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SUMMARY:59th Faculty Research Lecture Featuring Professor Natalie Batalha
DESCRIPTION:The UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate is delighted to invite you to the 59th Faculty Research Lecture\nFeaturing Natalie Batalha Professor\, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics Director of Astrobiology & UC Presidential Chair\nThursday\, November 6\, 2025\n6:30 PM – 7:30 PM \n\nReception to follow\nThis event is free and open to the public. Seating will begin at 6:00 p.m\nParking permits will be available for purchase for $5 in the Performing Arts lot 126\, ”A” permits are required during the week until 8pm. Park Mobile options are available in this same lot. Please follow the event signage at the base of campus and a parking attendant will assist you.\n\nRegister to attend here\nThe lecture will be held in person and also available to view via livestream.\nThirty Years of Exoplanet Discovery\nThe first exoplanet orbiting a normal sun-like star was announced in October 1995. Discoveries have been trickling in at an accelerating pace ever since\, with the roster of new worlds surpassing 6000 just this year. Due to a confluence of lucky events\, I’ve been afforded a front row seat to exoplanet discovery over those last three decades. The science has taken me from humble mountaintops like Lick Observatory to the most powerful space telescopes like Kepler\, TESS\, and Webb. As the story unfolds\, so to does my human perspective. I will share the view from this front row seat — how the story started and where it’s going\, what we know and don’t know\, and what the next generation can look forward to as we search for evidence of living worlds beyond the Solar System. \nNatalie Batalha is a Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Director of Astrobiology at UC Santa Cruz. She uses ground and space-based telescopes to find and characterize planets orbiting other stars in the galaxy\, with the ultimate goal of searching for evidence of life beyond the Solar System.  Prior to UCSC\, Dr. Batalha was a research scientist at NASA Ames where she served as Science Team Lead and Project Scientist for NASA’s Kepler mission. She led the team that discovered the first confirmed rocky exoplanet (Kepler-10b). Over the next decade\, she played a central role in expanding the Kepler catalog of discoveries and guiding the team through the statistical analyses that demonstrated the prevalence of potentially habitable planets in our Galaxy. For her work on Kepler\, Batalha was awarded a NASA Public Service Medal (2011) and the Smithsonian Ingenuity Award (2017).  Most recently\, Batalha led the team that achieved the first definitive detection of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of an exoplanet (WASP-39b)\, a breakthrough that showcased the James Webb Space Telescope’s extraordinary power to probe alien skies and ushered in a new era of atmospheric exploration. At UCSC\, she is working to grow an Astrobiology program that will place UCSC at the center of the search for life beyond Earth.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/59th-faculty-research-lecture-featuring-natalie-batalha-professor/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Family Weekend 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce Nov. 7-9 as the dates for UCSC’s second annual Family Weekend\, bringing families together to experience UC Santa Cruz’s vibrant campus life and community spirit. The weekend will offer engaging activities\, informative sessions\, and opportunities to connect with faculty\, staff\, and fellow families.  \nFor more details\, visit the Family Weekend webpage. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/family-weekend-2025/
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SUMMARY:Wang\, S. (CSE) - Learned Hashing and Overlay Networks for AI-native Retrieval and Serving at Scale
DESCRIPTION:Modern AI systems demand low-latency high-quality retrieval and serving over billion-scale keys and vectors. This proposal studies learned hashing and overlay networks to co-locate semantically related items and steer queries with minimal coordination. We first present LEAD\, to our knowledge the first use of order-preserving learned hash functions in distributed key-value overlays\, enabling efficient range queries and cutting hops/messages by 80–90% in prototypes while retaining balance and churn resilience. Second\, Vortex applies learned hashing to approximate nearest-neighbor retrieval: a self-organizing overlay binding learned keys to distributed HNSW indexes to achieve high recall at low fan-out. Third\, PlanetServe introduces onion-style path setup with multi-path dispersal and cache-aware forwarding for open LLM serving\, reducing TTFT and latency while preserving privacy. Planned work generalizes learned hashing to embedding partitions\, token/KV caches\, programmable switches\, and storage tiers\, and provides formal convergence\, load-balancing\, and monotonic-progress guarantees under skew and churn. We are also working to design the first knowledge delivery network for LLM serving: an overlay that unifies data placement\, retrieval\, and policy-aware routing across clusters and providers with tunable cost\, privacy\, and quality. Evaluation on real workloads at scale will measure recall\, tail latency\, cost\, and robustness\, targeting a predictable\, elastic\, scalable AI-native retrieval and serving stack. \nEvent Host: Shengze Wang\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Chen Qian \n  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/5455463199?pwd=bHRVM01Vd20rcVpkc0FQY01kZG1UUT09&omn=98106984546 \nPasscode: 2121
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/wang-s-cse-learned-hashing-and-overlay-networks-for-ai-native-retrieval-and-serving-at-scale/
LOCATION:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/wang-s-cse-learned-hashing-and-overlay-networks-for-ai-native-retrieval-and-serving-at-scale/
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:"Bring Them Home" Screening
DESCRIPTION:The American Indian Resource Center will be screening "Bring Them Home" at the Namaste Lounge this November 7th.\n"Bring Them Home" is more than a film; it is a movement aimed at raising awareness around the Blackfeet's buffalo program\, a cornerstone in their fight against the lingering shadows of colonization\, oppression\, and trauma. Through this campaign\, we aspire to amplify the tribe's rewilding efforts\, support the sustainability of their buffalo program\, and convey the critical message of living in harmony with animals and the land.\nThe narrative of the Blackfeet and bison is intertwined with themes of survival\, resilience\, and rebirth. These majestic creatures are integral to every face of the Blackfeet culture\, playing a vital role in ceremonies and symbolizing the community's cultural\, spiritual\, and economic healing. The recent release of the Elk Island Herd into the wild marks a significant step in this journey\, despite the numerous challenges encountered along the way.\n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bring-them-home-screening/
