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TILOS Faculty Affiliate Rose Yu honored with Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

14 January 2025Announcements

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

18 December 2024News

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 […]

Chips team co-lead Farinaz Koushanfar inducted into National Academy of Inventors Class of 2024

10 December 2024Announcements, News

Koushanfar is among the 170 fellows announced by the NAI this year whose innovations are making significant tangible societal and economic impacts today and will well into the future. Election to NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to academic inventors.

TILOS at NeurIPS 2024

3 December 2024Announcements, News

TILOS members, postdoctoral scholars, and graduate students will present more than two dozen research results at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), December 10-15, 2024 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Curiosity Ignited: Showcasing How AI is Accelerating Discoveries

14 November 2024News

The inaugural Curiosity Ignited academic symposium explored topics of AI and its connection to interdisciplinary research at UC San Diego. TILOS co-PI and Networks team co-lead Tara Javidi explained that much of her work looks at how scientific discovery can be done faster and at scale, “adding finesse to historic technology in a responsible way.”

Robotics team member Xiaolong Wang receives 2024 J. K. Aggarwal Prize

13 November 2024Announcements

The J. K. Aggarwal Prize is given to a young scientist who has brought substantial contributions to a field that is relevant to the IAPR Community and whose research work has had a major impact on the field. Professor Wang has received the prize for “his groundbreaking contributions to advancing visual representation learning, utilizing self-supervised […]

Foundations team member Amin Karbasi receives 2024 Yale Faculty Innovation Award

7 November 2024Announcements

The seventeen awardees were recognized on November 6 during a ceremony with Yale President Maurie McInnis, Provost Scott Strobel, Vice Provost for Research Michael Crair, and the Deans of the schools of Medicine, Engineering, Environment, Public Health, Law, and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Foundations team member Nisheeth Vishnoi of Yale elected to 2025 class of AMS Fellows

1 November 2024Announcements

Forty-one mathematical scientists from around the world have been named Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) for 2025. Recognized by their peers, AMS members designated as Fellows of the AMS have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics.

Foundations team member Fan Chung Graham receives 2024 Revelle Medal

29 October 2024Announcements

UC San Diego Today || The Revelle Medal is a prestigious award recognizing sustained, distinguished and extraordinary service to campus.

The Next AI Wave Is Here! What is an “Embodied AI robot”?

22 October 2024News

AsiaTechDaily || An interview with TILOS Robotics team member Hao Su, cofounder and chief technology officer of Hillbot AI and associate professor of Computer Science and Engineering at UC San Diego.