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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Advanced Packaging as the Engine of the AI Systems Era
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Tolga Acikalin\, System and Package Architect\, Lumilens \nDescription: The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and machine learning—most notably recent breakthroughs in large language models—is reshaping the trajectory of the semiconductor industry and ushering in a new era of system innovation. As performance scaling at the device level slows\, heterogeneous integration (HI) has emerged as a foundational technology to sustain advances in computing and communication. By integrating separately manufactured components with diverse functions into a single system\, HI enables new levels of functionality\, performance\, and efficiency that are no longer achievable through traditional scaling alone. \nRealizing the full potential of heterogeneous systems demands a shift toward holistic system-level co-design\, with advanced packaging assuming a central and strategic role. This talk will briefly review the evolution of packaging technologies and then focus on advanced packaging architectures that enable heterogeneous integration.Topics will include advances in 2D and 3D interconnect technologies\, the introduction of novel packaging materials such as glass substrates\, and the growing role of photonic links\, including co-packaged optics enabled by silicon photonics. The talk will conclude with a discussion of power delivery and thermal management as system-level challenges and opportunities that will shape the next generation of high-performance\, energy-efficient systems. \nBio: Tolga Acikalin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Middle East Technical University in Ankara\, Turkey\, and his Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University in West Lafayette\, Indiana. \nHe joined Intel in 2007 as a Research and Development Engineer\, working on assembly and test pathfinding projects within the Technology and Manufacturing Group in Chandler\, Arizona. From 2013 to 2025\, he was a Principal Engineer at Intel Labs in Santa Clara\, California\, where he led and influenced innovative strategies for heterogeneous system integration\, spanning package- to wafer-scale solutions\, with a strong emphasis on next-generation interconnect technologies. Tolga is currently a System and Package Architect at Lumilens\, where he focuses on next-generation photonic interconnect solutions\, ranging from near-packaged optics to co-packaged optics. \nHis technical interests include co-packaged optics and silicon photonics\, optical and sub-THz to THz RF high-speed interconnects and the associated advanced package architectures\, novel advanced packaging solutions such as glass substrates\, and optical computing. Tolga has authored or co-authored more than 15 peer-reviewed journal and conference publications in leading APS\, ASME\, and IEEE venues\, including best paper awards at IEEE RFIC and JSCC. He holds nine issued patents and more than 27 additional patent filings. \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-advanced-packaging-as-the-engine-of-the-ai-systems-era/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Mathematical Foundations for Machine Learning from a Nonlinear Time Series Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Jiaqi Li\, William H. Kruskal Instructor\, University of Chicago \nDescription:Modern machine learning (ML) algorithms achieve remarkable empirical success\, yet providing rigorous statistical guarantees remains a major challenge\, particularly in distributional theory and online inference methods. In this talk\, we will introduce a novel framework to provide mathematical foundations for ML by bringing powerful tools in nonlinear time series. First\, we focus on the stochastic gradient descent (SGD) with constant learning rates. By interpreting the SGD sequence as a nonlinear AR(1) process\, we can establish the geometric moment contraction (GMC) for SGD regardless of initializations. By this GMC property\, we can derive refined asymptotic theory of SGD and its averaging variant\, including general moment convergence\, quenched central limit theorems\, quenched invariance principles\, and sharp Berry- Esseen bounds. Then\, we extend this theoretical framework to SGD with dropout regularization\, a widely used but theoretically underexplored technique in deep learning. By establishing GMC under explicit learning-rate and dimensional scaling regimes\, we obtain asymptotic normality and invariance principles for dropout SGD and its averaged version. These results enable online inference\, for which we introduce a fully recursive estimator of the long-run covariance matrix appearing in the limiting distributions. The proposed online confidence intervals with asymptotically correct coverage can be generalized to many other ML algorithms. Overall\, viewing online learning algorithms as nonlinear time series provides a powerful toolkit for deriving statistical guarantees in modern ML\, with implications for high-dimensional stochastic optimization and real-time uncertainty quantification. \nBio:Jiaqi Li is a William H. Kruskal Instructor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Chicago. She obtained her PhD in Statistics from Washington University in St. Louis in 2024. Her research focuses on developing theoretical guarantees and statistical inference methods for machine learning algorithms. She also works on time series data\, especially in the high- dimensional settings with complex temporal and cross-sectional dependency structures. She also\ncollaborates with neuroscientists on applications in fMRI and EEG data. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96647674332?pwd=rCHfeGpKslaGS5iIPP5Jh29mQiMJID.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-mathematical-foundations-for-machine-learning-from-a-nonlinear-time-series-perspective/
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Are Graph Learning Methods Actually Learning?
