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12.30.02 InfoWorld
"Yes,
they are watching you"
Writer Stephen Lawson analyzes the development of computer vision-based
surveillance technology, and highlights the development of "intelligent
spaces" in the Computer Vision and Robotics Research (CVRR) lab of
Jacobs School electrical and computer engineering professor Mohan Trivedi.
12.30.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Unplugged
into the future"
Technology writers Jennifer Davies and Jeff MacDonald survey the potential
impact on society of the always-on wireless Web, quoting experts including
Center for Wireless Communications director Larry Larson, fellow ECE professor
and Cal-(IT)² division director Ramesh Rao, and Cal-(IT)² Scholar
Alex Lightman.
12.18.02 XETV Fox6 News **RealPlayer
required**
"Fox
CONNECT"
In its series produced in connection with UCSD CONNECT, the San Diego
Fox affiliate profiled an 'angel' investor group called the Tech Coast
Angels as they were pitched a startup company by Tom Lillig, Jacobs School
ECE Class of 2000.
12.17.02 San
Diego Business Journal **Subcription
Required**
"Scientist
Explores What Creates 'Liars, Lovers and Heroes'"
In its Dec. 2 edition, the magazine's biotech writer Marion Webb reports
on a new book co-authored by CSE adjunct professor Terrence Sejnowski.
The director of UCSD's Institute for Neural Computation is perhaps best
known for developing a "computer program detecting falsehoods by
analyzing facial expressions... that is being tested by airport security
personnel at various locations."
12.16.02 GridToday
"Larry
Smarr on the Shape of the Grid in 2003"
The online news service's editor-in-chief Alan Beck published this exclusive
interview with Cal-(IT)² director and CSE professor Larry Smarr,
who "believes that National Science Foundation (NSF) leadership will
probably emerge as a key -- perhaps the key -- force unifying and standardizing
the Grid, as the [it] spends billions of over the next decade on its large
scale shared science and engineering facilities."
12.16.02 GridToday
"The
Grid is in the Air: An Interview with SDSC's Fran Berman"
Special correspondent Neil Alger interviewed CSE professor Fran Berman,
in her role as director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center. In it,
she warns that "there has been considerable underestimation of the
level of difficulty of the problems that one must address in order to
deploy the most sophisticated vision of the grid."
12.11.02 Space.com
"Twinkle,
Twinkle Little Quasar"
Senior science writer Robert Roy Britt reports that new observations by
ECE's Barney Rickett reveal that a layer of space stuff, perhaps marking
the edge of a giant space bubble in which our Sun and some other stars
reside, generates the scintillations of quasars.
12.11.02 San Diego Metropolitan
"Camp
Elliott Shake Table"
The magazine's daily online business column reports that "on a day
when San Diego was rattled by tumblers south of the border, UCSD broke
ground yesterday on the world's first outdoor shake table for testing
full-scale buildings and structures."
12.10.02 New York Times
"Human
or Computer? Take This Test"
Science writer Sara Robinson reports on efforts to develop authentication
techniques to prevent computers from registering automatically at sites,
and mentions work and computer vision method co-developed by CSE's Serge
Belongie
12.09.02 Engineering News Record
"Outdoor California Shake Table Set to Rock and Roll by
2004"
ENR reports that construction has started on world's first outdoor
shake table to test full-scale structures without concern for ceiling
obstructions. The article quotes Jacobs School Dean and Structural Engineering
professor Frieder Seible, who comments that one purpose of the new facility
will be to test the impact of near-source or large-velocity seismic pulses,
which put the most severe demands on structures.
12.09.02 San
Diego Daily Transcript **Subcription
Required**
"UCSD
Engineering School to Build World's First Outdoor Shake Table"
Reporter Kevin Christensen previews the planned groundbreaking on Dec.
10 of a new earthquake testing facility that UCSD is building at the Field
Station at Camp Elliott eight miles from campus, including the world's
first outdoor shake table. Interim Dean Frieder Seible talks about how
the table will be allow engineers to test full-scale structures against
powerful simulated earthquakes.
12.03.02 NBC
San Diego
"UCSD
Engineer Sheds New Light on Mysterious Quasars"
The NBC San Diego piece describes the success of Jacobs School Professor
and radio astronomer Barney Rickett in explaining wild fluctuations in
radio waves in one of the cosmos' most energetic, mysterious, and puzzling
of objects, a distant quasar located about 10 billion light years from
earth.
