June 30, 2010 – Fourteen graduate students studying nanomaterials at England’s Imperial College London are sufficiently acquainted with the scientific aspects of their field. What they are not as familiar with is the emphasis on multidisciplinary research they witnessed during a

June 25, 2010 – If the nine undergraduates who attended this week’s SURF-IT orientation came away with one thing, it’s the knowledge that large doses of commitment and communication are the necessary ingredients for success in the 10-week summer research program. That theme was

June 23, 2010 – Last week, UCI Associate Professor Chen Li and his summer interns made it official: they carried boxes and computers into a pristine lab on the second floor of the CALIT2 Building, becoming the inaugural tenants of TechPortal, UCI’s newly minted technology busine

June 09, 2010 – Pierre Baldi, Crista Lopes and Chen Li, CALIT2-affiliated professors in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, have notched notable accomplishments recently. The Italian Neural Network Society awarded Baldi, Chancellor’s Professor of Compute

June 08, 2010 – Nine ambitious undergraduate students have been selected from a pool of 28 applicants as 2010 SURF-IT scholars. The students will spend 10 weeks this summer working side-by-side with faculty mentors and honing their research skills in CALIT2-affiliated labs. SURF

June 03, 2010 – CALIT2 and CITRIS, a fellow science-and-innovation institute, have joined forces with a nonprofit research group to develop a state blueprint for sustainability. Energy, water, health, financial and technology experts from the two Gray Davis Institutes for Scienc

May 24, 2010 – CALIT2’s new TechPortal debuted last week to a record Igniting Technology crowd of nearly 200 would-be entrepreneurs, faculty, venture capitalists and interested community members. The auditorium was filled to capacity, and additional attendees were ushered to an

May 19, 2010 – Netflix, the popular movie-delivery site, “predicts” films its users may enjoy. The process doesn’t involve mindreading, however; it’s simply computer science. A collaborative filtering system allows Netflix to match users’ viewing and rating histories to others w

May 19, 2010 – CALIT2 was well represented at UC Irvine’s “Engage UCI” celebration and awards ceremony earlier this month. The daylong event showcased the university’s community engagement successes and explored new opportunities for campus-community collaborations. It included

May 11, 2010 – As CALIT2’s TechPortal prepared to open its door this month to budding entrepreneurs, UCI Assistant Vice Chancellor Jacob Levin last week shared details about the technology business incubator with an enthusiastic and curious Entrepreneurs Forum audience. Watch vi