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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Science in the Age of Foundation Models
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Danielle Robinson\, AWS AI \nDescription: In this talk\, I will discuss the large impact of foundation models within the sciences with a particular focus on the importance of physical constraints and uncertainty quantification. First\, I will detail our novel ProbConserv framework for enforcing hard constraints within black-box deep learning models. ProbConserv provides uncertainty quantification\, and can be used to enforce conservation law constraints as well as other nonlinear constraints. Next\, I will discuss its extensions to ensembles of Neural Operators and out-of-distribution (OOD) estimations\, as well as how it can be used in constrained generative modeling of PDEs. I will then show applications of our work in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)\, including weather forecasting\, aerodynamics and chaotic systems. Lastly\, I will conclude with a forward-looking view of the next steps for designing a physics foundation model that can be applied across various types of flows\, geometries and boundary conditions\, and what is needed for such a model to be developed. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBio: Danielle Maddix Robinson is a Senior Applied Scientist in the Machine Learning Forecasting Group within AWS AI. She graduated with her PhD in Computational and Mathematical Engineering from the Institute of Computational and Mathematical Engineering (ICME) at Stanford University. She was advised by Professor Margot Gerritsen and developed robust numerical methods to remove spurious temporal oscillations in the degenerate nonlinear Generalized Porous Medium Equation. She is passionate about the underlying numerical analysis\, linear algebra and optimization methods behind numerical PDEs and applying these techniques to deep learning. During her PhD\, she also did an internship at NVIDIA with Joe Eaton and Alex Fender\, and implemented an efficient and load-balanced sparse matrix vector multiplication (spmv) in cuSPARSE and nvGRAPH libraries. She is excited to be back at NVIDIA today. After graduating\, Danielle joined AWS in 2018\, and has been working on developing statistical and deep learning foundation models for time series forecasting including Chronos. Over the last several years\, she has been leading the research initiative on developing models for physics-constrained machine learning for scientific computing on the DeepEarth team. In particular\, she has researched how to apply ideas from numerical methods\, e.g.\, finite volume schemes\, to improve the accuracy of black-box ML models for PDEs with applications to ocean and climate models\, aerodynamics and chaotic systems. \n\n\n\nHosted by: Applied Mathematics\n\n\n\nLink: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96136632376?pwd=yb27lop8mnhnsairAPgezmVJZzFb74.1.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-science-in-the-age-of-foundation-models/
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SUMMARY:Clinical Trials Design and Management Info Session
DESCRIPTION:This event has been moved to Jan. 12.\nAdvance your career in the global clinical research industry.\nAs the demand for safe\, effective therapies grows\, so does the need for professionals who can lead clinical trials with scientific precision and regulatory expertise. Learn how experts design and manage studies that bring medical innovations from the lab to the marketplace—applying biostatistics\, good clinical practices\, and international regulations to ensure safety and compliance. \nSpeaker\nJoin Karim Sajwani\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Clinical Trials Design and Management program\, for an inside look at how our courses prepare you to coordinate cross-functional teams\, oversee global trials\, and navigate complex approval processes that shape the future of healthcare. \n  \nSponsor\nThis winter info session is sponsored by the Clinical Trials Design and Management program. \nNote: This event was formerly scheduled for Jan. 5. \nClaim your seat. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/clinical-trials-design-and-management-info-session/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Be Inspired: Explore Graduate Studies in STEM
DESCRIPTION:Not sure if graduate school is right for you? \nJoin us to learn what graduate school is really about and explore whether it’s the right path for you. We’ll cover topics such as qualifying exams\, funding options\, common misconceptions\, and more! \nClick the link below to register for the event: \nhttps://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_31OHhwc7QPqJ7nSyiuAUNg
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/be-inspired-explore-graduate-studies-in-stem/
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Macroeconomics & International Finance Seminar Series Presents: Dean Corbae
DESCRIPTION:Macroeconomics and International Finance Seminar\nDate: Tuesday\, January 13\, 2026\nTime: 1:40-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Dean Corbae\nTitle: William Sellery Trukenbrod Chair in Finance\nAffiliation: University of Wisconsin – Madison\nHost: Grace Gu Steadmon\n \nSeminar title:  A Quantitative Model of Bank Merger Dynamics\n \n\nABSTRACT: \nWe develop a simple model of the bank merger process to study the rise in bank concentration following the deregulation of bank branching in the Riegle-Neal Act of 1994. Motivated by the data where currently 10 (dominant) banks have over 55 percent of the U.S. deposit market share while the remaining over 4000 (fringe) banks cover the rest\, we apply a dominant-fringe framework with a merger stage to model the rise in concentration following the change in regulation making interstate branching possible. First\, we study the effect of the merger wave on competition\, efficiency\, and stability of the banking industry. Then we use our model to understand the interaction between regulatory and monetary policy. Specifically\, how has the bank lending channel of monetary policy been affected by rising concentration; has it amplified or dampened the effectiveness of monetary policy? How might monetary policy itself contribute to mergers and rising concentration?