LOCATION:Namaste Lounge\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Family Weekend 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce Nov. 7-9 as the dates for UCSC’s second annual Family Weekend\, bringing families together to experience UC Santa Cruz’s vibrant campus life and community spirit. The weekend will offer engaging activities\, informative sessions\, and opportunities to connect with faculty\, staff\, and fellow families.  \nFor more details\, visit the Family Weekend webpage. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/family-weekend-2025-2/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Family Weekend 2025
DESCRIPTION:We’re excited to announce Nov. 7-9 as the dates for UCSC’s second annual Family Weekend\, bringing families together to experience UC Santa Cruz’s vibrant campus life and community spirit. The weekend will offer engaging activities\, informative sessions\, and opportunities to connect with faculty\, staff\, and fellow families.  \nFor more details\, visit the Family Weekend webpage. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/family-weekend-2025-3/
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SUMMARY:Nguyen\, R. (BMEB) - Development of Computational Methods for Reliable Genetic Identification of Forensic Samples
DESCRIPTION:Advances in sequencing technologies have enabled the recovery of genetic data from minimal\, contaminated\, and highly degraded samples\, overcoming long-standing barriers in forensic analysis. Nevertheless\, many evidentiary samples still yield poor-quality DNA that is unconducive to PCR amplification of short tandem repeats (STRs)\, microarray genotyping\, or deep sequencing necessary for accurate\, complete genotype calls. \nThis dissertation addresses these challenges through the development of computational methods for reliable identity analysis of forensic samples. First\, I present IBDGem\, a fast and robust computational procedure for detecting identity-by-descent (IBD) regions by comparing low-coverage sequence data from an unknown sample against SNP genotype calls from a known individual. Using data from the 1000 Genomes Project and a panel of 8 rootless hairs\, I demonstrate that IBDGem can detect relatedness segments at 1x coverage and achieve high-confidence identifications with as little as 0.01x coverage. \nThe next part of my thesis examines the characteristics of DNA derived from single\, rootless hairs and evaluates their potential as a source of forensic genetic information. Analyses of 80 rootless hair samples reveal DNA fragmentation patterns associated with endonuclease-mediated degradation and nucleosome positioning. This chapter also shows that even short segments of rootless hair shafts can yield adequate sequence data to generate statistical support for or against identity. \nFinally\, I present a comprehensive analysis of IBDGem’s performance across a range of data conditions and program settings. I find that IBDGem is robust to moderate input errors and can identify the major contributor in two-person mixtures. The method also reliably distinguishes self-comparisons from close-relative comparisons\, and remains effective even when limited to 94 target SNPs in the ForenSeq assay. Overall\, these findings establish IBDGem as a practical tool for analyzing trace DNA evidence when conventional methods are unsuccessful. \nEvent Host: Remy Nguyen\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics  \nAdvisor: Ed Green \n  \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91522009894?pwd=JWPSUcIi7IaZ4YOeLDQJohyRApos4T.1 \nPasscode- 854645
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/nguyen-r-bmeb-development-of-computational-methods-for-reliable-genetic-identification-of-forensic-samples/
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Structure-Preserving Discretizations and their Applications
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Andy Wan\, Assistant Professor\, University of California\, Merced \n  \nDescription: Many models from science and engineering possess fundamental structures which are important to preserve in order for accurate and stable long-term predictions. For instance\, preserving conserved quantities\, such as energy\, mass and momentum\, are fundamental in many physical systems. Moreover\, preserving dissipative quantities\, such as entropy or Lyapunov functions\, are also essential for predicting correct asymptotic limits. In this talk\, we will survey a recent new class of conservative and dissipation-preserving integrators\, called the Discrete Multiplier Method (DMM). We will discuss various applications to many-body systems\, geodesic flow\, and particle methods in fluids and kinetic models. Moreover\, we will introduce Conservative Hamiltonian Monte Carlo\, which utilizes DMM to improve sampling efficacy of Hamiltonian Monte Carlo for high dimensional target distributions. If time permits\, we will also discuss how structure-preservation in scientific machine learning can improve long-term predictions and be amenable to error analysis on accuracy bounds. \n  \nBio: Andy Wan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics at the University of California\, Merced (UC Merced). Prior to joining UC Merced in 2024\, he received his Ph.D. from Polytechnique Montreal\, and was a postdoctoral fellow at McGill University and later an assistant professor at the University of Northern British Columbia. His research interests are in numerical analysis\, scientific computing\, and scientific machine learning. He focuses on structure-preserving discretizations\, specifically in the theory and development of conservative and dissipation-preserving integrators\, as well as their applications to mathematical sciences\, computational statistics and scientific machine learning. He is currently a co-investigator of the 2024-2027 Collaborative Research Group on “Structure-Preserving Discretizations and their Applications”\, supported by the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS). He has also recently co-organized a summer school and hackathon event on “Structure-Preserving Scientific Computing and Machine Learning”\, supported by NSF and PIMS. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Julie Simons \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-structure-preserving-discretizations-and-their-applications/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) Series
DESCRIPTION:The Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) is an annual lecture series that brings cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad range of subjects related to visual and media culture. The series is co-sponsored with the graduate programs in the History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC) and the Film & Digital Media departments. Each year\, the students and a faculty coordinator are responsible for selecting\, inviting and hosting speakers from a list of suggested names submitted by their peers and HAVC faculty. Together they share the unique challenge and opportunity of creating a program that brings to campus an array of cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad spectrum of subjects.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Open seating/admission (no ticket or registration required)\n– FREE and open to the public.\n– Refer to individual event listings for more information.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed.\, Nov 12\, 4:00 p.m.: Book Talk with Winnie Wong\n– Additional event dates to be announced\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/visual-media-cultures-colloquium-vmcc-series/
