“How does play become industrialized as part of the larger practice of a culture industry?” Thanks to the The Fulbright Program, #informatics Ph.D. candidate William Dunkel will spend the 2023-24 academic year exploring this question in Seoul. Read: bit.ly/3Kt9Ur8 #uciics

Yarn isn’t associated with #computerscience, but “ICS 190: Recrafting Soft Technologies” isn’t your typical CS course. Students build an open-source, software-enabled robotic loom kit called Robo-Loom & weave unique creations in teams. Read: bit.ly/3EvwnAx #uciics

What should universities be doing to educate students about how to responsibly use generative artificial intelligence technologies in college and after they graduate? Read Paul Dourish's response to this question: bit.ly/3PstjeC #uciics

Congratulations to Assistant Professor of Informatics Daniel Epstein (Daniel Epstein) for receiving the prestigious U.S. National Science Foundation's Faculty Early Career Development award to advance his research into meaningful self-tracking experiences. 👏 📱 Read: bit.ly/3EJRFdq #uciics

Stop by the 5th Annual ICS Industry Showcase on Oct. 10-11. 2023, where representatives from 30+ high-tech companies visit UCI to meet and recruit ICS undergraduate and graduate students. 💻💼 Register now at: bit.ly/2023ICSIndustr… #uciics #ICSIndustryShowcase

Congrats to Informatics Prof. André van der Hoek & his team for securing a new $1.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation: “Improving the Mental Well-being and Productivity of the Software Development Workforce of Tomorrow.” 🎉 Read: bit.ly/46yma2d #uciics

Exciting news! The latest edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked UCI in the top 10 for Game & Simulation Development and for Software Engineering and the top 30 for Computer Science. Read: bit.ly/48ugyrz #ucics

Melissa Mazmanian (Professor, Chancellor’s Fellow & Chair for the UCI Department of Informatics) delivered the 2023 State of the Informatics Department talk on Sept. 29 to kick off the Fall '23 Informatics Seminar Series: bit.ly/3tk9f5u #uciics

Congrats to informatics Ph.D. student Eunkyung Jo for receiving the prestigious Google Fellowship for her work on personal informatics systems for mental health! 🎉🏩 Read: bit.ly/3rRba12 #uciics

After advancing to the semi-final round of the NSF VITAL Prize Challenge in July, Ph.D. student Ariel Han continues to expand StoryAI, an AI-based learning platform. In November, she will learn whether AIStory advances to the final round. Read: bit.ly/3RYaIZz #uciics

Bill Tomlinson, an informatics professor at UCI, and Andrew Torrance, a law professor at the University of Kansas, are sharing what they’ve learned about using generative AI in scholarly work in a series of papers. 📝 Read: bit.ly/3QuuzNs #uciics

To address industry needs in cloud security while supporting students, UCI's Cybersecurity Policy & Research Institute & the School of ICS partnered with SoCal industry leaders to create a cloud security course in the MSWE program. ☁️🔒 Read: bit.ly/3QQEpL1 #uciics

Anne Marie Piper and her colleagues are working on a $2M NSF project, “Building an Inclusive Future of Work: Accessible Collaboration for Visually Impaired Information Workers,” to develop more equitable & inclusive collaboration tools. 👩‍🏫 Read: bit.ly/40BnzTC #uciics

Kylie Peppler & her colleagues at UCI's Connected Learning Lab are making waves with the Million Girls Moonshot project with STEM Next, exceeding goals in engaging girls in STEM. Now, they're onto phase 2 of the work. 🚀 Read: bit.ly/3GlqlDh #uciics

Shalini Bhakta is furthering her passion for information and computer sciences. The third-year UCI informatics major flew to Orlando, Florida, in September for #GHC23, a conference and job fair for women in the computing industry. 👩‍💻 Read: bit.ly/48h4ZU0 #uciics

Student Spotlight: Third-year undergraduate Rebecca Agyapong shares her journey exploring software engineering — building a supportive community and amplifying Black voices along the way. ✨ Read: bit.ly/4bYddmi #uciics

Join us for the #SchoolsNotPrisons talk led by Dr. David Turner III, senior advisor at the Alliance for Boys and Men of Color, on April 5! 📢 #SchoolsNotPrisons is part of the Informatics Seminar Series & serves as the keynote for DCA 2024 at UCI. Read: bit.ly/3PGEgck

The MSWE professional program has never had a student basketball player, but Moulayna Johnson Sidi Baba wanted to explore her options outside of basketball. 🏀💻 Learn about how basketball standout Sidi Bada ended up at UCI studying software engineering: bit.ly/4d0fkq5

Graduate Student Spotlight: Vitica Arnold ✨ In honor of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, learn about how informatics Ph.D. student Vitica Arnold designs technology to better support people with cognitive disorders: bit.ly/3K2G5Nx #uciics #GAAD

Congrats to Gillian Hayes for being inducted to the ACM SIGCHI Academy Class of 2024, an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field of HCI! 🎉 Read: bit.ly/3WWkrC6