NSF Invests $20M in UC San Diego-headquartered Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research Institute
Summary
In close collaboration with industry partners, TILOS researchers will develop learning-enabled optimization tools for application areas of strategic importance to the United States, including chip design, robotics, and communication networks. “Optimizing the design and operation of networks will not only enable new capabilities in autonomous driving, augmented and virtual reality for telemedicine, and robotics, but will also result in tremendous energy savings to help combat climate change,” she added. "It is critical that we provide students studying and working at the interface of theory and practice with access to the toughest real-world challenges," said Albert P. Pisano, Dean of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. In addition, the TILOS team has planned a broad program for workforce development outside the lab, which will identify and teach new practical skills and mindsets that emerge from fundamental and applied advances in optimization. TILOS programming will extend beyond the classroom, with embodied robot demonstrations, community art installations, and portable, adaptable “outreach in a box” modules to engage and excite a next generation of learners.