12.02.02 Chicago
Tribune
"Links
adding up for grid computing"
Technology reporter Jon Van charts the history and current state of grid
computing, and quotes Cal-(IT)² director Larry Smarr on the goals
of the recently-announced OptIPuter project, led by UCSD and the University
of Illinois at Chicago.
11.27.02 San Diego Daily Transcript
**Subcription Required**
"Homeland
Security 101"
Reporter Michelle Cadwell Blackston writes about efforts at UCSD and SDSC
to take disaster preparedness into classrooms and research labs--noting
that "the engineering department at UCSD, for example, is looking
at ways to identify and secure a region's infrastructure, such as communication,
finances and services."
11.26.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"New
War, New Allies"
The patented "smart armor" developed by MAE's Kenneth Vecchio
and Aashish Rohtagi was featured in a Technology cover story about how
venture capitalists are helping the military spot promising inventions.
Vecchio's armor, which can be manufactured to include embedded sensors,
was selected by Pentagon officials as the most promising invention from
Southern California.
11.26.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"UCSD
in OptIPuter Test"
In its weekly Technology Inc. section, the newspaper notes that Cal-(IT)²
"plans to use an optical router as the heart of a campus-wide supercomputer,"
with partners including IBM, Telcordia Technologies and the San Diego
Supercomputer Center.
11.25.02 San Diego Business Journal
**Subcription Required**
"Move Over Three R's,
UCSD Freshmen Learn New Language to Meet 'IT' Requirement"
Staff writer Patricia Strickland reports on a new course called "Fluency
in Information Technology," the first developed by the Jacobs School's
Computer Science and Engineering department, specifically for non-engineering
students. CSE chair Ramamohan Paturi and Sixth College provost Gabriele
Wienhausen are quoted.
11.22.02 United
Press International
"Computer Predicts Bacteria Action" -
Coming Soon -
In her column Stories from Modern Science, Ellen Beck included an item
on the computer model developed by Bioengineering professor Bernhard Palsson
to help predict how bacteria evolve under specific conditions. Writes
Beck: "The model merges biology and math to show how genes and proteins
work together to control the cell function."
11.22.02 HPCwire
"An
Interview with Chiaro Networks' Ken Lewis" **PDF
format**
In an interview with the news service's editor in chief, Chiaro's CEO
talks about the company's new high-end routing platform and its initial
deployment on the UCSD campus as part of the Cal-(IT)²-led OptIPuter
project.
11.22.02 EETimes/CommsDesign
"Chiaro
router employs optical phased array switching"
Writer Loring Wirbel reports on the launch and capabilities of Chiaro
Networks' first optical router and its first deployment as part of the
OptIPuter project at UCSD.
11.20.02 HPCwire
"An
Interview with Chiaro Networks' Steve Wallach" **PDF
format**
At Supercomputing 2002, the high-performance computing news service's
editor-in-chief Alan Beck interviewed the Chiaro executive about how his
company's new optical router fits into the Cal-(IT)²-led OptIPuter
project.
11.20.02 Bloomberg News
**Subcription Required**
"California
Supercomputer to Feature Optical Lines, NYT Says"
Based on a New York Times report, San Francisco-based David Russell notes
that Cal-(IT)² will use a router from Chiaro Networks. The campus-wide
machine to be deployed at UCSD "will differ from many computers because
the communications lines will be faster than the processors."
11.20.02 Straits Times
"Optiputer
Will Share Info at the Speed of Light"
The Singapore daily picked up the New York Times story on Cal-(IT)²'s
announcement "highlighting a radical departure in the design of the
fastest computers."
11.20.02 LightReading.com
"Chiaro
Girds 'Router' for the Grid"
The online optical-networking site's senior editor Phil Harvey reports
on the technology that Cal-(IT)² is deploying at UCSD as part of
its OptIPuter project, with the unveiling of the first optical router
made by Chiaro Networks.
11.19.02 BMEnet News
"Model
Predicts Disease"
BMEnet News, a news service for the bioengineering community produced
by the Whitaker Foundation, reports on Bioengineering's Bernhard Palsson
and his computer model that predicts the severity of a disease based on
an individual's genes.
