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samueli.ucla.edu > ucla-team-awarded-5-million-darpa-contract-to-develop-ai-for-math-advancement

UCLA Team Awarded $5 Million DARPA Contract to Develop AI for Math Advancement

5+ hour ago  (295+ words) DARPAThe Exponentiating Mathematics program aims to dramatically accelerate progress in pure mathematics by developing an AI co-author capable of proposing and proving useful abstractions. A team of UCLA computer scientists and mathematicians has been awarded a three-year, $5 million grant by…...

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samueli.ucla.edu > nanotech-manufacturing-pioneer-and-ucla-engineering-professor-xiaochun-li-elected-to-the-national-academy-of-engineering

Nanotech Manufacturing Pioneer and UCLA Engineering Professor Xiaochun Li Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (178+ words) Xiaochun Li, a professor in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, one of the highest professional honors granted to American engineers. The academy announced today its 2026 class of 130 members and 28 international…...

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samueli.ucla.edu > ucla-led-team-discovers-metallic-material-with-record-thermal-conductivity

UCLA-Led Team Discovers Metallic Material with Record Thermal Conductivity

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (207+ words) Theta-phase tantalum nitride conducts heat nearly three times better than copper, opening new pathways for cooling electronics and AI hardware A sequence showing how thermal energy, carried by electrons, spreads through theta-phase tantalum nitride after the metallic material is struck…...