LOCATION:Porter College\, D-Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Exhibits,Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Neurosymbolic AI: from research to industry
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Luis Lamb\, Catholic Institute of Technology\n\nAbstract:\nNeurosymbolic AI brings together the statistical nature of machine learning with the formal reasoning capabilities of symbolic AI. It seeks to offer a balanced approach to contemporary AI technologies\, by combining the ability to learn from data\, with the capacity to reason upon knowledge acquired from an environment. The main criticism of neural machine learning lies in its lack of explainability and semantics\, which are key requirements in safety-critical applications\, yet inherent strengths of logic-based methods. Recently\, several corporations have publicly announced products and technologies grounded in neurosymbolic AI methodologies. This talk provided a concise review of the foundations\, frameworks and tools underlying neurosymbolic AI\, along with illustrative applications. It concludes by highlighting current trends and research directions in the field.\n\nBio:\nLuis Lamb is Professor of Computer Science and Vice President of Research at the Catholic Institute of Technology. His research interests include: Artificial Intelligence\, Neurosymbolic AI\, Innovation Strategies\, and Applied Logics. Lamb has co-authored two research monographs\, including Neural-Symbolic Cognitive Reasoning\, with d’Avila Garcez and Gabbay (Springer 2009). He organized two Dagstuhl Seminars on Neursymbolic AI\, published widely in AI\, and has worked in the area for over 20 years.  Lamb also has extensive experience leading research planning\, strategy\, and university wide research & infrastructure grant applications\, and strategic academic-industry partnerships. He has been a Professor in Brazil and has experience in industry as a former Senior Manager of AI and Machine Learning at Boeing. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from Imperial College London and an MBA from MIT.\n\nHosted by: Professor Mohsen Lesani\n\nLocation: Engineering 2\, E2-180\n\n*Refreshments such as coffee and pastries will be provided.\n\nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-neurosymbolic-ai-from-research-to-industry/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Work for California - Your State Career
DESCRIPTION:The Work for California — Your State Career presentation will give you an opportunity to learn about the benefits of California state service\, the range of career opportunities with the State of California\, and the process for searching and applying for state jobs. We will provide resources and be here to answer your questions. Join this session to learn why you should work for California’s largest employer and make an impact. The session will be led by Anthony Bonilla\, a Recruitment Analyst from the CA State Parks. \n  \nHosted by UC Alumni Career Network\, and open to UC alumni at all career stages.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/work-for-california-your-state-career/
LOCATION:CA
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SUMMARY:Neolithic by Sea: the social ecology of the spread of farming in the Adriatic - a view from Dalmatia
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Sarah B. McClure (UC Santa Barbara) will present Neolithic by Sea: the social ecology of the spread of farming in the Adriatic – a view from Dalmatia at the Archaeology and Biological Anthropology (Arch/BioAnth) Lunch Talk on Wednesday\, November 12th at noon in 261\, Social Sciences 1. \nPresentation Abstract: The last 20 years of research have provided new insights on Mesolithic foragers and early Neolithic farmers in the Adriatic. Excavations\, material analyses\, and the application of new methodologies have characterized a diversity of late Mesolithic and early Neolithic lifeways and the role of trans-Adriatic interactions for the spread of farming. Discoveries of underwater sites have also highlighted some of the taphonomic challenges for Mesolithic and Neolithic sites presented by post-glacial environmental change. This presentation highlights our current understanding of the Mesolithic to Neolithic transition in the Adriatic and the roles played by foraging populations\, social interactions\, and environment for the spread of farming beginning 8\,000 years ago. Our research on the Dalmatian coast of Croatia seeks to characterize Neolithic farming societies and ultimately explore the processes underlying the eventual dominance of domestic plant and animal-based subsistence in the region. \nAbout the Presenter: Sarah B. McClure is a Professor of Anthropology\, Director of the Mediterranean Prehistory and Paleoecology Laboratory\, and Associate Dean in the Division of Undergraduate Education at UC Santa Barbara. She is also a National Geographic Explorer and Public Voices Fellow of the OpEd Project and UCSB.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/neolithic-by-sea-the-social-ecology-of-the-spread-of-farming-in-the-adriatic-a-view-from-dalmatia/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 1\, Social Sciences 1\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Visiting Theater Artists 2-Day Residency with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin from MENA
DESCRIPTION:Visiting theater artists from MENA Theater Makers Alliance—Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin—and the Department of Performance\, Play & Design’s IRIS LAB invite attendees to participate in the 2-day residency\, including a conversation with the artists and a workshop. MENA’s mission is to amplify the voices of Middle Eastern and North African theater makers and expand how stories from and about these communities are told on U.S. stages. \nWed. Nov. 12\, 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.\nDARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)\n“MENA Theater Makers Modeling Possibility and Resistance”\n– An Intergenerational conversation with Playwright\, Director\, Arts Leader Torange Yeghiazarian and Director\, Playwright\, and Arts Leader Evren Odcikin\n– Moderated by Lisa Marie Rollins\, Assistant Professor of Playwriting & Black Drama\, Department of Performance Play and Design and Artistic Director of The Iris Lab\n– This event will be live streamed for those who would prefer to attend online. \nThur. Nov 13\,  1:30–3:30 p.m.\nDARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)\n“Master Class: Theatrical Play\, Staging Language and Poetry Creative workshop”\n– for theater makers and interdisciplinary performance researchers with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin . \nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Donations to the IRIS LAB are welcomed and appreciated\n– Registration required\n– Wed. Nov 12: live streamed on Howlround Theater Commons; use THIS LINK to stream and join online.\n– Thu. Nov 13: registration is required for the Master Class/Workshop; Register online here \nPARKING\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/torange-yeghiazarian-and-evren-odcikin-visiting-artist-residency/2025-11-12/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Winnie Wong—VMCC Series
