Prof. Walt Scacchi and Kendra M.L. Cooper have co-edited the book Computer Games and Software Engineering which was released in May. Computer games represent a significant software application domain for innovative research…
Congratulations to Prof. Debra J. Richardson as she retires from UCI! Richardson has led a distinguished career at UC Irvine with numerous accomplishments along the way. During her 28 years…
ISR made a great showing at iConference 2015, held March 24-27 in Newport Beach, CA. iConference is an international gathering of scholars and researchers concerned with critical information issues in…
A decentralized system is a distributed system for which there is no central administrative authority to dictate how the distributed subsystems must be developed, operated, or maintained. In decentralized systems…
Building on the success of last year’s conference, the 2nd OpenSimulator Community Conference took place on November 8-9. OSCC is an entirely virtual conference focusing on online virtual reality, and…
At ISR, we regularly engage graduate students, postdoctoral students, and sometimes undergraduate students to work as research assistants directed by ISR faculty. We have not previously worked with or mentored…
Professor Debra Richardson is passionate about students’ access to computer science education, which is not just about access to computers, but about innovation of computing technology. According to Richardson, “Computer…
A software engineer in Mountain View needs trust to collaborate with his peer in Bangalore efficiently. But they may never have the opportunity to meet each other physically. Technology is…
Thomas LaToza, a postdoctoral research associate, and André van der Hoek, an ISR Professor, have been awarded $1.4M by the National Science Foundation to investigate “Crowd Programming,” applying ideas from…
ISR held its eleventh Research Forum on May 16th. The goal of the event is to foster interaction between industry and ISR researchers, and encourage research collaborations amongst all. ISR’s…