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/macroeconomics-international-finance-seminar-series-presents-dean-corbae/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Labor Against ICE
DESCRIPTION:Trump’s second term has been marked by a dramatic increase in immigration enforcement operations\, including the deployment of federal and national guard troops to major cities across the United States. Ramped-up ICE raids have resulted in injuries\, deaths\, and the disappearance of migrants and non migrants alike. As legal challenges demanding the cessation of indiscriminate workplace and neighborhood raids have largely failed\, how are workers and communities fighting back? This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Refreshments provided. Immigrant and labor rights organizations will also be tabling. \nPlease join UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community for a panel discussion with co-founder of LA Educators for Racial Justice (LAE4RJ)\, Denisha Jordan (United Teachers Los Angeles)\, founder of OEA Rapid Response Team and dual-language teacher\, Jessie Papalia (Oakland Education Association)\, Emergency Medicine Resident\, SatKartar Khalsa (SEIU 1021 Committee of Interns and Residents)\, Alex Quintero (@allthingslabor)\, and regional labor and community organizer Cesar Lara (California Federation of Labor) to learn how labor is organizing to defend migrants on the job. \nRSVP HERE \nEspañol_Labor_Against_ICE \nEnglish_Labor Against ICE \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/labor-against-ice/
LOCATION:Merrill Cultural Center\, 200 McLaughlin Dr\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260113T180000
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SUMMARY:Medical Device Quality and Design Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Advance your career in medical device design and quality.\nAs healthcare technology evolves\, professionals who understand global regulatory standards\, risk management\, and quality systems are in high demand. Learn how to design\, document\, and validate medical devices\, digital health solutions\, and AI/ML-based devices while ensuring compliance with FDA\, ISO\, and EU MDR requirements. \nSpeaker\nJoin Kiran Gulati\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Medical Device Quality and Design program\, for an inside look at how our courses provide hands-on training\, practical case studies\, and industry-relevant skills that prepare you for roles in quality engineering\, regulatory compliance\, and design assurance. \nSponsor\nThis winter info session is sponsored by the Medical Device Quality and Design certificate program. \nRegister today!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/medical-device-quality-and-design-info-session/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:User Experience and Web Design info session
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. \nYour Speaker\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. \nSponsor\nThis winter info session is sponsored by UCSC Silicon Valley Extension User Experience & Web Design program. \nRegister today!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/user-experience-and-web-design-info-session/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T190000
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SUMMARY:ECE Associate Teacher Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Start a meaningful career shaping young minds.\nWith early learning programs in growing demand\, educators who understand child development\, curriculum design\, and classroom dynamics are essential. The UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Early Childhood Education: Associate Teacher certificate builds foundational expertise in teaching infants through preschool‑age children\, developing age‑appropriate curriculum\, and collaborating with families and communities. \nSpeaker\nJoin Ninet Moradi\, chair of the program\, for an inside look at how our courses can help you qualify for associate‑teacher roles\, meet California licensing requirements\, and launch a rewarding career supporting children’s growth and learning. \nLearn more.\nVisit our program page to explore the courses and opportunities within the Early Childhood Education: Associate Teacher certificate program. \nRegister today. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ece-associate-teacher-info-session/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar Series Presents: Olivia Bordeu
DESCRIPTION:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar\nDate: Thursday\, January 15\, 2026\nTime: 1:40 – 3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Olivia Bordeu \nTitle: Assistant Professor of Economics \nAffiliation: University of California\, Berkeley  \nHost: Jeremy West \nSeminar title: Bank Branches and the Allocation of Capital across Cities\n\nABSTRACT: We study how banking market structure and branch networks shape the spatial mobility of capital. Using administrative loan-level data from Chile\, we show that bank-level deposit shocks lead receiving banks to increase lending and lower interest rates relative to other banks. Interest rate reductions are concentrated in cities where the bank has a small market share\, consistent with local market power. We develop and estimate a quantitative spatial model with multi-city banks\, oligopolistic local credit markets\, and frictions in interbank lending. These channels lead to spatial dispersion in interest rates and the marginal productivity of physical capital\, reducing GDP. Interbank frictions reduce steady-state GDP by 0.04%\, while spatial variation in loan markups reduces GDP by 0.5%. Bank mergers improve financial integration between cities but reduce competition\, generating heterogeneous welfare effects that depend on the merging banks’ geographic overlap.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/applied-microeconomics-and-trade-seminar-series-presents-olivia-bordeu/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:The art of interviewing: From good to great.