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Seshadhri Comandur\, Professor of Computer Science\, UCSC \nDescription: There has been a lot of literature on graph machine learning over the past few years\, and a bewildering array of new methods. This talk is based on a series of results making a provocative argument. Maybe many graph machine learning methods are not really that effective\, and the progress we are seeing is an artifact of experimental design and measurement. I will talk about some results showing that low-dimensional embeddings with dot product similarity (arguably the most common graph ML technique) cannot capture salient aspects of real-world graphs. Follow-up work demonstrates that simple benchmarks seem to outperform fancier methods\, and that there are significant shortcomings in existing accuracy measurement. \nBio: C. Seshadhri (Sesh) is a professor of Computer Science at the University of California\, Santa Cruz and an Amazon scholar. Prior to joining UCSC\, he was a researcher at Sandia National Labs\, Livermore in the Information Security Sciences department\, during 2010-2014. His primary interest is the theoretical study of algorithms\, especially those with a mix of graphs and randomization. By and large\, Sesh works at the boundary of theoretical computer science (TCS) and data mining. His work spans many areas: sublinear algorithms\, graph algorithms\, graph modeling\, scalable computation\, and data mining. In the theory world\, his work has resolved numerous open problems in monotonicity testing and graph property testing. A number of his papers in the interface of TCS and applied algorithms have received paper awards at KDD\, WWW\, ICDM\, SDM\, and WSDM. He received the 2019 SDM/IBM Early Career Award for Excellence in Data Analytics. Sesh got his Ph.D from Princeton University and spent two years as a postdoc in IBM Almaden Labs. \nHosted by: Ashesh Chattopadhyay\, Applied Mathematics Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-are-graph-learning-methods-actually-learning/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Statistical Inference for Multi-Modality Data in the AI Era
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Qi Xu\, Postdoctoral Researcher\, Department of Statistics & Data Science\, Carnegie Mellon University \nDescription: Multi-modality data are increasingly common across science medicine and technology\, such as imaging\, text\, sensors\, and genomics. These modalities are often high dimensional or unstructured and naturally exhibit blockwise (nonmonotone) missingness where different samples observe different subsets of modalities. Such missingness creates a major obstacle for statistical analyses since classical methods either discard large portions of data or rely on strong modeling assumptions. Recent advances in AI make it possible to generate or predict unobserved modalities from observed ones\, opening new opportunities for data integration. In this talk\, I will focus on statistical inference for blockwise-missing multi-modality data\, while rigorously incorporating modern AI tools. Rooted in semiparametric theory\, there is a long-term open problem that theoretically optimal estimating function under non-monotone missingness is computationally intractable\, even under the missing completely at random mechanism. I introduce a tractable approximation to the optimal estimating equation through a novel Restricted ANOVA hierarchY or RAY decomposition and its almost-eigen-operator property. This leads to a new class of estimators that leverage predictive or generative AI models to borrow information across datasets while remaining unbiased and asymptotically normal. Motivated by the property of the RAY estimator\, we extend the RAY estimator to a class of unbiased\, consistent\, and computationally tractable estimators. The most efficient estimator in this class is then derived\, named as Adaptive RAY estimator\, which optimally integrating all available data and prediction from AI. Simulation studies and a single cell multi-omics application demonstrate that the proposed framework enables stable and efficient inference for complex multi modality data in the AI era. This is a joint work with Lorenzo Testa\, Jing Lei and Kathryn Roeder\, and the paper is available on arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24158 \nBio: Qi Xu is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Statistics & Data Science at Carnegie Mellon University. His research interests lie broadly in statistics and machine learning\, especially in data integration and AI for statistics\, with their applications in genomics and mobile health. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Statistics at University of California\, Irvine\, and the Master degree from University of Illinois Urbana Champaign\, and the Bachelor degree (with honors) from Tongji University. \nHosted by: Statistics Department \nZoom link: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91740050783?pwd=joK9hfwvM7FZ48acaiow8OY4ZlBDXA.1
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/statistics-seminar-statistical-inference-for-multi-modality-data-in-the-ai-era/
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SUMMARY:VMCC Series: Yiman Wang
DESCRIPTION:In a lecture delivered by UC Santa Cruz Professor Yiman Wang\, this talk delves into Mao-era moving image culture that featured experimentation with public health\, horticulture\, and animal husbandry to unpack what cinematic experiments were developed\, how scientific experiments were conducted\, and in what ways they were intended to intertwine with the nation-wide experiment with rebuilding the new socialist human’s psyche and a new socio-political world. The talk also explores why such conjoined experiments often fell apart\, what one might gain by recentering the unruly human and more-than-human “raw material” that were experimented on\, and ultimately\, how the environmental turn in media studies could benefit from a study of socialist trifold cinematic-scientific-socio-political experimentations.\n—\nABOUT THE SPEAKER\nYiman Wang (Ph.D.