DESCRIPTION:In this public talk\, Winnie Wong presents and discusses her most recent book\, The Many Names of Anonymity: Portraitists of the Canton Trade. She explores two countervailing urgencies in contemporary cultural politics: the drive to recognize all individuals as artists so that they may be granted the rights and privileges of authorship; and\, at the same time\, the inadequacy of the modern figure of “the artist” to contain the ingenuity\, imagination\, and originality of anonymous workers. It does so by focusing on a long marginalized but ubiquitous genre of painting: portraits produced by Chinese artisans in the port of Guangzhou for European merchants at the height of the Qing dynasty. In this relationship\, makers are anonymized\, while merchants’ lives are preserved in vivid detail\, but portraiture occasions the empirical scene of their encounter. This book charts a framework for understanding visual production and trade across overlapping imperial spaces\, and demonstrates how contemporary art historical inquiry can yet decouple authorial names from authorial works\, a step necessary to looking anew at anonymity\, multiplicity\, and the ingenuity of nameless artisans. \nWinnie Wong is a professor of rhetoric at the University of California\, Berkeley. She is an art historian with a special interest in fakes\, forgeries and counterfeits. \nThis event is presented as part of the Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC) series.\n—\nADMISSION\n– Open seating/admission (no ticket or registration required)\n– FREE and open to the public.\n– Located at Porter College D245\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n– Wed.\, Nov 12: Book Talk with Winnie Wong\n– Additional dates to be announced\n—\nPARKING\n– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile\n– TAPS provides additional parking information\n—\nABOUT THE SERIES\nThis event is presented as part of the Visual & Media Cultures Colloquium (VMCC)\, an annual lecture series that brings cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad range of subjects related to visual and media culture. The series is co-sponsored with the graduate programs in the History of Art & Visual Culture (HAVC) and the Film & Digital Media departments. Each year\, the students and a faculty coordinator are responsible for selecting\, inviting and hosting speakers from a list of suggested names submitted by their peers and HAVC faculty. Together they share the unique challenge and opportunity of creating a program that brings to campus an array of cutting-edge scholars to speak on a broad spectrum of subjects.\n—\nImage Credit: Peabody Essex Museum\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/vmcc-winnie-wong/
LOCATION:Porter College\, D-Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Petety\, A. (CSE) -  New Algorithmic Methods for Uncertain Inputs
DESCRIPTION:This dissertation focuses on designing and proving performance guarantees on algorithms when there is uncertainty in the input. The uncertainty could be from the user being unsure or future inputs that have not arrived yet. We look at different methods in which algorithms can be designed to be competitive against the optimal. One of the assumptions that helps in this is to assume that the input arrival order is completely random. We study the online load/graph balancing problem when the input arrival order is uniformly random. We show lower bounds for the greedy algorithm and the general case. In the next part\, we study the online scheduling problem under the assumption that the online algorithm has an additional ϵ speed compared to the machines in offline optimal. We show a meta algorithm generalizing Shortest Remaining Processing Time that gives a scalable algorithm for minimizing total weighted flow time. We show that it achieves scalability for minimizing total weighted flow time when the residual optimum exhibits supermodularity. In the final part we look at the online caching problem when the algorithm has access to ML-augmented predictions. We propose an algorithm that achieves a O(logb k) competitive ratio even when using just b predictions per cache miss. We also prove its robustness and consistency. \nEvent Host: Aditya Petety\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Sungjin Im \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/petety-a-cse-new-algorithmic-methods-for-uncertain-inputs/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Haunting Interruptions: Race\, Infrastructural Violence\, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson\, Missouri
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, November 13th from 12:00-1:15pm\, join the Sociology Department together with the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES)\, The Black Geographies Lab\, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies\, and History in the Rachel Carson College Red Room\, to welcome speaker Rashad Timmons (UC PPFP) for a discussion on Race\, Infrastructural Violence\, and Spatial Memory in Ferguson\, Missouri moderated by Camilla Hawthorne (UC Santa Cruz). \nThis presentation engages the racial politics of infrastructural violence and spatial memory in Ferguson\, Missouri—the historically-white suburb of St. Louis and site of the tragic police killing of Black\, 18-year-old Michael Brown\, Jr. in August 2014. It critically examines the use of blockades\, space-based protests\, and other forms of infrastructural disruption by Black subjects in Ferguson before and after Michael Brown Jr.’s execution\, paying specific attention to the mnemonic work these practices perform. It argues that Black subjects in Ferguson deploy these tactics of spatial intervention not only to claim space in Ferguson’s suburban landscape but to haunt its collective memory. These disruptive practices—what I call “haunting interruptions”—disturb or interfere with the normative function of infrastructures such as roads and highways to reveal\, indict\, and account for the historical racist logics underlying (sub)urban life. The presentation grounds haunting interruptions in an examination of historical and contemporary protests in the notorious apartment complex where Michael Brown Jr. perished and finds that Black subjects use protest and blockage as spatial tactics not simply to force state\, institutional\, or corporate entities to act but to surface the memory of persistent racial suffering that exceeds reparation and is acutely sedimented in the suburban geography. \nRashad Arman Timmons (he/him) is a community builder\, musician\, writer\, scholar\, and educator from Detroit\, Michigan\, the ancestral and present homelands of the Anishinaabeg. The proud son of factory workers\, he teaches and writes broadly about race\, urban infrastructure\, mobility\, and power in the midwestern United States\, es Black people’s longstanding use of the built environment to imagine a freer and more just world. Rashad earned his Ph.D. in African American and African Diaspora Studies from the University of California\, Berkeley\, where he researched the violent and racist history of infrastructural development (e.g.