Audience: Alumni
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Laffan, N. (CM) – Digital Memory Tools and Their Impact On Collective Remembering
Today, both individual and collective memories are increasingly mediated by digital platforms. Both are fundamentally enmeshed in platform ecosystems that orient around commercial imperatives very much at odds with community […]
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Zhu, R. (ECE) – From Neuromorphic Principles to Efficient Neural Language Architectures
While Large Language Models exhibit remarkable capabilities, their reliance on the standard Transformer architecture imposes prohibitive computational costs and quadratic memory complexity. To bridge the gap between biological efficiency and […]
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de Priester, J. (ECE) – Hybrid Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a machine learning paradigm that trains a decision maker, or policy, by learning from interaction with an environment. The power of RL lies in its ability […]
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Tran, L. (BMEB) – Polysome Shadowing: A Long-Read Sequencing Approach to Study Translation
Translation is a central and highly regulated step of gene expression, yet there are few quantitative, high-throughput tools to study translation. Existing methods such as sucrose gradients provide only bulk […]
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First Friday Alumni Event at the IAS
Join fellow Banana Stugs past and present on First Friday at the IAS. This alumni-focused event will feature immersive art and science exhibition tours led by current students as well […]
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Silicon Chip Design & Semiconductor Engineering Info Session
Build the semiconductors powering the future. With the global demand for advanced chips on the rise, engineers who can design, simulate, and optimize integrated circuits are highly sought after. Learn […]
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Clinical Trials Design and Management Info Session
This event has been moved to Jan. 12. Advance your career in the global clinical research industry. As the demand for safe, effective therapies grows, so does the need for […]
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AI Application Development Program Info Session
Lead Innovation as a Machine Learning Engineer. As AI becomes central to products and services across industries, there’s a growing demand for professionals who can design, build and deploy intelligent […]
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Pre-College Program Info Session
Learn more about UCSC Pre-College Programs Discover what’s possible in Summer 2026! Join us for a one-hour online info session to learn about our Pre-College Programs, including courses, eligibility, and […]
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DeGrendele, C. (AM) – Learning-Augmented and Structure-Preserving Methods for Conservation Law Solvers
In this work, we develop numerical methods for conservation laws that explore statistical, structure-preserving, and machine-learning-based approaches, each built on top of traditional numerical solvers. First, we develop a general […]