Engineering
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Maverix Biomics, co-founded by UCSC professor, announces funding
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a story about Maverix Biomics, a biotech startup cofounded by biomolecular engineer Todd Lowe. It was also covered in biotech newsletter BioInform.
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UCSC researcher leads cancer's digital revolution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of bioinformatics expert and cancer researcher David Haussler. The story also ran in the San Jose Mercury News and Contra Costa Times.
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A star is born: the updated Human Reference Genome
A Nature story about the release of a more complete version of the human genome reference sequence cites the work of a UCSC team led by Karen Miga and Jim Kent to produce the centromere sequences.
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Gamers could help debug military code
Computer scientists Jim Whitehead and Heather Logas were quoted in stories about their work on an iPad game that helps debug computer code, with coverage from the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, and Inside Bay Area.
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Google, Amazon making sci-fi real with robots, drones
Robotics expert Jacob Rosen was quoted in a story from the German Press Agency (DPA) Business Line about Google's recent acquisition of robotics companies.
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UC Santa Cruz droid robots battling tonight in Slugs vs. Bugs
KSBW-TV covered the student robotics competition, the culmination of computer engineer Gabe Elkaim's Mechatronics class.
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UCSC robot stars in blockbuster Ender's Game
Computer engineer Jacob Rosen was quoted in a story about his team's surgical robot, which was featured in the movie "Ender's Game," in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, Chico Enterprise Register, GeekWire, and Inside Bay Area.
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First Trial of Crowdsourced Grading for Computer Science Homework
MIT Technology Review reports on CrowdGrader, an online crowdsourcing tool developed by computer scientist Luca de Alfaro and graduate student Michael Shavlovsky that allows students to grade their classmates' homework and receive credit for the effort they put in.
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UC Santa Cruz offers master’s degree In video gaming
KPIX Channel 5 in San Francisco aired a report on the new master's degree in games and playable media.
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Researchers develop ghost-free 3D For viewers not wearing glasses
Gizmodo, R&D magazine and Opli covered the news that UCSC researchers have developed a prototype for 3D+2D television that allows viewers with stereo glasses to see three-dimensional images, while viewers without the glasses see a normal two-dimensional image.
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From DNA to Drug Treatment
Bioinformatics researchers Joshua Stuart and Ted Goldstein are featured in a Good Times story about cancer genomics research at UCSC.
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Computer pioneer Harry Huskey honored for lifetime contribution
The Santa Cruz Sentinel ran a profile of Harry Huskey, professor emeritus of computer science.