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AI institute led by UC San Diego lands $20 million grant
A new research institute led by UC San Diego has been awarded $20 million from the National Science Foundation to pursue breakthroughs in artificial intelligence across a wide swath of industries, such as cyber infrastructure, health care, education, semiconductor design, agriculture and communications networks.
The grant announced July 29 was part of $220 million that the NSF invested in 11 artificial intelligence research institutes across the country after a 10-month competition. The funding will be provided over the next five years.
TILOS. Its work will center on how artificial intelligence can drive lower costs, faster roll-outs, improved energy efficiency and other benefits.
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Citing potential disturbance of sea lions at Point La Jolla and a failure of organizers to secure needed permits in time, the California Coastal Commission said June 30 that La Jolla’s planned Fourth of July fireworks display should be moved from La Jolla Cove. It remains to be seen whether the show will take place at another location four days from now.
Dave Rolland, senior advisor of communications for San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria, confirmed to the
La Jolla Light that the show would not be permitted to go on as planned, with fireworks launched from near The Cove.
Grand Rose Bowl experience results in husky welcome to California’s most luxurious resort
Michael Patrick Shiels
Shawn Cox left the Wolverines licking their wounds when his undefeated University of Washington Huskie football team beat Michigan 34-14 in the 1992 Rose Bowl and won a share of the national championship. “Desmond Howard had won the Heisman Trophy and we scouted him for three weeks leading into that game. We shut him down,” said Cox who played defensive back. “We ran a very aggressive defense that put eight to nine guys up in the box.”
It was tee boxes Cox, a Seattle native whose mother played college golf, turned his attention to after graduation. When some late-night beers gone-wrong in the Torrey Pines Golf Course cart barn resulted in an immediate job opportunity, Cox found himself in America’s Finest City at the right time and was hired by the venue at which the PGA Tour competes annually and Tiger Woods won eight times - including a U.S. Open victory C
After nearly two hours of presentations, questions, discussion and debate, the La Jolla Development Permit Review Committee determined that the draft environmental impact report for the La Jolla View Reservoir replacement project is incomplete and voted at its Jan. 19 meeting that findings could not be made to support the development.
A working group with members of different planning groups was formed to meet with the city, make suggested improvements to the EIR and discuss alternatives.
The city extended the public review period for the EIR until April 1 to allow the group to form a recommendation. However, in that time, city engineers performed technical studies to help determine La Jolla’s water needs.