Big news from our department! 🚀 Prof. Daniel Blumenthal and his group, in collaboration with @UMassAmherst, have demonstrated a chip-scale stabilized laser for trapped-ion quantum systems. 🔗https://bit.ly/4vgq7Wt @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

The @uofcalifornia.bsky.social has officially secured the #1 spot in the nation for U.S. utility patents!🚀🥼 With 571 patents granted in 2025, UC generates nearly twice as many inventions as the second-place university. Full story: ow.ly/j8VU50Yx5Hg #winning #up

The future of quantum is being built right here in the OCAQπ Lab!⚛️✨ Last Friday, March 13, @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social hosted "Quantum California" – bringing together state leaders and industry icons to explore the groundbreaking research happening in our department ⚡️🥼

It’s March, and high school seniors are facing a huge choice: Where to call home for the next 4 years? 🎓 At @ucsbengineering.bsky.social, we offer elite #engineering research in a coastal environment designed to keep you inspired. 🌴🌊 #collegedecisions #ECE #UCSB

Congratulations to ECE & Materials Distinguished Professor Steven DenBaars for receiving the 2026 @optica.org Nick Holonyak, Jr. Award! 🏆💡 Read more about this prestigious honor: bit.ly/4lj15RH #UCSB #Engineering #Optica #LED #Sustainability #GaN

Silicon, the material behind computer chips, plays to the strengths of the trillion-dollar semiconductor industry. Researchers at #UCSB have identified a new qubit in silicon, called the CN center, which can bridge the gap between quantum science & scalable technology: https://ow.ly/LGZ450Yn4np

I’m pleased to share that I've been selected as a Fellow of the 2026 Thinking About Thinking Program! I’m grateful to join a global, research-led ecosystem engaging thoughtfully with how AI is developed, governed, and understood. @geometric-intel.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social

Excellent work by Roark Chao and the UCSB team on their recent publication in Optica Express⚡️. These new microLED designs represent a major step forward for the future of data centers and display technology. Read more below👇 bit.ly/4sejwcL

🏆UCSB ranked #1 public university in the US for scientific impact, and 3rd in universities overall!🎓 Congratulations to all of our researchers who are leading the global conversation.🌐🧵 @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social

Exciting news from OCAQpi! Researchers @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social have advanced photonics with PZT-integrated SiN microcomb resonators. 🌟 Dive into this innovation: https://tinyurl.com/258gp9x4

So it’s real but it’s artificial therefore it’s fake so it’s a Real Fake Smart Seminar Series?

Love to see it from @fatihdinc.bsky.social 😼🐼 Looking forward to seeing future talks from @ai-ucsb.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social

We’re excited to kick off this year’s REAL AI Seminar Series! 🤖✨ Thrilled to start with @fatihdinc.bsky.social , thanks for joining us to launch the series. Dr. Fatih Dinc gave a wonderful talk on biological versus artificial neural networks 🤯 @ucsbece.bsky.social @geometric-intel.bsky.social

Exciting News! 🎓✨ Our new online professional master’s program—the Master of Engineering and Technology Leadership (METL)—is launching in Fall 2026: We Are Hiring its Executive Director! Join us in building the future of engineering @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social: lnkd.in/gbe5fhHU

Winter Quarter is here @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social but the classroom has changed. How do we teach and learn when AI tools think & write faster? GI Lab's PhD @abbybertics.bsky.social explores innovation vs academic integrity in a podcast #TheEconomist also featuring PI @ninamiolane.bsky.social 🎙️👇

Join us Jan 23 for the inaugural CRML Agentic AI Summit at @ucsb.bsky.social. Researchers, industry, and students exploring how agentic AI drives discovery and real-world impact. Free to attend, limited space: ml.ucsb.edu/events/summi... #AgenticAI #ResponsibleAI #AIResearch

It's not Snell's law. It's Snel's law. And actually, it's really Sahl's law. labrigger.com/blog/2026/01...

What to do? The simplest thing people can do is to stand on principle. Don’t compromise values thinking that will buy comfort. Those that hoped for that lost both. It’s actually more comfortable to stand on principle. More people want that. You’ve got good company.

Fortunately, there's a resource to improve benchmarking of multiphoton systems. So things can get better. Here's the paper www.nature.com/articles/s41... And here's the free PMC version PDF (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...) (3/3)

The key issue is that the authors who try to make comparisons don't have access to all of the systems and can't make apples-to-apples comparisons. But they present an illusion of that, using anecdotes in place of rigorous comparisons. Which makes the comparisons wrong. (2/3)

Comparing multiphoton (2p/3p) imaging systems is often done poorly. labrigger.com/blog/2026/01... E.g., PSFs can be measured differently by different labs, staining quality is by far the biggest determinate on how multiphoton images will look at depth, and so forth. (1/3)

Researchers at UCSB have found an alarming uptick in diseases in the Amazon basin, which could be driven by the changes in land. "These emerging infectious diseases are indicators of broader environmental issues." Full story: https://ow.ly/XtJF50Y0oUe

#UCSB researchers found that exposure to hot, humid conditions during pregnancy is more dangerous than high temperatures alone 🌡️ This heat stress can even induce premature labor. Full story: https://ow.ly/ZHWq50XSff1

