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SUMMARY:Graduate Preparation Program
DESCRIPTION:The Graduate Preparation Program (GPP) is a four-week intensive non-credit course offered in person on the main campus prior to the fall quarter\, which is open to all current and newly admitted international graduate students. It focuses on English for Academic Purposes (EAP)\, academic skills\, and cultural orientation. The program also provides a foundation for transitioning into the Teaching Assistant role. \nThe course offers guided support with: \n\nSeminar-style classroom discussion\nPresentation and oral communication skills\nInformation on U.S. classroom culture; roles and responsibilities of faculty\, Teaching Assistants\, and students\nCritical thinking: using evidence to support ideas\nResearch writing\, citation\, and avoiding plagiarism\nCollaborative and project-based learning\n\nA collaboration between the Graduate Division and Global Engagement\, the Graduate Preparation Program provides a strong foundation for the U.S. classroom environment and university system\, in addition to the opportunity to practice and master the language and academic skills needed for success. \nFor more information and to register\, please visit our webpage.
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review-3/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:ReView
DESCRIPTION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\nAugust 13-September 19\, 2026 \nOpening celebration and Artist Talk\nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-4:30 p.m\nLight refreshments will be served. \nSummer Gallery Hours: Thursday-Saturday\, 1-5pm \nReView: UC Santa Cruz Arts Alumni Exhibition features Arts Division alumni from the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas. Curated by Valéria Miranda\, the Sesnon’s Director\, ReView includes a wide variety of media and techniques highlighting the diversity of contemporary practice of alumni who graduated from 1972 to 2025. The exhibition title alludes to the portfolio critique process and suggests ideas of reflection and reevaluation—whether revisiting past work\, rethinking materials\, or tracing how a practice evolves over time. \nThis exhibition celebrates the creative path of artists who began their journeys at UC Santa Cruz. United by shared roots yet defined by distinct paths\, the participating alumni reflect the lasting influence of the Arts Division programs. Their works speak to the spirit of inquiry\, experimentation\, and perseverance that has long shaped the university’s artistic community. \nReView presents an opportunity for the campus and larger community to see the professional practice of these artists who continue to build on the creative foundation that they received at UCSC and to inspire our current students\, offering visualization of their own future artistic journeys after graduation. \nReView offers a unique opportunity for returning alumni to celebrate their creative expressions while reconnecting with classmates and the university community. \nAdmission is free and open to the public.  \nMore Information
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/review-3/
LOCATION:Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery\, Baskin Service Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Valderrama\, S. (CSE) - Closing Data Gaps for Cybersecurity AI Training and Evaluation
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence and machine learning models depend on large and diverse datasets to learn patterns across different situations and generalize to cases they have not seen before. In cybersecurity\, suitable data is difficult to find for two main reasons: first\, sensitive information limits what organizations can share; second\, public datasets often lack the coverage or context in specific use cases. My research addresses this problem by developing methods that synthetically create and curate data\, where we propose data-generation algorithms that provide mechanisms to generate data to close these gaps. \nSo far\, we have started this research by developing algorithms to curate data for specific cybersecurity needs. We collect and label a collection of 64\,132 command blocks from different data sources trying to describe the security behavior they represent. Measuring this collection reveals important differences in coverage and provides a basis for directing command generation toward these rare behaviors. We then develop a generation and validation process that fills these gaps\, creating new examples that are correct\, relevant\, and diverse. Finally\, we automate the process of creating applications that could serve different cybersecurity purposes\, which together with a set of instructions\, a way of grading them\, and reference solutions became a tasks\, a valuable training unit for machine learning models. \nThese contributions show that we can reliably guide synthetic data generation that produces useful results. As future work\, we will extend this approach from individual applications to complex environments involving multiple systems. Executions in these environments will produce records of activity linked to known actions and their outcomes\, whether benign or malicious\, enabling analysis and modeling of adversarial behavior. The broader goal is to make cybersecurity data generation more targeted\, automatic\, and useful for artificial intelligence research. \nEvent Host: Sergio Valderrama\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering  \nAdvisor: Alvaro Cardenas  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92072651510?pwd=UB55FkjUfMi0vssfcqIbYsPWjDr9xw.1 \nPasscode: 026956 \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/valderrama-s-cse-closing-data-gaps-for-cybersecurity-ai-training-and-evaluation/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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