\, Graduate Program in Literature\, Duke University) is Professor and Chair of Film & Digital Media at University of California\, Santa Cruz. She is author of Remaking Chinese Cinema: Through the Prism of Shanghai\, Hong Kong and Hollywood (University of Hawaii Press 2013)\, and To Be an Actress: Labor and Performance in Anna May Wong’s Cross-Media World (University of California Press 2024). She has published numerous articles in journals and edited volumes on topics of socialist environmental media\, feminist media histories\, ethnic border-crossing stardom\, eco-cinema\, Chinese cinema\, independent documentary\, film remakes and adaptations. She is editor of a special issue of Feminist Media Histories on Asian Feminist Media (2019)\, co-editor of an InFocus Dossier on Queering Asian Media in Journal of Cinema and Media Studies (2023)\, co-editor of Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion (2025)\, associate editor of Journal of Chinese Cinemas\, and co-editor of the Global East Asian Screen Cultures book series published by Bloomsbury.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Located in Porter College Rm. D245\n—\nPARKING\n– Lot 124 & 125 are the closest parking lots to the event.\n– Parking is by permit or ParkMobile.\n– Refer to TAPS for more parking information.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law. \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/vmcc-series-yiman-wang/
LOCATION:Porter College\, D-Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Kraw Lecture: Learning Earth's Biodiversity via Space and eDNA
DESCRIPTION:The California DNA Program (CALeDNA)\, launched from the University of California in 2017\, has been tackling the massive disconnection in scales of measuring nature from satellite-based sensing down to DNA in a gram of soil or water. Through dozens of collaborative projects around the world\, CALeDNA lab scientists have harmonized different ways of observing biodiversity from microbes to plants and mammals. UC Santa Cruz’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology\, where CALeDNA is headquartered\, now houses over 50\,000 CALeDNA environmental sample collections\, a thriving startup partnership\, and an eDNA service and R&D lab that serves most national and CA state agencies that monitor nature. In this presentation\, Rachel Meyer will demonstrate the challenges of connecting the microscopic to regional scales across all kingdoms of life for two central purposes: monitoring sensitive habitat change and estimating habitat ‘health’.\n \n\n\nIn-Person Reception: 5:30 p.m.\nLecture: 6–7 p.m.\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/kraw-lecture-learning-earths-biodiversity-via-space-and-edna/
LOCATION:3175 Bowers Avenue Santa Clara\, CA 95054\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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SUMMARY:Regulatory Affairs Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Lead regulatory strategy in the evolving medical device industry.\nAs global regulations become increasingly complex\, professionals who can navigate FDA\, EU\, and international requirements are in high demand. Learn how to design and execute regulatory strategies\, manage premarket submissions using tools like the FDA’s eSTAR\, leverage AI-driven platforms for regulatory intelligence\, and ensure compliance across device lifecycles. \nSpeaker\nJoin Kiran Gulati\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Regulatory Affairs program\, for a detailed overview of how our courses provide practical\, hands-on training and industry-aligned skills to advance your career in regulatory affairs\, quality assurance\, and medical device compliance. \nStart exploring\nCheck out our Regulatory Affairs certificate program page for a closer look at upcoming courses and offerings. \nClaim your seat. 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/regulatory-affairs-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:Pre-College Program Info Session
DESCRIPTION:Learn more about our Pre-College Programs\nDiscover what’s possible in Summer 2026! Join us for a one-hour info session to learn about our Pre-College programs\, including courses\, eligibility\, and how students can get a head start on college and career pathways. \nSpecial offer\nReceive an application fee waiver when you enroll and attend the session. \nClaim your seat.  \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/pre-college-program-info-session-2/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
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SUMMARY:Looking at School\, Fear\, and  Possibilities: Imagining Futures Under Authoritarian Rule
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in a conversation around School\, Fear\, & Possibilities: Imagining Futures Under Authoritarian Rule\, featuring two guest speakers: Manuel Espinoza Ph.D\, Muhammad Khalifa! \n  \nTitle: School\, Fear\, & Possibilities: Imagining Futures Under Authoritarian Rule Talk \nGuest speakers: Manuel Espinoza & Muhammad Khalifa. \nDate: Thursday\, February 5th\, 2026\, 5-6PM  \nLocation: McHenry 0266 or via Zoom (Meeting ID: 933 0685 4982; Passcode: 924285) \nPlease complete this RSVP form if you plan to attend \nFeb 5th guest speakers \nLearn about Manuel Espinoza \nManuel is a child of desegregation and a Chicano ethnographer working in the scholarly tradition that emerged during the 20th-century struggle against racism in the U.S. As the Director and Co-founder of the Right2Learn Dignity Lab\, now in its 15th year\, Manuel works with an undergraduate and graduate research collective to develop two interconnected strands of research: 1) an inquiry into the historical and legal origins of educational rights and 2) a social interactional method for studying the manifestations of dignity in educational activity. Presently\, the Dignity Lab is working to amend the “education clause” of the Colorado Constitution. Manuel has shared his expertise by contributing content on dignity in schools to the Cultivating Compassion for Ourselves and Others digital certificate. \n  \nLearn about Muhammad Khalifa \nHis research examines how urban school leaders enact culturally responsive leadership and anti-oppressive schooling practices. He is a leading expert on equity audits for school districts. He was previously a teacher and administrator in Detroit Public Schools\, and he has also contributed to community-informed education projects in Africa\, Latin America\, and Asia in various capacities. He formerly held the endowed Beck Chair of Ideas in Education at the University of Minnesota. He has contributed to education\, development\, or research programs in several contexts. \n  \nWe hope you can join us in this conversation with Manuel and Muhammad!
