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MARCH 18, 2019

Leonard Kleinrock is the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. After we typed the first two letters from our computer room at UCLA, namely, “Lo” for “Login,” the network crashed. We are currently still suffering from those shifts.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 20, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 -- Sustainable Product and Smart Grid System Design Program. This program will be jointly taught between Dr. Sanjeev Jain and Dr. Rajit Gadh of UCLA. The first part of the program will present Sustainable Product Design and the second part of the program will present Sustainable Smart Grid System Design.

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MAY 10, 2011

The site--whose games were designed by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell--offers up online games which have been vetted by scientists to help reduce the risk of early memory loss. The firm was co-founded by Elizabeth Amini and Brent Bushnell. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2015

Are you a web design wiz who would like to show off their web design chops to the world? designer design website contest hosting assembly generally' The contest starts on January 9th, and runs through February 15th. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Tuesday, March 9, 2010 -- Sustainable Product Design and Smart Grid System Architecture Program. This program will be jointly taught between Dr. Sanjeev Jain and Professor Rajit Gadh of UCLA.

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OCTOBER 29, 2012

The firm--which looks to be recruiting Java Developers, project managers, and UX/UI designers in its LA location--apparently lets employees take off as much time as they feel like they need, as one of the perks for working for the company.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 10, 2012

This weekend UCLA has put together 48hr Startup and TechZulu will be there to bring you all the final startup presentations live. UCLA 48hr Startup brings together people with technical, design or business background to share ideas, form teams, build products and launch startups. You can signup here. 5:00pm – Networking.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

This weekend, February 22-24th, will be your chance to attend UCLA Anderson School of Management’s 42 hour Developers Contest, hosted at ROC in Santa Monica. UCLA’s ASM has partnered with Microsoft, Nokia, WIX, Yahoo! The post UCLA Hack-a-thon Starts Today! Fri, Feb 22. 3:00pm Doors Open. 5:00pm Brown Bag/Teamwork.

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APRIL 14, 2010

El Monte-based Solarmer , the UCLA spinout which is developing flexible photovoltaic power technology, is in a deal to provide its technology to an artist glass design studio, Joel Berman Glass Studios. Tags: solarmer ucla photovoltaic power energy solar glass artistic. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. We noticed you have lots of UCLA folks involved in the business--what's the link to UCLA?

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. in Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Other firms also recognized in individual categories included El Segundo-based NanoH2O , the UCLA spinout headed by Jeff Green, for its water filtration and purification technology. Panda Security , which is based in Spain but has its U.S. Panasonic develops in-flight entertainment systems.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

LA Cleantech Incubator , officially launched last week, and was created by Los Angeles Cleantech Alliance, a group supported by Mayor's Office, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Community Redevelopment Agency for Los Angeles, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, UCLA, USC, CalTech, and Arts Center College of Design.

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DECEMBER 4, 2015

The startup said it is developing novel drugs based on the anti-cancer activity of metformin and designed to reduce cancer energy production to treat a range of cancer types. The company was founded by Dr. Michael Jung and Dr. Richard Pietras, both of whom are professors at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

TechCrunch is heading to UCLA on October 18 and we’ve assembled some of the AR/VR industry’s most prescient founders, investors and executives to chat about the startups and trends driving virtual and augmented reality in 2018. UCLA, Los Angeles // October 18. See full agenda here. Kickstarting an Industry.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

JumpStartFund--which is based in El Segundo--said its community has voted to name the company Hyperloop Transportation Technologies , and also has tapped into ANSYS, GloCal Network Corporation, and UCLA"s Architecture and Urban Design program SUPRASTUDIO to work on the effort.

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MAY 11, 2011

The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer. So I actually started a graphic design company out of college, and got lucky with the web taking off at the right time. So Nolan is behind the design of the games? This is my third company.

