http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/ A list of recent news articles at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering. Copyright (C) 2009, UC Santa Cruz Engineers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, have developed a powerful new approach to a fundamental problem in computer vision: how to program a computer to recognize or categorize what it "sees" in an image or video. Their software could change the way people search the Web for photos and videos, and it may have applications in many other areas as well, such as video surveillance and security systems. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1803 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Nobuhiko Kobayashi, associate professor of electrical engineering in the Jack Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz, has been appointed co-director of the Advanced Studies Laboratory (ASL), a collaborative research facility jointly administered by UCSC and the NASA Ames Research Center. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1802 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 Groundbreaking research being pursued at the Baskin School of Engineering at UC Santa Cruz will be showcased at the school's Research Review Day on Thursday, October 22. The event will include faculty research presentations and graduate student posters, providing a broad overview of exciting research in areas such as bioengineering, nanotechnology, software service engineering, cyber-infrastructure, biostatistics, and systems design. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1798 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Arthur Ramirez, dean of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, came to UCSC from Bell Labs, a legendary center for science and engineering. He brings a true passion for using fundamental and applied research to solve real-world problems. In the interview that follows, he discusses the importance of developing deeper partnerships in Silicon Valley, and he describes the qualities that make the Baskin School of Engineering uniquely positioned to contribute to the rapidly changing technologies of the 21st century. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1795 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700 The Bio-Info-Nano Research and Development Institute (BIN-RDI) of the University of California, Santa Cruz, is sponsoring four programs in renewable energy through the summer of 2009. The goal of these initiatives is to foster global collaborative study and research that yields useful alternative energy solutions. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1780 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 More than 30 participants spent one day of intense interaction at the UCSC Silicon Valley Center in the NASA Ames Research Park at Moffett Field, California. The sessions, which included formal presentations and discussion, addressed many key challenges of renewable energy, including: http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1779 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 Graduate student Zuki Tanaka, has won a prestigious fellowship from NASA graduate student research program (GSRP) in the amount of $90,000 for 2009 to 2012 http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1778 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700 R&D magazine has awarded an R&D 100 Award to the Artificial Retina Project, recognizing it as one of the most innovative ideas of the year. Wentai Liu, professor of electrical engineering at the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, leads UCSC's participation in the Artificial Retina Project, which involves researchers at five national laboratories, four universities, and an industrial partner, with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy. http://www.ee.ucsc.edu/news/article?ID=1777 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700