Learning Based System Design and Optimization
MICS brings together experts across the diverse fields of data analytics, learning, system design, computing, and device technologies. Our collective goal is to leverage state-of-the-art AI technologies for revolutionizing the design and optimization of next generation engineering systems.

Real Time and Interactive AI
MICS faculty includes experts in the fields of statistical learning, information theory, signal processing, and data science.  Our collective research aim is integrate adaptive data collection processes with training, learning, and inference of generative AI models for real-time, predictive, and streaming applications.

Robustness, Security, Ethics, and Privacy for AI Systems
MICS faculty are leading experts in co-design and optimization of robust end-to-end systems across hardware, software, algorithms and data - and their isolation and interactions. This allows us to offer new approaches to explainability, trustworthiness, and privacy-preserving computations. 

Recent News


The AI Revolution is Upon Us--And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action

The AI Revolution is Upon Us--And UC San Diego Researchers Are Using it to Inform Climate Action

May 2, 2023

Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence. Full Story


Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

Fixing the Chicken-and-Egg Conundrum of Interdisciplinary Research Collaborations

April 7, 2023

The UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering launched a new effort to help seed research collaborations between labs. The program is called the Jacobs School Early Career Faculty Development Award. It provides funding that pays for graduate students from two different labs to begin the collaborations. Full Story


UC San Diego Computer Security and Privacy Pioneer Named ACM Fellow

UC San Diego Computer Security and Privacy Pioneer Named ACM Fellow

January 23, 2023

Farinaz Koushanfar, a professor and Henry Booker Faculty Scholar in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California San Diego, has been named one of 57 Fellows of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) for 2022. Koushanfar is recognized for her contributions to secure computing and privacy-preserving machine learning.  Full Story


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