Computer Science & Engineering
-

Rulai launches ‘low-code’ chatbot development tool and raises $6.5 million
Computer scientist Yi Zhang was quoted in coverage of chatbot developer Rulai, for which Zhang is chief technologist, including stories in Tech Crunch, Tech Site, and other media outlets.
-

Chatbot challenges will make AIs discuss the latest news
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker was quoted in a New Scientist article about chatbots.
-

Facebook decides fake news isn't crazy after all. It's now a real problem
Computer scientist Luca de Alfaro was quoted in a Register story about fake news.
-

Whatever you do, don’t say yes when this chatbot asks, 'Can you hear me?'
Computer scientist Marilyn Walker was quoted in a David Lazarus column about chatbots using artificial intelligence to sound more human, which ran in the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
-

How a 'Smart' Public Transit System Can Better Serve Riders With Disabilities
Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi was quoted in an article in City Lab from the Atlantic about his project to develop a smart transit system for people with special needs.
-

Intel tries to rearchitect the computer—and itself
Computer scientist Ethan Miller is quoted in a Technology Review article about Intel's new data storage technology.
-

I, Twitter Bot
Computer scientist Kate Compton was a guest on the public radio program Science Friday to discuss Twitter bots.
-

Why current game preservation efforts might not be ready for the future
Computer science grad student Eric Kaltman was featured in a Gamasutra story about his blog post regarding the preservation and archiving of digital games.
-

Robot wars at UC Santa Cruz
KSBW TV covered the robotics competition in computer engineer Gabe Elkaim's mechatronics course.
-

UC Santa Cruz summer camp inspires young students with computer science
The Santa Cruz Sentinel and Santa Cruz Tech Beat covered the Girls in Engineering summer camp, with quotes from computer scientists Charlie McDowell, Linda Werner, and others.
-

UCSC duo designs children’s speech therapy game
Computer engineers Sri Kurniawan and Zak Rubin are featured in a story in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about their work on an animated computer game that provides speech therapy for children who have had cleft palate surgery.
-

Kryder's law craps out: Race to uber-cheap storage is over
Research on trends in data storage by computer science graduate student Preeti Gupta was quoted in an article about the cost of data storage in The Register (U.K.).