Friday, March 13

Statistics lecturer develops, implements new AI teaching aide

The department of statistics and data science has a new teaching aide – only, it isn’t human. Thomas Maierhofer, a lecturer in the department of statistics and data science, developed an artificial intelligence teaching aide to use in his Statistics 10 and 20 classes. Read more...

Photo: Thomas Maierhofer, a lecturer in the department of statistics and data science, is pictured holding a computer displaying the artificial intelligence teaching aide he created. Maierhofer developed the aide, which he calls ALLISTAIR, for his Statistics 10 and 20 courses. (Joshua Neira/Daily Bruin)


Students discuss experience of overnight line for UCLA-USC men’s basketball game

Hundreds of Bruins crept out of their dorms Tuesday at midnight, ready to participate in an annual tradition. The students rushed to the Intramural Field, forming a line that they would wait in for hours to secure spots in the student section of Pauley Pavilion to watch the UCLA men’s basketball game against the University of Southern California on Tuesday. Read more...

Photo: Students line up in the Intramural Field ahead of the UCLA men’s basketball game against the University of Southern California on Tuesday. UCLA Athletics announced in a Feb. 17 email that it would allow students to line up on the IM fields as early as Tuesday at midnight. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Student groups host walkout at UCLA to protest ICE, support migrant workers

This post was updated March 1 at 10:03 p.m. About 70 people attended a walkout Friday to protest heightened immigration enforcement activity in the United States and to show support for migrant workers. Read more...

Photo: Demonstrators march through Dickson Court South. Several organizations held a walkout Friday to protest increased immigration enforcement activity in the country and show support for migrants. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)


Senate Bill 607 aims to authorize AI as research concentration at Cal ISIs

A state senator introduced a bill last month to formally recognize artificial intelligence as a research concentration at UC research institutes. If passed, Senate Bill 607 would allow one of the four California Institutes for Science and Innovation – which are multidisciplinary research institutes on UC campuses – to add AI as a concentration. Read more...

Photo: The California State Capitol is pictured. A state senator introduced a bill last month to formally recognize artificial intelligence as a research concentration at UC research institutes. (Edward Ho/Daily Bruin)


Experts discuss health care challenges amid financial restraints at UCLA conference

This post was updated March 4 at 12:12 a.m. As many as 1 million Medi-Cal patients could lose their health coverage due to recent state and Los Angeles County budget constraints, Martha Santana-Chin said in a panel at the 12th annual VITALS Conference on Feb. Read more...

Photo: The UCLA Anderson School of Management is pictured. (Daily Bruin file photo)


‘We have a right to know what’s going on’: Sproul residents allege service issues

This post was updated March 1 at 10:00 p.m. Wilson Her said his heart dropped when he saw both of Sproul Hall’s elevators were broken after returning from a trip in early February. Read more...

Photo: Sproul Hall’s front desk is pictured. Several residents alleged broken elevators, laundry machines and trash chutes are persistent issues in Sproul. (Daily Bruin file photo)


Fee-increasing referendums pass USAC, await chancellor approval for May ballots

UCLA students may be able to vote on one of the Undergraduate Students Association Council’s costliest referendums this May. USAC approved three referendums to appear on undergraduate students’ ballots in the May election – including the Bruin Success Referendum, Bruin Bash Referendum and Bruin Life and Undergraduate Experience Fee Referendum – at its Feb. Read more...

Photo: The Undergraduate Students Association Council discusses referenda at its meeting Tuesday. USAC approved three referendums to appear on undergraduate students’ ballots in the May election. (Andrew Ramiro Diaz/Photo editor)



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