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Nina Miolane, seated, and Haewon Jeong, standing, are co-directors, with colleague Yao Qin, of the Real AI initiative launched at UCSB in 2026.

Powerhouse UCSB team awarded big grant to investigate mathematical foundations of AI

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Nine early-career faculty members receive 2023-24 Hellman Fellowships
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UCSB joins a federally sponsored regional innovation hub to help bolster microelectronics technology
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Everyone will have their own AI soon
Misha Sra
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Misha Sra

Computer scientist Misha Sra uses AI to make motor skills training more accessible
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An AI-generated image depicts engineers working on an AI-enabled robot.

GauchoAI team takes second place in Amazon’s Alexa Prize SimBot Challenge
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Researchers at the 2023 Mellichamp Mind & Machine Intelligence Summit contemplate and discuss the state of artificial intelligence
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Oil and gas extraction infrastructure in the Permian Basin

MethaneMapper is poised to solve the problem of underreported methane emissions
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From l to r: Ambuj Singh, Christopher Kruegel, João Hespanha, Giovanni Vigna

UC Santa Barbara to lead NSF-funded research institute for next-level AI-powered cybersecurity
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Researchers use artificial intelligence to hunt for human intelligence
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Jonathan Balkind receives NSF Early CAREER Award to improve cloud-based computing
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A University of California multi-campus initiative strives to boost diversity within its STEM teaching faculty ranks
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Professor Tim Sherwood named an Association of Computing Machinery Fellow
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