DESCRIPTION:Interviews are no longer just about resumes. In this section with PK Agarwal\, dean of UCSC Silicon Valley Extension\, we will dive into behavioral questions\, storytelling techniques\, virtual interview etiquette\, and ways to stand out with authenticity and confidence. \n\nLearn to craft memorable responses to behavioral interview questions using proven storytelling frameworks.\nUnderstand what sets standout candidates apart in both in-person and virtual interviews—including etiquette\, presence\, and tone.\nGain tips for showcasing your unique strengths with clarity and confidence while staying true to yourself.\n\nThis is a casual discussion with Dean Agarwal. Be sure to bring your questions and share your experience. \nThis event is part of the Dean Conversations: Pathways to professional success series.  \nClaim your seat!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-art-of-interviewing-from-good-to-great/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:OLLI at UCSC Sunday Speaker Meeting
DESCRIPTION:OLLI at UCSC Hosts Chris Murphy\, President of the Santa Cruz Warriors\nThe Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at UCSC invites the public to an in-person presentation on Sunday\, January 18th\, at Colleges Nine/ John R. Lewis Multipurpose Room on the UCSC campus. Join us for a social hour and presentation titled\, “A Local Success Story: Inside the Santa Cruz Warriors.” Chris Murphy\, President of the Santa Cruz Warriors and an active participant in several local organizations\, will talk about the inner workings of the basketball and business operations of our local team. This event is free and open to the public. Bring a friend. Coffee and nibbles will be served. OLLI at UCSC is a community of adults from diverse educational\, occupational and geographic backgrounds who are devoted to the pursuit of learning. For directions and free parking information visit https://olli.ucsc.edu/monthly-gatherings/location-directions-and-parking/
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/olli-at-ucsc-sunday-speaker-meeting/
LOCATION:Colleges Nine and John R. Lewis College Multi-purpose Room\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:How Long is Long Enough: Screening and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of How Long is Long Enough: The Excessive Sentencing of Quntos & Layla\, a short documentary created by Natalie Decena\, Sarina Bozorgnia\, Veler Brown\, and Aiden Olivier from UC Santa Cruz with support from Michael Ademaro from Georgetown Law School as part of the Making an Exoneree initiative. \nQuntos Wilson and Layla Roberts were sentenced to life without parole in 1995 at the ages of 18 and 19 for a robbery in which no one was physically harmed and a mere $301 was stolen. Now approaching 50\, they have each become remarkable artists and mentors behind the prison bars of Louisiana State Penitentiary (Angola). \nIn addition to the documentary screening\, the event will include a conversation with Quntos Wilson and Layla Roberts\, letter-writing\, and collaborative art making.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/how-long-is-long-enough-screening-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos\, 1817 Soquel Ave\, Santa Cruz\, 95062\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career: Job Talk with Chief of Staff Mikaila Kruse
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about careers in government\, leadership\, or public service? Join us for a job talk with UCSC alumna Mikaila Kruse\, the Chief of Staff for the Riverside city mayor. Mikaila will tell us her professional story and share how her education has informed her trajectory. You’ll learn about entering the field of politics\, what government work looks like\, and how to apply your skills for public service. \nAttendees will enter raffles for a Humanities tumbler and tote! \nRegister here \nLearn more about Mikaila: \nMikaila Kruse is Chief of Staff to Mayor Lock Dawson of Riverside. Having worked for elected officials at the federal\, state\, and local level\, she has a range of experience in government relations that includes serving on political campaigns\, delivering constituent services\, and developing legislation in Sacramento. Previously\, she worked on voter registration efforts and as a substitute teacher. She graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2015 with a BA in History and Politics and received a Master of Public Policy degree from UC Riverside in 2020. \nFind more Humanities Division career events and other resources at Humanities Career Engagement
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-chief-of-staff-mikaila-kruse/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Behavioral\, Econometrics and Theory Seminar Series Presents: Roberto Corrao
DESCRIPTION:Economics Behavioral\, Econometrics\, & Theory Seminar\nDate: Tuesday\, January 20\, 2026\nTime: 1:40-3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Roberto Corrao\nTitle:  Assistant Professor of Economics \nAffiliation:  Stanford University\nHost: Gerelt Tserenjigmid\n \nSeminar title: Contractibility Design\n \nABSTRACT: \nWe introduce a model of incentive contracting in which the principal\, in addition to\nwriting contracts\, must engage in contractibility design: creating an evidence structure\nthat allows them to prove when the agent has breached the contract. Designing an\nevidence structure entails both (i) front-end costs borne ex ante\, such as those of\ndrafting contracts\, and (ii) back-end costs borne ex post\, such as those of generating\nevidence. We find that\, under even small front-end costs\, optimal contracts are coarse\,\nspecifying finitely many contingencies out of a continuum of possibilities. In contrast\,\nunder even large back-end costs\, optimal contracts are complete. Applied to the design\nof procurement contracts\, our results rationalize: (i) the discreteness of contracts\, (ii)\nthe presence of similarly vague contracts in low-stakes and high-stakes settings\, and\n(iii) the discontinuous adjustment of contracts to changes in the economic environment.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/behavioral-econometrics-and-theory-seminar-series-presents-roberto-corrao/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
