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With $75M Alumnus Gift, UCSD Opens Data Science Institute

Xconomy

Amid intensifying global demand for workers who can extract insights from zettabytes of data, the University of California, San Diego held a dedication ceremony Friday for its new Halicio?lu lu Data Science Institute. The center, made possible by a $75 million gift from UC San Diego alumnus and early Facebook employee Taner Halicio?lu,

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Todd Hylton Adds Neural Tech Expertise to UCSD Robotics Institute

Xconomy

a Qualcomm-backed startup founded in 2009 to develop computer systems and software based on algorithms that emulate the “spiking neuron” processes of the human brain. in 2012, Hylton led a team that developed BrainOS, software technology designed to enable robotic systems to adapt to their environments and learn from humans.

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If you Can’t Make Time, MakeSpace

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When I was in college ( UCSD, go Tritons !) Inventory your items with photos, store it in physical storage, demand back items when you wanted them and only what you wanted. They built the software. He thought he’d want to get some of his stuff back once the post trauma of the storage had passed. He wanted an Uber experience.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. He built & IPOd Demand Media. But our best Internet software engineers have historically been exported on a net basis to the Bay Area.

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Guide to the LA Startup Community

SoCal Delicious

Demand Media is an online media company operating two strategically-linked businesses: an integrated content and social media platform, and registrar solutions. He runs the Southern California Venture Capital Alliance (VCA) and is on the board of advisors for the venture capital fund of the UCSD Rady School of Business.

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On Leadership, Teams, Success & Happiness

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“Imagine you were a Phd wireless chip designer out of UCSD and then Qualcomm. I honestly believe I learned more by rising up the ranks and becoming the president of my fraternity than I did in the class room reading about supply & demand curves in economics. You have beautifully executed software.

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