UC Irvine Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences
2014–2017
362 posts
2017 183
December 2017
- Professor Mark Aims to Reduce Workplace Stress
- What’s Next in the Battle Over Net Neutrality?
- Exploiting IoT for Healthcare
- From Homebound to School Bound with Telepresence Robots
- Faculty Spotlight: Ray Klefstad Embraces New Role as Associate Professor of Teaching
- Motherboard: "The Reddit Moderator Getting a PhD in Online Moderation" (PhD student Kat Lo profiled)
- Levorato and DeepEdge Tackle DARPA SDR Hackfest
- Eppstein Shares Research at Conferences in Australia, Canada and Tokyo
- Alumni Spotlight: Jim Sherriff ’79 Gives Veterans a Jump Start in the Tech Industry
- Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute (MVLRI) interview with Mimi Ito
- OC Register: "Placentia-Yorba Linda district students design mobile apps, get idea of STEM career options"
- BigDIPA Course Fosters Multidisciplinary Collaboration
- PC Mag: "Inside DARPA's Hackfest at NASA Research Park" (Marco Levorato quoted)
November 2017
- Connected Learning Summit Debuts at MIT Aug. 1-3
- Dechter, Ihler Work to Advance Probabilistic Reasoning
- IEEE XPlore Innovation Spotlight: "Knowing All the Bio-Signals: New Wearable Device Could Improve Health Care" (co-authored by Amir M. Rahmani)
- SDPB Radio: "Why Libraries Are More Important Now Than Ever" (Mimi Ito cited)
- Xu Tackles Software Inefficiencies with $4.9M Grant
- Los Angeles Times: "UCI-made game explores a ‘magical world’ with costumes and spells" (Tess Tanenbaum quoted)
- Eppstein Named AAAS Fellow
- The Register: "More than half of GitHub is duplicate code, researchers find" (Crista Lopes research)
- UCI Students Place Second Nationally in Programming Contest
- The National: "Women's advocate says females must change approach" (Gloria Mark cited)
- Bleeping Computer: "82% of the Code on GitHub Consists of Clones of Previously Created Files"
- Franz Looks to Simplify Software for Increased Security
- Dourish’s Collaborative Work on #thismymob Grant Supports Indigenous Communities
- New Faculty Spotlight: Professor Katie Salen Tekinbaş Explores the Potential of Play
- Medium: "We’re Awake — But We’re Not At the Wheel" (Bietz co-author)
- Tsudik Awarded Cisco Gift to Research Wireless Content-Centric Network Challenges
- Los Angeles Times: "UCI computer game explores culture of 18th-century Ghana" (El Zarki quoted)
- Los Angeles Times: “Are video games bad for your kids? Not so much, experts now believe” (Steinkuehler quoted)
- HAI Lab paper takes third at AMIA 2017 Symposium Student Paper Competition
- New Faculty Spotlight: Professor Vijay Vazirani Continues Groundbreaking Research
- Tsudik Receives 2017 ACM SIGSAC Outstanding Contributions Award
- Dutt Receives CS@ILLINOIS 2017 Distinguished Educator Award
- 'Are Video Games Harming My Son?' Informatics Professor Constance Steinkuehler Discusses Response
October 2017
- New Report Finds Tech Inequality Persists, Proposes Solutions
- Bringing history to life
- New Faculty Spotlight: Statistics Professor Vladimir Minin is Pleased to Join Growing Community
- Charles River Analytics Uses Figaro to Develop Probabilistic Tools for US Air Force Satallites (Dechter and Ihler mentioned)
- Tanenbaum’s Interactive ‘Magia Transformo’ Game a Hit at IndieCade Festival
- UCI Well-Represented at Women in Statistics & Data Science Conference
- Lopes Analyzes Big Code with Funding from DARPA
- Zhu Wins 2017 Newcomb Graduate Award in Statistics
