@geometric-intel.bsky.social
Research lab at UCSB Engineering revealing the geometric signatures of nature and artificial intelligence | PI: @ninamiolane.bsky.social
Proud of our faculty, students, and the culture of excellence they've built. Go Gauchos! 💙💛 #UCSB
10.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0As Dean Umesh Mishra puts it: "These results affirm what we see every day at UC Santa Barbara: research that is not only prolific and impactful, but profoundly influential" 🗣️
Read more below👇🔗
bit.ly/4kAsRZF
Across Engineering and Physical Sciences, our numbers are staggering:
Top 1%: #1 U.S. Public (#7 Worldwide)🥇
Top 10%: #1 U.S. Public (#11 Worldwide)🥇
Top 50%: #1 U.S. Public (#14 Worldwide)🥇
Consistency is our baseline. 🌊🔬
The CWTS Leiden Rankings measure how often research is cited by other scientists. In the "Top 1%" category (the most elite tier), UCSB ranks #3 in the U.S. overall, trailing only MIT and Harvard.📈✨
10.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
🏆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
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
If you are passionate about shaping the next generation of global tech leaders and want to run a program at the intersection of world-class research and professional excellence, we want to hear from you!
27.01.2026 01:43 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0We are looking for a visionary leader to serve as the inaugural Executive Director for this first-of-its-kind program @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social.
lnkd.in/gbe5fhHU
Designed for early/mid career tech professionals, METL bridges the gap btw deep technical expertise & strategic business leadership.
Fall 2026: Specialized tracks in Semiconductor Technology & Technology Management.
Fall 2027: Quantum Information & AI for Science and Technology.
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 🎙️👇
@abbybertics.bsky.social s reports from campus about an education system in crisis, and asks what the future might look like as students begin to tap into a tool that can think quicker, write faster and teach better than many of their instructors.
🎙️Listen here: www.economist.com/podcasts/202... !
#publicvoices @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social
12.12.2025 22:16 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Thrilled to share @ninamiolane.bsky.social 's OpEd in @insidehighered.com with Annie K. Lamar!
Open-source software and scientific infrastructure fuel discovery by removing barriers – not creating them. Time to start treating open science as the public good it is🔬💡
The way forward is to invest in true open-source software and infrastructure.
Read our full oped w/ Annie K. Lamar @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social #publicvoices of TheOpEdProject:
insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
@geometric-intel.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
🙌 To be sure, *some* companies are truly dedicated to open-source.
By generously sharing their resources, they have dramatically advanced science.
It's time universities do the same.
👩🔬 Science advances slowly, across decades.
Commercial tools, by contrast, advance quickly through mergers, pivots and quarterly earnings reports.
Tethering our infrastructure to private companies is like writing knowledge in disappearing ink.
🦾 If we continue to rent the foundations of our knowledge from private companies, we should not be surprised when the floor gives way beneath us.
12.12.2025 17:52 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0💵 Without proper funding structures, essential research tools remain fragile, often maintained by overworked volunteers.
Universities must begin funding engineers at competitive salaries and recognizing software development as a legitimate form of scholarship.
👩💻 Universities are reluctant to fund software engineers at competitive salaries.
A skilled engineer can earn 5x more in industry than in academia, yet most grants deprioritize dedicated engineering roles.
🤔 Much of modern research rests on tools and platforms maintained not by universities or public institutions, but by corporations whose priorities can shift overnight.
Knowledge itself is being built on the shifting sand of corporate discretion.
We present graph-based neural surrogates that enable fast and uncertainty-aware emulation of global hybrid-Vlasov simulations via a probabilistic latent-variable model. Data + code are openly available, and compatible with advances happening in data-driven weather prediction!
01.12.2025 23:15 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Are you interested in ML for space/plasma physics? I'll be presenting “Graph-based Neural Space Weather Forecasting” this Saturday at the ML for physics workshop in San Diego @neuripsconf.bsky.social 🚀
📄 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19605
💻 Code: github.com/fmihpc/space...
#AI4Science #ML4PS
A special thank you to @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social for the thoughtful article on HerBrain – capturing our mission and the importance of understanding how pregnancy shapes the brain 🧠
tinyurl.com/4939bxu5
#TIMEBestInventions #WomensBrainHealth
@ai-ucsb.bsky.social @bowers-wbhi.bsky.social
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
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Really enjoyed this recent interview on my work with the Dodgers and how the @geometric-intel.bsky.social lab prepared me for it! Thank you for having me UCSB⚾️ Check it out here science.ucsb.edu/news/geometr...
26.11.2025 23:41 — 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1Congrats 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 🧠
25.11.2025 00:00 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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