11.19.02 San
Diego Metropolitan
"Daily
Business Report"
The magazine's online Daily Business Report showcased the move by the
Jacobs School's Computer Science and Engineering department to create
a course on technology for non-engineering students, called "Fluency
in Information Technology." CSE chair Ramamohan Paturi is quoted.
11.19.02 Network World
"High-end
routers emerge"
Writer Jim Duffy notes that Chiaro Networks' entry in the core router
market is "shipping and deployed now at the California Institute
for Telecommunications and Information Technology next-generation grid
network, OptIPuter."
11.18.02 New York Times
"Supercomputer
to Use Optical Fibers"
Technology writer John Markoff reports on plans by Cal-(IT)² and
Chiaro Networks to deploy an optical router that will become "theheart
of a campus-wide supercomputer that will be woven together with optical
fibers." The piece quotes Cal-(IT)² director and CSE professor
Larry Smarr.
11.14.02 United Press International
"Model
Links Genetic Mutations to Disease Variation"
Bioengineering Professor Bernhard Palsson is using a computer model to
link genetic mutations to exact disease variations. By inserting the specific
DNA sequences into a computer model for red blood cell metabolism, Palsson
accurately predicted which mutations would result in chronic hemolytic
anemia and which would cause a less severe version of the disease.
11.12.02 Business Week
"Highway
Cameras That Can Direct Traffic"
In the magazine's Nov. 18 edition, writer Arlene Weintraub reports that
Mohan Trivedi, heads of UCSD's Computer Vision and Robotics Research Laboratory,
is "developing clusters of networked smart cameras to improve transportation
authorities' response to tie-ups and other changing road conditions."
11.8.02 KNSD-TV
(NBC Affiliate)
"Smart
Cams"
Channel 7/39 reporter Lynn Stuart visited the lab of Jacobs School of
Engineering professor Mohan Trivedi for this report on "smart"
video camera networks under development for traffic as well as homeland
security applications.
11.7.02 San Diego Metropolitan
Zeroing
In On Cancer
Bioengineering Professor Sangeeta Bhatia and the Burnham Institute's Erkki
Ruoslahti have developed microscopic machines that can home in on cancer
cells of various types for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. There work
is highlighted in a feature article by Bradley Fikes.
11.7.02 San Diego Metropolitan
A
Real-Life Fantastic Voyage
Bradley Fikes profiles Bioengineering's Sangeeta Bhatia, describing here
application of semiconductor technology to biology and her efforts to
engage girls in science and engineering.
11.4.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"UCSD
to take part in study of schizophrenia"
Staff writer Cheryl Clark reports on a new $10.9 million NIH grant to
a group of institutions led by UC Irvine and UCSD, where scientists including
Bioengineering adjunct professor Mark Ellisman will study schizophrenia
by sharing brain images nationwide over a high-speed version of the Internet.
10.31.02 The
T Sector **Subcription Required**
"Making
the Brain: The Quest for Artificial Intelligence"
ECE professor Robert Hecht-Nielsen is on the cover of the magazine's October
edition, which labels him "one of San Diego's AI [artificial intelligence]
pioneers" and notes that he "recently discovered a new neural
networking model that explains how natural intelligence works."
10.30.02 San
Diego Metropolitan
"Daily
Business Report"
In its Oct. 30 online report, the magazine notes that Jacobs School adjunct
professor John Proakis will accept an IEEE education award at a conference
in Boston in early November.
10.28.02 San Diego Business Journal
**Registration Required**
"UCSD Professor's Handiwork
Coming to a Computer Near You"
In the weekly's Newsmakers section, writer Brad Graves profiles CSE professor
Dean Tullsen and his contributions to simultaneous multi-threading technology
for microprocessors, which Intel is getting ready to roll out for desktop
computers later this quarter.
10.21.02 The Scientist
"OptIPuter
Boots Up"
The British magazine quotes CSE professor and Cal-(IT)² director
Larry Smarr as saying the NSF-funded $13.5 million OptIPuter project is
necessary for large-scale e-science applications because the "chunk
of data are so big, that trying to get them across the shared Internet
is just no possible."
10.15.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"People
to watch"
In its new column on San Diego technology leaders, the newspaper profiles
and interviews Rick Le Faivre, the new executive director of the Jacobs
School's William J. von Liebig Center for Entrepreneurism and Technology
Advancement.