- Alexandra Peterson Named Outstanding TA in Statistics
- New Faculty Spotlight: Statistics Professor Bin Nan Welcomes Collaboration
- UCI News: "UCI neurobiologists aim to identify biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease" (Dan Gillen mentioned)
- UCI Ranked #49 Worldwide for Computer Science by THE
- WalletHub: "2017’s States Most Vulnerable to Identity Theft & Fraud" (Dourish quoted)
- ICS Welcomes 9 New Faculty for 2017
- Statistics Department Welcomes Two New Faculty for 2017
- UCI’s data science program ranked 18th in nation by BCSS
- UCI Magazine: "A Picture of Health" (Jain quoted)
- ICS Welcomes 9 New Faculty for 2017
- Gillen Furthers Healthcare Research with Two NIH Grants
September 2017
- Washington Post: "Video game players get varsity treatment at more US colleges"
- UCI part of NSF-funded study of big data ethics
- Deadline: "Amazon Prime Unveils Kids Fall Slate" (Ito mentioned)
- ACM SIGMM Records: "An interview with Prof. Ramesh Jain"
August 2017
- OC Register: "Games are changing the world, just ask new UCI professor who worked in the White House" (Steinkeuhler profiled)
- Husky or wolf? Using a black box learning model to avoid adoption errors
- Dutt, Levorato awarded NSF grant for healthcare IoT research
- Levorato, Kia awarded NSF grant for Urban IoT research
- Forbes: "Plagued By Workplace Interruptions? Set Some Boundaries" (Mark quoted)
- Tanenbaum collaborates on ‘Che’s Village’ VR experience
- Lopes honored with 2017 AITO Test of Time Award
- Immunant: Protecting millions of mobile users behind the scenes
- NPR: "'Schoolifying' Minecraft Without Ruining It" (Ito quoted)
- HAI Lab has three papers accepted for CSCW 2018
- Mazmanian, Regan and Shahbaba appointed DECADE Graduate Faculty Mentors
- Mazmanian, Regan and Shahbaba appointed DECADE Graduate Faculty Mentors
- Mazmanian, Regan and Shahbaba appointed DECADE Graduate Faculty Mentors
- Ruberg co-editing special “Queerness and Video Games” issue of Game Studies journal
- Ruberg has article featured in new Gaming Representation book
- Tsudik receives ICCCN Best Paper Award
- A shared passion for research on Capitol Hill
- EdSurge: "Has the Game Really Changed? Notes From the 2017 Games for Change Festival" (Steinkuehler cited)
- Steinkuehler receives Games for Change Vanguard Award
- Rolling Stone: "Game Based on 'Walden' Takes Top Honors at Games for Change Awards" (Steinkuehler mentioned)
July 2017
- Olsons co-author article on writing simultaneously in August 2017 issue of CACM magazine
- The Wrap: "Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s Artificial Intelligence Divide: Experts Weigh In" (Singh quoted)
- Sydney Morning Herald: "Wordplay: A cryptic-shaped hole" (Mark cited)
- Bowker named Chancellor’s Professor
- KPBS: "Comic-Con For Educators" (GeekEd panel of Informatics faculty highlighted)
- Inside Higher Ed: "Educational games expand classroom learning" (Squire quoted)
- Ph.D. student Boyd receives 2017 Tonge Endowed Graduate Award
- Ruberg publishes article on the feminist history of online security questions in Summer 2017 issue of Feminist Media Histories
- PopSugar: "5 Reasons to Stop Being a Screen Time Cop" by Mimi Ito
- Informatics panel to explore game studies during Comic-Con conference
- Singh to deliver machine learning talk at July OC ACM Meetup
- KQED News: "How Online Camps Help Kids Stay Connected to STEM Skills and Mentors Year-Round" (Ito quoted)
- Forbes: "Help! Hackers Stole My Password Just By Listening To Me Type On Skype!" (Tsudik research)