CREATED:20251206T003642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251206T003642Z
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SUMMARY:AI Business Practices Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Transform your workplace with practical AI skills.\nIn an era of rapid digital change\, non‑technical professionals need to know how to deploy AI tools and strategies efficiently—without needing to code. This specialization shows how you can streamline tasks like document and presentation creation\, reporting\, and project coordination using generative AI\, intelligent agents\, and automation. \nSpeaker\nJoin Hien Luu\, Program Chair and Head of Machine Learning Infrastructure at Zoox\, for an inside look at how our courses help you build prompt‑engineering know‑how\, ethical AI awareness\, and productivity‑boosting workflows—so you can lead AI‑driven change in your organization. \nSponsor\nThis winter info session is sponsored by the AI Business Practices specialization. \nClaim your seat.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ai-business-practices-info-session/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
CREATED:20260105T203936Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260105T205329Z
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Constraining Chaos: Toward Faithful and Semantic Decoding in Language Models
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Loris D’Antoni\, UC San Diego \nAbstract:\nLanguage models excel at producing fluent text\, but in domains like code and math\, fluency isn’t enough — outputs must obey strict syntactic and semantic rules. A new wave of research is rethinking decoding itself: not as a process of sampling words\, but as a negotiation between probability\, structure\, and meaning. In this talk\, I’ll explore how grammar and semantics can be embedded into the decoding loop\, how we can sample from the true model conditional distribution under constraints\, and how programmable abstractions make it possible to enforce properties like type safety or program invariants. The result is a vision of decoding that is faithful to the model yet governed by rules\, pointing toward a future where LLMs generate not just plausible text\, but reliably correct output. \nBio:\nLoris D’Antoni is a Jacobs Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of California San Diego. His research helps people build trustworthy software. His work has introduced new frameworks for verifying and synthesizing programs—ranging from resilient network configurations to robust decision-making systems—and\, more recently\, methods for aligning language models with user intent. \nHe is the recipient of an NSF CAREER Award and a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship\, and was selected as a Vilas Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also received Google\, Amazon\, and Meta Faculty Awards\, and the Morris and Dorothy Rubinoff Dissertation Award. His papers have earned several best paper awards and nominations\, including at TACAS\, ESOP\, ICDCN\, and SBES. \nLoris received his B.S. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Torino\, and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining UC San Diego\, he was a faculty member at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. \nHosted by: Professor Nikos Tziavelis \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 \n*Light refreshments such as coffee\, pastries\, and fruit will be available. \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-constraining-chaos-toward-faithful-and-semantic-decoding-in-language-models/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260121T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:Kraw Lecture: Sensing the Unseen: How Drones and Ground Sensors Reveal the Hidden Air Quality Impact
DESCRIPTION:How can flying robots help us track the air we breathe and the pollutants we can’t see? In this talk\, Assistant Professor Javier González-Rocha  will share how his team uses drones to measure wind patterns and detect airborne pollutants in hard-to-reach places.. \nThese systems help us understand how toxic pollutants and climate emissions move through the atmosphere and affect human health and the environment. From wildfire smoke to methane leaks from dairy farms and oil fields\, these emissions are often poorly monitored—especially in rural or overburdened communities. \nLow-cost\, adaptable drone and ground sensor systems fill this gap. By combining real-time flight data\, environmental measurements\, and advanced modeling\, González-Rocha and his team generate targeted observations that inform air quality assessments and improve emissions tracking. \nThis work sits at the intersection of engineering\, environmental science\, and community collaboration—building tools that empower people and support climate resilience from the ground up. \nIn-Person Reception: 5:30 p.m.\nLecture: 6–7 p.m.\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/kraw-lecture-sensing-the-unseen-how-drones-and-ground-sensors-reveal-the-hidden-air-quality-impact/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T014000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T014000
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SUMMARY:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar Series Presents: Guo Xu
