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CSE's Larry Smarr to Lead $24.5M Marine
Cyberinfrastructure Initiative |
Larry Smarr and Marv Frazier of the J.
Craig Venter Institute are leading a new research project to
help scientists study microbes in their natural ecosystems.
CAMERA, or the Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced
Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis, will build a
state-of-the-art computational resource and develop software
tools to decipher the genetic code of communities of microbial
life in the world's oceans. UCSD's Calit2 (of which Smarr
is director) will head the project in conjunction with the
J. Craig Venter
Institute, and UCSD's Center for Earth Observations and
Applications. CSE's Ingolf Krueger is a co-PI on the
project, which is funded by a grant from the Gordon and Betty
Moore Foundation. Please see the San
Diego Union-Tribune and Jacobs
School of Engineering for complete coverage.
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Master's Thesis Spawns Online Photo-sharing
Company
It was in his mother's frustration with
digital camera software that CSE alumnus Ryan Sit ('02)
found his master's thesis. And from that research came
DropShots, a website that automatically organizes,
formats, and uploads a user's photos and videos to the
Web. Users and invited guests can then view the photos
and post comments online. More about the genesis of
DropShots is available here.
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CSE
Student Wins Microsoft Fellowship
Bioformatics
Ph.D. student Noah Zaitlen has been awarded a Microsoft
Research Fellowship! The award will support his research
into the development of methods to better understand the
genetics of common human diseases. Zaitlen is advised by
CSE professor Eleazar Eskin, and is currently undecided
about pursuing a career in academia or the private
sector. Begun in 1997, Microsoft Research's Graduate
Fellowship program provides outstanding graduate
students with tuition and fees, a TabletPC, a stipend,
and a conference allowance. The program is open to
students at U.S. and Canadian universities who are
pursuing studies in the fields of computer science,
electrical engineering, or math. Each year, the award is
given to approximately 12 students for a two-year
period, and may be extended for a third. More
information about the Fellowship program is available
here.
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Calit2 Opens New Building
Calit2, UCSD's
division of the California Institute for
Telecommunications and Information Technology, opened
their new building on Friday, October 28, 2005.
Affiliated with the Jacobs School of Engineering, the
Institute is a multidisciplinary research hub that
fosters innovation by professors from all over UCSD,
including the Department of Computer Science and
Engineering. More information about the ceremony is
available here.
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CNS
Names New Director
CSE's Amin Vahdat has been
named the new director of the Center for Networked
Systems. An Associate Professor at CSE, Vahdat
becomes CNS' second director since its establishment in
July of 2004. Vahdat takes the reins from founding
director Andrew Chien, who left to join Intel
Corporation as Director of Research. The full press
release can be found here.
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Digital Nursing Project Brings Technology to
Elder Care
CSE's Bill Griswold, along with a team
of 11 undergrads, recently visited St. Paul's Senior
Homes & Services to unveil a piece of software they
designed to improve patient information management. The
tool tracks changes in the condition of each patient and
negates the need for a hand-written log book that can be
messy, illegible, and error-prone. The Digital Nursing
Project is part of UCSD's Teams in Engineeering Services
(TIES), a program that creates technology solutions for
non-profits. More information about TIES and its Digital
Nursing program can be found here.
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Eat,
Drink, and Be Merry
CSE wrapped up the fall
quarter by holding its annual holiday party on the last
day of classes. There was terrific food (both catered
and home-made, including an amazing tiramisu),
holiday-themed music, and lots of socializing. In
keeping with CSE tradition, faculty, staff, and grad
students also wrote and performed skits that were long
on laughs and short of formal stage direction. Pictures
of the festivities can be found here.
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