UCR researchers develop a method called Test-Time Matching, an approach that significantly improves how AI systems interpret relationships between text and images, especially when presented with unfamiliar combinations.

Researchers from CSE, Professor Yue Dong and her PhD student Haz Sameen Shahgir, have developed BiRNA-BERT, a new RNA language model capable of processing full-length RNA sequences without the truncation limitations seen in prior models. This breakthrough allows the model to handle long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in their entirety, achieving state-of-the-art performance in lncRNA interaction prediction. Ongoing work aims to extend BiRNA-BERT to RNA-based homology search, opening new possibilities for studying evolutionary relationships that were previously inaccessible to language-model-based

Recently, the Spring team announced new null-safety features in the latest Spring Boot release. These improvements prominently rely on NullAway, a static-analysis tool developed by Professor Manu Sridharan and his research group. Spring Boot Framework, as used by millions of Java applications, now recommends NullAway for build-time nullness checking to help developers eliminate NullPointerExceptions and adopt modern, standardized null-safety practices. This integration highlights the growing industry impact of Professor Sridharan and UCR's research in advancing safe, reliable software

UCR leads $8 million effort for dynamic and secure computer networks to benefit military needs and civilian applications.