Moneyball 2.0! Discover how @mathildepapillon.bsky.social 's research is transforming AI for sports with the LA Dodgers! ⚾️ #ProudAdvisor @geometric-intel.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsb-cs.bsky.social

Exciting announcement ✨ Our work on brain-inspired AI computing, led by PhD student Boxun Xu and Prof. Peng Li, received ICCAD William J. McCalla Best Paper Award nominations in 2024 and 2025. Joint work with Georgia Tech and USC! #UCSB #ICCAD2024 #ICCAD2025 #EfficientAI

Thanks @insidehighered.com for publishing our OpEd w Annie K. Lamar #publicvoices of The Oped Project @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social ! 🤖Open source software & infra accelerates scientific discoveries by removing financial & technical barriers. It's about time we start treating it as a public good👇

Huge thanks to S. Kushner L. Pereira @adelemyers.bsky.social @louisacornelis.bsky.social L. Pritschet Sheila S. D. Martin de Blas H. Grotzinger I. Stelzer L. Chrastil K. Casaletto K. Jordan @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social 🧠

Thanks @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social for highlighting our #TIMEBestInvention of the Year award! tinyurl.com/4939bxu5 This strengthens our commitment to innovating for women's brain health with @ai-ucsb.bsky.social & @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social 🧠

Congrats to Sarah Kushner Luís F. Pereira @adelemyers.bsky.social @louisacornelis.bsky.social Laura Pritschet Sheila S. Daniel Martin de Blas Hannah Grotzinger Ina Stelzer Liz Chrastil Kaitlin Casaletto Kaya Jordan @susanacarmona.bsky.social @magdamartinezga.bsky.social @emilyjacobs.bsky.social 🧠

Thrilled to see HerBrain on #TIME Best Inventions of 2025! It shows how the anatomy of the brain changes week-by-week through pregnancy and postpartum 🧠 @geometric-intel.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social @neuromaternal.bsky.social !

Rumor has it Mother Nature might be the best AI engineer🌱💡 Come see why at Brass Bear Brewing, Nov 13 @ 6pm. With Dr. Fatih Dinc, we’ll dive into how brains, bots, and biology compute with intelligence

#UCSB research has a direct impact on your life through advancements in health, disaster management strategies & much more 🧬 From the local level to the global stage, research conducted on our campus is helping improve the present & secure the future 👉 https://ow.ly/HRZB50XgZUI

Details on our research and how to apply to our lab are on our website: gi.ece.ucsb.xn--edu-v113b @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsb-cs.bsky.social

Materials assistant professor Daniel Oropeza has been recognized with the 2025 Young Investigator Award from the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE), the nation’s largest association supporting Hispanics in STEM.👏 Click here to read more: engineering.ucsb.edu/news/materia...

Details on our research and how to apply to our lab are on our website: gi.ece.ucsb.edu. We hope to hear from you! 👋 @uofcalifornia.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsb-cs.bsky.social @geometric-intel.bsky.social

From your desk you'll see dolphins, beach volleyball courts, surf spots & more importantly: your colleagues! @adelemyers.bsky.social @mathildepapillon.bsky.social @franciscoacosta.bsky.social @louisacornelis.bsky.social @abbybertics.bsky.social @bariskurtkaya.bsky.social and gi.ece.ucsb.edu/people

You are specifically interested in AI? 👉 Look at the AI Curriculum from the UCSB Real AI Initiative offered within the CS and the ECE departments. ai.ece.ucsb.edu/ai-ucsb @ai-ucsb.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsb-cs.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social

We are physicists, neuroscientists, mathematicians and computer scientists who study intelligence in biological and artificial neural networks and use our findings to build better AI models. 👉 You can join us via UCSB ECE, CS, Math or DYNS PhD programs!

The campus crowd when you win the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics 🏆 #UCSB

Congratulations to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John Martinis on winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking work in quantum mechanics! Their discoveries drive the frontiers of technology, and I’m proud that UCSB and California are leading the way.

Thrilled to celebrate UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret winning the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics 🏆

Meanwhile, on campus @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social

I am recruiting PhD students for 2026!😃 You want to reveal the geometric signatures of natural and artificial intelligence, and understand computations in brains and AI? 🌐🧠🤖 Apply to the UCSB Geometric Intelligence Lab ✨ This is the view you'd have from... your desk🌴

UCSB physics professors John Martinis and Michel Devoret have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. They were lauded for work that, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, "revealed quantum physics in action," affirming UCSB as the epicenter of quantum research.

Two more Nobel Prizes at @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social , congratulations !!

The UC sets a new world record with 5 Nobel Prizes this year!

🏆The 2025 Topological Deep Learning Challenge is officially live!🏆 Hosted by the TAGinDS Conference 2025 🚀 This year, push the boundaries of topological ML by “Expanding the Data Landscape” 💰 Win incredible prizes, including research internships at UCSB and EPFL, as well as up to $800 US in cash!

Delighted to announce TopoBench has been accepted to DMLR! It’s a modular library for Topological Deep Learning, built to provide reproducible, cross-domain benchmarks and accelerate research. GitHub: github.com/geometric-in... #AI #DeepLearning

Discover our research: ai.ece.ucsb.edu/publications Apply: Send CV + coverletter 📩 to [email protected] 🕐 by Sept 15, 2025 to receive full consideration. We hope to hear from you! @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsb-cs.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social