The Institute in the News
In collaboration with Institute Director John Bowers, Intel has developed a prototype high-speed optical data link, which is integrated onto silicon. The Silicon Photonics Link supports data transfers at rates of up to 50Gbps, a speed Intel compared to transmitting an entire HD movie every second.Jul 28 2010
Eucalyptus Systems, a private cloud software vendor founded by Institute faculty member Rich Wolski, recently received $20 million in venture funding. CEO Marten Mickos discusses the influx of funding and the company's two year roadmap.Jul 6 2010
Michael Grätzel--who recently presented an IEE seminar and is a member of CEEM's Scientific Advisory Board--has been awarded the 2010 Millenium Technology Prize for his invention and development of dye-sensitized solar cells, known as 'Grätzel cells'.Jun 29 2010
Steve DenBaars, head of the Lighting Solutions Group at the Institute for Energy Efficiency, discusses the inefficiency of the incandescent light bulb.Jun 20 2010
Distributed Energy reviews Dan Reicher's talk at the recent Santa Barbara Summit for Energy Efficiency.May 18 2010
Fred Chong and Ricardo Bianchini discuss the importance of energy efficient servers and data centers.Feb 10 2010
Research awards announced for 12 projects, including Fred Chong's research on energy efficient computing.Feb 2 2010
Lighting pioneer Shuji Nakamura of UCSB receives the 2009 Harvey Prize for advancements in science and technology.Jan 26 2010
Steve Koonin, Undersecretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy gives an Energy Leadership Lecture at UCSB presented by the Institute for Energy Efficiency.Jan 15 2010
Department of Energy Undersecretary for Science gives talk in an Institute for Energy Efficiency sponsored lectureJan 14 2010