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/looking-at-school-fear-and-possibilities-imagining-futures-under-authoritarian-rule/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Carl Deppe Memorial Lecture with Dr. Kara Cooney
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Ancient Studies Program presents the Carl Deppe Memorial Lecture\, taking place February 5th at the Cowell Ranch Hay Barn (reception to follow). Kara Cooney will present her lecture “When Women Ruled the World”. Doors open at 5:30pm\, program begins at 5:45pm. \n \nKara Cooney is a professor of ancient Egyptian art and architecture and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at the University of California\, Los Angeles. Specializing in social history\, gender studies\, and economies of the ancient world\, she received her PhD in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University. Her books include The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt\, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt\, and The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World. Her latest books include Recycling for Death: Coffin Reuse in Ancient Egypt and the Theban Royal Caches\, Ancient Egyptian Society: Challenging Assumptions\, Exploring Approaches\, and Coffin Commerce.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/carl-deppe-memorial-lecture-with-dr-kara-cooney/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire Panel
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Intersections of Climate Change Lecture series there will be a panel discussion including marine geologist Ivano Aiello and environmental studies scholars J. Mijin Cha and Dustin Mulvaney focused on the climate justice issues raised by the Moss Landing Battery Storage System fire.\nThe Intersections of Climate Change Series is organized with the Friedlaender Lab in conjunction with Weather and the Whale.\n—\nADDITIONAL SERIES EVENTS\n– Thurs. Feb. 5\, 6:00 p.m: Intersections of Climate Change Lecture: Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire\n– Wed. Feb. 11\, 6:00 p.m: The California Firefighter Cancer Research Study with Shehnaz Hussain and Fire Captain Jamie Gabriel\n– Thurs. Feb. 26\, 6:00 p.m: Intersections of Climate Change Performance: Electroacoustic Performance and Artist Talk with the Whale Liberation Front\n– Wed. March 4\, 6:00 p.m: Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire\, Settlement\, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n—\nPARKING\n– The entrance to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences Galleries is on Delaware Street and has an accessibility ramp.\n– Convenient and free self-parking is available on Panetta Avenue and High Road\, immediately adjacent to the galleries.\n– Accessible parking is on High Road.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/climate-justice-and-the-moss-landing-battery-fire-panel/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
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SUMMARY:Science in the Neighborhood: Innovations for building coastal resilience locally\, nationally\, and globally
DESCRIPTION:Science In the Neighborhood\nA public lecture series hosted quarterly by the UC Santa Cruz Science Division \nInnovations for building coastal resilience locally\, nationally\, and globally\nPresentation by Mike Beck\, Director\, UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience\nQ&A with Stefano Profumo\, Professor\, UC Santa Cruz \nCoastal risks are growing from climate change\, development\, and habitat loss. The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience assesses coastal risks\, promotes nature-based adaptations\, and identifies innovative solutions to reduce risks to people\, property\, and the environment. Dr. Beck will describe recent successes in bridging ecology\, engineering\, and economics to develop solutions at the intersection of science\, policy\, and finance. \nHe will show some of the latest innovations\, presenting examples from Santa Cruz\, across the country\, and internationally. These include new policies that open funding for nature as natural infrastructure; the development of nature-positive insurance; and the use of game-engine technology to communicate the cost effectiveness of nature-based solutions. \nThe event is in-person only. Register here. \nThursday\, February 5\, 2026 | 6-7:30 p.m.\nSeymour Marine Discovery Center\, La Feliz Room\n100 McAllister Way\nSanta Cruz 95060
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/innovations-for-building-coastal-resilience-locally-nationally-and-globally/
LOCATION:Seymour Marine Discovery Center\, 100 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Johnstone\, J. (AM) - The Effects of Asymmetry on Overshooting and Magnetic Pumping from Compressible Convection Zones
DESCRIPTION:We present a comprehensive numerical investigation examining how vertical asymmetry in compressible convection affects overshooting and the transport of large-scale magnetic fields from convective to stably stratified regions. Using three-dimensional direct numerical simulations\, we systematically vary the superadiabaticity and stratification of a convective layer to control the vertical asymmetry of the flow and analyze its influence on overshooting depth and magnetic pumping efficiency. We extend previous work by Tobias et al. (2001) and draw guidance from the asymmetry regimes identified by John & Schumacher (2023)\, investigating whether similar asymmetric convecting regimes emerge in our overshooting model that incorporates a stably stratified region below. We find that vertical asymmetry increases significantly with stratification at a moderate\, fixed Rayleigh number\, while superadiabaticity contributes primarily through enhanced downflow velocities\, with both combined leading to increasing overshooting depths reaching approximately 0.46 − 0.7 pressure scale heights. Magnetic pumping efficiency initially increases with stratification but unexpectedly decreases at higher stratification\, despite increasing overshooting depths. We find that this behavior arises from the increasing thermal and magnetic diffusivities that result from increasing stratification at fixed Ra. When instead either holding these diffusivities constant or increasing Ra sufficiently\, we find that then both overshooting and magnetic pumping depths both decrease with increasing stratification. This behavior is explained by a change of dynamical state from one of laminar downflows to one of turbulent downflowing plumes leading to a high degree of turbulent mixing and entrainment. We thus find two distinct regimes that might be described as a microscopically diffusive regime and a turbulently diffusive one. These results suggest that\, in the highly turbulent regime expected in the Sun\, magnetic pumping efficiency may decrease with increasing stratification due to enhanced turbulent entrainment\, with important implications for solar dynamo theory and the transport of large-scale magnetic fields in the solar interior. \n  \nEvent Host: Jason Johnstone\, Ph.D. Student\, Applied Mathematics \nAdvisor: Nic Brummell \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/5428987373?pwd=JSmNz3ZZby5ZnVBYbSoakjjQb2qQj6.1&omn=98571815542 \nPasscode- 778899