- ICS launches IoT Hackathon to discover student talent who can develop a UCI 'smart' campus
- Science: "AI is changing how we do science. Get a glimpse" (Xie quoted)
- CTV News: "Explainable AI: The push to make sure machines don't learn to be racist" (Singh quoted)
June 2017
- BusinessMirror: "Sleep: How much you really need?" (Mark quoted)
- UCI Applied Innovation: "Saving Power in the Data Center"
- HAI Lab has six papers accepted for upcoming AMIA Symposium
- Fast Company: "Why The Military And Corporate America Want To Make AI Explain Itself" (Singh quoted)
- ICS teams win top two spots at IEEE GameSIG 2017
- Sacramento Bee: "Trump took away your internet privacy. A California legislator wants to give it back" (Jordan mentioned)
- Informatics Ph.D. students Baldwin, Boyd receive 2017 Ford Foundation Fellowship Program honorable mentions
- MHCID student Aaron Soto part of second-place team in UCI New Venture Competition
- ICS alumni named to ACM Future of Computing Academy
- UCI News: “Digital do-gooders” (Steinkuehler and Squire profiled)
- Changing Academic Life: “Gloria Mark on service, multitasking, creativity and fun”
- CS Research Showcase continues to provide a platform for students to showcase their work
- 2017 SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award
- CityLab: “Can Cities Hack Diversity?” (Ito quoted)
- Wired: “Banned From the US? There’s a Robot for That” (Mark quoted)
- Nardi publishes book on the computerization of the economy
- Fast Company: “Thanks To Telepresence Robots, Kids Can Attend School From Home” (Judy Olson cited)
- Bangkok Post: “Get engaged! Focus your mindset to execute results” (Mark cited)
May 2017
- Smyth listed as one of ‘20 Data Science Professors To Know’
- Trammell releases second volume of Analog Game Studies
- UCI’s game design program ranked 3rd in state, 18th in nation by ACR
- “Automation and Heteromation: The Future (and Present) of Labor” by Bonnie Nardi
- Newsworks: “Kids thrive when they swim among peers and mentors with common interests” by Mimi Ito
- NBC News: “How to Prevent Interruptions at Work” (Mark quoted)
- Interactions: “Health information technology: Opportunities abound. Challenges Remain” by Yunan Chen
- Dourish publishes The Stuff of Bits
- Mic: “Racist and sexist behavior in esports is exposing what regular gamers experience every day” (Kat Lo quoted)
- Motherboard: “There's No Safe Way to Keep Child Porn and Murder Off Facebook” (Kat Lo quoted)
April 2017
- Tsudik awarded NSF grant for IoT research
- Two CS grad students named Facebook Fellowship finalists
- Ph.D. student wins 2017 Google Fellowship in systems and networking
- M.S. Informatics ranked among top 35 best IT masters for 2017
- Klefstad named 2017 Lecturer of the Year
- Informatics Ph.D. Students accept ARCS Scholars Awards
- Informatics Ph.D. student introduces DanceCraft to OC autistic children
- Dourish featured in April’s CACM magazine
- Taylor to receive Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award from CU Boulder
- Penn State News: “Heard on Campus: Going to school on a robot, Judy Olson from UC Irvine”
- Newsworks: “It takes a 'learning hero' to break out of the education pipeline” (Ito featured)
- Connected Camps: “How to Get Your Daughters into Tech by Embracing Who They Really Are” by Mimi Ito
- Technical.ly Philly: “Let’s use tech to close the education gap, not widen it: Mimi Ito”
- BBC: “Meet the people who’ve stopped emailing”
- Irvine, Newport Beach rated among top cybersecurity hubs in U.S.