DESCRIPTION:Applied Microeconomics and Trade Seminar\nDate: Thursday\, January 22\, 2026\nTime: 1:40 – 3:00 p.m.\nLocation: E2-499\n\n \n\nSpeaker: Guo Xu\nTitle: Associate Professor of Economics \nAffiliation: University of California\, Berkeley  \nHost: Ajay Shenoy \n  \nSeminar title: Personnel is Policy: Delegation and Political Misalignment in the Rulemaking Process\n\nABSTRACT: We combine comprehensive data on the U.S. federal rulemaking process with individuallevel personnel and voter registration records to study the consequences of partisan misalignment between regulators and the president. We present three main results. First\, even important pieces of new regulation are frequently delegated to bureaucrats who are politically misaligned. Second\, rules that are overseen by misaligned regulators take systematically longer to complete\, are more verbose\, generate more negative feedback from the public\, and are more likely to be challenged in court. Third\, in assigning regulators to rules\, agency leaders often face a sharp tradeoff between political alignment and expertise. Agency frictions notwithstanding\, they tend to resolve this tradeoff in favor of expertise.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/applied-microeconomics-and-trade-seminar-series-presents-guo-xu/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:HSI Equity Talk
DESCRIPTION:Title: Understanding the advising praxes central to student success at a four-year Hispanic-Serving Research Institution \nPresenter: Dr. Lydia Iyeczohua Zendejas \nLocation: Via Zoom (link provided via RSVP) \nAbstract: Higher education scholars increasingly recognize academic advising as a critical strategy for supporting the persistence of systemically marginalized students. Since the 1990s\, UC Santa Cruz has undergone significant growth and demographic shifts—undergraduate enrollment grew from 10\,269 in 1999 to 17\,517 in 2019\, with sharp increases in underrepresented\, first-generation\, and Hispanic students—creating both challenges and opportunities for advancing equitable outcomes. \nDr. Zendejas’s interview-based qualitative study examines how UCSC’s decentralized\, dual shared advising model shapes advisors’ ability to provide holistic\, culturally responsive advising. In this HSI equity talk\, she will share how advising structures\, practices\, and policies impact advisors’ capacity to support students\, how the current model can act as a structural barrier to collaboration\, and the advising praxis advisors identify as essential to student success\, persistence\, and retention. \nPlease complete this RSVP form if you plan to attend. The Zoom information and a calendar invitation will be sent to those who RSVP. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/hsi-equity-talk/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T114000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T131500
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar: Rotation Talks
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Grad Students \nDescription: Rotation Talks \nBio: N/A \nHosted by: Professor Rebecca DuBois\, BME Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/bme-seminar-rotation-talks/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:Renowned climatologist Zeke Hausfather speaks on "Progress and Peril in a Warming World"
DESCRIPTION:Zeke Hausfather\, noted climate scientist\, is the climate lead at Stripe\, writes for Carbon Brief\, and is affiliated with Berkeley Earth and the Breakthrough Institute. He is a lead author on the  IPCC AR7 report.  His blog\, The Climate Brink\, is one of the most popular go-to spots for climate information on Substack. \nDr. Hausfather’s presentation abstract follows: \nRecent progress on climate policy coupled with more rapid than expected declines in clean energy costs have bent down the curve of future emissions. Growing consensus is that 21st century warming will likely remain below 3˚C. \nHowever it is difficult to fully preclude an eventual warming of 4˚C or more under a current policy world if there are continued positive emissions after 2100\, or if carbon cycle feedbacks and climate sensitivity are on the high end of current estimates. \nThis talk will review our current climate trajectory and its impacts and assess measures needed to further reduce future warming and hedge against climate tail risks. \nPlease come in person to the Center for Adaptive Optics atrium\, or zoom in to https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84461520550?pwd=9BaUYofFdp9JfHg3x8CJdH3RBt5eDm.1 \nA special Q&A session for undergraduates will be held at the CfAO atrium from 2-3! \nCfAO is adjacent to Earth and Marine Sciences and Natural Sciences II. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/renowned-climatologist-zeke-hausfather-speaks-on-progress-and-peril-in-a-warming-world/
LOCATION:Center for Adaptive Optics\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T110000
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SUMMARY:Sharma\, R. (CSE) - Automatically Evolving GPU Libraries for Performance Portable AI Kernels
DESCRIPTION:GPUs are the workhorses of modern AI\, widely deployed and developed by many vendors including Apple\, Qualcomm\, Intel\, AMD\, and NVIDIA. While these GPUs all offer high compute potential\, programming them effectively is difficult because they differ in performance-critical features like SIMT width\, cache capacity\, and memory bandwidth\, demanding different optimization strategies. Tunable kernels address this by exposing parameters such as tiling dimensions and workgroup sizes\, enabling per-device specialization. Yet this produces static libraries: tuned once\, then frozen\, degrading as new hardware emerges. We propose automatically evolving libraries that expand their tuning knowledge as new hardware emerges\, with minimal impact on user experience. \nTo build such libraries\, we first need to understand the tuning landscape. We address this through GPU Goldmines\, a WebGPU-based framework for exhaustively collecting tuning data across diverse devices. Our tuned matrix multiplication kernels outperform an optimized baseline by 8.4x on average\, while matrix-vector kernels achieve 93% of platform bandwidth. We find that hyper-tuning for a single GPU causes 50% performance degradation on other devices\, whereas data-driven portability methods recover 88% of peak performance. These kernels are fundamental to the prefill and decode phases of LLM inference. We integrate them into llama.cpp as our evaluation platform\, where they outperform CPU and Vulkan backends. \nBuilding on this data\, we are developing Living Libraries to improve performance continuously without disrupting users. This means choosing good parameters upfront\, learning from real-world execution\, and knowing when to keep searching versus when to stop\, though hand-designed parameter spaces remain inherently bounded. To move beyond this\, we extend toward LLM-based kernel evolution\, where language models propose entirely new kernel variants\, opening a less structured but higher potential search space. \nEvent Host: Rithik Sharma\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Tyler Sorensen & Yuanchao Xu   \n  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92739836317?pwd=0ydDzimUFIoaLDUKst96dk27th4lvW.1 \nPasscode: 089560
