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Siebel Scholars Foundation Announces Class of 2024

The Siebel Scholars Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2024 Siebel Scholars award. Now in its 23rd year, the Siebel Scholars program annually

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Welcome Class of 2023 Siebel Scholars!

The Siebel Scholars Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2023 Siebel Scholars award. Now in its 22nd year, the Siebel Scholars program annually

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Welcome Class of 2022 Siebel Scholars!

The Siebel Scholars Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2022 Siebel Scholars award. Now in its 21st year, the Siebel Scholars program annually recognizes nearly 100 exceptional students from the world’s leading g

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ML & AI

Ruizhi Liao Develops New Algorithm for Detecting Severity of Pulmonary Edema

Anticipating heart failure with machine learning Many health issues are tied to excess fluid in the lungs. A new algorithm can detect the severity by looking at a single X-ray.

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Welcome Class of 2021 Siebel Scholars!

The Siebel Scholars Foundation today announced the recipients of the 2021 Siebel Scholars award. Now in its 20th year, the Siebel Scholars program annually recognizes nearly 100 exceptional students from t

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ML & AI

C3.ai Launches COVID-19 Grand Challenge

Data Science Competition Will Award $200,000 in Cash Prizes C3.ai Continues to Invest in COVID-19 Research to Mitigate Future Pandemics and Support Innovation for Public Good Redwood City

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Medical & Health

Vasudev Bailey Builds Tracker for Every Vaccine and Treatment in Development for COVID-19, So Far

As the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases continues to skyrocket, healthcare researchers around the world are working tirelessly to discover new life-saving medical innovations. The projects these companies are working o

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Bioengineering

Banking on community: Meet Siebel Scholar Ludovic Vincent

In the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the application of digital technologies is leading us to the cusp of a revolution in medicine. Siebel Scholar Ludovic Vincent (’14) finds himself right in the middle, helping to build gene

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High Tech

A Day in the Life of Siebel Scholar Dr. Arthur Marronnier, PhD

With his heart set on pursuing the scientific and political aspects of solar energy, Dr. Arthur Marronnier (Class of 2018) found himself dreaming of being able to spray a solar cell on any surface and revamping public policy fo

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Cybersecurity

At Siebel Scholars Conference, Ex-DOD Secy. Says Bureaucracy Hampers Cybersecurity Efforts

Despite pouring resources into infrastructure security, the United States lacks a “chain of command” for dealing with a major cyberattack on the power grid, according to former Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

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$25M Gift From UI Alumnus Thomas Siebel Will Fund Construction of Siebel Center

The Thomas and Stacey Siebel Foundation and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign today announced a $25 million lead gift to establish the Siebel Center for Design. The new two-story building will be a campuswide hub

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Hardware

Ayar Labs, led by Siebel Scholar Alex Wright-Gladstein, Gets $2.5M

This startup sits at the intersection of electronics, optics, energy efficiency, and the Internet. It is where more than a decade of academic research meets a multibillion-dollar market. This is the story of Ayar Labs, a compan

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ML & AI

Apple Acquires Siebel Scholar Carlos Guestrin’s Machine Learning Software Startup

The startup Turi, co-founded by Siebel Scholar Carlos Guestrin (Stanford, CS ’02), was acquired by Apple earlier this month. Guestrin, chief exe

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Medical & Health

Air Force Young investigator Program Award Goes to Siebel Scholar Somin Eunice Lee

The Air Force Office of Scientific Research awarded a research grant to Siebel Scholar Somin Eunice Lee (UC Berkeley Bioengineering ’10). Somin was one

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Benjamin Heymann, PhD Candidate at l'X, Named Siebel Scholar

Benjamin Heymann, École Polytechnique Alumnus (Class of 2009) and currently PhD candidate at the Center of Applied Mathematics (École Polytechnique /

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Vasudev Bailey Builds Tracker for Every Vaccine and Treatment in Development for COVID-19, So Far

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C3.ai Launches COVID-19 Grand Challenge

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Banking on community: Meet Siebel Scholar Ludovic Vincent

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The Science of Being Fearless: Meet Siebel Scholar Deena Rennerfeldt

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$25M Gift From UI Alumnus Thomas Siebel Will Fund Construction of Siebel Center

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Adzuna

UK-based search engine for classified ads. Featured in the Financial Times, BBC News, TechCrunch

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A Day in the Life of Siebel Scholar Dr. Arthur Marronnier, PhD

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Air Force Young investigator Program Award Goes to Siebel Scholar Somin Eunice Lee

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