October 15, 2014 – A group of physicians and administrators from Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles traveled to CALIT2 this week to view projects in the eHealth Collaboratory and discuss potential collaboration with CALIT2 researchers. The meeting was the fourth in a series of

September 30, 2014 – Imagine a ridesharing program that matches up interested parties based not only on where they live and work, but on who is in their own social circle as well. A paper detailing just such a system took a top honor this month at the 2014 ACM International Join

September 19, 2014 – A team from the CalPlug Center at CALIT2 presented one of its flagship projects last month at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s Summer Study conference in Pacific Grove, Calif. Led by Arthur Zhang, CalPlug technology director, the team i

September 16, 2014 – CALIT2 and the LEXI lab (Laboratory for Electron and Xray Instrumentation) will host a 5-part lecture series next week for users and potential users of the materials characterization equipment in the Microscopy Center and Materials Characterization Center. B

August 29, 2014 – The 10th consecutive SURF-IT summer undergraduate research program concluded yesterday with all 10 student researchers presenting their final results to an audience of mentors, peers and other guests. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in Information

August 22, 2014 – Professor Mark Warschauer has one foot firmly planted in the world of education and the other in information technology. In addition to academic appointments in both UC Irvine schools, he serves as associate dean of the School of Education and directs its Digit

August 15, 2014 – Can technology benefit those with autism? UCI professor Gillian Hayes thinks it can and does. Hayes, whose primary academic appointment is in informatics (she also has appointments in education and pediatrics) told this week’s SURF-IT seminar series lunchtime a

August 01, 2014 – For some, it was a terrifying first experience; for others, the repetition of a task they’d faced before. But for all 10 of this year’s SURF-IT undergraduate students, who this week presented their research progress to-date, it was a practice session designed t

July 17, 2014 – The technology-in-medicine theme begun last week by Dr. Warren Wiechmann continued this week with Tuesday’s SURF-IT symposium, which featured Julie Youm, research director of instructional technologies at UCI’s School of Medicine. Youm is testing the school’s iMe

July 11, 2014 – Modern medicine is an anomaly when it comes to technology. Doctors conduct minimally invasive surgeries from remote locations using robots, but most offices and clinics have no online presence for patients to make appointments, ask follow-up questions or check te