March 2017
- DML Central: “Introducing UCI’s Connected Learning Lab”
- DML Central: “Google Scientist Tells How Tech Affects Learning”
- Bloomberg: “It's Fine to Obsess over March Madness at Work” (Mark interviewed)
- Ruberg brings Queerness & Games Conference to LA
- Ruberg publishes ‘Queer Game Studies’ anthology
- MHCID program launches online publication
- Quartz: “There’s a better way to treat your tech addiction than hiding your phone and laptop” (Mark quoted)
- DML Central: “Meet 10 Women Championing Connected Learning”
- Vice: “Five Things You Can Do to Be Happy RIGHT NOW” (Yu Chen quoted)
- Bowker interviewed on CENHS 'Cultures of Energy' Podcast
- NewsWorks: “Creating the next generation of innovators by understanding how young people use media” (Ito mentioned)
- Steinkuehler serves as eSports panelist at SXSW 2017
- Steinkuehler, Squire named HEVGA Fellows
- The Atlantic: “A behavioral economist's quest to make email less painful” (Mark quoted)
- Franz to discuss 'Cyber Attacks and Defense' at March 8 OC ACM Chapter Meeting
- UCI Ranked 3rd Best Value UX Design Graduate Program
- Mic: “How can Blizzard stop harassment in 'Overwatch'? The answer is complicated” (Katherine Lo quoted)
- Mic: “To avoid hellish harassment in 'Overwatch,' players flee to exclusive Discord chat rooms” (Katherine Lo quoted)
- Professors Redmiles, Dourish appointed Associate Deans
February 2017
- UCI launches new professional master’s in cyber-physical systems
- 2017 ICS Dean’s Award Winners
- Computational Linguistics Olympiad helps UCI reach high school students
- Mark elected to ACM CHI Academy for 2017
- BizTech: “Want to Improve Employee Productivity? Wearables Could Be the Answer” (Mark cited)
- UCI eSports: “Women in Gaming at UCI”
- KABC: “UC Irvine to Host Female Gaming Panel”
- van der Hoek's new Software Design Decoded book provides practical advice for software designers
- Global Game Jam connects UCI with OC's game design community
- UCI Magazine: “A Bold New Sports Franchise”
- ESPN: “Panelists hoping to crack code of female acceptance in gaming”
- Data Scientist ranked top U.S. job by Glassdoor
January 2017
- Medium: “Bad Habits You Need to Kill Immediately to be a Much Better Person This Year” (Mark cited)
- Tsudik's biometrics security research paper featured in February issue of CACM
- Ph.D. Students Gao and Cruz receive ASA paper awards
- Lopes featured speaker at 2016 OpenSimulator Community Conference
- OC Register: ICS alumnus, professional poker player Jason Les competing against a bot for $200K
- Cool Material: “8 Tips to Help You Achieve Inbox Zero” (Mark mentioned)
- Master of Computer Science Program Ranks 36th nationally by TFE Times
- Hayes named finalist for 2017 Community Engaged Scholar Award
- End of Term Digital Preservation and How You Can Help
- Informatics Ph.D. students Caldeira, Tsaasan receive graduate fellowships
- Cardiovascular Business: “NIH provides researchers $8.6 million to map heart’s anatomy” (Fowlkes mentioned)
- CBS Los Angeles: “Woman Vindicated Of Faking Her Kidnapping Now Getting Harassed Online” (Mark interviewed)
- Ombao, UCI Space-Time Modeling Group contribute to new Handbook of Neuroimaging Data Analysis
- Statistics Ph.D. Students Wang, Gao win ENAR Distinguished Paper Awards
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December 2016
- Men's Health: “Why science says you should take a daily selfie”
- Kobsa to lead an international team in the study of household IoT users' privacy decisions using process-tracing technology
- Two ICS Ph.D. students receive 2017 UCI Public Impact Fellowships
- Two ICS Ph.D. students receive 2017 UCI Public Impact Fellowships
- The Atlantic: “Drink From Home: The Rise of the Remote-Work Holiday Party” (Mazmanian quoted)
- The Atlantic: “Mentoring's Promise and Limits” (Ito mentioned)
- Raconteur: “Do we really need our own office or is there a smarter way of working?” (Mark mentioned)
- Ito named to Cartoon Network's STEAM Team
- Cylance commits $50K to UCI's Center for Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems to support seminar series, Ph.D. recruitment