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/sharma-r-cse-automatically-evolving-gpu-libraries-for-performance-portable-ai-kernels/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260123T130000
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Heterogeneous Statistical Transfer Learning
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Subhadeep Paul\, Associate Professor\, Ohio State University \nDescription: In the first part of the talk\, we consider the problem of Transfer Learning (TL) under heterogeneity from a source to a new target domain for high-dimensional regression with differing feature sets. Most homogeneous TL methods assume that target and source domains share the same feature space\, which limits their practical applicability. In applications\, the target and source features are frequently different due to the inability to measure certain variables in data-poor target environments. Conversely\, existing heterogeneous TL methods do not provide statistical error guarantees\, limiting their utility for scientific discovery.  Our method first learns a feature map between the missing and observed features\, leveraging the vast source data\, and then imputes the missing features in the target. Using the combined matched and imputed features\, we then perform a two-step transfer learning for penalized regression. We develop upper bounds on estimation and prediction errors\, assuming that the source and target parameters differ sparsely but without assuming sparsity in the target model. We obtain results for both when the feature map is linear and when it is nonparametrically specified as unknown functions.  Our results elucidate how estimation and prediction errors of HTL depend on the model’s complexity\, sample size\, the quality and differences in feature maps\, and differences in the models across domains. In the second part of the talk\, going beyond linear models\, I will discuss a transfer learning method for nonparametric regression using a random forest. The unknown source and target regression functions are assumed to differ for a small number of features. Our method obtains residuals from a source domain-trained Centered RF (CRF) in the target domain\, then fits another CRF to these residuals with feature splitting probabilities proportional to feature-residual distance covariance. We derive an upper bound on the mean square error rate of the procedure that theoretically brings out the benefits of transfer learning in random forests. Our results explain why shallower trees in the residual random forest in the target domain provide implicit regularization. \nBio:Subhadeep Paul is an Associate Professor in the Department of Statistics at The Ohio State University. He is also a faculty fellow and previously served as a co-director of the foundations of data science and AI community at the Translational Data Analytics Institute at Ohio State. He received his PhD in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017. His research focuses on statistical analysis of complex network-linked data and transfer and federated statistical learning. His research has been funded by two NSF grants from the algorithms of threat detection and mathematics of digital twins programs. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94465292273?pwd=bQ6MCX0OHYxHqgqNwbEYfgbKWqgNVy.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-heterogeneous-statistical-transfer-learning/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Bleak House
DESCRIPTION:Spontaneous human combustion! Evil lawyers! Detectives! Family intrigue! These all come together in Charles Dickens’s masterwork\, Bleak House. This year\, we will spend the year reading the 2026 Dickens Universe novel. Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about this beloved book. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nOCT 26: Chapters 8-13\nNOV 23: Chapters 14-19\nDEC 28: No meeting\nJAN 25: Chapters 20-25\nFEB 22: Chpaters 26-32\nMAR 22: Chapters 33-38\nAPR 26: Chapters 39-46\nMAY 24: Chapters 47-53\nJUN 28: Chapters 54-67 (End)\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novel for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novel to read at Gutenburg.org or listen to it at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-bleak-house-2/2026-01-25/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260125T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
CREATED:20260120T201338Z
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SUMMARY:Screening: Queering Movement\, Stories Embodied Film Shorts
DESCRIPTION:The IAS\, BBQueer Fest\, and Motion Pacific invite you to attend “Queering Movement: Stories Embodied\,” an evening celebrating short films by local Black\, brown and queer artists and dancers. The screening and Q&A with filmmakers and participants showcases the interplay of activism\, movement\, and performance. Social hour to follow! Light snacks and (non-alcoholic) refreshments will be provided. Films are in English\, with English subtitles. moss time\, crip time includes audio description as voice over. \nFilms:\nmoss time\, crip time (Cynthia Ling Lee.)\nTaste her Fruit\, Bless the Whore (Diana Mulan Zhu)\nLiberating Movement: Black\, Brown & Queer All Over (Helen Aldana & Megan Martinez Goltz)
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/screening-queering-movement-stories-embodied-film-shorts/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T114500
