Engineering
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‘Prom Week’ breaks new ground in computer game design
Nominated for a technical excellence award at the Indie Games Festival, ‘Prom Week’ is a game about social relationships driven by an innovative artificial intelligence system.
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UCSC partners with Hartnell in education program with sustainable energy focus
A partnership between UCSC and Hartnell College strengthens the regional education pipeline for Hispanics and low-income students.
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Youth advocate and former foster child Deutron Kebebew to receive 2012 Tony Hill Award
Deutron Kebebew (Kresge, ’03, electrical engineering), former foster child and tireless advocate for teens and children, is this year’s winner of the fourth annual Tony Hill Memorial Award. Kebebew will receive the award as part of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on Feb. 2.
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‘Open-source’ robotic surgery platform going to top medical research labs
Robotics experts at UCSC and UW have built seven advanced robotic surgery systems for use by major medical research laboratories.
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Computer scientist Martín Abadi elected 2011 AAAS Fellow
Computer security expert Martín Abadi has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
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Alum’s high-finance career talk draws eager crowd
A formally dressed, resume-toting group of career-minded students was part of the standing-room-only crowd at last week’s Career Center event, which featured Sam Rosenberg (Cowell ’93, math), a rising star at the Paris-based Societe Generale. Employing 130,000 people worldwide, the firm is the world’s 9th largest bank and investment house.
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Study finds early growth trajectories have long-term effects on fitness
Researchers describe how food supply and environmental conditions affect the growth rates of organisms, which in turn influence future survival and reproduction.
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2011 Founders Celebration Dinner: recognizing extraordinary achievement
A Nobel-prize-winning cancer researcher, a biotech industry veteran, and a central figure in the founding of UC Santa Cruz, were among the honorees at the Founders Celebration gala dinner, which drew 350 people to the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz on Friday.
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Baskin School of Engineering promotes increased participation of women in computing
During the past two years, the number of women majoring in computer science at UC Santa Cruz has increased by 40 percent.
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2011 UCSC Foundation Forum: on the front lines of the cancer war
The UCSC Foundation Forum, “At the Dawn of Personalized Medicine,” presented a rare, front-lines look at the future of personalized cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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UCSC sponsors SACNAS national conference in San Jose, October 27-30
UCSC is supporting the efforts of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.
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UCSC ranked third in research influence in world university survey
In an analysis of the world’s top universities, UCSC ranked third in research influence.