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Jeff Liang

California prepares to accelerate quantum research and industry

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UCSB Chancellor Dennis Assanis pictured with nonprofit CEO Melissa James
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Jeff Liang
UC Santa Barbara Chancellor Dennis Assanis in discussion with REACH President and CEO Melissa James

Regional leaders discuss education, industry, energy and housing
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Left to right: Samuel Lobo, Devon Callan, Erica Keane Rivera, Ventura Rivera, Austin Dubose

UCSB startup builds software to speed drug discovery
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New haptic display technology creates 3D graphics you can see and feel
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A two-minute fix for procrastination
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Jeff Liang

New UCSB biofoundry to accelerate discoveries in biotechnology and biomanufacturing
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Goleta R&D hub positions UCSB as national model for tech transfer
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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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NSF grant supports advances in cyberinfrastructure for multimodal imaging data
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UCSB’s Technology Incubator celebrates 10 years on campus
Two young adults wearing suits holding a giant prize check made out to RazeMath
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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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Matt Perko

How to become a more curious person, according to new research
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Yuehao Gao
A visitor experiences virtual reality at a Media Arts & Technology exhibition.

MAT end of year show fuses art and engineering
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