- UCI ranked 7th best university for coding in U.S. by HackerRank
- UCI ranked 7th best university for coding in U.S. by HackerRank
- All work and game play
- Multichanel News: “Cartoon Network Adds STEAM to Computer Ed Initiative” (Ito mentioned)
- UCI team places first in regional ACM competition, advances to international finals in May
November 2016
- 3 ICS researchers named AAAS fellows
- The Chronicle: “3D printing hooks up with simulation game”
- OZY: “What if designers took a hippocratic oath?” (Mark cited)
- Tech Times: “Hackers can steal your data by recording keystroke sounds over Skype” (Tsudik quoted)
- San Diego Union-Tribune: “Waging war with no bombs or missiles” (Cunningham quoted)
- U.S. News & World Report: “Microsoft Aims to Build on 'Minecraft' Success” (Ito quoted)
- Van der Hoek visits EA to discuss collaboration
October 2016
- UCI makes SuccessfulStudent.org’s list of best Video Game Colleges
- Comedian Chris Hardwick tackles the science of social media
- Los Angeles Times: “Why giving people $5 to take a government survey is money well spent” by Jessica Utts
- ICS welcomes four new faculty members for fall 2016 quarter
- Dourish kicks off 'Shut Up and Write' gatherings Oct. 24
- CBS News: “New study links selfies to happiness”
- Nuno, Pluta receive graduate statistics award
- Times Higher Education ranks Computer Science 38th in world, 15th in U.S.
- Informatics team recognized as Best Paper Finalist at ASSETS 2016
- Informatics Ph.D. student Ringland wins 2016-17 ARCS Scholar Award
- Changing Academic Life: “Yunan Chen on getting tenure & negotiating motherhood”
- Malek awarded $499K by NSF for efficient analysis of evolving software systems
- Lopes, grad students win Best Paper Award at ICSME 2016
- NSF awards Malek $130K for project to create an infrastructure for software architecture research
- Tomlinson to speak at University of Toronto Nov. 17
September 2016
- Tsudik receives $407,000 Army Research Office grant
- Informatics professor attends White House summit on computer science initiative
- ICS study links selfies, happiness
- ICS welcomes four new faculty members for fall 2016 quarter
- Bowker receives ASIS&T 2016 Best Information Science Book Award
- Huffington Post: “Agile Innovation for Jobs of The Future” (Mark quoted)
August 2016
- Bowker awarded two NSF grants for big data research
- Informatics accepting applications for Tenured Faculty Position in Digital Media, Learning, and Design
- Bowker receives $632K from NSF for collaborative research project on institutionalizing databases
- Jain publishes book with former student about “Situation Recognition Using EventShop”
- New dean named for ICS
- Eppstein awarded two NSF grants for algorithm research
July 2016
- The Conversation: “Apple is taking its first steps towards a more comprehensive post-PC world” by Michael Cowling
- Swarajya: “Tomorrow's Reform – Why The Government Needs A Tech Mindset To Change” (Jordan mentioned)
- Quartz: “Neuroscientists say multitasking literally drains the energy reserves of your brain” (Mark quoted)
- Doctoral student Raval named a Berkman Klein Center affiliate for 2016-17
- NSF awards Professor Shahbaba, UCI team $250K for big data analysis research
- AsterixDB becomes official Apache Software Foundation project
- Fowlkes awarded $377K NSF grant for geometric imaging research
- Stern receives DeGroot Prize for “Bayesian Data Analysis”
June 2016
- The Atlantic: “Why Flash Drives Are Still Everywhere” by Paul Dourish
- The Atlantic: “Do Digital News Feeds Threaten or Enhance Deliberative Democracy?” (Mark quoted)
- Dean Stern's co-led CSAFE cited in White House Impact Report
- Mark to speak at Aspen Ideas Festival
- Ph.D. student Tehrani awarded Link Foundation Fellowship
- Slate: “Monotasking” (Mark quoted)
- Gillen, Ombao named ASA Fellows
- NSF awards Dourish $195,000 for software studies-centric research
- UPDATE: Franz, Dourish formally recognized as ACM Fellows
- UPDATE: Franz, Dourish formally recognized as ACM Fellows
- Jain receives 2016 IEEE MultiMedia Best Department Article Award
