ICS Faculty Awarded NIH grant

October 12, 2010 CALIT2-affiliated computer science professors Chen Li and Xiaohui Xie have been awarded a $371,000 two-year grant from the National Institute of Health to develop novel  methods for searching biomedical literature. The MEDLINE database, complied by the United States N
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Spotlight on Intellectual Property Protection

October 12, 2010 – “Protecting IP” was the focus of the debut lecture last Friday in the CALIT2 TechPortal Entrepreneur Series. The series, co-sponsored by UCI Extension, OCTANe@UCI and the Office of Technology Alliances, is directed at researchers interested in launching new bu
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Faculty Affiliates Earn Kudos

September 30, 2010 – UC Irvine faculty members affiliated with CALIT2 continue to garner recognition, grants and awards. Associate Professor of Sociology Carter Butts was one of five UC Irvine sociologists honored by the American Sociological Association at its 2010 annual meeti
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Ito Appointed to MacArthur Chair

September 22, 2010 – CALIT2 academic affiliate Mizuko “Mimi” Ito recently was appointed the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning at UC Irvine. A recognized expert in the field of digital media and learning, Ito holds appoi
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NSF Funds Software Research Project

August 31, 2010 – UC Irvine, along with five other universities, has received a $10 million National Science Foundation (NSF) Expeditions in Computing grant to develop robust  software for computing with unreliable, but energy-efficient nanoscale computer components. The Irvine
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Transforming Research into Profitability

August 19, 2010 – SURF-IT students have labored in their mentors’ labs this summer, learning the finer points of hands-on research along the way. But at Tuesday’s SURF-IT summer seminar, they got a lesson in real-world economics from entrepreneur Jeff Greenberg, who discussed wa
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Improving Electronic Medical Records

August 13, 2010 – Electronic medical records systems transform patient charts into legible, accessible and easy-to-share files. But a 2009 study found that only 1.5 percent of U.S. hospitals were using these systems. In the remaining 97.5 percent of hospitals, it can take as lon
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Grant to Fund Stroke Robotic-Recovery Study

August 12, 2010 – More than half of all stroke patients suffer chronic motor impairment, with a large percentage experiencing difficulty in using their hand and arm.  CALIT2 affiliate David Reinkensmeyer, mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, will use a five-year, $1.5
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Assessing Literacy in Kids’ Online Sites

August 06, 2010 – The number of virtual worlds aimed at elementary school-age children has exploded over the past several years and kids are giving these sites the thumbs-up. 2009 figures indicate that 83 million users are registered at online sites like Jumpstart, Pixie Hollow,
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Practicing Presentation Skills

July 29, 2010 – This summer’s nine SURF-IT undergraduate students honed their presentation skills this week by presenting their mid-term results to an audience of fellow participants and CALIT2 staff. The presentations were timed — each student had five minutes ̵
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