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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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Father and daughter at graduation

Making It Personal
Visala Tallavarjula installs irrigation in Sedona, Arizona

When Every Drop Counts
sample tubes containing seawater and sand in a test tube rack

Fantastic Bioplastic
person with bionic eye

A Clear Vision
Irrigation pump

Slurping Up Groundwater
From left, Bob Miller, Julie Black, Bradford Jones and Kyle Emery

Serendipity on the Shore
Hand grabbing bottle made of #2 and #4 plastic from trash bin with other plastic bottles

A Plastics Recycling Breakthrough
Illustration of human body with blue hue in blue circle

With a Probing Eye
Man with brown hair and skin holds book as woman with black hair and braids looks at him

McNair Scholars Get Big Investment
Experimental optical setup in physics lab

A Different Kind of Chaos
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage

Catching Plastic at Its Source
Pink cells on a purple background

From Droplet to Discovery
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