Who wins from AI if not US hyperscalers?
An interview with TILOS Robotics team co-lead and a distinguished professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego.
Congratulations to TILOS Education team member Shatha Jawad!
Dr. Jawad received the 2026 ACBSP Teaching Excellence Award – Region 7 (Baccalaureate/Graduate Degree Category). This award recognizes educators who demonstrate outstanding teaching excellence and a strong commitment to student learning and professional development. Region 7 (Western Council) spans institutions across 13 western states and territories (AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, MP, […]
Congratulations to Yifei Shao, winner of the Best Conference Paper Award at ICRA 2026!
? Shao’s paper “SymSkill: Symbol and Skill Co-Invention for Data-Efficient and Reactive Long-Horizon Manipulation” also Best Paper at the CoRL 2025 LEAP Workshop, and Best Paper on Planning and Control at ICRA 2026! ?
Brain Corp and UC San Diego partner to advance the foundational intelligence layer for physical AI
The research is being led in collaboration with TILOS Robotics team member Dr. Nikolay Atanasov, head of the Existential Robotics Laboratory at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering, whose work focuses on robotic perception, semantic mapping, and autonomous systems.
Brain Corp partners with UC San Diego to help robots operate in complex environments
“Simultaneous localization and mapping, or SLAM, helped move robots beyond fixed industrial settings and into more dynamic environments,” said Dr. Nikolay Atanasov, TILOS Robotics team member and faculty member in the Jacobs School’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UC San Diego.
2025 AAAS Fellows at UC San Diego
TILOS Chips team co-lead Farinaz Koushanfar is one of eight UC San Diego faculty elected 2025 Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Congratulations to all!
Congratulations to Sean Gao, recipient of a Best Undergraduate Teacher Award!
TILOS Chips and Foundations team member Sicun (Sean) Gao was honored with a 2024-2025 UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Best Undergraduate Teacher Award.
Congratulations to HDSI’s newest Endowed Chairs!
TILOS Director Yusu Wang, Deputy Director Arya Mazumdar, and Foundations team member Mikhail Belkin are the newest Endowed Chairs in AI and Data Science at UC San Diego’s Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute, the administrative home of TILOS.