RAISE at UCR people (web)
Citation
UC Riverside. “Research Areas.” People and thrusts page of the UC Riverside Artificial Intelligence Research and Education Institute (RAISE@UCR), date not stated. https://raise.ucr.edu/people. Read 2026-11-05.
Bottom line
- RAISE@UCR has three pillars and eleven thrusts, each with a faculty lead from one of UCR’s colleges and schools.
- Kevin Esterling (Political Science) leads the Social Sciences thrust. Mariam Salloum (Computer Science and Engineering) leads Education and Outreach.
Background
The page lists the institute’s structure. The thrusts and leads are:
- AI Foundations: Machine Learning (Vagelis Papalexakis), Robotics and Physical AI (Konstantinos Karydis), Systems and Security (Srikanth Krishnamurthy), Scientific Computing (Mark Alber).
- AI Applications: Agriculture, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences (Hoori Ajami), Physical Sciences (Chia-en Chang), Bioinformatics and Biomedical Sciences (Monica Carson), Public Health (Mario Sims), Social Sciences (Kevin Esterling), Economics and Business (Gloria Gonzalez-Rivera).
- AI Education: Education and Outreach (Mariam Salloum).
Key claims
- “Research at RAISE@UCR is structured around three core pillars: AI Foundations, AI Applications, and AI Education. The institute brings together distinguished faculty from across all UCR colleges and schools, each contributing unique expertise to advance the frontiers of Artificial Intelligence.” (top of page)
- “Social Sciences. Thrust Lead: Kevin Esterling (Political Science, CHASS)” (AI Applications)
- “Education and Outreach. Thrust Lead: Mariam Salloum (Computer Science and Engineering, BCOE)” (AI Education)
- “Scientific Computing. Thrust Lead: Mark Alber (Mathematics, CNAS)” (AI Foundations)
Evidence and method
The institute’s own page. Names and departments only.
Limits
No dates, no description of each thrust’s work and no staff beyond the leads. The page title is “Research Areas”, not “People”.