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Nina Miolane

@ninamiolane.bsky.social
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Assis. Prof. @ucsbece Affiliate @SLAClab Stanford Prev @Stanford @Inria @imperialcollege @Polytechnique PI @geometric_intel gi.ece.ucsb.edu, Pilot

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ai-ucsb.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you @goodfire.bsky.social l for supporting cutting edge #AI research @ucsbece.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social !
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thanks @goodfire.bsky.social for awarding our lab a research grant on Geometric Intelligence for AI Interpretability and Safety!🌟 At @geometric-intel.bsky.social we transform intelligence research from an expensive engineering endeavor into a science where we predict behavior. tinyurl.com/66n55w7m
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Announcing Goodfire Research Grants - Goodfire
$1M in free Silico usage for academic and nonprofit researchers working on AI interpretability, alignment, and life sciences
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Join us at UCSB!
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🗓️ Join me on October 7 for one of the inaugural lectures of the Science of Intelligence Institute #UCBerkeley. Can we write scientific laws for intelligence? I believe that we can, that the math for it already exists, and that they apply across brains & machines. Let's chat: tinyurl.com/mvrfs39w
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Nina Miolane: Science of Intelligence Seminar Series
Science of Intelligence Seminar
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Léna Gaubert @kittog.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Great work from @geometric-intel.bsky.social in collaboration with Arlequin AI! Published at TAG-DS this week. 🎪 :)
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
AI researchers should do exploratory data analysis (PCA, etc) before building models or running interpretability pipelines. But what does EDA look like for data on topological domains? What's PCA for a combinatorial complex? Discover #TopoExplorer!🍩
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Geometric Intelligence Lab @geometric-intel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This award reflects Guillermo's dedication and rigor throughout his PhD, as well as the impact of his research. Well-deserved recognition for years of hard work! Thesis supervised by Pere Barlet Ros and Alberto Cabellos Aparicio.🎓
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Geometric Intelligence Lab @geometric-intel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
This is one of the university's highest distinctions for doctoral theses, recognizing outstanding scientific and technical contributions.📓
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
So well deserved 🏆 Guille's research advances the foundations of topological deep learning to disrupt how we understand and compute with computer networks, neural networks, social networks, and so many more. We're lucky to have him on the team, and excited for what he does next. Congratulations!
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Huge congrats to the team. Nima is now an Associate Professor at Texas A&M, and Steve Bako is at Aurora Innovation. Proud to see our research community shaping the future of graphics, 10+ years on!🎓🖥️
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It was the first ML approach to Monte Carlo denoising and the ideas still power nearly every modern denoiser today. This is what the SIGGRAPH 2026 Test-of-Time Award honors: research whose impact only grows with age. 🕰️
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Before their paper, realistic Monte Carlo rendering meant noisy images unless you waited for more samples.⌛️Sen, Kalantari, Steve Bako had a better idea: train a neural network to filter the noise using extra info renderers already produce (albedo, normals, depth).🧠✨
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
🏆Congrats to Prof. Pradeep Sen and former PhD student Nima Kalantari who were just awarded the SIGGRAPH Test-of-Time Award for their 2015 paper that transformed computer graphics rendering! Read more here👇 tinyurl.com/mvh569zx @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Our review on superposition in AI & brains is published in @nature.com #Machine #Intelligence 🌐 Neural networks encode concepts in superposition. We can recover them in 3 steps: identifiability, compressed sensing, interpretability. W/ @david-klindt.bsky.social O'Neil Reizinger & Maurer 🌟
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
In 2014, Nakamura won the Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing blue LEDs; the breakthrough that made phones, screens, traffic lights, and energy-efficient lighting possible. Some call it as important as Edison's light bulb.💡
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
🔵⚡Big feature in @cnn.com this week on our very own Prof. Shuji Nakamura (Materials & ECE). The man who lit up the world with blue LEDs, and now wants to power it too. 🔗https://tinyurl.com/msm4h9bf @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social @ucsbengineering.bsky.social
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andy alexander @andyalexander.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
@fatihdinc.bsky.social won the Richard C. DiPrima Prize from SIAM! He is an incredible scientist and I feel genuinely lucky to work with him alongside @wtredman.bsky.social and @ninamiolane.bsky.social . Congrats Fatih! Read more here: news.ucsb.edu/2026/022632/...