\, railways\, roads\, telecommunications) and policing in Ferguson\, Missouri. Rashad is currently a University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellow in Black Studies at UC Santa Barbara\, where he is writing a book about the plunder and persistence of Black geographies in Ferguson. \nAlongside his scholarly work\, Rashad serves and organizes with the Michael Brown Sr. Chosen for Change Organization to uplift the life and legacy of Michael “Mike Mike” Brown Jr. In this role\, Rashad leads public history and community engagement projects dedicated to uncovering and preserving Black history in Ferguson and St. Louis. He also writes grants to support the Brown family’s healing and racial justice efforts throughout the St.  Louis metropolitan area. As lead grant writer\, Rashad has secured more than a half a million dollars of direct funding to the family’s non-profit organization. \nRashad currently lives in Oakland\, California—the unceded lands of the Lisjan Ohlone—where he delivers political education to Bay Area youth and supports organizations working to end police terrorism in the U.S. and abroad. \nThis event is co-sponsored by the Center for Critical Urban & Environmental Studies (CUES) together with The Black Geographies Lab\, the Sociology Department\, Critical Race and Ethic Studies\, and History.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/haunting-interruptions-race-infrastructural-violence-and-spatial-memory-in-ferguson-missouri/
LOCATION:Rachel Carson College\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career: Job Talk with Kim Angulo\, Assistant Public Defender
DESCRIPTION:Interested in an impact-driven career in law\, public policy\, or politics? Come hear from UCSC Humanities alum Kim Angulo\, an Assistant Public Defender with experience in both law and public policy work. You’ll gain insights into how to enter these fields\, considerations for knowing whether they’re a good fit for you\, and ideas for how to put your humanistic training to work for public service. \nThis is a hybrid event and will be hosted both in-person in Humanities 1\, Room 210 and on Zoom. All attendees will enter a raffle for a Humanities tumbler\, and pizza will be provided for those joining in person! \nRegister on Handshake here \nLearn more about Kim: \nKim Angulo (she/her) graduated from UCSC in 2013 with her BA in Feminist Studies. She worked in the California State Capitol on public policy and politics for three years\, focusing on courts\, criminal justice\, and human services. Kim attended UC Davis Law School from 2016 to 2019\, gaining experience in Public Defense\, Workers’ Rights\, and Civil Rights. Kim has been an Assistant Public Defender representing people who cannot afford to hire an attorney for six years. She has represented hundreds of clients facing criminal charges and conducted misdemeanor and felony jury trials. She currently works in Mental Health Diversion.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-kim-angulo-assistant-public-defender/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Visiting Theater Artists 2-Day Residency with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin from MENA
DESCRIPTION:Visiting theater artists from MENA Theater Makers Alliance—Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin—and the Department of Performance\, Play & Design’s IRIS LAB invite attendees to participate in the 2-day residency\, including a conversation with the artists and a workshop. MENA’s mission is to amplify the voices of Middle Eastern and North African theater makers and expand how stories from and about these communities are told on U.S. stages. \nWed. Nov. 12\, 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.\nDARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)\n“MENA Theater Makers Modeling Possibility and Resistance”\n– An Intergenerational conversation with Playwright\, Director\, Arts Leader Torange Yeghiazarian and Director\, Playwright\, and Arts Leader Evren Odcikin\n– Moderated by Lisa Marie Rollins\, Assistant Professor of Playwriting & Black Drama\, Department of Performance Play and Design and Artistic Director of The Iris Lab\n– This event will be live streamed for those who would prefer to attend online. \nThur. Nov 13\,  1:30–3:30 p.m.\nDARC 108 (Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz)\n“Master Class: Theatrical Play\, Staging Language and Poetry Creative workshop”\n– for theater makers and interdisciplinary performance researchers with Torange Yeghiazarian and Evren Odcikin . \nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Donations to the IRIS LAB are welcomed and appreciated\n– Registration required\n– Wed. Nov 12: live streamed on Howlround Theater Commons; use THIS LINK to stream and join online.\n– Thu. Nov 13: registration is required for the Master Class/Workshop; Register online here \nPARKING\n– Parking by permit or ParkMobile\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/torange-yeghiazarian-and-evren-odcikin-visiting-artist-residency/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar Series presents: Giovanni Peri
DESCRIPTION:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar\nDate: Thursday\, November 13\, 2025\nTime: 1:40-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Giovanni Peri\nTitle: C. Bryan Cameron Distinguished Professor in International Economics \nAffiliation: UC Davis\nHost: Gueyon Kim\n \nSeminar title: How the1942 Japanese Exclusion Impacted U.S. Agriculture\n \nABSTRACT:  In the early 1940s\, Japanese American farmers and farm workers represented an important part of agriculture-specific human capital in the United States. In 1942 all those living in the “exclusion zone” along the WestCoastwereforcefully relocated to internment camps and most of them never returned to farming. Using county-level panel data from historical agricultural censuses and a triple-difference (DDD) estimation approach we find that\, by 1960\, counties in the exclusion zone experienced 12% lower cumulative growth in farm value for each percentage point loss of their 1940 share of Japanese farm workers\, relative to counties outside the exclusion zone. Farm revenues\, farm productivity\, adoption of high-value crops\, mechanization\, and farm wages were also correspondingly lower. Taken together\, these findings are consistent with Japanese farmers representing hard-to-replace human capital\, rather than replaceable labor\, in US agriculture.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/applied-microeconomics-and-trade-seminar-series-presents-giovanni-peri/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Slugs at Sundown -- Humanity at the Helm: Thriving in an AI-Driven World