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/johnstone-j-am-the-effects-of-asymmetry-on-overshooting-and-magnetic-pumping-from-compressible-convection-zones/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:GDAC Portfolio Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop\n\nPart of the GDA Conference on campus – come and learn best practices for creating a portfolio to use in the gaming industry! \n  \nKNOW OUR POLICIES \nJob postings and employer announcements are made without endorsement\, direct or implied\, by Career Success or UCSC. Career Success educates students about various opportunities and ensures equity of access to campus recruiting activities for all employers who abide by our Employer Policies. Individual students are encouraged to determine which employers align with their diverse talents\, values\, and interests. \n  \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications. \nOnline Safety Tips \nUC Santa Cruz Career Success〡Hahn 125 \nEmail Career Success: csuccess@ucsc.edu \nVisit Career Success Website: https://careers.ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/gdac-portfolio-workshop/
LOCATION:Cultural Center – Merrill College\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Seminars,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T160000
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SUMMARY:Yang\, J. (CSE) - Towards Controllable and Compositional Generative Vision
DESCRIPTION:Diffusion-based text-to-image models can generate impressive images\, but they largely treat an image as a single\, flat output\, which makes precise editing of individual elements difficult. This proposal studies layered generative representations that align with professional editing workflows\, enabling users to manipulate foreground objects while preserving the rest of the scene. A central focus is visual effects such as shadows and reflections\, which are essential for realistic composition yet are often missing or inconsistent in current generative pipelines. This proposal outlines a research program toward controllable\, compositional image generation that supports practical\, edit-ready content creation. \nEvent Host: Jinrui Yang\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Yuyin Zhou \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91510964517?pwd=NG5Urv2li9HxlcUKrybg6Z5ZtYj9e6.1 \nPasscode- 544143
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/yang-j-cse-towards-controllable-and-compositional-generative-vision/
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year\, the interests of the tour guide\, and the people who join in. For example\, you might learn about the birds and mammals that make this land their home or about the amazing physical adaptations that plants have evolved to better deal with our extreme weather and climate conditions. Tours are free with paid admission.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/first-saturday-tour-at-the-arboretum/2026-02-07/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260209T104000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260209T234500
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SUMMARY:ECE Seminar: Integrated Micro- and Nanosystems for Biosensing\, Neural Therapy\, and Nanotoxicity
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Ke Du\, Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering\, University of California\, Riverside \nDescription: Miniaturized micro- and nanofluidic systems\, integrated with biochemistry\, microscopy\, nanomaterials\, and computer vision algorithms\, provide powerful platforms for diverse biomedical applications\, including molecular diagnostics\, biophysics\, and optogenetics. In this presentation\, we introduce a pneumatically controlled nano-sieve device with nanolithography-defined microstructures designed to enhance target capture efficiency in bodily fluids. This system incorporates sheath flow configurations\, surface-enhanced Raman probes\, and CRISPR reactions for the sensitive and multiplexed detection of drug-resistant bacteria in nanoconfined environments. We also highlight our recent advancements in implantable devices for adeno-associated virus (AAV) delivery and the treatment of neurological disorders in mouse models. These devices\, fabricated via high-resolution 3D printing\, utilize total internal reflection at the liquid–air–microstructure interface to efficiently stimulate neurons. Finally\, we integrate experimental approaches with molecular dynamics simulations to study the interactions between arbitrary nanoparticles and living cells—advancing our understanding of nanotoxicity and guiding the design of next-generation drug delivery systems. \nBio: Dr. Ke Du is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of California\, Riverside. He established his independent research lab in 2018 following postdoctoral training with Richard Mathies at the University of California\, Berkeley\, and Holger Schmidt at the University of California\, Santa Cruz. His research team focuses on molecular diagnostics for infectious diseases such as sepsis\, in vivo bioimaging\, and nanotoxicology. Dr. Du has received numerous honors\, including the EIPBN Inaugural Early Career Award (2024) and the NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (2021). He was recognized as an Emerging Investigator by Lab on a Chip (2024) and Nanoscale (2025)\, and named a Global Rising Star in Sensing by ACS Sensors. His research is supported by federal agencies and industry partners\, including NIH NIGMS\, NIH NIAID\, NSF CBET\, NSF CMMI\, USDA\, DOE\, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund\, Mammoth Biosciences\, and Biological Mimetics. Beyond his research activities\, Dr. Du serves as an Early Career Editorial Advisory Board member for Biomicrofluidics (AIP Publishing) and Sensors and Actuators Reports (Elsevier). \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-integrated-micro-and-nanosystems-for-biosensing-neural-therapy-and-nanotoxicity/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:CM Seminar - “The ‘Social’ Side of Social Virtual Reality”
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Bree McEwan \nDescription: One of the potential use cases of virtual reality is to create spaces where humans can interact with each other or virtual agents across distances. However\, despite many of the technological challenges of social VR being solved\, social VR does not see poised for widespread adoption. Multi-user social VR needs to be perceived not just as a technology to be solved but an emerging communication channel. Social science approaches\, particularly from communication scholars\, are needed to truly understand the way that humans engage with VR and each other in these new environments. McEwan’s talk will outline a program of research using qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand communication processes\, effects\, and user perceptions of VR design to deepen our understanding of how people engage with environments and each other in social VR. \nBio: Bree McEwan is a Professor in the Institute of Communication\, Culture\, Information and Technology\, an associate director of the Data Sciences Institute\, and a faculty affiliate of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society at the University of Toronto. She is a co- organizer and founder of the Questioning Reality conference\, a social VR research incubator. McEwan authored Navigating New Media Networks and co-authored Interpersonal Encounters. She directs the McEwan Mediated Communication Lab which researches the intersection of technology and social interaction. McEwan has published on relational maintenance on social network sites\, perceived social affordances of communication channels\, linguistic patterns in online communities\, and the diffusion of information through social media. In addition\, McEwan has metascience interests focused on transparency and replication in the social sciences. Current studies of the McMC Lab focus on affordances of social virtual environments\, cognition and heuristics related to learning in VR spaces\, and nonverbal communication patterns of avatars and agents. \nHosted by: Professor Katherine Isbister \nWhen: Monday\, February 9\, 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/91469785121?pwd=F0jplMgh4eTjy6qNZI0lEhlljs0XhG.1 \nMeeting ID: 914 6978 5121\nPasscode: 183098