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New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity
Postdoc Fatih Dinc has been recognized by the the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his work developing a bridge between mathematics and neuroscience.
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Fatih Dinc @fatihdinc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
My postdoc work with @ninamiolane.bsky.social and @geometric-intel.bsky.social is out! Check it out!
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
At UCSB, Fatih is co-advised by ECE Professor @ninamiolane.bsky.social and KITP Professor Boris Shraiman. We're proud to have him in the #ECE community. Congratulations, Fatih! 👏 #AppliedMathematics #Neuroscience #NeuroAI #UCSB #ECE #SIAM
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
🧠 Can geometry give us a theory of neural computation? Claire Isabel Webb and I discussed how #geometry, the hidden shapes & structure inside high-dimensional neural data, can be a powerful tool to understand how the brain computes. @longnow.org @geometric-intel.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social
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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 05/06/2026
What an incredible season of Long Now Talks! We heard from @ninamiolane.bsky.social on the geometry of consciousness, @ericries.bsky.social on incorruptibility, @bayoakomolafe.bsky.social on new time paradigms, @indyjohar.bsky.social on planetary consciousness + more
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
🏆Congratulations to Prof. Elaheh Ahmadi, recipient of the 2026 Young Investigator MBE Award from the International MBE Advisory Committee! Her research on novel ultra wide bandgap devices is pushing the boundaries of high power, high frequency, and quantum applications.🔬⚡
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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 27/05/2026
Could there be a universal geometry of intelligence? @ninamiolane.bsky.social proposes answers in her Long Now Talk with @berggruen.org's Claire Isabel Webb.
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Daniel Holmberg @dholmberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
• Lastly, animation of an extra long sea ice concentration rollout over the spring of 2024 for the Baltic Sea, with reanalysis atmospheric forcing. The regional model remains surprisingly stable while only trained with 2 autoregressive steps.
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Daniel Holmberg @dholmberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
• Njord is trained globally at 0.25° and on the Baltic Sea at 2km resolution. In the regional setting Njord conditions on boundary data from an independent global ocean model, where previous emulators either lack boundary forcing or depend on the very system they aim to replace.
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Daniel Holmberg @dholmberg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The ocean is inherently chaotic, yet existing data-driven ocean models produce deterministic forecasts. In our new preprint, we introduce Njord, a probabilistic graph neural network for ensemble ocean forecasting. Link: arxiv.org/abs/2605.15470 A couple highlights below 🧵
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social is ranked #3 academic institution in the world for automation and control by the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities 🏆 At the heart of this success is the Center for Control, Dynamical Systems, and Computation! Discover 👉 www.ccdc.ucsb.edu
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"The award reflects the wonderful mentors, colleagues, researchers, and engineers I've worked with throughout my career." – Dr. Klamkin Dr. Klamkin will be honored at the CSW Conference on May 25 in Kumamoto, Japan. We're so proud! 🎉 #UCSB #ECE #Photonics #Semiconductors #IPRM
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
🏆 Congratulations to ECE Professor and Aeluma CEO Dr. Jonathan Klamkin on receiving the prestigious IPRM Award from Compound Semiconductor Week! Read more here👇 tinyurl.com/apx9phhc @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Can geometry help explain how neuronal signals create consciousness?🤔🌐 Loved diving into this question w/ the brilliant Claire Webb from the @berggruen.org thanks to the @longnow.org foundation ! Watch our conversation here ⬇️ @geometric-intel.bsky.social @ucsbece.bsky.social @ai-ucsb.bsky.social
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🏥Congratulations to ECE Prof. Ramtin Pedarsani's team on receiving a UC Noyce Initiative award to develop robust vision-language models for clinical applications — part of a $3.4M UC-wide research push for computational health and cybersecurity.🤖 🔗https://tinyurl.com/mm9jb8x
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
🔬How do you study thousands of neurons at once? You build better tools. ECE Prof. Spencer Smith's SLAB Lab designed a scan angle multiplier that achieves the laser scanning trifecta: high speed, high resolution, and a larger area.🧠⚡ 📜https://tinyurl.com/36j7pa3d
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
🎉Congrats to ECE undergraduate Roland Yin on receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship — one of the most prestigious honors in STEM!🏆 @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social 🔗https://tinyurl.com/63h5hvfz
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
His work on high-speed integrated circuits & III-V CMOS architectures is pushing the limits of next-gen wireless, photonics, and satellite communications.🛰️ He also co-founded PseudolithIC to bring these innovations to market, turning UCSB research into real-world impact.💡
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
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
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Hair-width LEDs could replace lasers — and a UCSB doctoral student is helping make it happen
Study demonstrates a new micro–light-emitting diode (microLED) design that improves both efficiency and beam directionality.
