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University of California San Diego

University lab · Research lab · La Jolla, California

UC San Diego is a public university campus of the University of California, located in La Jolla, California, and founded in 1960. Its AI research groups include the Hao AI Lab, which develops and maintains open-source models, evaluations, and systems, including the FastVideo framework for video generation.2145Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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Public institution

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A campus of the University of California, which is governed by The Regents. Under Article IX, Section 9 of the California Constitution, The Regents hold full powers of organization and governance.23
Headquarters
La Jolla, California21
Founded
19602
Sectors
Research

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This catalog assesses openness per artifact, not for the university as a whole. FastVideo's source code is published under the Apache License 2.0.6Fact reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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Notable documented facts

  • UC San Diego enrolled its first undergraduates in 1964. The campus grew around the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a marine station in La Jolla that joined the University of California in 1912.2
  • The Hao AI Lab at UC San Diego works on efficient machine learning models and algorithms and on distributed systems for machine learning workloads. It states that it develops and maintains open-source models, evaluations, and systems, and that it is affiliated with the UCSD ML System Group and the UCSD NLP Group.4
  • FastVideo, a post-training and inference framework for accelerated video generation, is maintained in the Hao AI Lab's GitHub organization and released under the Apache License 2.0. Its README credits code and design ideas from other open projects, including Wan-Video, diffusers, vLLM, and SGLang.56

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UC San Diego is a public university campus of the University of California in La Jolla, California. The University of California is governed by The Regents under the California Constitution.213

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Sources

  1. 1.
    About UC San Diego (external site: ucsd.edu)

    University of California San Diego · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

  2. 2.
    About UC San Diego - UCSD Catalog (external site: catalog.ucsd.edu)

    University of California San Diego · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

  3. 3.
    About the Regents (external site: regents.universityofcalifornia.edu)

    Regents of the University of California · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

  4. 4.
    Hao AI Lab @ UCSD (external site: haoailab.com)

    Hao AI Lab, UC San Diego · Official page · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

  5. 5.
    hao-ai-lab/FastVideo (GitHub repository and README) (external site: github.com)

    Hao AI Lab · Repository · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

  6. 6.
    FastVideo LICENSE (Apache License 2.0) (external site: raw.githubusercontent.com)

    Hao AI Lab · License · accessed Oct 1, 2026 · evidence reviewed Oct 1, 2026

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