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/cm-seminar-the-social-side-of-social-virtual-reality/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Li\, X. (CSE) - Compute-Efficient Scaling of Fully-Open Visual Encoders
DESCRIPTION:Vision encoders have demonstrated significant performance gains in visual generation and multimodal reasoning. These improvements are primarily attributed to the scaling of data\, model capacity\, and compute. However\, this progress is becoming less accessible due to a lack of transparency in data curation and training recipes. In combination with the high compute requirements of foundation-scale pre-training\, these factors hinder independent reproducibility. \nIn this dissertation\, we democratize large-scale visual encoder training by developing compute-efficient\, reproducible training recipes for video encoders\, vision-language models (VLMs)\, and multimodal large language models (MLLMs). First\, we challenge the common belief that scaling necessarily requires proportionally more resources. Specifically\, we show that decoupled pre-training separates key factors such as space/time and token length\, and learns strong priors first. This design yields dramatic efficiency gains across image\, video\, and generative modeling. Next\, we address the challenge of undisclosed or inaccessible training data by releasing and systematically studying the curation of high-quality\, large-scale datasets. We demonstrate that high-quality synthetic captions at scale enable vision-language models to learn stronger visual representations\, especially when paired with training frameworks that unify contrastive and generative objectives. Lastly\, building on these findings\, we develop fully open vision encoders with complete training data\, recipes\, and checkpoints\, and show that transparency can enable rather than hinder state-of-the-art performance as an MLLMs’ visual backbone. \nTogether\, these contributions establish that openness and efficiency are mutually reinforcing\, providing a reproducible foundation for the next generation of visual intelligence. \nEvent Host: Xianhang Li\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science and Engineering \nAdvisor: Cihang Xie  \nZoom- https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95801462664?pwd=koENnyV65jyPnkJYTbiYr1jaNsV5BE.1 \nPasscode- 782017
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/li-x-cse-compute-efficient-scaling-of-fully-open-visual-encoders/
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Data Driven Modeling for Scientific Discovery and Digital Twins
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dongbin Xiu\, Professor\, Ohio State University \nDescription:We present a data-driven modeling framework for scientific discovery\, termed Flow Map Learning (FML). This framework enables the construction of accurate predictive models for complex systems that are not amenable to traditional modeling approaches. By leveraging data and the expressiveness of deep neural networks (DNNs)\, FML facilitates long-term system modeling and prediction even when governing equations are unavailable. FML is particularly powerful in the context of Digital Twins\, an emerging concept in digital transformation. With sufficient offline learning\, FML enables the construction of simulation models for key quantities of interest (QoIs) in complex Digital Twins\, when direct mathematical modeling of the QoIs is infeasible. During the online execution of a Digital Twin\, the learned FML model can simulate the QoIs without reverting to the computationally intensive Digital Twin simulation model. As a result\, FML serves as an enabling methodology for real-time control and optimization for complex systems. \nBio: Dongbin Xiu received his Ph.D degree from the Division of Applied Mathematics of Brown University in 2004. He joined the Department of Mathematics of Purdue University in 2005 and moved to the University of Utah in 2013. In 2016\, He joined The Ohio State University as Professor of Mathematics and Ohio Eminent Scholar. He received NSF CAREER award in 2007 and was elected to SIAM Fellow in 2023. He is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Computational Physics and the founding Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Machine Learning for Modeling and Computing (JMLMC). His current research focuses on developing efficient numerical methods for scientific machine learning\, data driven discovery and digital twins. \nHosted by: Daniele Venturi\, Applied Mathematics
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/am-seminar-data-driven-modeling-for-scientific-discovery-and-digital-twins/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:February Slugs and Steins with Distinguished Professor Emeritus John Brown Childs
DESCRIPTION:Kings of Infinite Space: Courageous Compassion Among Men in Soledad Prison\n \n“I could be bounded in a nutshell\, and count myself king of infinite space…”\n–Hamlet \nWhen I reflect on the expansively creative\, compassionate\, and transformational minds and actions of the incarcerated men with whom I have worked as a volunteer teacher of what I call “transcommunal peace and cooperation\,” for some twenty years first in DVI Prison\, and mostly Soledad Prison\, the central image that strikes me is the first part of Hamlet’s statement\, in the Shakespeare play\, wherein he says\, “I could be bounded in a nutshell and count myself king of infinite space….” The men with whom I work\, despite their incarceration in narrow\, constraining\, routinized circumstances\, are nonetheless able to reach out to\, and draw from a wide and deep universe of humane love for all. Their organizing group\, Cemanahuac (an Indigenous Nahuatl word meaning “One World”-all races\, cultures\, faiths\, regions\, and perspectives); is the foundation for the success of transcommunality. My book Transcommunality\, from the Politics of Conversion to the Ethics of Respect\, (Temple University Press\, 2003)\, that is the basis for my teaching in Soledad and elsewhere\, emphasizes ways of achieving mutual respect among diverse\, even opposing vantage points\, with an emphasis on being able to disagree over key matters while still working together. The concept of “transcommunality” is rooted in the brilliant\, ancient Indigenous philosophy of the Haudenosauunee (“Iroquois”) Peacemaker\, Deganawidah. Similarly\, rather than being simple stereotyped negatives; these Soledad men are positives\, who are providing important foundations for building bridges in a time of overall societal division\, and emphasizing\, in the midst of the national cauldron of hate\, the healing power of love. \nREGISTER \n 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/february-slugs-and-steins-with-distinguished-professor-emeritus-john-brown-childs/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium: Incentivized Alignment for Strategic Agents (Human and Otherwise)
