Seminars

Name: ECE 290 Seminar: Memristors for a brain-scale neuromorphic chip
Start: 2026-06-01T10:40:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-01T11:45:00-07:00
Location: Engineering 2

May 2026
FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Melissa Mahoney

May 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Ocean Health Building McAllister Way, Santa Cruz, CA

Please join us for the fourth talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Melissa Mahoney giving her talk, “The Future of Blue: Co-Creating a Thriving Seafood Economy in Monterey Bay”.

Melissa Mahoney brings over two decades of experience at the intersection of sustainable seafood, fisheries policy, and marine innovation along the U.S. West Coast. Since August 2022, Melissa has served as Executive Director of the Monterey Bay Fisheries Trust, where she leads initiatives to stabilize local fishing operations, expand community seafood access, and revitalize Monterey Bay’s working waterfront.

Preceding the talk please join us for a networking coffee hour (snacks provided) and a student-only lunch after the talk.
CSE Colloquium – The EU’s Cybersecurity Framework: what it is, what it means

May 13 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

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”

May 13 @ 1:20 pm – 2:25 pm

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

May 14 @ 11:40 am – 1:15 pm

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 […]
UCSC Graduate Research Symposium

May 15 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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 […]

FREE
ECE Seminar: From Plumes to Produce: Leveraging Atmospheric Modeling and Smart Sensing for Food Safety

May 18 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

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

Presenter: Derek Hollenbeck, postdoctoral research scholar, University of California, Merced Description: Advances in drone-based environmental sensing, atmospheric modeling, and intelligent monitoring systems are creating new opportunities for addressing emerging challenges […]
ECE 290 Seminar: AI for Enhancing Power Grid Resilience Against Extreme Weather Events

May 18 @ 10:40 am – 11:45 am

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

Presenter: Masood Parvania, Roger P. Webb Endowed Professor, University of Utah Description: Many communities across the world are experiencing more frequent and severe extreme weather disturbances such as wildfires, […]
Seminar Series | Is the Farm a Digital Factory?: Labor, Leafy Greens, and the Limits of Automation with Summer Sullivan

May 18 @ 1:25 pm – 2:30 pm

Interdisciplinary Sciences Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

Host:Madeleine Fairbairn Silicon Valley investors, entrepreneurs, and engineers are increasingly interested in agriculture as a site to disrupt and improve upon with their technologies. The nearby Salinas Valley – known […]
Statistics Seminar: Unifying Regression-Based and Design-Based Causal Inference in Time-Series Experiments and Crossover Experiments

May 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Peng Ding, Associate Professor, UC Berkeley Description: I will present some recent results on unifying regression-based and design-based causal inference in time-series experiments and crossover experiments. Part I: Time-series […]
AM Seminar: Dissecting Complex Disease Mechanisms with Causal Inference and Deep Learning

May 18 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA

Presenter: Dr. David A. Knowles, New York Genome Center & Columbia University Description: Many human diseases have a substantial genetic component, which association studies are increasingly capable of characterizing, empowered […]
ECE Seminar: Multiscale Sensing for Specialty Crop Systems: From Field Monitoring to Food Safety Application

May 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

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

Presenter: Eve Laroche-Pinel, Postdoctoral Researcher, California State University, Fresno Description: Advances in remote sensing, drone platforms, and data analytics are enhancing the ability to monitor agricultural systems at fine spatial […]
CSE Colloquium – Safety Alignment of LMs via Non-cooperative Games

May 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:15 pm

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
BME80G Seminar – Ann Mc Cartney, “The Why, What and How of Indigenous Data Sovereignty”

May 20 @ 1:20 pm – 2:25 pm

Presenter: Dr. Ann Mc Cartney Location: Virtual. Please register here: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/ciShTZsyRViYxMDjCc_cAQ#/registration Abstract: In 2007 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) […]
BME 280B Seminar: Speaker Dylan Shropshire – “How did Wolbachia become Earth’s most pervasive animal symbiont?”

May 21 @ 11:40 am – 1:15 pm

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 […]
ECE Seminar: Advanced Sensing and AI Technologies for Food Safety and Precision Agriculture

May 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

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 […]
FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal

May 27 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm

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

May 27 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

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 […]

Free
BME 280B Seminar: 4th Year Grad Talks

May 28 @ 11:40 am – 1:15 pm

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

May 29 @ 1:20 pm – 2:25 pm

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 […]
June 2026
ECE 290 Seminar: Memristors for a brain-scale neuromorphic chip

June 1 @ 10:40 am – 11:45 am

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 […]

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