Sir Roger Penrose & Dr. Stuart Hameroff: CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE PHYSICS OF THE BRAIN The Qualcomm Institute 2020-05-12 | January 10, 2020Roth Auditorium - Sanford Consortium for Regenerative MedicineLa Jolla, CAAn intimate lecture with renowned mathematical physicist Sir Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Dr. Stuart Hameroff, followed by a conversation with The Science Network co-founder Roger Bingham. Co-organized by The Penrose Institute and the UC San Diego Institute for Neural Computation, with the support of Intheon, Neocortex Ventures, and the Data Science Alliance.Sir Roger Penrose and Dr. Stuart Hameroff discuss one of the leading theories of consciousness recently selected by the Templeton Foundation for study.Is the brain a sophisticated computer or an intuitive thinking device? Following on from their conference in Tucson which pitted Integrated Information Theory (IIT) against Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch-OR), Sir Roger Penrose OM and Stuart Hameroff discuss the current state of theories that might explain human consciousness.Sir Roger Penrose describe examples of ‘non-computability’ in human consciousness, thoughts and actions such as the way we evaluate particular chess positions which cast doubt on ‘Turing’ computation as a complete explanation of brain function. As a source of non-computability, Roger discuss his ‘objective reduction’ (‘OR’) self-collapse of the quantum wavefunction which is a potential resolution for the ‘measurement problem’ in quantum mechanics, and a mechanism for non-computable physics.Dr. Stuart Hameroff reviews neuronal and biophysical aspects of Orch OR, in which ‘orchestrated’ quantum vibrations occur among entangled brain microtubules and evolve toward Orch OR threshold and consciousness. The nature, feasibility, decoherence times and evidence for quantum vibrations in microtubules, their role and correlation with consciousness, effects upon them of anesthetic gases and psychedelic drug molecules will be discussed, along with Orch OR criticisms and predictions of microtubule quantum vibrations as therapeutic targets for mental and cognitive disorders.Biography: Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS, Emeritus Professor at the Mathematical Institute of the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow at Wadham College, and winner of the Wolf Prize in Physics, has made profound contributions across a broad range of scientific disciplines. His work encompasses geometry, black hole singularities, the unification of quantum mechanics and gravity, the structure of space-time, and the origin of our Universe. His geometric creations inspired the works of Escher, and the Penrose steps have been featured in several movies. His tilings adorn many public buildings, including the Oxford Mathematics Institute, and will soon decorate the San Francisco Transbay Terminal. The five-fold symmetry, initially thought impossible or a mathematical curiosity, has now been found in nature. In 1989 Penrose wrote The Emperor’s New Mind which challenged the premise that consciousness is computation and proposes we need new physics to understand it.Biography: Stuart Hameroff MD is an anesthesiologist at the University of Arizona in Tucson. In the mid 1990s Hameroff teamed with famed British physicist Sir Roger Penrose to develop a quantum theory of consciousness (‘orchestrated objective reduction’, ‘Orch OR’) based on microtubule quantum computing. Highly controversial and harshly criticized, Orch OR is now supported by evidence, e.g. that anesthetics act in quantum channels in microtubules, and that microtubules have multi-scalar resonances, e.g. in megahertz. He and anesthesiology colleagues performed and published the first clinical trial of transcranial ultrasound (‘TUS’) on mental states in human volunteers, showing mood enhancement from brief, low intensity TUS. Beginning in 1994 Hameroff was the lead in starting an interdisciplinary, international conference series ‘Toward a Science of Consciousness’ held in even-numbered years in Tucson, and odd-numbered years elsewhere around the world. Hameroff has written or edited 5 books, over a hundred scientific articles and book chapters, lectured around the world, and appeared in the film ‘WhattheBleep?’ and numerous TV shows about consciousness on BBC, PBS, Discovery, OWN and History Channel.Biography: Roger Bingham is the Cofounder and Director of The Science Network (http://thesciencenetwork.org) and a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute and the Institute for Neural Computation, UC San Diego. He is the co-author of The Origin of Minds: Evolution, Uniqueness, and the New Science of the Self, and the creator and host of Emmy award-winning PBS science programs on evolutionary psychology and cognitive neuroscience, including the critically acclaimed series The Human Quest. He is the Founding Director of the Collaboratory, a Center within INC, which is developing a Science In Society program of public and student engagement to explore and bridge the chasm between the creators and consumers of science and technology.
