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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:Pawar\, M. (CSE) - Understanding Representations\, Reasoning\, and Decision-Making in Autonomous Driving Models
DESCRIPTION:Modern autonomous-driving models increasingly rely on learned representations and generated reasoning to interpret complex scenes and produce predictions or actions. However\, it remains unclear what information these models encode\, how that information is exposed through common interpretation methods\, and whether their stated reasoning meaningfully influences their behavior. This research investigates these questions across motion-forecasting and vision-language-action models. \nEvent Host: Manasi Pawar\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering  \nAdvisor: Leilani Gilpin \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92653015420?pwd=xEyOcy5ZuTcHN04La9w2KP1cmVY1ao.1 \nPasscode: 309299
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/pawar-m-cse-understanding-representations-reasoning-and-decision-making-in-autonomous-driving-models/
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SUMMARY:Empowering humans through AI
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an inside look at how our AI Application Development courses provide hands‑on experience\, industry‑driven projects\, and the technical foundation you need to advance your career as an ML Engineer\, MLOps Engineer\, or Applied AI Researcher. \nYour speaker\nKavitha Velusamy\, Ph.D.\, brings more than 20 years of experience developing cutting-edge technologies at Amazon\, NVIDIA\, Cisco\, Leia Inc.\, and Robust.AI. Kavitha currently serves as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Robust.AI and teaches Humanoid Robotics (Sept. 19) and Artificial Intelligence for Robotics (Sept. 26). \nKeep learning\nSee our course page for a closer look at all upcoming offerings. \nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/empowering-humans-through-ai/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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