Top Storieshttps://www.jacobsschool.ucsd.eduen-usCopyright 2026 Regents of the University of California.soecomm@soe.ucsd.edu (Editor)soeweb@soe.ucsd.edu (Webmaster)Fri, 29 May 2026 14:10:24Fri, 29 May 2026 14:10:24Tue, 18 Nov 2025 06:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4066https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4066The San Diego Robotics Forum celebrated its 10th anniversary Nov. 5, 2025 with talks from startup founders who are also alumni, entrepreneur guest speakers, and engineering faculty whose work probes the limits of what is possible in robotics and artificial intelligence.This year’s event, organized by the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute, centered on the theme of bridging embodied AI and applications. Throughout the day, speakers detailed how AI, generative and otherwise, could be applied to healthcare, disaster monitoring, and more.    Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4056https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4056UC San Diego computer science professor Rose Yu has been named a 2025 Samsung AI Researcher of the Year, in recognition of her groundbreaking research and contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.    Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4029https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4029The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming six new faculty to its ranks in fall 2025. Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4027https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4027Four undergraduate programs at UC San Diego’s Jacobs School of Engineering have been ranked in the nation’s Top 10 in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2026 Best Colleges ranking Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4013https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4013Hao Su, a faculty member in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science, received a prestigious Frontiers of Science Award, which honors outstanding research in the fields of theoretical and computer information science, physics and mathematics. The award specifically recognizes work done over the past 10 years.    Wed, 27 Aug 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4014https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4014Computer science faculty member Tzu-Mao Li and his research team won a best paper award at SIGGRAPH 2025 for their work titled "Vector-valued Monte Carlo Integration using Ratio Control Variates."   Mon, 25 Aug 2025 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4011https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=4011From discussing the best invention to examining the way AI has been represented in movies, Jacobs School researchers took the stage at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.    Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3983https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3983The Jacobs School of Engineering will celebrate the undergraduate students in the class of 2025 at its annual Ring Ceremony on Friday, June 13. Six students were selected from the nearly 1,500  students receiving bachelor’s degrees from the Jacobs School of Engineering to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department.   Mon, 16 Sep 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3843https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3843The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering is welcoming 11 incredible new faculty to its ranks in fall 2024. They join a group of nearly 300 faculty, 175 of whom have been hired in the last 11 years, dedicated to tackling humanity’s toughest challenges. Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3805https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3805The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering has ranked the #11 best in the nation in the influential U.S. News & World Report Rankings of Best Engineering Schools. This #11 ranking is up from #12 last year. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3804https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3804Six undergraduate students were selected from among their peers to receive an Award of Excellence from their academic department in recognition of their outstanding academic, leadership and community contributions. Wed, 20 Dec 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3730https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3730Tzu-Mao Li, an assistant professor in the UC San Diego Department of Computer Science and Engineering, received one of five best paper awards at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023. The paper, “Warped-Area Reparametrization of Differential Path Integrals” was co-authored with researchers at MIT and UC Irvine.    Tue, 19 Dec 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3728https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3728It was another busy year at the Jacobs School of Engineering, as our students, faculty, staff, and industry and community partners worked together to pursue engineering and computer science for the public good. From research breakthroughs in robotics, AI and healthcare, to launching new centers for microelectronics and computing, here are just a few highlights from 2023.   Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3709https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3709Yet again, 16 faculty and researchers at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were named among the world’s most influential in their fields in this year’s Clarivate listing of Most Highly Cited Researchers in the World. Tue, 26 Sep 2023 08:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3670https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3670Fifteen researchers are joining the faculty of the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering in fall 2023. They join the more than 160 faculty members the school has hired in the past 10 years–effectively more than doubling the size of the faculty from 2013 to 2023.      Mon, 18 Sep 2023 00:00:00https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3663https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release?id=3663Several undergraduate academic programs at the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering were ranked among the top in the country– including three in the top 10– in the U.S. News & World Report 2024 Best Colleges ranking, released Sept. 18, 2023.