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Panel: Exploring New Collaborations The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Pecha Kucha Sessions: Brain Imaging The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Getting the Public Back in Public Health The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Cybersecurity for Healthcare The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Personalized Health The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Research on Addiction The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Diverse Approaches to Support Healthy Aging The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
CalIT2 Health Workshop | Opening Remarks The Qualcomm Institute 2024-10-18 | CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research InnovationsOctober 10, 2024Atkinson HallThe CalIT2 Workshop on Health and Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers, and academics to explore the latest advances in healthcare, mental health, and research innovation. The workshop will feature plenary talks from distinguished speakers, dynamic lightning talk “Pecha Kucha” sessions designed to inspire new ideas and foster rapid exchanges of information, and an open house showcasing cutting-edge research facilities and innovative startups. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage with thought leaders from across various disciplines, including faculty from University of California (UC) San Diego, UC Irvine, and UC Riverside, all of whom share a commitment to advancing health and research innovations.https://qi.ucsd.edu/
Gallery QI - Embodied Pacific: Three Lives The Qualcomm Institute 2024-09-30 | September 26, 2024In its entirety, Embodied Pacific features projects by 30 artists working with researchers in laboratories, field sites and archives in SoCal and the Pacific Islands.Gallery QI’s latest show, Embodied Pacific: Three Lives, focuses on early women in oceanography, Easter Ellen Cupp, June Pattullo and Anita Smith Hall, figured in works by artists Amy Adler, Nicolas G. Miller, Johnnie Chatman, Lauryn Smith and Jeffrey Stuker. The exhibit is curated by Lisa Cartwright with Leandro Martínez Depietri.Three Lives will be on view at Gallery QI through Friday, December 6. Gallery QI hours are Monday through Friday, from noon to 5 p.m.
Lei Liang: Six Seasons x Instrumentation Lab The Qualcomm Institute 2024-09-06 | Innovative use of instruments - from a whale acoustic lab to a concert hall - in Lei Liang's "Six Seasons" inspired by the Arctic Ocean.Composer Lei Liang and oceanographer Joshua Jones started their sonic exploration of the Arctic in 2018. Six Seasons (for any number or improvising musicians) was completed in 2022. It gives the opportunity to musicians to experiment with their instruments as they navigate this unfamiliar sonic environment.The score for Six Seasons is available for purchase here: eamdc.com/psny/composers/lei-liang/works/six-seasonsSix Seasons performed by Mivos Quartet is available for purchase here: newworldrecords.bandcamp.com/album/lei-liang-six-seasons
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Alert California The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Hue Hunt The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Closing Remarks The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Draggin Eggs The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Operation Incorporation The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Summer Showcase 2024: Intro The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-27 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
Neurodiversity in Tech Internship Showcase The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-23 | Neurodiversity in Tech Internship ShowcaseAugust 22, 2024Atkinson Hall at UC San DiegoAutism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect 1 out of 59 individuals, cost $137 billion per year in the U.S., and result in a staggering unemployment rate for adults who have the cognitive skills to contribute substantially to the technology workforce.Over the course of 8-9 weeks, our interns work in teams as programmers, project managers, artists, and designers with the aid of a peer coach to develop an educational or research-based video game. Each team will start with a concept from a client and develop the game to production by fostering a stakeholder relationship with the client. The teams are also supported by professional mentors from the video game industry, including Ubisoft, and interns participate in weekly Lunch and Learn events. At the end of the program, interns present their achievements to the community, including industry partners and advocates, during a showcase event.https://ndtech.ucsd.edu/