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Recently, we learned about Solarmer Energy , a spinout of UCLA, which is developing flexible solar panels, and caught up with Woolas Hsieh , President and Founder of the firm and Dina Lozofsky , VP, Corporate Development at the firm to hear more about its emerging technology. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2016

the new electric car startup led by car designer Henrik Fisker, has announced its first vehicle, the Fisker EMotion , saying that it will tap technology from a UCLA spinout to help power the vehicle. a UCLA spinout specifically working on graphene research. Los Angeles-based Fisker Inc. , READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 17, 2012

Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. World-class education including Caltech, USC and UCLA. They designed the next gen UI for the film The Minority Report. An innovator in technology, especially monetization.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

We sat down with Wong--professor emeritus at UCLA--and Liu to talk about the company's roots from research at UCLA, and how it's trying to get past the poor reputation of products in its segment, the debate over whether radiation from cell phones does or does not affect humans, plus its private equity backing by Bridgewater Capital Partners.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Awardees included UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock, who was recognized for his work on packet switching and the Internet; Andrew J. Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm; plus Lockheed Martin's SkunkWorks, which was behind the design of the U-2, SR-71, F-117, and F-22, and which is based in Palmdale.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Yarnell Design (www.masonyarnell.com/tech). Brilliant web and iPhone app design. Tech Coast Angels Fast Pitch - February 24th - UCLA. Robert Ramey Software Development (www.rrsd.com/socal ) - We provide services for the design and development of products requiring expertise in software, electronics, and mechanical engineering.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 23, 2018

Electronauts is designed to deliver a social experience, in which players can create music for their surroundings. The new title is immersive, but designed to be played in a social setting, like a party. Burba will be joining us at TC Sessions: AR/VR on October 18 at UCLA.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 9, 2022

The pair posed as UCLA students doing research, Danna said, going from salon to salon asking questions about what worked and what did not with scheduling in their workplaces. “We started obsessing about this,” Danna went on. They decided that this would be what they would tackle and build as a business.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Almost all of the finalists were MBAs (Stanford x2, Wharton, Harvard x2, MIT, UCLA). I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper.

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JULY 1, 2013

Three years ago, I started the first of three companies in a portfolio out of the UCLA health system, VAL9000. You have to got through a more rigorous planning and designing process to design these devices, and plus there''s the approval necessary from the FDA. It was also focused on consumer internet, which was not my strength.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2014

We went to junior high school and UCLA together. We were seniors at UCLA, and both of us in very different areas. I also have a very good friend who is a UX designer, and she really had a great eye for the brand we wanted to build. We stumbled upon another person, who is still our main creative director and designer.

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Tech.Co

JUNE 17, 2015

Otis College of Art and Design. Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Massachusetts College of Art and Design. And, dang, are there some powerhouse universities you can access through Kadenze: Princeton. California Institute of the Arts. California College of the Arts. School of the Art Institute Chicago.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Myself, I am now working with a medical ultrasound technology firm, working directly with the researcher and a design firm. When you think about it, working with the universities, it's not just talking with UCLA; it's talking with their engineering school, their medical school, their office of intellectual property.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

SWNext Los Angeles has teamed up with Cross Campus to host the 5-week class that will be led by the founder and CEO of QuantSoft, Wilton Risenhoover, who also teaches entrepreneurship at UCLA Extension. This class is designed to help entrepreneurs understand where they are going wrong.”. The Flipped Classroom Approach.

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Brian has a deep background in programming and also a law degree from UCLA. We've built from the start with mobile in mind, and even though we do a ton of planning while sitting at your desk or sitting at work, we were already thinking about how to bring it to life on a mobile design. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 15, 2009

In 2005, Majid coauthored "Data Strategy" a book designed to help streamline information management within organizations. He has been an instructor in UCLA Extension for 9 years, and is a frequent contributor to various online publications. Previously, he was Chief Operating Officer & Strategic Creative at USA GROUP, INC.,

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

Experts in play will include Thinkwell Group (theme park designers), Daqri (an augmented reality startup), and a group called The Power of Play (created by improv members of The Groundlings ). There will be a DJ, drinks, designer cake, and a clothing swap contest with prizes. Tickets can purchased here.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

An inadvertant bump led on the crowded Southwest flight prompted a conversation between Spitulski and Zhu, and by flight’s end, Zach had agreed to leave UCLA to join the startup. Like Zach, he left UCLA to jump in with both feet. He’d just finished his third year and had built his own top-performing apps.). All inclusive.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

LA is the largest metropolitan area in the US for people employed in art, design and media and the local creative economy of LA generates more than $140 billion in economic output – more than the GDP of many countries. In fact, 1 in 7 or nearly 15% of Angelinos are employed in a creative field. What Do We See From the Road Ahead?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2013

Talent needs often range from engineers, UX/UI designers, biz dev, marketing/pr, project managers and community managers. Robert Jadon, Director of Startup UCLA. They were able to secure sponsorships from heavyweights like Meetup, Facebook and Spotify, but also from smaller companies like MediaMath, Divide and Cater2.Me.

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