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<li><a href="/teaching/2026-winter-cs281b/">CS/ECE-281B: Advanced Topics in Computer Vision</a></li>
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<li><a href="/publications/2025-07-gaussian-process-thresholds/">Efficient spatial estimation of perceptual thresholds for retinal implants via Gaussian process regression</a></li>
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Raiyah Ahmed is an undergraduate student at UC Santa Barbara pursuing a dual degree in Psychological &amp; Brain Sciences (BS) and Statistics and Data Science (BA). She is interested in using computational neuroscience to bridge the gap between technology and brain sciences. Raiyah would like to apply data analysis techniques to advance brain mapping research.
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Anissa Carter is a Promise Scholar and second-year student in the Department of Computer Science. She is interested in applying computer science to the furtherment of the medical field.
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