Hayes Featured in Calit2 Newsroom!

Gillian Hayes’ and STAR’s work was featured in UCI’s Calit2 Newsroom in an article on Technology and Autism! Can technology benefit those with autism? UCI professor Gillian Hayes thinks it can and does. Hayes, whose primary academic appointment is in Informatics (she also has appointments in education and pediatrics) told this week’s SURF-IT seminar series lunchtime […]

Brubaker Awarded Rob Kling Memorial Fellowship!

Congratulations to Jed Brubaker, who won a Rob Kling Memorial Fellowship for 2014-2015! The fellowship comes with a $2,000 cash award to support Jed’s research and dissertation. The Rob Kling Memorial Endowed Fellowship was created to honor the life of Rob Kling, Professor of Information and Computer Science here at UCI, who passed away in […]

Dombrowski Awarded Newkirk Graduate Student Fellowship!

Congratulations to Lynn Dombrowski, whose project on “How various perspectives on social justice affect the visioning and design of systems and technologies aimed to address issues of food justice” was awarded a Newkirk Graduate Student Fellowship for 2014-2015! The Newkirk Center for Science and Society awarded Lynn $8,000 to support her work.

Wong Awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Program Grant!

Congratulations to STAR undergraduate Tiffany Wong, who was awarded a UC Irvine Summer Undergraduate Research Program Grant/Fellowship in support of the research project “vSked: Visual Schedules for Autism”! Tiffany will be working with Gillian Hayes and Sen Hirano this summer.

Weiner Featured in ICS News!

Congratulations to STAR undergraduate Rachel Weiner, who was recently featured in the ICS news! The article is titled “Mentorship program makes a strong impression in its first year.” Rachel Weiner, a computer science/informatics double major who just finished her sophomore year, was paired up with Smart as her mentor. “I like the idea of having […]

Pina and Hayes’ Work Featured in PsychCentral and British Psychological Society!

Laura Pina and Gillian Hayes’ work on ADHD parenting strategies was recently featured in both PsychCentral and The British Psychological Association! PsychCentral: “New App Helps ADHD Moms Manage Stress” “Instead of focusing an individual in need we are looking at how to build and design technology for the family as a whole and what’s beneficial […]

Pina and Hayes’ Work Featured in Medical News Today!

Congratulations to Laura Pina and Gillian Hayes, whose work was featured recently in Medical News Today in an article titled “Stress measured and advice delivered by app to help parents cope in real time“. Computer scientists at Microsoft Research and the University of California, San Diego have developed a system that combines a mobile application […]

Projects Recognized at Ingenuity 2014!

Congratulations to STAR undergrads Kathy Nguyen and Erick Custodio, both part of teams placing within the top five project teams in ICS at the Ingenuity 2014 UCI Student Technology Showcase! Kathy Nguyen’s team project is Cappegories, a social iOS application that connects you with others to discover the latest apps that best fit your lifestyle. […]

Hayes Announced as Endowed Robert A. and Barbara L. Kleist Chair in Informatics!

Huge congratulations to Gillian Hayes, who will be the first holder of the newly endowed Robert A. and Barbara L. Kleist Chair in Informatics! Bob and Barbara Kleist are long-term supporters of the university, and have graciously donated $1M to establish the endowment. Thank you to the Kleists and congratulations to Gillian! Find more information […]

STAR Undergraduates Recognized at ICS Graduating Student Luncheon!

Several STAR undergrads will be receiving honors this week at the ICS Graduating Student Luncheon: Van Erick Custodio: Honors in Information and Computer Science, 2014 Outstanding Contribution to Research, 2014 Andrea Lau: Phi Beta Kappa, 2014 Katherine Nguyen: Outstanding Contribution to Research, 2014 Minhnhut Thanh Vo: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, 2012 Congratulations!