IDEAS Performance: Hearing Extremes 2024 The Qualcomm Institute 2024-08-06 | On Friday, May 24, 2024, the Qualcomm Institute’s IDEAS series presents “Hearing Extremes” with renowned composer and UC San Diego Professor of Music Lei Liang, and New York City-based new music chamber group loadbang.“Hearing Extremes” introduces original compositions by UC San Diego graduate students in collaboration with researchers from the university’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering. Through the “Hearing Extremes” seminar, composers and artists work closely with geologist Emily Chin and oceanographer Joshua Jones, to develop interdisciplinary projects outside the walls of their respective departments, to think of the entire campus as a place for “great learning,” to reconsider what each participant’s role might be in regard to the collaboration, and to create works that would not be possible without a fully integrated approach that reflects the knowledge, technology and global issues of our time.The program features premieres of works by composers Mitchell Carlstrom, Stephen de Filippo, WANG Delong, Gabriel Soberón Nelson, Haihui Zhang, and visual artist Moe Penders Ramos. loadbang performed the students’ pieces for a live audience.This collaboration was supported by funds generously provided by the Dean of the School of Arts and Humanities, Cristina Della Coletta.
IDEAS Performance: Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate The Qualcomm Institute 2024-07-15 | Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate is a cross-disciplinary multimedia performance piece featuring self-developed found material robots, real-time AI generation, motion tracking, audio spatialization, and bio-feedback-based audio synthesis. The immersive piece challenges the human-centric perspective and invites audiences to contemplate the coexistence of technology, nature, and us.Credits （in alphabetical order):Co-Directors: Mingyong Cheng, Sophia Sun, Han ZhangPerformers: Yuemeng Gu, Erika RoosRobotic Engineer: Sophia SunVisual Artist: Mingyong ChengSound Designer: Han ZhangLighting Engineer: Zehao Wang, Han ZhangVideo Editor: Yuemeng GuPost Production Coordinator: Mingyong ChengTechnical & Installation Support: Yifan Guo, Ke Li, Zehao Wang, Zetao YuSpecial thanks to Palka Puri for plant support, the Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS) program at the University of California San Diego and Qualcomm Institute for sponsoring this project, and the AV team from the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) for installation and media support.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - Goobs in Geisel (Group 4) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | CSE 125 Video Game DemosJune 7, 2024Goobs in Geisel (Group 4)Hannah Grehm, Zihang He, Suprith Krishnakumar, Jeffrey Liu, Sandy Wu, Sally Yu, Vincent ZhangThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - The Chords of Chaos (Group 2) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | CSE 125 Video Game DemosJune 7, 2024The Chords of Chaos (Group 2)Wing Chan, Junwei Chen, Shane Kim, Tim Lacaba, Jacob Lin, Ryan Rickey, Kira TranThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - Wrath of Zeus (Torchlight Games) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | CSE 125 Video Game DemosJune 7, 2024Wrath of Zeus (Torchlight Games)Edward Jin, Gil Keidar, Tyler Lentz, David Min, Jong Hyun Park, Anthony Tarbinian, Jiawen WangThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - Wrong Cave (TBD Studios) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | CSE 125 Video Game DemosJune 7, 2024Wrong Cave (TBD Studios)Kenzo Ku, Nick Petrone, Tyler Roache, Marcelo Shen, Khanh (Killian) To, William Wu, Sean YenThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - Four Seasons (Vivaldi) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | CSE 125 Video Game DemosJune 7, 2024Four Seasons (Vivaldi)Anh Le, Zhuoran Li, Rana Lulla, Matthew Peng, Melody Ruth, Alan Sun, Benjamin XiaThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125 Video Game Demos 2024 - Welcome Remarks, Professor Geoffrey M. Voelker The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-13 | Welcome RemarksProfessor Geoffrey M. VoelkerThe goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. The course emphasizes the development process itself as well as the final product. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
CSE 125: Software System Design and Implementation Final Presentations 2024 The Qualcomm Institute 2024-06-08 | The goal of CSE 125 is to experience the design and implementation of a large, complex software system in large groups. The course emphasizes the development process itself as well as the final product. Over the course of 10 weeks, the groups decide on the features of their project, specify its requirements, create a design and implementation schedule, implement it, and give a public demonstration. To make the class exciting as well as challenging, the project is a distributed, real-time, 3D, multiplayer game of each group's design.
