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UCI Team Collaborates on $15M Grant...
Each week, people in Los Angeles and San Francisco are taking more than 100,000 rides in self-driving vehicles, known as robotaxis. “As autonomous cyber-physical systems, such as autonomous cars, drones, and rovers, are increasingly used in everyday life, the security vulnerabilities of such systems are becoming more exposed to real-world attackers,” says Alfred Chen, a professor of computer science at UC Irvine.
Cal State LA and UC Irvine Awarded Prestigious...
Cal State LA, in partnership with the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious Partnerships for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance research and education in the field of materials science. This three-year, $1 million grant will launch a groundbreaking collaboration between Cal State LA and UC Irvine’s NSF-funded Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC).
25 Students Earn Environmental Changemakers...
Beginning in 2023, UC Irvine undergraduate students had the opportunity to complete the Environmental Changemakers certificate program. The program, jointly created by the schools of engineering, physical sciences and social ecology, aims to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of environmental issues and the policy challenges that surround them.
UC Irvine Discovery of ‘Item Memory’...
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have discovered the neurons responsible for “item memory,” deepening our understanding of how the brain stores and retrieves the details of “what” happened and offering a new target for treating Alzheimer’s disease. Memories include three types of details: spatial, temporal and item, the “where, when and what” of an event.