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Derek Hollenbeck

ECE Seminar: From Plumes to Produce: Leveraging Atmospheric Modeling and Smart Sensing for Food Safety

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Derek Hollenbeck, postdoctoral research scholar, University of California, Merced Description: Advances in drone-based environmental sensing, atmospheric modeling, and intelligent monitoring systems are creating new opportunities for addressing emerging challenges in food safety and agricultural resilience. This talk explores how methodologies originally developed for methane emission detection and quantification could be translated toward agricultural and […]

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ECE 290 Seminar: AI for Enhancing Power Grid Resilience Against Extreme Weather Events

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Masood Parvania, Roger P. Webb Endowed Professor, University of Utah   Description: Many communities across the world are experiencing more frequent and severe extreme weather disturbances such as wildfires, heatwaves, drought, storms, rising sea levels, and flooding, which not only pose threats to human health, and the environment but also affect the ability of […]

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The Sensory Arcade: Food as Language

Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz

Are you looking for a unique way to connect with your peers and experience art and food together? Our team is thrilled to invite you to a special, immersive event hosted by your fellow international graduate students: The Sensory Arcade: Food as Language. When & Where: Date: Monday, May 18 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Location: Graduate Student […]

Leafy greens

Seminar Series | Is the Farm a Digital Factory?: Labor, Leafy Greens, and the Limits of Automation with Summer Sullivan

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz

Host:Madeleine Fairbairn Silicon Valley investors, entrepreneurs, and engineers are increasingly interested in agriculture as a site to disrupt and improve upon with their technologies. The nearby Salinas Valley – known as the Salad Bowl of the World – might be considered a “ground zero” for these operations of technological introduction, with some calling it the […]

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Statistics Seminar: Unifying Regression-Based and Design-Based Causal Inference in Time-Series Experiments and Crossover Experiments

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Peng Ding, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Description: I will present some recent results on unifying regression-based and design-based causal inference in time-series experiments and crossover experiments. Part I: Time-series experiments, also called switchback experiments or N-of-1 trials, play increasingly important roles in modern applications in medical and industrial areas. Under the potential outcomes framework, […]

Seminar speaker, Dr. David A. Knowles

AM Seminar: Dissecting Complex Disease Mechanisms with Causal Inference and Deep Learning

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Dr. David A. Knowles, New York Genome Center & Columbia University Description: Many human diseases have a substantial genetic component, which association studies are increasingly capable of characterizing, empowered by ever-growing sample sizes. These associations have the potential to elucidate complex disease biology and prioritize therapeutic interventions. However, it is challenging to determine the […]