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UCLA researchers teach computer to read the internet

UCLA researchers teach computer to read the internet

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Sifting through nearly 2 million posts, their algorithm could identify an underlying narrative Teaching computers to read is one thing. But by designing an algorithm that examined nearly 2 million posts from two popular...

Four UCLA Engineering faculty named IEEE Fellows

Four UCLA Engineering faculty named IEEE Fellows

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Four faculty members of the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science have been elected as Fellows of IEEE, the world's largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for...

New Faculty Join UCLA Engineering in 2016-17

New Faculty Join UCLA Engineering in 2016-17

By UCLA Samueli NewsroomThe UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science welcomes 11 new faculty members in 2016-17 to a roster that includes 32 affiliated members of the National Academy of Engineering and more than 60...

UCLA Engineering announces new Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series

UCLA Engineering announces new Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]The UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science is proud to announce the creation of the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Distinguished Speaker Series. The new annual series will bring national and international...

Ho Named AAAS Fellow

Ho Named AAAS Fellow

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Chih-Ming Ho, a UCLA distinguished research professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and of bioengineering, has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS Fellows are...

The robot is at your service

The robot is at your service

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]UCLA engineering students built the robot concierge at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center Internationally renowned UCLA professor of engineering Dennis Hong gets excited about robots — downright giddy at...

Computers learn to recognize molecules that can enter cells

Computers learn to recognize molecules that can enter cells

By UCLA Samueli Newsroom [social_share_button]Researchers' peptide discovery has broad implications for biomedicine A team of researchers from UCLA and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign originally set out to discover and design antimicrobial peptides —...