Engineering
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In its 5th year, CruzHacks continues to inspire innovation
Santa Cruz Tech Beat ran a story about the upcoming CruzHacks hackathon, which kicks off on January 19.
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Neuroscientists just launched an atlas of the developing human brain
Bioinformatics researcher Jim Kent was featured in a Wired story about his collaboration with UCSF researchers on a new atlas of the human brain.
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Neanderthals weren't as incestuous as we thought, ancient DNA reveals
Genome biologist Richard Green was quoted in a story about Neanderthal genomes in Newsweek and Agence France Presse.
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Privacy, accuracy, bias: UC Santa Cruz research tackles big data
Data scientists Lise Getoor and Abel Rodriguez were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about data science research at UC Santa Cruz.
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Incredible storytelling computer developed using an IBM 650 in the 1960s is rediscovered
Computer scientist James Ryan was quoted in stories in the Daily Mail, Long Room, and other media outlets about a 1960s-era computer program he rediscovered which was able to generate simple stories.
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Twitch gamers live-stream their vital signs to keep fans hooked
Computer engineering grad student Raquel Robinson was quoted in a New Scientist article about a tool she developed called "All the Feels" that tracks and displays the physiological and emotional states of people playing videogames.
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UC Santa Cruz student earns prestigious NIH scholarship after being first in family to graduate high school
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a front page story about biomolecular engineering student Stefanie Brizuela, who won a prestigious NIH scholarship.
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Drone racing lifts off, delivering ‘out of body’ experiences
Computer engineering grad student Cory Ibanez was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about drone racing.
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Artificial intelligence research is helping the disabled use public transportation
Computer engineer Roberto Manduchi was featured in coverage of his research on assistive technology to help people with visual and other impairments use public transportation, including stories from ABC News San Francisco and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
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Find your next must-play game by flying through a virtual galaxy
Computational media grad student James Ryan was featured in a New Scientist story about GameSpace, a tool Ryan developed for exploring and discovering new games.
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How did life begin on Earth?
Scientific American published a cover story about the origin of life on Earth that featured the work of biomolecular engineering researchers David Deamer and Bruce Damer.
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Psst, the human genome was never completely sequenced. Some scientists say it should be
Molecular biologist Karen Miga was quoted in an article in Stat and Scientific American about the sequencing of the human genome.