10.14.02 United Press International
"Helping
PC Processors Do More, Faster"
In her regular Stories from Modern Science column, writer Ellen Beck reports
on Intel's plan to begin selling microprocessors equipped with new threading
technology developed in part by CSE professor Dean Tullsen.
10.11.02 Associated
Press
"Community
on the Fast Track"
Sacramento correspondent Jim Wasserman quotes ECE's Mohan Trivedi in a
report on various ways in which "California pioneers high-tech methodology
to unclog its roadways."
10.10.02 CNET.com
"Intel
hyperthreading shows Digital roots"
Staff writer Michael Kanellos charts the history of hyperthreading, a
new microprocessor technology developed in part by Jacobs School computer
science and engineering professor Dean Tullsen.
10.10.02 Financial
Times of London
"Intel
Threads Power into Chips"
Writer Fiona Harvey reports in Europe's leading financial newspaper that
UCSD computer science professor Dean Tullsen is credited with showing
"that commercial production of such processors is viable with a minimal
increase in hardware costs."
10.8.02 XETV Fox Channel 6
"The
Man Behind Qualcomm" 
In the first of a weekly series teaming Fox and UCSD Connect, reporter
Greg Phillips profiled Qualcomm founder Irwin Jacobs, including a visit
to the Jacobs School laboratory of ECE professor and Center for Wireless
Communications director Larry Larson.
10.8.02 Dallas
Morning News **Registration Required**
"Science
for Security Requires Some Safeguards"
The paper's science editor Tom Siegfried reports on the recent homeland-security
briefing at UCSD, quoting experts including Jacobs School interim dean
Frieder Seible and SDSC "computer crime specialist" Erin Kenneally.
10.7.02 NewsRx **Registration
Required**
"San Diego Scientists
Applying Research to Homeland Security"
In its weekly bio-terrorism report, the clearinghouse for health and medical
information reports that UCSD engineers "are using techniques developed
to retrofit buildings for earthquakes to insulate the U.S. embassy in
Greece and other critical structures from terrorist bombs. Thin composite
overlays made of carbon fibers can be applied like wallpaper to walls,
floors or columns to retrofit buildings for earthquakes. Blast tests conducted
on a five-story building at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
also showed the materials enable buildings to avoid collapse in an explosion."
The article quotes Jacobs School interim dean Frieder Seible and structural
engineering professor Gil Hegemier.
10.7.02 T Sector
"The Air Apparent"
Writer Tim Ingersoll profiles roll-out of the Wi-Fi network on the UCSD
campus, including the CyberShuttle experiment, and quotes extensively
from Ramesh Rao, ECE professor and UCSD division director of Cal-(IT)²,
on the outlook for Wi-Fi versus 3G technology.
10.7.02 T Sector
"Clearing the
Path at Cal-(IT)²"
This report by Andrea Siedsma on the start of construction on Cal-(IT)2's
new building includes an illustration showcasing the wireless "free
zones" that will allow "radio frequency signals to flow into,
out of and through the building." Subscription.
10.4.02 UCSD Guardian
"Professor's
Contributions Pave Way for New Chip"
In its Oct. 3 edition, the campus newspaper reports on the role that CSE
professor Dean Tullsen played in development of new technology that is
built into a more powerful microprocessor for personal computers to be
unveiled this quarter by Intel.
9.30.02 Chicago Tribune **Registration
Required**
"$13.5
Million Virtual Computer Aims to Link Researchers"
Writer Jon Van reports that the joint UCSD-University of Illinois at Chicago
'OptIPuter' project could "yield new insights in a wide range of
fields, similar to when scientists first got access to supercomputers
about two decades ago.
9.30.02 MobilePlanet.com
"Sustaining
Community Through Technology"
The latest e-mail newsletter of this wireless services provider includes
a case study of the Jacobs School’s ActiveCampus project, which
allows students to feel “more connected to the school and to go
to one place to get information their handheld devices.”
9.26.02 New York Times
"National
Science Foundation Announces Grant Winners"
Technology writer John Markoff reports on the biggest information-technology
awards, including the UCSD-led OptIPuter project; Jacobs School professor
and Cal-(IT)2 director Larry Smarr is quoted as hailing "the government
investing big bucks in optics at the very moment that Wall Street has
destroyed optical networking."
