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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.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/graduate-preparation-program/
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SUMMARY:Gomez\, J. (CSE) - Toward Sustainable and Secure Open Source Software: Discovery\, Measurement\, and Defense
DESCRIPTION:In March 2024\, a backdoor was discovered in xz Utils\, a widely used open source data compression library present in nearly every major Linux distribution. The attack was discovered days before merging into major distributions\, and if this had happened\, it would have allowed attackers to execute arbitrary code on millions of systems worldwide via SSH. \nThe success of this backdoor was enabled by two failures. The first was technical: weaknesses in the software supply chain allowed a malicious actor to inject code into a widely trusted release. The second was human: the project’s only maintainer\, overwhelmed and burned out after years of maintaining critical infrastructure alone\, was the target of a multi-year social engineering campaign\, in which a malicious actor built trust under a false identity and gradually obtained commit access to the project. This incident shows that software security failures and sustainability failures are not independent: an overburdened\, unsupported maintainer is itself an attack surface. \nAcademic and scientific open source software (OSS) faces both of these crises simultaneously. Projects that critical infrastructure depends on are maintained by researchers\, students\, and faculty who contribute in their spare time\, without dedicated security training or institutional support. Existing security frameworks including NIST’s SSDF\, OWASP’s SCVS\, and SLSA were not designed with these communities in mind\, and policy efforts such as the EU Cyber Resilience Act have shown that mandates developed without community input risk harming the ecosystems they are meant to protect. \nThis dissertation addresses the sustainability and security of academic open source software through two parallel empirical research tracks. The sustainability track combines GitHub’s REST API with LLM-based filtering to discover and characterize over 216\,000 institutionally affiliated repositories across 32 academic and research institutions\, finding that while 84\% include a README\, only 23.4% carry a detectable license and fewer than 2% include a Contributing Guide. Building on this dataset\, we develop a maturity-staged sustainability framework that classifies projects into four lifecycle stages and generates targeted recommendations for Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs). \nThe security track examines whether post-9/11 trade security programs offer a workable model for OSS supply-chain policy\, finding that effective frameworks require voluntary incentives and direct community engagement rather than top-down mandates. We further evaluate five large language models on the OWASP Benchmark for vulnerability triage\, finding that o1-mini reduces false positives by 20% over the Semgrep baseline\, demonstrating the potential for automation to reduce the security burden on individual maintainers. \nTogether\, these contributions treat sustainability and security as interconnected problems. A project that cannot sustain itself cannot secure its code\, and this dissertation takes steps toward closing both gaps. \n  \nEvent Host: Juanita Gomez\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Alvaro Cardenas  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91057980344?pwd=XMMjHZVgbbLXfwxKehrTEbat18066o.1 \nPasscode: 292091
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/gomez-j-cse-toward-sustainable-and-secure-open-source-software-discovery-measurement-and-defense/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Designing for Today's Digital World
DESCRIPTION:Design digital experiences people love to use.\nIn today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape\, organizations need professionals who can combine empathy\, usability\, and aesthetics to create interfaces that engage and delight users. Learn how UX and web design specialists use research‑driven methods\, prototyping tools\, and inclusive design principles to build seamless digital experiences across platforms. \nSpeaker\nJoin Nicole Sharratt\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension User Experience & Web Design program\, for an inside look at how our courses equip you with the skills to lead user‑centered design projects—whether you’re shaping websites\, apps or digital products. \nKeep learning\nSee our course page for a closer look at all upcoming offerings. \nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/designing-for-todays-digital-world-2/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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