Lei Liang – Six Seasons x Marco Fusi The Qualcomm Institute 2024-05-28 | World-renowned violinist Marco Fusi performs Lei Liang’s 60-minute piece “Six Seasons” on violin and viola d’amore. “Six Seasons” was inspired by Liang’s 6-year collaboration with scientists Joshua Jones and John Hildebrand of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The music pairs live performance with natural sounds captured by hydrophones placed 300 meters below the sea surface in the Arctic. Mingyong Cheng’s visual display of NASA images of the Arctic will be enhanced by sonic spatialization by UCSD PhD candidate Charles Deluga, a member of the Lei Lab.
Gallery QI - Lienzo de Piedra Canvas of Stone The Qualcomm Institute 2024-05-01 | “Lienzo de Piedras” / “Canvas of Stone” is a photographic journey through the Pool Tunich cave system of Quintana Roo, Mexico. These images were taken during a month-long expedition through the system, captured in a vibrant palette of light and shadow intended to evoke the qualities and values of the caves’ historical use and cultural significance. Photographs of cave features intermingle with a navigable projection of LIDAR point clouds that recreate the system in 3D.The Maya viewed the cave as an entrance or portal to the Underworld, a real and mythological place associated with emergence and fertility. Today, these spaces exist in close proximity to large-scale infrastructure projects. Through a union of art and technology, “Canvas of Stone” is part of an ongoing effort to document and preserve this part of Mexico’s cultural heritage for posterity.During course of his work in the region, Amador has collaborated with researchers at the Qualcomm Institute, and the stewards of the cave – Grupo Rio Secreto, with the support of El Centro Investigador del Sistema Acuífero de Quintana Roo (CINDAQ) and Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History.Fabio Esteban Amador is an archaeologist and a visual artist originally from El Salvador. By merging art and science he continually is crafting a visual language that infuses his multi-media art, murals, paintings, photography and short film. He studied fine arts at the Art Student League of New York and School of Visual Arts. He continued studies at Rutgers and earned a Master’s and Ph.D. in Mesoamerican archaeology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His doctoral research focused on excavating and mapping Maya sites across the states and regions of the Northern Yucatan peninsula and Quintana Roo, Mexico to investigate how groups established their identity through art and iconography. Later work has also included locations throughout Maya regions of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. He was founding member of OLAS (Latin American Underwater Archaeology Organization) and a research associate at INA (Institute for Nautical Archaelogy). Fabio Esteban has also operated as a program and science officer for the National Geographic Society and has contributed to National Geographic Mundo’s television series Mysteries of the Underworld. His work has been published and exhibited by the National Geographic Magazine, iWatch Magazine, Tres Tiempos Magazine, The NatGeo Museum in Washington, Museo de Antropología David J. Guzman in San Salvador, the International Center for the Arts in Spartanburg, SC and NatGeo’s online Explorer’s Journal.Gallery QI would also like to acknowledge Scott McAvoy for his help towards producing a visualization of Pool Tunich, and Grupo Rio Secreto for partnering in capturing the data of cave system used in the project.
