Features

November 17, 2014 – When the California Plug Load Research Center opened at CALIT2 in 2012, its mandate was to unite researchers, utilities, manufacturers, nonprofits and policy makers in pursuit of improved energy efficiency in the rapidly expanding plug load sector. This month

November 14, 2014 – In the United States, women hold fewer than 25 percent of STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) jobs, even though they comprise 57 percent of the work force. At UC Irvine, efforts are underway to render those statistics obsolete. A group of first-y

November 05, 2014 – Throughout the four-story CALIT2 Building – and the institute’s history on the UC Irvine campus, for that matter – runs a recurring and very active mandate: develop and integrate communication technology into devices and applications for improving the way we

November 03, 2014 – Mentioning STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics – to middle-school students as potential fields of study might inspire glazed looks of utter indifference.  But showing them technology up close and personal, and demonstrating the ways it enr

October 29, 2014 – A pair of studies conducted by the California Plug Load Research Center at CALIT2 and sponsored by the California Energy Commission has yielded some unexpected results. The studies show that computers are not entering sleep mode or automatically turning off as

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