Tag Archive: National Science Foundation
UC Tech News
July 14, 2021
All Articlesdiversity, equity, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, inclusion, National Science Foundation, NSF, Shelly Leachman, STEM, UC Santa Barbara, UCSB
By Shelly Leachman. Aiming to fortify and grow the STEM talent pipeline at Hispanic-serving institutions, UC Santa Barbara has embarked on a collaborative grant project funded by the National Science Foundation. The NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant was awarded to the…
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UC Tech News
June 16, 2021
All Articlesdiversity, grant, inclusion, National Science Foundation, NSF, professional development, START UP SJV, STEM Teachers Alliance for Regional Tech, Students, UC Merced, UCM, underrepresented
By Leigh Bernacchi. The technology world is punctuated by startups, and UC Merced is “starting up” its own program to invigorate computer science education in the San Joaquin Valley. The National Science Foundation awarded a $300,000, two-year grant to support…
Read more about UC Merced Brings NSF ‘Computer Science for All’ Program to Merced Schools
UC Tech News
June 9, 2021
All ArticlesCalifornia Alliance, Georgia Tech, Harvard University, National Science Foundation, NSF, science technology engineering mathematics, STEM, UC Berkeley, UCB, University of Michigan, University of Texas at Austin, University of Washington
By Gretchen Kell. If underrepresented groups make up 30% of the increasingly diverse U.S. population, why do they represent less than 5% of the faculty nationwide, less than 6% of postdoctoral scholars and only about 10% of Ph.D. students in…
Read more about To Help Diversify STEM Faculty, Berkeley-led Model Goes National
UC Tech News
November 12, 2020
All ArticlesAI, Artificial Intelligence, Jeffrey Flannigan, Marilyn Walker, National Science Foundation, NSF, UC Santa Cruz, UCSC
By Tim Stephens. Computer scientists in the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz are partners in a new institute to explore the role that artificial intelligence (AI) may play in the future of education and workforce development. Funded…
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UC Tech News
October 21, 2020
All ArticlesA.J. Cheline, agriculture, AI Institute for Next Generation Food Systems, AIFS, Artificial Intelligence, CITRIS Banatao Institute, Food, Food Science, Ilias Tagkopoulos, Mason Earles, National Science Foundation, UC Davis, UC Davis News, UCD
By A.J. Cheline. The University of California, Davis, has been awarded $20 million as part of a multi-institutional collaboration to establish an institute focused on enabling the next-generation food system through the integration of artificial intelligence, or AI, technologies. The…
Read more about UC Davis to Lead New Artificial Intelligence Institute for Next-Generation Food Systems
UC Tech News
September 23, 2020
All Articlescomputing, Cyber Infrastructure and Research Computing, National Science Foundation, NSF, Office of Information Technology, Pinnacles, Supercomputer, supercomputing, UC Merced
By Lorena Anderson. UC Merced is rapidly gaining a strong reputation for research and scientific computing across many disciplines and a major expansion of its computing infrastructure is about to cement the campus’ status as a research computing hub. The…
Read more about New Grant More than Doubles Campus Supercomputing Power