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Tactile sensing: At the boundary between mechanical and computational intelligence in robotic grippers
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Hannah Stuart\, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering\, University of California at Berkeley \nDescription: Robot grippers typically include mechanical intelligence (e.g.\, underactuation\, compliance) or computational intelligence (e.g.\, fully actuated with a wide array of sensors). Next generation grippers and hands will require both intelligences to work in concert across applications with resilience and dexterity. This talk will introduce the concept of mechanical and computational intelligence co-design through example case studies that focus on the particular importance of embodied sensitivity as a feature of the co-design process. For example\, the most recent work on the Smart Suction Cup\, conducted largely by Dr. Jungpyo Lee\, demonstrates how design decisions like the number of sensitive chambers influences the resultant robot arm controller as well as physical compliance and manufacturing feasibility and cost. \nBio: Dr. Hannah Stuart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. She received her BS in Mechanical Engineering at the George Washington University in 2011\, and her MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University in 2013 and 2018\, respectively. Her research focuses on understanding the mechanics of physical interaction in order to better design systems for dexterous manipulation. Applications range from remote robotics to assistive orthotics. Recent awards include the NSF CAREER grant\, NASA Early Career Faculty grant\, Hellman Fellows Fund grant\, and Johnson & Johnson Women in STEM2D grant. She is a Senior Member of IEEE. \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-seminar-tactile-sensing-at-the-boundary-between-mechanical-and-computational-intelligence-in-robotic-grippers/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260126T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T164535
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Boosting Biomedical Imaging Analysis via Distributed Functional Regression and Synthetic Surrogates
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Guannan Wang\, Associate Professor\, The College of William & Mary \nDescription: Generative AI has emerged as a powerful tool for synthesizing biomedical images\, offering new solutions to challenges such as data scarcity\, privacy constraints\, and modality imbalance. However\, the reliable use of synthetic images in scientific analysis requires principled statistical frameworks that can assess fidelity and rigorously quantify uncertainty. In this talk\, I present a distributed functional data analysis approach for comparing original and AI- generated biomedical images through their mean and covariance structures. Using spline-based representations on complex imaging domains\, we construct simultaneous confidence regions\, enabling formal inference on original-synthetic differences and providing statistical safeguards for downstream analyses. Building on this foundation\, I demonstrate how synthetic images can\nbe safely incorporated into functional regression models to learn spatially varying covariate effects when key imaging modalities are partially observed. Applications to large-scale neuroimaging studies illustrate how integrating generative AI with rigorous statistical inference enhances the reliability\, interpretability\, and scientific value of modern biomedical imaging analyses. \nBio: Guannan Wang is a Diamond Term Distinguished Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at William & Mary. She received a Ph.D. in Statistics and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia in 2015. Her research focuses on the statistical foundations of generative AI\, distributed and federated learning\, and spatial and functional data analysis\, with applications to neuroimaging\, public health\, and environmental and social sciences. She has published over 30 peer-reviewed articles in leading statistical journals\, including JASA\, JCGS\, Statistica Sinica\, Biometrics\, and JMLR\, and her work has been supported by the NIH\, NSF\, and the Simons Foundation. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92479478035?pwd=S6b9SNtCorApA04sISbDwWqaF3wyPZ.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-boosting-biomedical-imaging-analysis-via-distributed-functional-regression-and-synthetic-surrogates/
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar - "Revealing Hidden Stories: Co-Designing the Thámien Ohlone Augmented Reality Tour"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Kai Lukoff \nDescription: \nThe Santa Clara University campus is adorned with symbols and monuments\, including a Spanish Mission Church\, that highlight its Catholic heritage. However\, the presence and history of the Ohlone Native Americans\, who have inhabited this land for thousands of years and continue to live in the region\, receive little to no recognition. How can we utilize augmented reality (AR) to share these hidden stories? \nIn collaboration with the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe\, our interdisciplinary team developed the Thámien Ohlone AR tour. This tour reveals hidden stories\, encourages visitors to engage in critical reflection\, and inspires visions of a more just future and received the Best Movie Award at CHI 2024\, the leading conference in the field of human-computer interaction. This talk will share insights on co-designing location-based AR experiences for social impact and explore the potential of AR in preserving cultural heritage. \nBio: Kai Lukoff is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at Santa Clara University. He leads the Human-Computer Interaction Lab\, focusing on technologies with social impact. His recent work focuses on co-design methods for location-based augmented reality. His research has been featured in prominent conferences such as CHI\, CSCW\, IMWUT\, and DIS\, and he was honored with the 2023 Outstanding Dissertation Award from ACM SIGCHI. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Sri Kurniawan \nWhen: Monday\, January 26\, 2026 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. \nZoom info: \nhttps://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95105219890?pwd=PXG6uexrh6P0Ry06aRkxfdTsLhaNhK.1\nMeeting ID: 951 0521 9890\nPasscode: 160917
