Feb 2025: Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar is chairing the UCSD Workshop on Secure AI for Health, Defense, and Beyond!
Dec 2024: Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar is inducted to the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) class of 2024 fellows.
Aug 2024: Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar has been appointed as the inaugural holder of the Siavouche Nemat-Nasser Endowed Chair In the Jacobs School of Engineering.
Aug 2024: CNBC reports on security and privacy of brain-computer interfaces, quoting UCSD ECE faculty experts Prof. Kuzum and Prof. Koushanfar.
June 2024: ACES Lab alumna, Dr. Bita Rouhani (PhD 2018 UCSD, Best ECE Dissertation Award), is a recipient of the DAC Under-40 Innovators Award 2024.
June 2024: ACES Lab latest graduate, Dr. Shehzeen Hussain, receives the 2024 UCSD Best Dissertation Award in ECE. Shehzeen’s outstanding thesis made foundational contributions to demystifying safe AI and developing efficient generative models.
May 2024: Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar is co-chairing the ACM WiSec 2024 program in Seoul South Korea, the premier conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks. Check the exciting program!
Sept 2023: ACES Lab alumna, Dr. Azalia Mirhoseini starts her new job as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Her lab focuses on developing capable, reliable, and efficient AI systems for solving high-impact, real-world problems.
2023: Prof. Patrick McDaniel and Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar co-lead the decadal review and vision for the United States National Science Foundation (NSF) Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) billion-dollar program, and co-authored a report to be shared with the US congressional decision makers.
Jan 2023: ACES Lab alumna, Dr. Zahra Ghodsi starts her new job as an Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. Her lab focuses on building secure frameworks for emerging intelligent devices and applications, applied cryptography, AI, and systems.