9.25.02 San Diego Metropolitan
"Daily
Business Report"
The magazine's online edition details faculty members who are teaming
up on four projects in wireless and optical communications with support
from industry and $1.8 million in matching UC Discovery Grants.
9.24.02 T Sector
"UCSD's
Jacobs School Gets $1.8 Million to Fund Communications"
The magazine's online edition reports on grants from the state
that "will match corporate dollars to pay for wireless and optical
research" at the Center for Wireless Communications and Cal-(IT)².
9.19.02 San Diego Business Journal
"Local Firm Helps UCSD
Team Build Submarine" **Subscription
Required**
In the September 16 edition, staff writer Lee Zion profiles the involvement
of a San Diego based aquarium builder in the UCSD mechanical engineering
team's construction of "Inviscid"--their entry in a human-powered
submarine contest in July.
9.19.02 San Diego Business Journal
"CCAT Announces Homeland
Defense Grants for R&D" **Subscription
Required**
In the September 16 edition, the weekly recaps new grants awarded to Jacobs
School mechanical and aerospace engineering researchers Serge Krasheninnikov,
Juan Lasheras and Nate Delson, and a market study award to bioengineering's
Amy Lanping Sung.
9.17.02 San Diego Daily Transcript
"UCSD's
engineering department hires 15 new faculty members"
**Registration Required**
Leading the Industry Watch column, writer Jennifer McEntee notes that
the size of the Jacobs School's "faculty has increased from 92 people
in 1994 to the current 160. Plans call for an additional 70 faculty by
the end of the decade."
9.16.02 Wired Magazine
"Unplugged
U."
Writing in the October edition, reporter Josh McHugh analyzes the wireless
revolution at Dartmouth, and mentions UC San Diego as one of a handful
of universities that have moved aggressively into "deploying wireless
networks and turning students loose."
9.9.02 Associated Press
"San
Diego scientists applying research to homeland security"
AP reporter Seth Hettena's story, picked up by North County Times in its
Sept. 6 edition, highlights the work of UCSD researchers, including Jacobs
School interim dean Frieder Seible (photo) and structural engineer professor
Gil Hegemier.
9.5.02 San Diego Daily Transcript
"UCSD
gets funding for security projects"
**Registration Required**
The paper reports on three new federally-funded research projects in the
Jacobs School's computer vision lab of ECE's Mohan Trivedi, "for
three separate research projects designed to aid Homeland Security agencies."
9.4.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Mobilized"
Writer Bruce Lieberman's front-page story reports that researchers at
UCSD and other institutions--"San Diego's arsenal of scientific talent"--are
"contributing to the fight against terrorism." Highlighted:
projects involving Jacobs School professors Frieder Seible, Gil Hegemier,
Mohan Trivedi and Bob Skelton.
8.30.02 San Diego Metropolitan
"Bertram
Wins IEEE Award"
The magazine's online Daily Business Report notes that Jacobs School professor
Neal Bertram has won the IEEE's award for information storage advances,
for his working on the underlying physics of magnetic storage devices.
8.27.02 San Diego Business Journal
"Profile:
Frieder Seible"
Technology writer Brad Graves did a full-page profile of the new Interim
Dean of the Jacobs School, and his groundbreaking work in the field of
structural engineering.
8.19.02 San Diego Business Journal
"Academics
Wary, But Corporate Partners Fill Gap"
UCSD bioengineering scientists and students will make their way into a
new $37 million privately funded building this fall and work with corporate
partners to convert their findings into applicable products, said the
chair of the bioengineering department.
8.19.02 North County Times
"A
New Science Is Born"
Brad Fikes reports on the Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall dedication,
and San Diego's leadership in the new field of bioengineering.
8.13.02 San Diego Daily Transcript
"Bioengineering
hall at UCSD dedicated" **Registration
Required**
Reporter Jennifer McEntee quoted Bioengineering chair Shu Chien and noted
that the Powell-Focht Bioengineering Hall is "the first academic
facility at UCSD to be funded almost entirely by private contributors,
including a $17.2 million award from the Whitaker Foundation, considered
to be the nation's largest private sponsor of bioengineering research."
8.9.02 Scientific-American
"Last
Mile by Laser"
In the July 2002 issue, ECE's Anthony Acampora writes about how short-range
infrared lasers could beam advanced broadband multimedia services directly
into homes and offices.