IDEAS - LAMP - Lighting Art Music Projection - Presents Gravebirth The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-30 | Gravebirth is a group audio-visual-movement improvisation representing parallel stories that confront social oppression. Referencing “Zendegi (Life)” by contemporary Iranian woman poet Erfan Nazar Ahari and the novel “Silence” by Japanese author Syusaku Endo, Gravebirth aims to create a hopeful and optimistic expression of solidarity for people struggling for freedom. Initiative for Digital Exploration of Arts and Sciences (IDEAS)The initiative aims to encourage interdisciplinary performing, visual, and literary-artists, as well as engineers and scientists, to take advantage of the Qualcomm Institute’s advanced audio-visual facilities, services and personnel in staging performances and presentations of new and experimental works and research. The institute will provide access to its venue and performance spaces, as well as access to a/v, event and communications personnel on an in-kind basis. IDEAS submissions go through a rigorous peer review by the IDEAS Program Committee, chaired by IDEAS Director Shahrokh Yadegari, with members appointed from among QI-affiliated faculty and graduate students from the UC San Diego departments of Music, Visual Arts, Theatre & Dance, or from schools and divisions in the sciences and engineering. Each winning proposal is also awarded an onsite residency lasting from a single day to a full week, depending on project scope (see “Proposals” section below for details). It is anticipated that the longer residencies will feature important new works. “The Qualcomm Institute has become a world-renowned venue for faculty and students to stage performances that could not be staged anywhere else,” says Yadegari, a professor of Music at UC San Diego. “The institute offers spaces and tools – from advanced spatialized 3D audio to large-scale video walls and immersive, virtual-reality environments – that can provide faculty, students, staff, and alumni with a new canvas for their technology-based performances.”
Lei Liang - Hearing Landscapes (painting by Huang Binhong) (remake) The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-18 | Electro-acoustic composition by Lei Liang to accompany high-resolution scans of rare Chinese landscape paintings by 20th-century artist Huang Binhong (黃賓虹1865-1955). Original painting dimension: 46 x 32 cm (18” x 12”); Digital display dimension: 967 x 272 cm (380.8" x 107.2”). Audio: 7-channel surround sound; also version for stereo. Lei Liang – Composer (Calit2, UCSD) and Principal Investigator Audio Team: Zachary Seldess – Principal Collaborator / Audio Software Developer; Greg Surges – Audio Software Developer; Eric Hamdan – Audio System Developer Visual Team: Falko Kuester – Visual Explorer (CISA3, UCSD); Samantha Stout – Cultural Heritage Engineer; Chris McFarland – Software Developer; Eric Lo – Robotic Engineer; James Strawson – Robotic Engineer; John Mangan – Software Engineer; Alex Matthews – Video Production “Landscapes,” album leaf by Huang Binhong on loan through the courtesy of Elna Tsao with support from the Mozhai Foundation (http://mozhaifoundation.org).
Border Crossers with Chico MacMurtie and Amorphic Robot Works – Exhibition Premiere The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-16 | "The “Border Crossers” exhibition focuses on Chico MacMurtrie’s recent inflatable projects: “Border Crossers” and “Dual Pneuma,” including one of his robotic “Border Crossing” sculptures, along with videos and drawings of the “Border Crossers” and “Dual Pneuma.” Both projects channel MacMurtrie’s aesthetic and political concerns into speculative interventions at or along the U.S.-Mexico border. While his “Border Crossers” inflate over the border fence from both sides at once as a gesture of connection between two countries, the “Dual Pneuma” sculpture embodies the idea of a fluid cultural identity. “Dual Pneuma’s” imagined Fronterizx identity is distilled in its mirrored form and infinite flexibility.Part of MacMurtrie’s time at QI will be spent working toward a “Border Crossers” performance at the San Diego/Tijuana border while continuing research and development of the “Dual Pneuma” project in conjunction with Mike T. Tolley, Ph.D., Associate Professor with UC San Diego’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Bioinspired Robotics and Design Lab.