- Harvard Business Review: “Some Companies Are Banning Email and Getting More Done” (Mark research cited)
- Knowledge@Wharton: “Can ‘Deep Work’ Really Work for You?” (Mark cited)
- WSJ: “Foreign Students Seen Cheating More Than Domestic Ones” (Hancock quoted)
- PRWeb: “Online Minecraft Summer Camps Launch June 27” (Ito quoted)
- The Courier Mail: “Technology is creating a generation of dummies” (Mark mentioned)
May 2016
- Ito to lead newly funded UCI project aimed at improving connected learning opportunities
- UCI ranks among Top 20 on Semantic Scholar Insights' List
- How Apple Watch and pervasive computing can lure you into leveling up your fitness
- Helping people, improving lives through informatics
- Campus Technology: “UC Irvine Offers New Program Focused on Human-Computer Interaction & Design”
- ICS receives Excellence in Promoting Women in Undergraduate Computing Award from NCWIT
- Mark featured on KPCC’s AirTalk about multitasking in the workplace
April 2016
- Press Release: UC Irvine Launches Executive Master’s Program in Human-Computer Interaction & Design
- Dourish discusses Chinese hackerspaces on Danish radio
- UCI ranked one of the top game design schools by ACR
- The New York Times Magazine: “The Minecraft Generation” (Ito quoted)
- Tsudik receives $300,000 award from Department of Homeland Security
- Two Statistics Ph.D. students receive honorable mentions in NSF GRFP
March 2016
- Circuit Cellar: “The Future of IoT Security” by Ian Harris
- Lo named 2016 NSF Graduate Research Fellow
- Informatics team wins Lee Dirks Best Paper Award at iConference
- Frost helps shape K-12 computer science education
- Lopes added as keynote speaker for ILRN 2016
- Lopes awarded Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest
- Informatics professors Bowker, Ito release interdisciplinary, culture-focused books
- Xu tackles software bloat for Office of Naval Research
- Dourish interviewed about the social life of algorithms for podcast
- Informatics team finalists for iConference Lee Dirks Award for Best Paper
- Lo, Ames named Center for Technology, Society and Policy Fellows
- Jessica Utts: An ambassador for statistics
February 2016
- Harris organizing design automation workshop in Germany
- Malek receives $1 million grant to improve U.S. Air Force systems
- Gary Olson, 2 ICS Alums receive SIGCHI honors
- University of Washington Information School: “Q&A with Connected Learning expert Mimi Ito”
- UCI researchers link compulsive Facebook checking to lack of sleep
- Daily Sabah: “Facebook celebrates turning 12 with 'Friends Day'” (Mark quoted)
January 2016
- NPR: “Get A Grip On Your Information Overload With 'Infomagical'” (Mark mentioned)
- Hayes receives Jacobs Foundation Advanced Research Fellowship
- Los Angeles Times: “Hi, I'm a digital junkie, and I suffer from infomania” (Mark quoted)
- UCI News: “Private practices” (Mehrotra quoted)
- Kobsa receives Mercator Fellowship
- The Atlantic: “The triumph of email” (Mark mentioned)
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December 2015
- IEEE awards Fowlkes the Helmholtz Prize for paper with enduring impact
- Statistics Ph.D. student receives ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award
- Building the ‘perfect’ app
- Contra Costa Times: “University of California pressured to count computer science toward high school math requirement” (Richardson quoted)
- Two ICS professors named 2015 ACM Fellows
- Franz named 2016 IEEE Fellow
- Research for the public good
- Harnessing the power of new technology
- The New Yorker: “Death by Flaming Water Ski, and Other Misfortunes” (Bowker quoted)
- Nature: “Artificial intelligence called in to tackle LHC data deluge” (Baldi mentioned)
November 2015
- Informatics Ph.D. student to present at ACM-DEV 2015
- Connected learning through Minecraft
- Time: “Company bans email for 1 week, Employee stress levels plummet” (Mark quoted)
- The Atlantic: “Is email evil?” (Mark quoted)
- Ziv collaborates in groundbreaking NSF-funded privacy research
October 2015
- NBC Los Angeles: “Social Media Quizzes Could Give Hackers Access” (Tsudik quoted)
- We are hiring!