DESCRIPTION:Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work\, live\, and connect — but it doesn’t define the future. What matters most are the skills and strengths that only humans bring: creativity\, empathy\, adaptability\, and big-picture thinking. Join fellow UC Santa Cruz alumni for an evening of conversation and connection as we explore how to stay relevant\, resilient\, and future-ready in an AI-driven world. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/slugs-at-sundown-humanity-at-the-helm-thriving-in-an-ai-driven-world/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: Low-Power and Miniaturized Medical Electronics for in vivo Localization and Tracking
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Saransh Sharma\, Postdoctoral Scholar\, MIT \nDescription: Accurate in vivo localization of medical devices is central to applications ranging from ingestible pills in the GI tract to endovascular and minimally invasive procedures. However\, current clinical methods rely on endoscopy or repeated ionizing imaging (CT/X-ray)\, and are poorly suited for continuous or out-of-hospital use. In this talk\, I will present a radiation-free platform for high-precision localization of wireless miniaturized devices in vivo\, using engineered magnetic field gradients. We design battery-less ingestible microdevices that measure and transmit their local magnetic field\, while planar coils generate monotonically varying fields in X\, Y\, and Z. This architecture uniquely encodes spatial position and achieves <100 μm 3D accuracy—to our knowledge\, the highest reported. We then translate this to in vivo large-animal studies to localize ingestible devices in the GI tract in real time with mm-scale resolution\, without radiation or hospital-grade imaging. This enables continuous monitoring relevant to constipation\, incontinence\, motility disorders\, medication adherence\, and quantitative GI transit-time. Next\, I will show how this platform generalizes to surgical navigation. By embedding the same localization architecture into catheters and guidewires\, we can track device position without fluoroscopy\, offering a pathway toward image-free vascular navigation and minimally invasive interventions. Finally\, to further shrink devices and power\, I developed a monolithic 3D magnetic sensor in 65 nm CMOS (4 mm²\, 14.8 μW\, <10 μT_rms noise). This fully CMOS-compatible architecture enables high-sensitivity magnetic sensing at μW power\, and can serve as the core for future miniaturized\, radiation-free localization systems. \nBio: Dr. Saransh Sharma received the B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)\, Kharagpur\, India\, in 2017\, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)\, Pasadena\, CA\, USA\, in 2018 and 2023\, respectively. He is currently a postdoctoral research scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)\, Cambridge\, USA\, working on low-power analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits and system design for bio-medical applications. Dr. Sharma was a recipient of the Wilts Prize and the Demetriades-Tsafka-Kokkalis Award for outstanding Ph.D. thesis in Electrical Engineering\, Biotechnology and related fields at Caltech\, Lewis Winner Award for outstanding paper at ISSCC 2024\, Best Student Paper Award at CICC 2025\, Charles Lee Powell Fellowship at Caltech\, and Excellence in Mentorship Award at Caltech for mentoring undergraduate and graduate students. \nHosted by: Professor Soumya Bose\, ECE Department \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97975378707?pwd=ljcgaCfhMmhZ88Vt5dqQUBVQRjehOx.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-290-seminar-low-power-and-miniaturized-medical-electronics-for-in-vivo-localization-and-tracking/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Global Learning Alumni Panel: Study Abroad & Away Experiences
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what it’s like to study abroad or participate in a domestic study away program?  \nJoin us for a virtual alumni panel where past participants of global learning programs will share their unique experiences\, personal stories\, and advice for making the most of your journey. This is your chance to ask questions\, get inspired\, and connect with alumni who have been where you’re headed. Don’t miss out! \nRegister here for the Global Learning Alumni Panel \nDate: Monday\, November 17 \nTime: 12:00 – 13:00 \nLocation: Zoom \nThis event is part of UCSC’s International Education Week. If you have any questions\, please contact us at globallearning@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/global-learning-alumni-panel-study-abroad-away-experiences/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars,Social Gathering,Workshop
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar: "Playful Design to Empower Climate Adaptation - What are we missing for real-life impact?"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Linda Hirsch \n  \nDescription: “Games and playful interventions have been researched to increase awareness of climate change impacts and educate about mitigation and adaptation measures. However\, besides increased awareness\, what real-life impact and adapted behaviors can we actually observe from such interventions? In this talk\, I will reflect on the differences between short-term and long-term community empowerment through playful interventions and discuss three outstanding research directions for designing real-life climate adaptation.” \nBio: Linda Hirsch is a postdoctoral researcher at Computational Media\, UCSC\, under the supervision of Katherine Isbister. She holds a magna cum laude doctoral degree in Media Informatics from LMU Munich\, Germany. Her research focuses on exploring\, conceptualizing\, and creating meaningful human-environment interactions to strengthen communities toward increased climate resilience. Linda Hirsch has been an elected executive committee member of the German group “Be-greifbare Interaktion” since 2021\, an expert research group within the German Society of Information Technology regarding topics for tangible and embedded interfaces.  \n  \nHosted by: Professor Katherine Isbister \nWhen: Monday\, November 17\, 2025 from 12:30PM to 1:30PM \nLocation:  \nIN-PERSON @ UCSC Main Campus\, E2-280. \nViewing room @ SVC 3212.  \nLUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED AT BOTH LOCATIONS! Faculty and students are highly encouraged to attend. \n  \nZoom info:  \nhttps://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97750591512?pwd=YLpfQyb9rQCAJaxBSWqO5vVzajdD3r.1 \nMeeting ID: 977 5059 1512\nPasscode: 039229
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-playful-design-to-empower-climate-adaptation-what-are-we-missing-for-real-life-impact/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Dynamo Action Inside the Giant Planets
