Title: Relational Attention for Data-Efficient Language Modeling Presenter: Adrian Brasoveanu, UCSC Linguistics (Joint work with Ece Takmaz and Jakub Dotlačil) Abstract: We present Relational BabyLM, a system submission to the BabyLM […]
Presented by: Joe Dong, Co-Founder & CTO @ Chestnut Robotics Description: “Learning dexterous manipulation requires robot hardware, training environments, and data to work together. This talk explores two complementary approaches to making […]
Presenter: Brian Trippe, Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Department of Statistics Description: Generative models frequently suffer miscalibration, where the statistics of their generations deviate from desired values. Protein structure diffusion models, […]
Presented by: Quan Xiao, PhD Candidate @ Cornell University Description: “Agentic AI systems combine large language models with system-level design choices such as post-training data selection, retrieval, tool use, and memory […]
Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name, title, and institution at the top of the event Description: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match, compare, and interpolate distributions, but its […]
Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer, MathWorks Description: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools, Generative AI, […]
Presenter: Chrysoula Tsogka, Professor, Applied Mathematics, UC Merced Description: In a strongly scattering medium, waves undergo multiple scattering that is usually seen as an obstacle to imaging. Time-reversal experiments show […]
UCSC’s Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) and the Center for South Asian Studies invite you to join us for a Slow Seminar to discuss Iftekhar Iqbal’s The Range […]
Presenter: Joshua Schraiber, Research Scientist, University of Southern California and Cornell University Description: The advent of biobank data has presented an unprecedented opportunity to understand the evolutionary history of the […]
Presenter: Anuj Kumar, Assistant Professor, UC Davis Description: Turbulent flows can transport heat and momentum much more efficiently than pure molecular diffusion alone. What flow structures enable this efficient transport […]
Presenter: Edric Tam, Warren Alpert Fellow in AI and Computational Biology, Department of Biomedical Data Science, Stanford University Description: A longstanding question in Bayesian analysis concerns the role of randomization. […]
Presenter: Rafael Cabral, Member of Technical Staff, Axiom Math Description: Latent Gaussian models (LGMs) are among the most widely used classes of statistical models, with applications ranging from biostatistics to […]
Join the UCSC Chemical Screening Center on May 7, 2027 for our biennial symposium in PSB240. The event is free to all who register by April 15, 2027 (registration link […]