5.3.2013
"eWeek"
Wall-to-Wall Interactive Web: Is It Not Far Away?
A presentation on "The History and Possible Futures of the Internet" by Calit2 Director Larry Smarr was cited in an article in eWeek. In his talk, Smarr cited government funding of universities as one of the key factors that will promote the evolution of mobile and social networks.
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4.20.2013
"MobiHealthNews"
Patients, scientists learn from microbiome data
Aditi Pai writes about Calit2 director Larry Smarr's experience studying his microbiome and the self-tracking movement.
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4.2.2013
"UT San Diego"
UCSD to rename IT Institute for Qualcomm
UT San Diego's Mike Freeman reports on the renaming of the UCSD division of Calit2, which is now the Qualcomm Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology, or Qualcomm Institute for short.
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4.2.2013
"California Council on Science and Technology"
Calit2 to Build High-speed Network for 'Big Data'
The CCST, a nonpartisan advisory group that offers expert advice to the state government, reports on the new Prism@UCSD project, which is a collaboration between Calit2 and the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
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4.2.2013
"La Jolla Light"
Multidisciplinary research institute at La Jolla's UC San Diego named in honor of Qualcomm
The renaming of the UCSD division of Calit2 -- which is now the Qualcomm Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology -- is featured by the La Jolla Light.
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4.2.2013
"La Jolla Patch"
Calit2 Gets New Name For Big Supporter -- Qualcomm Institute
The La Jolla Patch reports on Qualcomm Institute's new name.
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3.30.2013
"Lab Manager"
Viewing Research Bandwidth Through a New Prism
The online news service reprints a Calit2 news release about the NSF-funded Prism@UCSD project, including quotes from UCSD Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, Calit2 Director Larry Smarr, and PI Phil Papadopoulos.
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3.27.2013
"UT San Diego"
Apps, DeMaio, Lambos and more
A letter to the editor of UT San Diego points out "What an incredible, interesting article that Robin Abcarian wrote" in the Los Angeles Times... and "Kudos to Ganz Chockalingam and his programmers at UC San Diego" for creating the Best Time to Cross the Border app for iPhone and Android devices.
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3.26.2013
"Los Angeles Times"
Smartphone app speeds up border crossings
Columnist Robin Abcarian reports on the genesis and value of Calit2's Best Time to Cross the Border app for iPhone and Android devices.
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3.21.2013
"PhysOrg"
New network being built to support transfer of big data
The physics-oriented web service picked up the Calit2 news release announcing the development of a Prism@UCSD network to boost the capacity of bandwidth between major science institutes and departments on the UCSD campus.
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2.27.2013
"Houston Press"
Reality Bites: Robot Combat League
Art Attack writer Pete Vonder Haar reviews the first episode of Robot Combat League, which features Calit2's Saura Naderi as one of 12 'robo-tech' engineers.
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2.27.2013
"Azorobotics"
Battles between Humanoid Robots Hosted on Syfy
Azorobotics, which bills itself as covering "the a to z of robotics," covers the television debut of Calit2's Saura Naderi, who is featured in a new Syfy series called Robot Combat League.
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1.7.2013
"Gizmag.com"
UCSD's robot baby Diego-san appears on video for the first time
Jason Falconer reports that UCSD professor Javier Movellan, from the Calit2-based Machine Perception Laboratory, has completed work with robotics makers on a robot one-year-old with a wide range of facial expressions to mimic humans while learning.
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1.6.2013
"UT San Diego"
Genius Grant Winner Blazing a New Trail
Arts critic Jim Chute reports on Claire Chase, MacArthur Award winning arts entrepreneur and co-founder of the International Contemporary Ensemble, which will perform works by Calit2 composer in residence Rand Steiger Jan. 11 at Calit2.
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1.3.2013
"TMCnet"
Community Embraces Effort to Build 3D Virtual Cell
The University of California at San Diego issued the following news release: Scientists from the University of California, San Diego, national and international research centers launched a first-of-its-kind workshop series intended to bring together investigators from a wide range of scientific fields to develop a 3D Virtual Cell. Funding for the Dec. 13-14 conference was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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