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Grant Schoenebeck\, University of Michigan \nAbstract: Advances in machine learning enable new forms of human-AI collaboration\, but collaborative settings typically involve agents with divergent objectives and private information. This will become increasingly critical in the emerging world of agentic AI\, where ML-powered agents act on behalf of individuals or institutions with conflicting goals. I use the term incentivized alignment to describe the approach of combining both machine learning and incentive design to achieve alignment of system outcomes despite misaligned agents. This talk presents two case studies of incentivized alignment showing how machine learning can make mechanism design scalable and practical\, and how mechanism design can make machine learning strategically robust. First\, I examine the use of LLMs as judges for rating subjective responses. While LLMs perform well on existing datasets\, they are highly susceptible to manipulation. I propose adapting peer-prediction mechanisms to create strategically-robust scoring mechanisms that incentivize honest reporting. Beyond ensuring high-quality inputs to AI systems\, these mechanisms can potentially eliminate reward hacking in ML training pipelines. Second\, I consider collective decision-making where agents hold different objectives and private information. The goal is to design mechanisms that incentivize strategic agents to select outcomes that would be optimal under full information sharing\, according to certain criteria. Both case studies demonstrate solutions for incentivized alignment in multi-agent systems employing the combination of incentive design and machine learning\, a theme likely to be central to the future of collaborative AI. \nBio: Grant Schoenebeck is an associate professor at the University of Michigan in the School of Information. His work has recently focused on developing and analyzing systems for eliciting and aggregating information from a diverse group of agents with varying information\, interests\, and abilities by combining ideas from machine learning and economics (e.g. game theory\, mechanism design\, and information design). More generally\, his recent work has been about incentives and (machine) learning in a variety of contexts. His research is supported by multiple NSF grants including a CAREER award and spans publications in top venues including NeurIPS\, ICLR\, EC\, WINE\, the Web Conference\, STOC\, and FOCS. His former PhD students and postdocs now hold tenure-track positions at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign\, Peking University\, George Mason University\, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He recently served as Program Committee Co-chair for WINE\, Theory Track Co-chair for EC\, and Economics and Computation Track co-chair at the Web Conference. Grant received his PhD at UC Berkeley\, studied theology at Oxford University\, and received his BA in mathematics and computer science from Harvard. \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-incentivized-alignment-for-strategic-agents-human-and-otherwise/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:On the Margins of Empire: The Archaeology of Social Complexities in Lower Akinyele\, Southwest Nigeria Ca. 18th- 20th centuries
DESCRIPTION:Presentation Abstract: My research examines the materiality of everyday life in non-urban spaces between the 18th and 20th centuries. I seek to articulate the nature of social complexities that may have characterized these spaces\, with particular attention to the domestic domain. In my study at Lower Akinyele\, I aim to investigate how social agents negotiated their daily lives within complex historical processes such as imperial control\, conflict\, migration\, and resettlement\, and how these dynamics shape their lived experience and are reflected in the archaeological record over this extended period. \nCombining an interdisciplinary approach\, my research employs ethnography\, archaeological field survey with geospatial analysis\, and material science-based analysis. Drawing on theories of agency\, practice\, and feminist perspectives\, I move beyond a monolithic view that privileges urban centers as the primary sites for studying social complexity. Instead\, my work advocates for a more nuanced understanding that captures the varied scales of human interactions within these communities. \nAbout the Presenter: Boluwaji Ajayi is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Anthropology at UCSC. Ajayi’s research examines the social complexities that shaped the everyday lives of settlements located on the peripheries of early cities and empires in the Yoruba-Edo region of Southwestern Nigeria from the precolonial era to the twentieth century.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/on-the-margins-of-empire-the-archaeology-of-social-complexities-in-lower-akinyele-southwest-nigeria-ca-18th-20th-centuries/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 1\, Social Sciences 1\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Centering the Experiences of Undocumented Transfer Students at HSIs: A Brown Bag Presentation by Valeria Alonso Blanco
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Huerta Center is proud to present a brown bag presentation by Graduate Student Research Awardee Valeria Alonso Blanco. She will present on a qualitative study that explores how undocumented Latinx transfer students navigate institutional support\, belonging\, and barriers at a four-year Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Findings reveal gaps between institutional commitments and student realities\, and she offers actionable recommendations for more equitable\, transfer-receptive practices.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/centering-the-experiences-of-undocumented-transfer-students-at-hsis-a-brown-bag-presentation-by-valeria-alonso-blanco/
LOCATION:Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina)\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\,\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T160000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260120T172457Z
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SUMMARY:EOP Students - "Words That Impress: Creating a Great Résumé & Cover Letter"
DESCRIPTION:Crafting a fantastic Resume and Cover Letter are the key to getting an interview and landing a job!  Join us for this informative workshop that will cover best practices for resume and cover letter development.  You’ll gain understanding about the perfect format\, navigating AI filters\, and how to write captivating resume bullet points and engaging cover letter paragraphs.  The presentation will be 30 minutes\, followed by 30 minutes of optional worktime here in our office with coaches to give you brief input. \nWe will provide captions for the presentation. If you have disability-related needs\, please contact the Career Success office at csuccess@ucsc.edu or (831) 459-4420 as soon as possible. \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/eop-students-words-that-impress-creating-a-great-resume-cover-letter/
LOCATION:Career Success Student Lounge (125 Hahn)\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences,Seminars,Training,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T180000
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SUMMARY:AI Application Development – A monthly conversation with the Chair
DESCRIPTION:Lead Innovation as a Machine Learning Engineer.\nAs AI becomes central to products and services across industries\, there’s a growing demand for professionals who can design\, build and deploy intelligent services & systems. Learn how you can preprocess data\, develop Machine Learning models\, apply Deep Learning techniques\, and create AI solutions that solve real‑world problems. \nSpeaker\nJoin Praveen Krishna\, Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Application Development program\, for this new monthly conversation series designed to spark discussion and dialogue. Get an inside look at how our courses deliver hands-on learning\, industry-driven projects\, and the technical foundation needed to advance your career as an ML Engineer\, MLOps Engineer\, or Applied AI Researcher. \nLearn more.\nVisit our program page for a closer look at our AI App Development courses and offerings. \nRegister today.  
