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Team UCSB-WA (left to right): coach Wesley Hung ‘24 (CoE Computer Science), Ezra Furtado-Tiwari ‘28 (CCS Computing, Mathematics), Om Mahesh ‘28 (CCS Mathematics; CoE Computer Science) and David Qiao ‘26 (CoE Computer Science; L&S Mathematics)

UCSB team heads to world finals in Dubai for programming competition

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Nobel winner named to national science council
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A new project aims to understand theoretical aspects of quantum cryptography that could be used to protect computing in the future.

Could quantum computers protect privacy and security?
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Innovation Workshop Wizard Elina “Susy” Lopez Garza teaches students how to use a robotic sticker cutter.

UCSB program broadens STEM opportunity for underserved youth
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A new dimension for spin qubits in diamond
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Breaking new ground in algorithmic theory
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Video game addiction in teens likely stems from preexisting mental health issues
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UC Santa Barbara’s Arpit Gupta is one of the inaugural recipients of Google’s ML & Systems Junior Faculty Award

Google honors UCSB computer scientist for pioneering low-cost AI network models
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To benefit from the internet, ‘not all screens are created equal’
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RazeMath is Nico Lehner, left, and Evan McCall, right.

RazeMath wins UCSB’s 26th annual New Venture Competition
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Geospatial information about how women use the ocean is an important part of marine spatial planning, but tends to be hidden in the data

Gender-sensitive data brings more depth to marine spatial planning
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Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu

Murphy Niu receives NSF CAREER award for quantum computing innovation
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Energy and memory: A new neural network paradigm
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