications -- applications discussed at length during the conference.

New Tools at UC San Diego Help Calibrate Doses for ‘Exercise as Medicine’

June 16, 2017

EPARC's new Biodex System 4 and C-Mill treadmill will help exercise physiologists understand how much and what type of exercise to prescribe to patients, particularly those with gait difficulties.

UC San Diego Researchers Discover Human Burials and Artifacts in Ancient Mycenaean Tomb

May 17, 2017

The field researchers also collected paleo-environmental data concerning climate and environmental change during the Late Bronze Age.

NVMW 2017 — Brain-Inspired Memory “At the Center of the Universe”

May 16, 2017

Reducing 'computational sprawl' with brain-inspired computing and re-thinking computing architecture from the ground up were two of many far-reaching ideas proposed at the eighth annual Non-Volatile Memories Workshop.

Raising Awareness of Human Trafficking on University Campuses

April 21, 2017

On Tuesday, April 25, UC San Diego’s Social Impact and Innovation initiative is organizing a 90-minute workshop on human trafficking in the San Diego region – and even on university campuses. It’s the first of six monthly events geared to a curriculum for raising awareness and helping to combat sex and employment exploitation.
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