- San Jose Mercury News: “Facebook seeks to conquer the workplace” (Mark quoted)
September 2015
- Van der Hoek to speak at SCSIM Fall Event
- Los Angeles Times: “Here's how members of the burgeoning digital workforce are protecting themselves from exploitation”
- Marketplace.org: “Political campaigns fav donations via Twitter” (Ito quoted)
- Dourish named Miegunyah Distinguished Visiting Fellow
- Jones receives ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award
- Benzinga: “After-School STEM Camps Emphasize Minecraft, Coding Skills ” (Ito quoted)
- AARP: “Digital Entrepreneurs Over 50 In the App World” (Jain quoted)
August 2015
- Lopes’ book acknowledged as best programming book of the decade
- Info Security Magazine: “NSA: Business as Usual” (Tsudik quoted)
July 2015
- Informatics Ph.D. student speaks about consumer privacy at TEDxUCIrvine
- Kobsa-edited UMUAI journal celebrates silver anniversary
- Financial Post: “How can we fix workplace productivity?” (Mark quoted)
- NSF Awards $240,000 grant to UCI trio for researching distraction in security
- Autism AppJam highlights academia’s growing impact on the autism community
June 2015
- ICS Informatics Professors make Computing Reviews’ Best of Computing notable books list
- Boing Boing: “Why Minecraft Rewrites the Playbook for Learning” by Mimi Ito
- Grad students participate in global UCSB iCTF hacking competition; place third among U.S. teams
- Tsudik Co-Authors Award-Winning Student Paper on ‘Violating Consumer Anonymity’
- Report shows ICS grad degrees lead to high-paying, low-stress jobs
- UCI ranked top school for game design and development, according to College Magazine and ACR
May 2015
- The Atlantic: “Inbox Zero vs. Inbox 5,000: A Unified Theory” (Mark quoted)
- Developing an ANTrepreneurial Spirit
- Digital Spy: “Learn about parasites in free university course inspired by The Strain” (Ziv mentioned)
- Fast Company: “These Simple Tricks Will Help You Regain Your Dwindling Focus” (Mark quoted)
- UCI Data Science Initiative awarded $1.25 million from NASA for minority research opportunities
- The Conversation: “Teens without smartphones encounter a new digital divide ” by Mimi Ito
April 2015
- The Times of India: “Riding high on tech, entrepreneur giving shape to 8th project” (Jain quoted)
- Informatics Ph.D. student receives Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship
- NMSU Roundup: “Video game labor yields economic value” (Nardi quoted)
- Professor Olson Recognized by Google Co-founder
- UC students tour peach farm, meet with President Napolitano
- ICSSC presents Google-themed hackathon
- BBC: “A generation of cyberslackers” (Mark quoted)
- ICS graduate students receive prestigious NSF fellowship
- Discover: “How Facebook Keeps Paul Walker’s Memory Alive” (Brubaker quoted)
March 2015
- Ito presents on 'connected learning' at SXSWedu Conference
- ICS Ph.D. Grad Receives Best Doctoral Dissertation Award from iSchools
February 2015
- Global Game Jam Spurs Inspiration and Connectivity
- Overseeing your online afterlife
- Orange County Business Journal: “Broadcom, UCI Plan Tech Tourney”
January 2015
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November 2014
- New York Times: “Click Bait Is a Distracting Affront to Our Focus,” by Gloria Mark
- Close to the trenches
- The Kernel: “11 women who are changing geek culture” (Karen Tanenbaum featured)