Recorded Talks from the TILOS HOT-AI Workshop
All presentations from last week’s Horizons for Optimization in AI Workshop are now available to view!
Expanding the Use and Scope of AI Diffusion Models
Researchers at the University of California San Diego and other institutions are working on a way to make a type of artificial intelligence (AI) called diffusion models—a type of AI that can generate new content such as images and videos by training on large datasets—more efficient and widely applicable. Currently, diffusion models work by making […]
Penn Engineering Faculty Appointed to Endowed Positions
TILOS Networks Team co-lead Alejandro Ribeiro, a professor in the departments of electrical & systems engineering and computer & information science at University of Pennsylvania, has been named the Solomon and Sylvia G. Charp Professor of Electrical and Systems Engineering.
Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Education, Research and More
TILOS Foundations team member Mikhail (Misha) Belkin is working toward a better understanding of how AI and generative AI models actually work. Belkin gave a talk at UC San Diego’s Generative AI Summit arguing that a method known as recursive feature machines—essentially an algorithm that selects features within neural networks and their training sets—is the […]
Robotics team member Xiaolong Wang receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science
Congratulations to the Sloan Research Fellows of 2025, who represent the most promising early-career scientists working today. Their achievements and potential place them among the next generation of scientific leaders in the U.S. and Canada.
Who to Vaccinate First? Penn Engineers Answer a Life-or-Death Question with Network Theory
Engineering and medical researchers at Penn have developed a groundbreaking framework that can determine the best and most computationally optimized distribution strategy for COVID-19 vaccinations in any given community. Published in PLOS One, this study addresses one of the most critical challenges in pandemic response—how to prioritize vaccination efforts in communities with individuals of different […]
Penn researchers develop optimized framework for COVID-19 vaccination distribution
The research team, comprised of Saswati Sarkar, Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti, Assistant Professor in ESE, Harvey Rubin, a practicing physician at Penn Medicine and Professor of Infectious Diseases, and ESE doctoral student Raghu Arghal, designed their framework to be able to account for enough population complexity to determine the […]
Construction robot researchers target dangerous and dirty jobs
Research to remotely pilot robots and improve how the machines model construction environments is well underway at UC San Diego. The team, led by electrical and computer engineering professors Truong Nguyen and Nikolay Atanasov, is looking for ways to integrate robotics into the construction industry and improve the 3D models and mapping they use to […]
TILOS Faculty Affiliate Rose Yu honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers early in their careers. PECASE recognizes scientists and engineers who show exceptional potential for leadership early in their research careers. The award recognizes innovative and far-reaching developments in science and technology, […]
Researchers tap robots for the dirty, dull and dangerous
UC San Diego Today || Dirty, dull and dangerous: these are the types of jobs most fit for robotization. Yet, equipping robots to navigate dynamic environments and perform complex tasks is a tall order — even more so in the construction industry. University of California San Diego Electrical and Computer Engineering Professors Truong Nguyen and […]