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If the mind is a symphony, the orchestra playing it remains obscured.

New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity

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Paul Atzberger is designing AI that sees the world more like a geometer.

Giving AI geometric awareness allows it to better understand the world
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New mathematical insights into Lagrangian turbulence
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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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UCSB math graduate charts his next move
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Second-year Pico Gilman ’27 placed sixth in the Putnam Math Competition, leading UCSB to its best-ever finish.

UCSB ranks fifth in prestigious Putnam Math Competition
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Elections math is the subject of new graduate seminar
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Miles Moses '24

How a passion for math drove this College of Creative Studies grad to distinction
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Comparing the complexity of scientific theories is challenging. Mathematical symmetry can provide an excellent guide.

Sharpening Occam’s Razor
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Striving for Inclusion in Statistics and Data Science

Diving into the Data

Career Inspiration Ahead

Quantum Zeta Epiphany
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