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-revealing-hidden-stories-co-designing-the-thamien-ohlone-augmented-reality-tour/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Probing Forced Responses and Causality in Data-Driven Climate Emulators: Conceptual Limitations and the Role of Reduced-Order Models
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Fabrizio Falasca\, New York University \nDescription: A central challenge in climate science and applied mathematics is developing data-driven models of multiscale systems that capture both stationary statistics and responses to external perturbations. Current neural climate emulators aim to resolve the atmosphere–ocean system in all its complexity but often struggle to reproduce forced responses\, limiting their use in causal studies such as Green’s function experiments. To explore the origin of these limitations\, we first examine a simplified dynamical system that retains key features of climate variability. We argue that the ability of emulators of multiscale systems to reproduce perturbed statistics depends critically on (i) the choice of an appropriate coarse-grained representation and (ii) careful parameterizations of unresolved processes. These insights highlight reduced-order models\, tailored to specific goals\, processes\, and scales\, as valid alternatives to general-purpose emulators. We next consider a real-world application\, developing a neural model to investigate the joint variability of the surface temperature field and radiative fluxes. The model infers a multiplicative noise process directly from data\, largely reproduces the system’s probability distribution\, and enables causal studies through forced responses. We discuss its limitations and outline directions for future work. These results expose key challenges in data-driven modeling of multiscale physical systems and underscore the value of coarse-grained\, stochastic approaches.Throughout\, we propose linear response theory as a rigorous framework for evaluating neural models beyond stationary statistics\, probing causal mechanisms\, and guiding model design. \nBio: Fabrizio Falasca is physicist working at the intersection of statistical physics\, applied mathematics and climate science. He acquired his master degree in Physics of Complex Systems in the University of Turin in Italy. He then moved to Atlanta to pursue a PhD in Climate Science under the supervision of Annalisa Bracco. In the last 5 years he has been working in the Courant Institute of Mathematical Science in the group of Laure Zanna. His work span response theory\, causal inference\, data-driven modeling\, and their applications to climate dynamics and change. \n\n\n\n\n\nHosted by: Applied Mathematics \nZoom Link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97450297092?pwd=Bp4GIgR8dAuBeCd1Sz9vXo8unkYWQW.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-probing-forced-responses-and-causality-in-data-driven-climate-emulators-conceptual-limitations-and-the-role-of-reduced-order-models/
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Towards Relational Foundation Models: Zero-Shot Forecasting over Relational Databases
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Charilaos I. Kanatsoulis\, Stanford University \nAbstract: Foundation models have transformed unstructured domains such as language and vision\, yet relational datasets\, where most enterprise knowledge lives\, still rely on brittle\, task-specific ML pipelines. I will begin by introducing Relational Deep Learning (RDL)\, a general framework for learning directly from heterogeneous multi-table data\, capturing structure across entities\, attributes\, and relationships without handcrafted schemas or features. \nBuilding on this paradigm\, I will present the Relational Transformer (RT)\, a schema-invariant model pretrained across diverse relational databases that performs structural learning with in-context information and transfers zero-shot to new databases and predictive tasks. By modeling both inter- and intra-table dependencies and reframing prediction as pattern recognition inside a unified latent relational space\, RT represents a concrete step toward relational foundation models that can be prompted\, reused\, and generalized for new problems. \nBio: Charilaos I. Kanatsoulis is a Research Scientist in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University. He previously was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Minnesota\, Twin Cities. His research lies at the intersection of machine learning and signal processing\, with a focus on Transformer and foundation model design for structured data\, graph representation learning\, tensor analysis\, and explainable AI. His work has been recognized with the Best Paper Award at the KDD Temporal Graph Learning Workshop (2025) and the Best Student Paper Award at IEEE CAMSAP (2023). He co-instructs CS246 and CS224W at Stanford and previously taught ESE 5140 at Penn. He has organized several community events\, including the Graph Signal Processing short course at IEEE ICASSP 2023\, the Stanford Graph Learning Workshop (2024–2025)\, the Relational Deep Learning tutorial at ACM KDD 2025\, and the New Perspectives in Advancing Graph Machine Learning Workshop at NeurIPS 2025. \nHosted by: Professor Nikos Tziavelis \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as coffee\, pastries\, and fruit will be provided.) \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cse-colloquium-towards-relational-foundation-models-zero-shot-forecasting-over-relational-databases/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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