Nov 19, 2021
This tool protects your private data while you browse
By Ioana Patringenaru A team of computer scientists at the University of California San Diego and Brave Software have developed a tool that will increase protections for users’ private data while they browse the web. The tool, named SugarCoat, targets scripts that harm users’ privacy -- for...Read More
Nov 10, 2021
A Brief History of Minimal Surfaces and the Ants that Love Them
By Josh Baxt Consider a soap bubble. The way it contains the minimal possible surface area is surprisingly efficient. This is not a trivial issue. Mathematicians have been looking for better ways to calculate minimal surfaces for hundreds of years. Recently, Computer Science and Engineering...Read More
Nov 9, 2021
Want to Throw Off Your Chatbot? Use Figurative Language
By Ioana Patringenaru Computer scientists recently examined the performance of dialog systems, such as personal assistants and chatbots designed to interact with humans. The team found that when these systems are confronted with dialog that includes idioms or similes, their performance drops to...Read More
Nov 5, 2021
Rose Yu Heads Major Scientific Machine Learning Project
Researchers at UC San Diego, UC Irvine and Columbia University have received a $3.6 million Department of Energy (DOE) grant to develop new machine learning methods to understand climate data and predict its ramifications on a warming world. “We want to understand what is driving extreme heat in...Read More
Nov 5, 2021
CSE Undergrad McKenna Lewis Featured in CRA’s Conquer
From CRA’s Conquer: Supported Research Experiences Cultivating Confidence in Computing This Q&A highlight features McKenna Lewis, recipient of an Honorable Mention in the 2021 CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researchers award program. McKenna is a computer science major and currently works as...Read More
Nov 1, 2021
Making Voice Assistants Accessible for Older Patients
By Josh Baxt Voice assistants such as Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri have tremendous potential to help people manage their health as they age. Using these eye- and hands-free tools, patients could make appointments, confer with clinicians, receive medication reminders and perform other tasks....Read More
Oct 22, 2021
Graduate Women in Computing Wins International Award to Boost Diversity and Engagement in CS
By Katie E. Ismael The Graduate Women in Computing organization (GradWIC) at UC San Diego is one of seven universities in the world to be selected for this year’s Xilinx Women in Technology University Grant Program. The program seeks to increase the representation, participation, and...Read More
Oct 20, 2021
UC adopts recommendations for the responsible use of artificial intelligence
The University of California has adopted a set of recommendations to guide the safe and responsible deployment of artificial intelligence in UC operations and three researchers at UC San Diego were involved with the effort. UC becomes one of the first universities in the nation to establish...Read More
Oct 19, 2021
Computer Scientist’s Work Passes the Test of Time, Again
UC San Diego computer science professor William Griswold has received his second test of time award for groundbreaking work. This time, he was honored by the Association Internationale pour les Technologies Objets (AITO) for his 2001 paper on the AspectJ programming language, an aspect-oriented...Read More
Oct 13, 2021
Computer Scientists Part of NSF Grant to Make Browsers Safer
By Ioana Patringenaru Computer scientists at the University of California San Diego are part of a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to make web browsers safer. At UC San Diego, the effort will be headed by Deian Stefan, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer...Read More