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Paula Wulff\, UCLA \nDescription: Our solar system hosts six unique planetary magnetic fields. Intrinsic magnetic fields are generated deep inside planets by dynamo action. This process requires regions of electrically conducting material and energy sources to maintain the dynamo. Thus\, we can learn about the deep interiors of planets\, including their structures and dynamics\, by investigating their magnetic fields. In this talk\, I’ll explore some of the interesting questions and possible answers about planetary interiors that have come from studies of planetary magnetism\, in particular through 3-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. \nBio: Paula Wulff completed her PhD with Uli Christensen at the Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Science\, in Goettingen\, Germany\, after her undergrad at Cambridge (UK). While working with Uli\, she studied zonal flows on Gas Giants\, in particular on Jupiter. She used the gravity measurements made by Juno to infer their depth\, and numerical modelling to investigate their truncation mechanism at depth. After her PhD\, she moved to California to work with Hao Cao and Jon Aurnou at UCLA’s EPSS department. During the postdoc she has continued to work on 3-D MHD modelling to study the dynamo mechanisms in the interiors of various planets in our solar system. \nHosted by: Professor Julie Simons
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-dynamo-action-inside-the-giant-planets/
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Beyond the Average Treatment Effect: Causal Mediation Methods for Understanding Intervention Mechanisms
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Hanna Kim\, Assistant Professor\, Psychology Department\, UCSC \nDescription: Understanding how an intervention works is a central question in behavioral and social research\, following the demonstration of its overall effect. Traditional mediation analysis techniques often assume a homogeneous mechanism of effects\, overlooking both validity concerns and subgroup variation in causal pathways. In this talk\, I present a series of developments in causal mediation methods aimed at identifying and estimating natural direct and indirect effects\, addressing challenges such as unobserved confounding and heterogeneity across subpopulations. I illustrate these approaches using data from early childhood education programs and online course participation\, showing how causal mediation analysis can reveal diverse mechanisms of change. The talk concludes with current directions for integrating mixture modeling and clustered data analysis with causal inference to enhance both robustness and interpretability at the interface of statistics and applied research. \nBio: Hanna Kim is an Assistant Professor of Quantitative Psychology at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. Her research centers on advancing causal inference and mediation methods to investigate how educational programs influence child development and how effects differ across subpopulations. She also integrates latent variable modeling with dyadic data analysis to study interpersonal dynamics. Her work bridges psychology and statistics to address methodological challenges in applied research\, with publications in Psychological Methods\, Cancer Epidemiology\, Biomarkers & Prevention\, Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment\, and the Asian Journal of Education. \n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by: Professor Paul Parker
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-beyond-the-average-treatment-effect-causal-mediation-methods-for-understanding-intervention-mechanisms/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Macroeconomics & International Finance Seminar Series Presents: Yuriy Gorodnichenko
DESCRIPTION:Macroeconomics and International Finance Seminar\nDate: Tuesday\, November 18\, 2025\nTime: 1:40-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Yuriy Gorodnichenko\nTitle: Quantedge Presidential Professor of Economics\nAffiliation: UC Berkeley\nHost: Pascal Michaillat\n \nSeminar title:  How costly are business cycle volatility and inflation? A Vox Populi approach\n \nABSTRACT:  Using surveys of households across thirteen countries\, we study how much individuals would be willing to pay to eliminate business cycles. These direct estimates are much higher than traditional measures following Lucas (2003): on average\, households would be prepared to sacrifice around 5-6% of their lifetime consumption eliminate business cycle fluctuations. A similar result holds for inflation: to bring inflation to their desired rate\, individuals would be willing to sacrifice around 5% of their consumption. Willingness to pay to eliminate business cycles and inflation is generally higher for those whose consumption is more pro-cyclical\, those who are more uncertain about the economic outlook\, and those who live in countries with greater historical volatility. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/macroeconomics-international-finance-seminar-series-presents-yuriy-gorodnichenko/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Role of Corporations in Adapting to or Avoiding a +3ºC World
DESCRIPTION:2-3:10 PM Tues Nov 18 in Interdisciplinary Sciences Building Room 102\nTHE ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN ADAPTING TO OR AVOIDING A +3ºC WORLD \nHow will corporations act in our warming world? Can they help us slow warming and better adapt to it? Or will they only make things worse? Learn from (and interrogate) our panelists  about crowdfunding solar\, greenwashing\, blue bonds\, structured finance\, market shaping\, the Salton Sea lithium fight\, and more\, as we approach a +3ºC world. \n\nPanelists\n\nModerator: Dan Friedman\, UCSC Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics\nLily Hsueh\, Arizona State University Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy\, on tour for her new book\, Corporations at Climate Crossroads\, will discuss how corporations respond to climate threats and opportunities. \n\nGalina Hale\, UCSC Professor of Economics\, will explain how structured finance and market shaping works for climate-related projects\, e.g.\, Belize Blue Bonds.\n\nWill Wiseman\, 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 and CEO & Co-Founder at Climatize\, a Santa-Cruz based NGO whose Funding Portal enables everyone to invest in community-based solar and energy efficiency projects\, will explain crowdfunding for climate-related projects.\n\nChris Benner\,  UCSC Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology  at UCSC\, will present on a case study of the corporate/community dynamics surrounding lithium extraction in the Salton Sea Geothermal Resource Area\, as an illustration of broader dynamics we see around the globe (e.g. https://leadthecharge.org/)\n\nSponsored by the Earth Futures Institute and UCSC Climate Action Now
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-role-of-corporations-in-adapting-to-or-avoiding-a-3oc-world/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:The Role of Corporations in Adapting to or Avoiding a +3ºC World
