Supported by up to $16 million over three years, the fifth cohort of AI2050 Fellows will address the most important long-term problems in AI which need to be solved for AI to be truly beneficial to society by 2050.
A new NSF LEVEL UP AI workshop recommendation report titled “Designing AI Curriculum Pathways” and co-authored by TILOS Associate Director for Education Jodi Reeves offers a framework institutions can use to answer a very timely question: What knowledge and skills should form the foundation of an undergraduate AI education?
An interview with TILOS Robotics team co-lead and a distinguished professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego.
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, […]
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!
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.
“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.
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!
