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Dec. 06, 2017 – At an early age we are taught that it is important to turn things off when not in use. Now, it’s more complicated: roughly 50 devices and appliances in the typical American household are always drawing power, even when they appear to be off, according to a U.S. D

Nov. 28, 2017 – Intel is in. Apple, Google, Uber and chipmaker Nvidia are on board, too. Now, a company called PerceptIN, founded by an entrepreneur who earned all of his degrees, including a doctorate, from UC Irvine, is competing in Silicon Valley’s hottest race: to develop an

Nov. 22, 2017 – According to conventional wisdom, nine out of 10 startups fail. The problem? It’s not true. The U.S. Small Business Administration says 66 percent of startups make it to two years and roughly half of new businesses survive five years of operation. But often, very

Nov. 20, 2017 – A startup company at Techportal/CALIT2 took second place in a “Shark Tank”-style pitch competition held last week at UCI Applied Innovation. iCellVivo, a division of Biopico Systems Inc., won $700  − and important validation − from a team of expert judges for its

Oct. 31, 2017 – The Fall 2017 session of “This is What a Scientist/Engineer Looks Like” was held in the CALIT2 auditorium, Wednesday, Oct. 25. The event was part of a series designed to advance excellence through a commitment to equity and diversity, and raise awareness about ST

Aditi Majumder, one of only a handful of female CEOs to occupy CALIT2’s startup incubator, TechPortal, with her company Summit Technology Laboratories.

Sep. 01. 2017 – Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows in the Internet of Things (SURF-IoT) presented their projects Thursday, Aug. 31, at the SURF-IoT Symposium at the CALIT2 Auditorium. Eight students participated in the program. Here is a brief overview of the projects and par

Aug. 11, 2017 – Aditi Majumder, a professor in the Department of Computer Science at UC Irvine, spoke to SURFIoT Fellows and guests Thursday at CALIT2. Majumder’s presentation outlined the progress being made at UCI’s iGravi (Interactive Graphics and Visualization Lab). iGravi h

Aug. 04, 2017 – SURFIoT mentor and UCI Prof. Chen Li was the featured speaker at the SURFIoT Summer Seminar Series, Thursday, Aug. 3, at CALIT2. Li’s presentation,”Social Media Analytics Made Easy“ offered an overview of a current research project that is designed to allow

Jul. 12, 2017 – In collaboration with the Orange County Chapter of Aging2.0 and the Irvine Health Foundation, CALIT2 kicked off the summer TEA series. The three-part series showcases the Aging2.0 Grand Challenge topics through afternoon tea, taking a whole person approach to agi

Jul. 07, 2017 – On June 28, the eight highly motivated, high-achieving UCI undergraduates, selected as 2017 SURF-IoT Fellows, met for an orientation lunch at CALIT2. The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship in the Internet of Things (SURF-IoT), provides a unique 10-week summ

Jun. 21, 2017 – The Clean Energy Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CESMII) held a kickoff event Tuesday at CALIT2 for the California Regional Manufacturing Center (CARMC). More than 70 attendees from industry and academia attended the workshop, learning about the center’