DESCRIPTION:THE ROLE OF CORPORATIONS IN ADAPTING TO OR AVOIDING A +3ºC WORLD\nPANEL DISCUSSION 2-3:10 pm Tues Nov 18 via ZOOM @ bit.ly/CorporationCrossroads\nHow will corporations act in our warming world? Can they help us slow warming and better adapt to it? Or will they only make things worse? Learn from (and interrogate) our panelists  about crowdfunding solar\, greenwashing\, blue bonds\, structured finance\, market shaping\, the Salton Sea lithium fight\, and more\, as we approach a +3ºC world. \n\nPanelists\n\nModerator: Dan Friedman\, UCSC Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics\nLily Hsueh\, Arizona State University Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy\, on tour for her new book\, Corporations at Climate Crossroads\, will discuss how corporations respond to climate threats and opportunities. \n\nGalina Hale\, UCSC Professor of Economics\, will explain how structured finance and market shaping works for climate-related projects\, e.g.\, Belize Blue Bonds.\n\nWill Wiseman\, 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 and CEO & Co-Founder at Climatize\, a Santa-Cruz based NGO whose Funding Portal enables everyone to invest in community-based solar and energy efficiency projects\, will explain crowdfunding for climate-related projects.\n\nChris Benner\,  UCSC Chair in Global Information and Social Entrepreneurship and Professor of Environmental Studies and Sociology  at UCSC\, will present on a case study of the corporate/community dynamics surrounding lithium extraction in the Salton Sea Geothermal Resource Area\, as an illustration of broader dynamics we see around the globe (e.g. https://leadthecharge.org/)\n\nSponsored by the Earth Futures Institute and UCSC Climate Action Now
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-role-of-corporations-in-adapting-to-or-avoiding-a-3oc-world-2/
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SUMMARY:Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Book Talk with Lily Hsueh
DESCRIPTION:With climate risks growing\, climate action facing political headwinds in many countries\, and international cooperation increasingly challenged\, Lily Hsueh’s Corporations at Climate Crossroads illuminates how and under what conditions the world’s largest corporations have taken proactive action on climate change during the years leading up to and after the Paris Agreement. \nDrawing on insights from economics\, political science\, and management\, the author uncovers how corporations and their leaders are key players in a nested structure of climate change governance. Hsueh shows that corporate leaders’ climate actions are shaped by bottom-up and top-down institutions and incentives involving firm\, regulatory\, and global governance. To navigate uncertainty\, corporate responses to the climate challenge are therefore an interplay of internal firm leadership\, complementary capabilities in adjacent areas\, and strategic and proactive engagement with regulatory process and global governance. Sophisticated large-N statistical analyses of global businesses’ climate mitigation and performance from 2011 to 2020 and illustrative company case studies substantiate the demand for\, and supply of\, global businesses’ climate mitigation\, across sectors\, and in developed and developing countries. \nPlease join us for this book talk in-person at the Interdisciplinary Sciences Building (ISB 102). Open to all. \nJoin online at: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/98816465544?pwd=Li4HOKSoaal6PCIJcyG5hBRl60hHfW.1 \nMeeting ID: 988 1646 5544\nPasscode: 860374 \nPreceded by a panel “The Role of Corporations in a+3ºC World” to be held on Zoom at 2 p.m. on November 18. \nMeeting ID: 684 546 2150\nPasscode: Karoli\nSponsored by \nInstitute for Social Transformation and Earth Futures Institute \nAbout the author: Dr. Lily Hsueh\, PhD \nLily Hsueh is Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Arizona State University\, where she is also a Senior Global Futures Scientist at the ASU Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory. She is an affiliate scholar at the Stanford Woods \nInstitute for the Environment. She is the author of Corporations at Climate Crossroads: Multilevel Governance\, Public Policy\, and Global Climate Action (MIT Press\, 2025)\, and numerous scholarly articles on business and public policy\, environmental economics\, policy\, and governance\, and political economy. Her work has been featured in the Financial Times\, Fortune\, PBS NewsHour\, among other media outlets. Before academia\, she was a Senior Analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco where she was part of the team that prepared briefings for the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee meetings. She holds a B.A. from the University of California\, Berkeley\, a master’s degree from University College London\, and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington \nBook discount codes \n\nUse code MITP30 on PenguinRandomHouse.com on September 2 (publication day) to receive 30% off Corporations at Climate Crossroads.\nUse code READMIT20 on PenguinRandomHouse.com anytime after publication to receive 20% off Corporations at Climate Crossroads.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/corporations-at-climate-crossroads-book-talk-with-lily-hsueh/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Flux: Refinement Types for Verified Rust Systems
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Ranjit Jhala\, UCSD\n\nAbstract: Rust has risen as a language of choice for new systems code — from OS kernels to hypervisors\, firmware and run-times — as it is memory safe and provides the sort of abstractions needed for efficient low-level systems implementation. We present Flux\, a refinement type checker for Rust that shows how logical refinements can work in tandem with Rust’s ownership mechanisms to yield ergonomic type-based verification of low-level systems code. We then present a case study showing how Flux was used to formally verify process isolation in Tock: a microcontroller OS used in security-critical systems like the Google Security Chip (GSC) and Microsoft’s Pluton security processor. Our verification effort unearthed multiple subtle bugs that broke isolation\, allowing malicious applications to compromise the OS to potentially steal sensitive data or brick or take control of the OS. We describe how Flux helped design and implement a new granular process abstraction that is both simpler\, more efficient\, and yields formally verified security guarantees.\n\nBio:\nRanjit Jhala is a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California\, San Diego. He works on algorithms and tools that help engineer reliable computer systems. His work draws from and contributes to the areas of Model Checking\, Program Analysis\, and Automated Deduction\, and Type Systems. He helped create several influential and award winning systems including the BLAST software model checker and Liquid Types\, received ACM SIGPLAN’s Robin Milner Young Researcher Award\, and is a Fellow of the ACM.\n\nHosted by: Professor Mohsen Lesani\n\nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180\n*Refreshments such as coffee and pastries will be provided.\n\nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-flux-refinement-types-for-verified-rust-systems/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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