8.9.02 San Diego Metropolitan
"Frontier
Science Drives San Diego's Biotech Industry"
In the August issue, writer Brad Fikes reports on thriving research in
bioinformatics at UCSD, Cal-(IT)² and the San Diego Supercomputer
Center, including the work of Bioengineering professors Shankar Subramaniam
and Andrew McCulloch.
8.9.02 T Sector Online
"UCSD
Prof Wins Electronics Industry Prize"
The online service notes that ECE's Peter Asbeck becomes only the third
California researcher to win the IEEE David Sarnoff Award since it was
instituted almost 50 years ago.
8.6.02 San Diego Business Journal
"DoD Program
Provides the Grease of High-Tech Innovation" **MS
Word Document**
Technology reporter Brad Graves profiles the Center for Commercialization
of Advanced Technology (CCAT), a joint venture of the Jacobs School, UCSD
Connect, SDSU, Orincon and SPAWAR.
8.5.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"The
fading future"
In a report on how visions of life-changing technology are succumbing
to economic downturn, writer Jennifer Davies quotes Cal-(IT)² director
and CSE professor Larry Smarr on why innovation is thriving in universities
with federal dollars.
8.2.02 Business Week
"High
Hurdles Facing Wi-Fi"
ECE's Ramesh Rao is quoted in this report on the obstacles to wider adoption
of 802.11, and explains Cal-(IT)²'s "always best connected"
research goal.
7.29.02 San Diego Daily Transcript
"Wireless
in San Diego" **Registration Required**
Writer John Patrick Ford reports on Cal-(IT)² CSE professor and Cal-(IT)²
director Larry Smarr's keynote speech and other views of the wireless
market during a recent conference on "Evolving Markets in Telecommunications."
6.24.02 Fortune Magazine
"Roadtripping
in Search of the Technological Future"
Eryn Brown recounts 33 days on 8 campuses�looking for what technology
is hot with today's students. At UCSD, she profiled CSE professor Bill
Griswold's ActiveCampus project and quotes students and Cal-(IT)²
director Larry Smarr.
6.21.02 802.11Planet.com
"CyberShuttle:
Mobile Hotspot on Campus"
Writer Cheryl Meyer quotes Cal-(IT)² UCSD division director and ECE
professor Ramesh Rao on the UCSD Wi-Fi-equipped commuter bus that allows
riders to send e-mail, download files and surf the Web.
6.13.02 Forbes.com
"Wireless:
The Next Quarter Century"
Magazine editor Erik Hesseldahl asked Cal-(IT)² director and CSE
professor Larry Smarr and four other visionaries for their views of the
future of wireless on its 30th anniversary.
6.4.02 UCSD Connect Newsletter
"A
Big Deal for San Diego Technology"
Brian Blazevic writes about the dual groundbreaking for the CSE and Cal-(IT)²
building on May 31, 2002, headlined by Gov. Gray Davis.
6.3.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Institute
Launched at UCSD"
Writer Samuel Autman reports that Gov. Gray Davis helped break ground
on buildings to house CSE department and Cal-(IT)², which "business
and academic leaders hope will further transform California's economic
and technological landscape."
6.1.02 Engineering Times
"Engineers
Fight Earthquake Damage with Post-Tensioned Frame Supporting Concrete"
Structural engineering Professor Andre Filiatrault�s work in developing
and testing an unwelded steel frame system is highlighted. He has applied
post-tensioning, a technique commonly used in the construction of concrete
buildings and bridges, to create a new class of weld-free steel-framed
structures. The initial test conducted in 2001 on a large-scale assembly
indicated that the post-tensioned steel frames can absorb strong earthquake
motions with little or no damage.
5.15.02 Engineering News Record
"Post-Tensioned
Steel Buildings May Replace Moment Frames"
Structural engineering Professor Andre Filiatrault�s work in developing
and testing an unwelded steel frame system is highlighted.
5.13.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"UCSD's
Fantastic Progeny"
In its May 11 edition, Kathryn Balint reported on five UCSD alumni/sci-fi
writers who visited ECE�s Computer Vision & Robotics Research lab.
The writers included engineering alumnus David Brin (�The Postman�).
