THE ETHICS OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

TDLC scientists Andrea Chiba and Terry Sejnowski, together with Patricia Churchland (UCSD Emeritus Philosophy Professor) and Roger Bingham (UCSD TDLC and The Collaboratory) were awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to create a cross-disciplinary network of scientists and ethicists to consider the ethical use of a select set of emerging technologies for application to the science of learning, education, rehabilitation, medicine, and augmented humans.

They invite you to participate in this dialog in two public events being held in San Diego, in November:

• Are you ready for tomorrow’s world? Enhancing humans – what are the limits? November 10 from 1:00-3:00 pm
• Are you and your children really ready for Tomorrow's World?
  A Conversation in the Round, held at the San Diego Public Library
  from 5:00-7:00 pm

Click here for more information about the event!

Team Goblin wins first place in the inaugural San Diego Brain Hackathon!
The weekend of Sept. 10, 2016,TDLC investigators John Iversen and Alex Khalil, along with Joseph Heng (a visiting Masters student from Switzerland) entered a two-day Brain Hackathon as "Team Goblin." Their goal was to learn how to create a classroom-scale fun brain game, to introduce children to the idea of EEG and brain computer interfaces. To their surprise and delight, they won first place! The competition was organized by Qusp & CWLab International and sponsored by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Brain Initiative. More

Face Camp 2016
In June, 124 children, including 23 children with special needs, attended this summer’s Face Camp. Conducted at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, and organized by TDLC's Dr. Jim Tanaka, Face Camp is a free, one day workshop where typically developing and special needs children learn about the "science, art, and fun" of human face recognition. Learn more!

Lily Marapao, Human Resource Manager, is Retiring From UC San Diego After 31 years

Lily began working at UCSD in 1985 in the Accounting Office, and joined the Institute for Neural Computation (INC) in 2001. She has seen INC go through many changes in the 15 years that she has been here. She shares, "I am so proud of what INC has done and how its existence has made such an impact on research and the multi-disciplinary collaborators it has successfully brought together. It has been a privilege to have been associated with INC and its many prestigious scientists and researchers in the field of neural computation. Managing the administrative facets of a growing research unit within UCSD is both humbling and challenging at the same time, and has enabled me to further my career. For this opportunity I am very grateful. I will miss the friends I have made at INC and being part of a great team!"

Digital textbook scribbles, highlights could give students a learning leg up
(CU Boulder Today, 8/23/16)
TDLC researchers Drs. Michael Mozer and Hal Pashler are involved in a project that will allow the development of “smart” annotated online textbooks "to gain a better understanding of a particular learner’s state of mind and grasp of subject matter." The project, funded by a four-year, $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), has been created by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Rice University and UC San Diego. Article Click here to read an interview with Dr. Mike Mozer about the project!