Assanis comes to UC Santa Barbara from the University of Delaware, where he served as president from 2016 to 2025. A native of Athens, Greece, he helped position UD as a leader in innovation across science, technology, and the arts.
What U.S. Department of Defense–funded project connected engineers and scientists at select universities — including UC Santa Barbara — to create one of the world’s first secure communication networks?
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