
Each year, through the Young Faculty Award (YFA) program, DARPA identifies “rising stars” in research positions, supporting their work in the context of national security needs. This year, DARPA selected UC Irvine’s Assistant Professor of Computer Science Mohsen Imani as one of those rising stars.
“This accolade is bestowed upon only around 20 exceptional emerging talents,” says Tony Givargis, chair of the Department of Computer Science in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS). “In particular, Mohsen has been granted $1 million to spearhead research on hyperdimensional computing as a neuro-symbolic AI technique, aiming to facilitate transparent and efficient learning and cognitive computation.”
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