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/ai-application-development-a-monthly-conversation-with-the-chair/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260211T180000
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SUMMARY:California Firefighter Cancer Research Study Panel
DESCRIPTION:In the month of February\, The intersections of Climate Change lecture series will host a panel discussion with Dr. Shehnaz Hussain and Fire Captain Jamie Gabriel. They will discuss ongoing research in cancer being the leading cause of death among California firefighters and why preventative interventions remain elusive.\nThe Intersections of Climate Change Series is organized with the Friedlaender Lab in conjunction with Weather and the Whale.\n—\nADDITIONAL SERIES EVENTS\n– Thurs. Feb. 5\, 6:00 p.m: Intersections of Climate Change Lecture: Climate Justice and the Moss Landing Battery Fire\n– Wed. Feb. 11\, 6:00 p.m: The California Firefighter Cancer Research Study with Shehnaz Hussain and Fire Captain Jamie Gabriel\n– Thurs. Feb. 26\, 6:00 p.m: Intersections of Climate Change Performance: Electroacoustic Performance and Artist Talk with the Whale Liberation Front\n– Wed. March 4\, 6:00 p.m: Unexpected Returns: The Historic Entanglements of Fire\, Settlement\, and Stewardship in the Santa Cruz Mountains\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n—\nPARKING\n– The entrance to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences Galleries is on Delaware Street and has an accessibility ramp.\n– Convenient and free self-parking is available on Panetta Avenue and High Road\, immediately adjacent to the galleries.\n– Accessible parking is on High Road.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/california-firefighter-cancer-research-study-panel/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:"The Eternal Song" Film Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Eternal Song is a cinematic journey through timeless lands and Indigenous cultures. Voices from across generations and traditions invite us to witness the enduring scars of colonization on lands and peoples\, and the healing pathways carried through ancestral wisdom. Entrusted with medicine stories\, the film grapples with colonial legacies\, intergenerational trauma\, and the culture of separation that fragments our lives.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/the-eternal-song-film-screening/
LOCATION:Merrill Cultural Center\, 200 McLaughlin Dr\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260212T100000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Resume Review
DESCRIPTION:Meet with actual recruiters for this virtual resume review! You’ll get a chance to show them your resume and get feedback from professionals. \nGet career ready with Career Success! \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications. \nHandshake is committed to building an accessible product\, as well as an ongoing\, sustainable process for maintaining accessibility. Please contact slugtalent@ucsc.edu if you need accessibility support at least 5 days prior to the event date. \nQuestions? Email slugtalent@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/virtual-resume-review/
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support,Lectures & Presentations,Seminars,Training,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260212T114000
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SUMMARY:BME Seminar: Population Genetics in an Era of Genomic Health
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Dr. Eimear Kenny\, Founding Director of the Institute for Genomic Health and a Endowed Chair and Professor for Genomic Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai \nDescription: The overarching goal of my work is to advance genomics in medicine and research through diversity and innovation. The work of my group seeks to enrich our understanding of human genomic diversity by focusing on populations underrepresented in genomics\, developing and disseminating computational genomic tools to enhance precision and accuracy in diverse populations\, unveiling genetic architectures of diseases that can track with demographic history\, and advancing diversity large-scale genomic databases. We also work to integrate new paradigms of genomic medicine into routine clinical practice\, ensuring genomic insights are appropriately applied in real-world healthcare settings and lead to improved patient care and health equity. I will discuss aspects of this work with emphasis on why we should promote inclusivity\, innovate methodologies\, and harness the potential of diverse populations in genomic health.  \nBio: Eimear Kenny\, PhD\, is the Founding Director of the Institute for Genomic Health\, building resources for integrating genomic information and AI in routine clinical care\, and supporting the sequencing and return of results to a diverse patients in the Mount Sinai Health System. She also the Founding Director of the Center for Translational Genomics and a Endowed Chair and Professor of Genomic Health\, at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai\, working on computational and translational genomic research. She is Principal Investigator in many large NIH-funded international consortium focused on computational genomics and genomic medicine\, including eMERGE\, PRIMED\, CSER\, GSP\, TOPMed\, PAGE\, and HPRC. She is a strong advocate for the importance of diversity in genomic research\, is improving the accessibility of genetics to global populations\, and has led multiple genetics-based clinical trials. Her exceptional contributions to the field earned her the prestigious Early Career Award from the American Society of Human Genetics in 2022. In addition to her academic and research roles\, Dr. Kenny serves as a scientific advisor to various genomic medicine initiatives in government\, non-profit\, and industry sectors. \nHosted by: Professor Karen Miga\, BME Department
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/8123/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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