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
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
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
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
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
See the historic work of the OCAQπ Lab in action: 🔗 tinyurl.com/ocaqpi 🔗 tinyurl.com/3486zbbb 📺 tinyurl.com/296b4ewf #OCAQPI #UCSB #QuantumCalifornia #QuantumTech #EngineeringInnovation
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UC Santa Barbara Showcases the Future of Quantum Technology | Optical Communications and Atomic Quantum Photonic Integration (OCAQπ) | Daniel Blumenthal | UC Santa Barbara
KEYT-TV, Santa Barbara television station, covers our lab's contributions in quantum innovations
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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 ⚡️🥼
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
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
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UC is No. 1 in patents in new U.S. ranking
UC is No. 1 in a National Academy of Inventors ranking of U.S. schools granted the most U.S. utility patents released today, March 19. Patents are a key driver of economic success and quality of life.
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering is launching METL — the Master of Engineering & Technology Leadership — the first fully online master's degree at UC Santa Barbara, built for working tech professionals around the world 🎓 @ucsbengineering.bsky.social @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social
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Nina Miolane @ninamiolane.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New online master program from @ucsbengineering.bsky.social : Master of Engineering & Technology Leadership! 🌟
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UCSB Electrical and Computer Engineering Department @ucsbece.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
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
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DeBarra Shaw @d2chattoway.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Grateful to see this important work.✨
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The Long Now Foundation @longnow.org · 06/04/2026
We are entering the fifth era of science. Mathematician @ninamiolane.bsky.social explains, "Instead of hoping AI will magically handle limited, noisy, specialized data, we need experts to tailor algorithms to the realities of fields like biology and medicine." Read the full article here:
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The Fifth Era of Science: Artificial Scientific Intelligence
The era of artificial scientific intelligence is here. As algorithms generate discoveries at scale, what role remains for human scientists?
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Louisa Cornelis @louisacornelis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
🚀 Build fairer personalized ML! Our work introduces tools to evaluate trade-offs in accuracy, fairness & explanation quality. 📷Read “When ML Gets Personal” here: [arxiv.org/abs/2502.02786] @ninamiolane.bsky.social @gbg141.bsky.social
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Louisa Cornelis @louisacornelis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
📊Experiments on real-world healthcare MIMIC-III data reveal: • Some subgroups benefit from personalization, others face worse predictions. • Prediction gains ≠ better explanations. • Fairness-aware ML practitioners need tools to assess when personalization helps vs. harms
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Louisa Cornelis @louisacornelis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Key Contributions ✅Framework to evaluate personalization across ML models ✅Finding:Fairness in accuracy≠fairness in explainability ✅New theoretical bounds on reliably evaluating personalization ✅Evidence:Regression models can handle more attributes than classification models
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Louisa Cornelis @louisacornelis.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Personalization is everywhere, from healthcare to recommendations. While using user attributes (e.g. age, race) can boost accuracy, does it always? And at what cost to model explainability? (👇See table below for real gains or losses from personalizing a model with race and age).
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