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• Civil Engineering Education in a Visualization Environment: Experiences with VizClass

  - 2006-07-01

  ABSTRACT VizClass, a university classroom visualization environment, was developed to bridge the gap between high-tech engineering practice and low-tech engineering pedagogy. It contains a suite of digital whiteboards, a three-dimensional stereoscopic display, and specialized software for engineering visualization. Through observations, interviews, surveys, and examination of student work, we investigated student...

  Tags: computer, Engineering, environment, Learning, M., PRODUCTIVITY, software, University of California, visualization, whiteboard

• Small yet significant: first-ever simulation of entire life form.(Brief article)

  - 2006-05-01

  Finally, they're catching on. Computational biologists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and crystallographers at the University of California at Irvine, have completed the first computer simulation of an entire life form--a virus. In their quest to study life, biologists can "reverse engineer" life forms,...

  Tags: computer, PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, University of California, University of Illinois

• Retrial rejected in whistle-blower case

  - 2005-06-04

  A judge Friday turned down requests from the University of California and Lawrence Livermore nuclear-weapons lab for a third trial after twice losing million-dollar verdicts to a lab whistle- blower. Lab attorneys could not be reached to discuss the ruling. Attorneys for former Livermore lab computer technician...

  Tags: attorney, computer, Harassment, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PRODUCTIVITY, University of California, verdict

• Judge rejects plea for third university trial

  - 2005-06-04

  A judge Friday turned down requests from the University of California and Lawrence Livermore nuclear-weapons lab for a third trial after twice losing million-dollar verdicts to a lab whistleblower. Lab attorneys could not be reached to discuss the ruling. Attorneys for former Livermore lab computer technician Dee...

  Tags: attorney, computer, Harassment, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PRODUCTIVITY, University of California, verdict

• Dominican U. secures network to protect students and faculty.(Dominican University of California)

  - 2005-04-01

  Worms, viruses, spyware and other malicious code are a rapidly growing problem. According to computer industry associations, major viruses such as Sasser are costing companies, individuals and educational institutions worldwide billions of dollars annually. Considering this type of damaging code hits computer networks a few ...

  Tags: computer, network, SECURITY, Spyware, University of California, virus

• US admits 'missing' disks behind Los Alamos purge never existed

  - 2005-01-29

  WASHINGTON AFP — What started with a bang has ended with a whimper. The US Energy Department admitted that two allegedly "missing" secret computer disks that had triggered a major purge at one of the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratories never existed in the first place. But Linton Brooks,...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, computer, disk, security, University of California

• University of California-Irvine Names School for Billionaire Developer.

  - 2004-06-10

  The Orange County Register, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 10--A billionaire developer who rarely speaks publicly was honored Wednesday for making a donation that will help people communicate globally. The University of California, Irvine, named a major building and a...

  Tags: computer, developer, HTTP, INTERNET, Orange PCS, PRODUCTIVITY, University of California

• Computer and information sciences and support service Total Minority Baccalaureate

  - 2004-06-03

  Computer and Information Sciences and Support Service TOTAL MINORITY BACCALAUREATE ...

  Tags: California State University, computer, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, Storage, University of California, University of Maryland

• Computer and information sciences and support services Asian American Baccalaureate

  - 2004-06-03

  Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services ASIAN AMERICAN BACCALAUREATE ...

  Tags: California State University, computer, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, Storage, University of California, University of Maryland

• Computer maps Alzheimers.

  - 2003-06-20

  Jun 20, 2003 (Hospital & Healthcare - ABIX via COMTEX) A group of neuroscientists working at the University of Queensland have developed three-dimensional video maps of Alzheimer's disease. The new technique can be instrumental in early detection of the disease. The study was conducted...

  Tags: computer, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, University of California, University of California at Los Angeles, video