• CSE Colloquium – The EU’s Cybersecurity Framework: what it is, what it means

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius, Lothar Determann, Pieter T.J. Wolters Abstract: The European Union has enacted a comprehensive cybersecurity framework (the “Framework”) that imposes far-reaching obligations on developers […]

    Free
  • BME80G Seminar – Susanne Haga, “Ethics of AI in Genomic Medicine”

    Jack Baskin Auditorium 191 Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Dr. Susanne Haga, Professor in Medicine @ Duke University About the speaker: Dr. Haga’s research focuses on the translation of genomics into clinical practice. A central theme across her work is education, spanning professional, public, and patient audiences. Her projects have encompassed the development of educational materials on genomic research, pharmacogenetic testing, and the communication of […]

  • BME 280B Seminar: Speaker Dr. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz – “How Embryos Build Themselves: Rules of Self-Organization”

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive

    Presenter: Dr. Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz, Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology Description: N/A Bio: Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz is a Bren Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology. Over the past 25 years, the Zernicka-Goetz Lab has pioneered key discoveries in early mammalian development, including the first studies […]

  • UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

    McHenry Library 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

    Friday, May 15, 1:00-4:00 PM (PDT) McHenry Library | Information Commons South on the Main Floor We are delighted to invite you to the 22nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium! This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster, […]

    FREE
  • CSE Colloquium – Safety Alignment of LMs via Non-cooperative Games

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Arman Zharmagambetov, Meta Abstract: Ensuring the safety of language models (LMs) while maintaining their usefulness remains a critical challenge in AI alignment. Current approaches rely on sequential adversarial training: […]

    Free
  • BME 280B Seminar: Speaker Dylan Shropshire – “How did Wolbachia become Earth’s most pervasive animal symbiont?”

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive

    Presenter: Dylan Shropshire, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University Description: Maternally transmitted Wolbachia bacteria inhabit roughly half of all arthropod species, making them likely the most common animal-associated microbe on Earth. Wolbachia alter host reproduction, persist across deep evolutionary timescales, and move into new host species in ways that we are only beginning to resolve. Wolbachia’s […]

  • ECE Seminar: Advanced Sensing and AI Technologies for Food Safety and Precision Agriculture

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Hamid Jafarbiglu, Agricultural Technology Evaluator, Big Idea Ventures Description: California agriculture is increasingly adopting organic and regenerative production systems, creating a growing need for technologies capable of monitoring complex agricultural environments, assessing food safety risks, and supporting data-driven management decisions. Emerging tools such as drones, hyperspectral scanning, environmental sensors, and artificial intelligence provide new […]

  • FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal

    Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for the final talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal giving her talk, “Science Unlocked: Translating Research into Public Stewardship”.

    Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.

  • CSE Colloquium – Learning to Image: Computational Microscopy for Dynamic Systems

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Laura Waller, UC Berkeley Abstract: Computational imaging jointly designs hardware and algorithms to push beyond the classical limits of imaging, enabling measurement of new quantities (e.g. 3D, phase, and super-resolution) with simple, inexpensive hardware. These approaches have already transformed consumer photography; our goal is to achieve a similar transformation in scientific microscopy. In this […]

    Free
  • BME 280B Seminar: 4th Year Grad Talks

    Biomedical Sciences Building 575 McLaughlin Drive

    Please join us for our BME 280B seminar series Thursday (5/28/26) in person at Biomed 200. The event will run from 11:40 AM to 1:15 PM and feature our 4th year grad talks. 11:40AM – 11:50AM: Ivana Pacar 11:53AM – 12:03PM: Jesus Gonzalez Ferrer 12:06PM – 12:16PM: Connor Mattingly 12:19PM – 12:29PM: Samira Vera 12:32PM – 12:42PM: Nick Chu 12:45PM […]

  • BME80G Seminar – Katherine Bonini, “Rethinking Familial Risk in Genomic Medicine: Ethical Approaches to Cascade Screening”

    Jack Baskin Auditorium 191 Baskin Cir, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Katherine Bonini, Senior Genetic Counselor @ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai   Description: It has long been argued that families are central to genomic medicine. Genomic risk, diagnosis, and management are rarely confined to a single individual, and separating patients’ interests from those of their relatives is often neither straightforward nor desirable. Despite this, […]

  • ECE 290 Seminar: Memristors for a brain-scale neuromorphic chip

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presenter: Sung-Mo “Steve” Kang, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Research Professor, UC Santa Cruz   Description: Recently, applications of artificial intelligence (AI) have far outpaced Moore’s law in chip development, thus creating an increasingly large gap between user demand and the supply that the semiconductor industry can deliver. In this talk, we will discuss the unique […]

  • CM Seminar – Alex Olwal, “Human-Centered Augmentation: Interacting with Matter, Humans, and Machines”

    Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

    Presented by: Alex Olwal Description: “In this talk, I will share my perspectives on the evolution and future of human-centered augmentation, through the lens of two decades of research and development. Drawing from experiences across academia and industry, I will discuss insights from having led projects in augmented reality, accessibility, electronic textiles, novel sensing and […]