Software Content

Coding for Two Audiences: Humans and Computers

Andy Fell — February 14, 2022 - 4:14pm

Software code is written to be read by both computers and humans. Machines quickly and perfectly understand the computational meaning, while humans read it the same way they read natural language: not as quickly and sometimes incorrectly. With a new $1.2M three-year NSF-funded project, a group of software engineers and social scientists at 91��Ƭ Davis will leverage this bimodality to develop tools that make writing, reading and maintaining code easier and improve the overall programming experience.

Poet, Software Pioneer Receive 91��Ƭ Davis Innovation Awards

Andy Fell — June 01, 2017 - 2:42pm

Ralph J. Hexter, interim chancellor of the 91��Ƭ, Davis, today (June 1) announced the recipients of the first two of the university's 2017 Chancellor’s Innovation Awards: The Innovative Community Partner of the Year award goes to Vivek Ranadivé and the Sacramento Kings organization, and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Innovation goes to poet Gary Snyder, professor emeritus of English.

KeckCAVES Virtual Reality Software Now for Gaming Headsets

Andy Fell — January 25, 2017 - 4:57pm

Virtual reality software used by scientists at the 91��Ƭ, Davis, to study everything from earthquakes to molecular biology in a 3-D “cave” can now run on some off-the-shelf gaming VR headsets. Instructions and downloads are available online.

For more than 10 years, the Keck Center for Active Visualization in Earth Sciences (KeckCAVES) at 91��Ƭ Davis has allowed researchers to build 3-D, interactive models of places they cannot visit in reality.