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 ⚡️🥼
According to the @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social Office of Technology & Industrial Alliances (TIA), UC Santa Barbara holds 389 active patents. This fosters a strong connection between UCSB and industry collaborators💪
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
By shrinking room-sized tech down to the size of a deck of cards, they’ve achieved 99.6% SPAM fidelity – outperforming bulky lab standards. This paves the way for portable quantum sensors and scalable computing. 🛰️🔬
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
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
Thinking About Thinking is a nonprofit organization bringing together researchers, policymakers, and builders to engage with the most important open problems shaping artificial intelligence.
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
Proud of our faculty, students, and the culture of excellence they've built. Go Gauchos! 💙💛 #UCSB
As 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.📈✨
🏆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!
We 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
Thrilled 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...
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🙌 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.
💵 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.