“Dual Pneuma” is produced by the UC Irvine Beall Center for Art + Technology and will be exhibited in “Future Tense: Art, Complexity and Predictability” at the Beall Center as part of Getty’s PST ART: “Art & Science Collide” from September – December 2024.BiographyChico MacMurtrie’s work pushes the boundaries between robotic sculpture, new media installation and performance. After receiving an M.F.A from UCLA, he became known for his anthropomorphic, computer-controlled sculptures, which evolved over the years into a “Society of Machines.” Today, operating out of a studio in Brooklyn, New York, also known as the “Robotic Church,” MacMurtrie is internationally recognized for his “Inflatable Architectural Bodies” series, which explores the underlying essence of movement and transformation in organic and non-organic bodies. Freestanding or suspended in mid-air, these servo-pneumatic “soft machines” inflate and deflate through an articulated series of movements, depicting imaginary molecular and cellular formations on a magnified scale.MacMurtrie has received numerous awards for his experimental new media artworks, including five grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant, the Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, VIDA Life 11.0, and Prix Ars Electronica, the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Mapfund Grant, the New York Fellowship for the Arts and the MAAF Grant.. MacMurtrie/ARW’s works have been presented in major museums and venues around the world, including the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC), Beijing; Hayward Gallery, London; Museo de la Reina Sofia, Madrid; Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie, Paris; Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City; Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY; Shanghai Biennale; Tri Postal, Lille, (retrospective exhibition), Mu atwerk, Munich; Ex-Dogana, Rome, ZHI Art Museum, Chengdu; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ; Rubin Center for the Visual Arts (UTEP), El Paso, TX; Queens Museum, Queens, NY and the Bronx Museum for the Visual Arts, Bronx, NY.
2024 5NRP - Arpit Gupta The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | FABRIC Keynote: In Search of a Networking Unicorn: Realizing Closed-Loop ML Pipeline for NetworkingArpit Gupta, UC Santa Barbara
2024 5NRP - Nik Sultana The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | Keynote Demo - FPGANik Sultana, Illinois Institute of Technology
2024 5NRP - Michael Farley The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | SDSU and NRP Nautilus for InstructionMichael Farley, SDSU
2024 5NRP - Mai Nguyen The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | SmokeyNet for Wildfire Smoke DetectionMai H. Nguyen, SDSC
2024 5NRP - Larry Smarr The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | AI/ML Computing Across Diverse DisciplinesLarry Smarr, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Phil Harris The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | AI/ML Computing for the Laser Interferometric Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO)Phil Harris, MIT
2024 5NRP - Valerie Polichar and Adam Tilghman The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | Data Science/Machine Learning Platform for StudentsValerie Polichar, Adam Tilghman, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Jerry Sheehan The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | The Technology Infrastructure for Data Exploration (TIDE) and the RON as an Enabling Partner for Digital EquityJerry Sheehan, Salk/SDSU
2024 5NRP - Frank Wuerthwein The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | Toward NAIRRFrank Wuerthwein, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Chris Bruton The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-05 | CENIC-AIR and the Science DMZ ModelChris Bruton, CENIC
2024 5NRP - Youngsu Kim and Dung Vu The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | Expanding NRP Usage on Your Campus Using Jupyter NotebooksDung Vu, Youngsu Kim, CSUSB
2024 5NRP - Joe Mambretti The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | StarLight/MRENJoe Mambretti, Northwestern University
2024 5NRP - Vince Kellen The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | AI for the University as an EnterpriseVince Kellen, UC San Diego CIO
2024 5NRP - Frank Wuerthwein The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | NRP, from AI to Networking Research to EducationFrank Wuerthwein, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Ravi Ramamoorthi The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | Neural Radiance Fields for View SynthesisRavi Ramamoorthi, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Ilkay Altintas The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | National Data Platform (NDP) as a Research Resource for AIIIkay Altintas, UC San Diego
2024 5NRP - Katie Antypas The Qualcomm Institute 2024-04-04 | Keynote: 5NRP / NAIRR PilotDr. Katie Antypas, NSF OAC
