Digest #203




Wonder which local company made Forbes' "Next Billion-Dollar Startups" list? Take a look. With proximity to cutting edge research at UCSC, biotech startups continue to grow in Santa Cruz. Startup Hackathon Monterey Bay will focus on how to create tech that can help in hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires. That's as relevant as ever.

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Sara Isenberg
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Santa Cruz Tech Beat
 

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Look who made Forbes' "Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2017" list. Read this article.


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Professional Drone Demo Day flies into La Selva Beach on Oct 5. Read this article.


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Startup Hackathon Monterey Bay will focus on Hurricanes, Earthquakes, and Wildfires: Creating tech to support communities in preparing for, surviving, and recovering from natural disasters. Read this article.


October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Santa Cruz Public Libraries is offering workshops. Read this article.


What is fuzz testing? (Hint: It involved crafted input, unanticipated paths, and exploitable crashes.) Read this article.


In 2014, we reported on the growing biotech hub in Santa Cruz. Here's an update. Read this article.


Armed with a new data science center and $1.5M grant, a team of UCSC researchers hopes to create a framework for what they call "responsible data science." Read this article.

 
 
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