NSF awards $1M to UCSB team to study mathematical foundations of AI for physical systems
ninamiolane · x · 2026-10-20
UCSB ECE faculty Nina Miolane, Haewon Jeong, Yao Qin and Sanjukta K. received a $1M NSF award to advance the mathematical foundations of AI. The team will study how AI learns higher-order interactions in physical systems, from stars in galaxies to neurons in the brain — a fundamental AI-for-Science theory project.
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