5.13.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Venture Capital
Firm Hires Dean to Oversee Fund"
Writer Bruce Bigelow reports on Jacobs School CAP member Enterprise Partners'
hiring of outgoing Dean Bob Conn, effective July 1. [Abstract]
5.6.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Five Questions:
Larry Smarr"
The CSE professor and Cal-(IT)² director is quizzed by the paper�s
Bruce Bigelow on issues including the bandwidth gap. [Abstract]
5.5.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"Technology
Trailblazers"
Sacramento reporter Bill Ainsworth wrote this 1,600-word cover story about
UCSD research in Cal-(IT)², where �academic and business worlds converge
on a new frontier of innovation.� [Abstract]
5.5.02 The Engineer
"Tension
Builds In Move to Combat Earthquakes"
Structural engineering Professor Andre Filiatrault�s work in developing
and testing an unwelded steel frame system is highlighted. He has applied
post-tensioning, a technique commonly used in the construction of concrete
buildings and bridges, to create a new class of weld-free steel-framed
structures. The initial test conducted in 2001 on a large-scale assembly
indicated that the post-tensioned steel frames can absorb strong earthquake
motions with little or no damage.
4.30.02 www.e4engineering.com
"Engineers
Design Weld-Free Steel Frame"
Structural engineering Professor Andre Filiatrault�s work in developing
and testing an unwelded steel frame system is highlighted. The initial
test conducted in 2001 on a large-scale assembly indicated that the post-tensioned
steel frames can absorb strong earthquake motions with little or no damage.
4.5.02 Science Magazine
"Erdös's
Hard-to-Win Prizes Still Draw Bounty Hunters"
Charles Seife reports on the continuing search for answers to problems
posed by the late mathematician Paul Erdös, quoting experts including
CSE�s Ron Graham and Fan Chung Graham.
4.3.02 UPI
"New
Steel Beams Resist Earthquakes"
Structural engineering Professor Andre Filiatrault�s work in developing
and testing an unwelded steel frame system is highlighted. He has applied
post-tensioning, a technique commonly used in the construction of concrete
buildings and bridges, to create a new class of weld-free steel-framed
structures. The initial test conducted in 2001 on a large-scale assembly
indicated that the post-tensioned steel frames can absorb strong earthquake
motions with little or no damage.
4.2.02 Chronicle of Higher Education
"'CyberShuttle'
Offers Wireless Internet Access to UC-San Diego Commuters"
Cal-(IT)²'s Ramesh Rao (ECE professor) and other researchers call
the high-speed Web-enabled vehicle "a glimpse into the future of
ubiquitous computing," reports Florence Olsen.
4.2.02 San Diego Union-Tribune
"UCSD Bus Riders
Make Speedy Net Connection"
Bruce Lieberman reports on �quick downloads and e-mail check touted� as
part of the high-speed Web-enabled bus pioneered on the UCSD campus by
the Jacobs School and Cal-(IT)². [Abstract]
3.28.02 DeIngenieur
"Human
Powered Submarine"
Article on record setting human powered submarine team. This is a Dutch
publication.
3.1.02 Telephony Magazine
"Industry,
Academia and Government 'Live in the Future'" **PDF format**
In a special supplement to the magazine sponsored by the San Diego Telecom
Council, CSE professor and Cal-(IT)² director Larry Smarr is interviewed
about the institute�s agenda.
2.17.02 San Diego Business Journal
"Profile:
Larry Smarr"
In a full-page profile, reporter Brad Graves says Cal-(IT)² director
and CSE professor Larry Smarr sees himself on a life-long program of learning.
2.13.02 MIT Technology Review
"Q&A:
Larry Smarr"
In its March issue (due on newsstands Feb. 26), the publication carries
a 2,500-word Q&A with the Cal-(IT)² director, calling Smarr "a
master facilitator, bringing people and institutions together to work
on key technological challenges."
2.8.02 San Diego Metropolitan
"ActiveCampus"
More than 400 computer science and engineering freshmen at UCSD are sporting
wireless-enabled Hewlett-Packard Jornada PDAs as part of a social and
educational experiment, reports the San Diego Metropolitan magazine in
its February issue.
1.1.02 Reinforced Plastics
"Composite
Fan Blades Safer Than Metal"
The article discusses John Kosmatka�s work to create the first carbon
composite fan blades for commercial and military aircraft.
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