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SUMMARY:Advance with Northeastern: Graduate Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Join the Northeastern University Bay Area recruiters for an essential information session on graduate programs offered here in the Bay Area. Our master’s degree programs in computing\, engineering\, public policy\, game design and more professional studies are designed to fit your professional aspirations and schedule\, helping you advance or change your career trajectory. \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/advance-with-northeastern-graduate-opportunities/
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SUMMARY:George Saunders - Vigil
DESCRIPTION:Bookshop Santa Cruz welcomes George Saunders\, recipient of the 2025 National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters\, for a discussion about his wise\, playful\, electric novel Vigil\, which takes place at the bedside of an oil company CEO in the twilight hours of his life as he is ferried from this world into the next. \n \nNot for the first time\, Jill “Doll” Blaine finds herself hurtling toward earth\, reconstituting as she falls\, right down to her favorite black pumps. She plummets towards her newest charge\, yet another soul she must usher into the afterlife\, and lands headfirst in the circular drive of his ornate mansion. She has performed this sacred duty 343 times since her own death. Her charges\, as a rule\, have been greatly comforted in their final moments. But this charge\, she soon discovers\, isn’t like the others: the powerful K. J. Boone will not be consoled\, because he has nothing to regret. He lived a big\, bold life\, and the world is better for it. Isn’t it? \nVigil transports us\, careening\, through the wild final evening of an epic\, complicated life. Crowds of people and animals—worldly and otherworldly\, alive and dead—arrive\, clamoring for a reckoning. Birds swarm the dying man’s room\, a black calf grazes on the love seat\, a man from a distant\, drought-ravaged village materializes\, two oil-business cronies from decades past show up with chilling plans for Boone’s postdeath future. \nGeorge Saunders is the author of thirteen books\, including the novel Lincoln in the Bardo\, which won the Man Booker Prize\, and five collections of stories\, including Tenth of December\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award\, and the recent collection Liberation Day (selected by former President Obama as one of his ten favorite books of 2022). Three of Saunders’s books—Pastoralia\, Tenth of December\, and Lincoln in the Bardo—were chosen for The New York Times’s list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century. Saunders hosts the popular Story Club on Substack\, which grew out of his book on the Russian short story\, A Swim in a Pond in the Rain. In 2013\, he was named one of the world’s 100 Most Influential People by Time. He teaches in the creative writing program at Syracuse University. \n\nThis event is cosponsored by The Humanities Institute.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/george-saunders-vigil/
LOCATION:Rio Theater\, 1205 Soquel Avenue\, Santa Cruz\, 95062\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mentors Needed: Dickens Day of Writing
DESCRIPTION:The Dickens Project is seeking volunteer writing mentors for our to support Santa Cruz-area high school juniors and seniors during a one-day writing retreat and competition at the Museum of Art and History! \nNo prior writing or teaching experience is necessary. Anyone who enjoys working in a creative environment is welcome. For more information about The Dickens Day of Writing please visit https://teachers.ucsc.edu/dickens-day-of-writing/ \nTo register as a mentor\, please fill out the following Google form by January 31st\, 2026.\nhttps://forms.gle/qPK2bMXu7vo4bXwL9
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/mentors-needed-dickens-day-of-writing/
LOCATION:Museum of Art & History\, 705 Front St\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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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/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Two Spirit Luncheon
DESCRIPTION:The American Indian Resource Center and Lionel Cantú Queer Center present: Two Spirit Luncheon! Join us on February 4th\, 2026  from 12:00PM to 2:00PM at the Alumni Room in College 9 / John R. Lewis for a presentation and interactive luncheon celebrating\, affirming\, and raising awareness about Two Spirit identities. \nLunch will be served – RSVP is kindly requested. Please email cantu@ucsc.edu or airc@ucsc.edu for accommodations / questions. \nLink to RSVP.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/two-spirit-luncheon/
LOCATION:College Nine and John R. Lewis Dining Hall
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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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
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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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
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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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
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:SEACoast Slow Seminar: A History of Families: Bosses\, Bullies\, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions (SEACoast) invites you to join us for our winter Slow Seminar\, “A History of Families: Bosses\, Bullies\, and Dictators in the Modern Philippines\,” on February 5\, 2026 from 11:00 am – 1:00pm. \nProfessor Steve McKay (Sociology) will facilitate our conversation focused on a selection of classic and contemporary scholarship on regional politics in the Philippines. With the present Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. presidency and the International Criminal Court case against former president Rodrigo Duterte in mind\, we look forward to a critical discussion of historical and contemporary Southeast Asian politics \nPlease register for the Slow Seminar by filling out this Google Form. Registered guests will receive copies of the selected readings via email. \nThis is a Hybrid event. Participants may join in-person or by Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out to registered participants at least 1 hour before the event. \nNew to Slow Seminars? Check out SEACoast’s definition here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/seacoast-slow-seminar-a-history-of-families-bosses-bullies-and-dictators-in-the-modern-philippines/
LOCATION:Humanities 1 Building\, 257 Cowell-Stevenson Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
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SUMMARY:Collaborative Communications Workshop with Aimee Ryan
DESCRIPTION:Collaborative Communication Workshop Series\nO.A.B.E.’s Winter 2026 Professional Development \nBaskin Engineering and The Office of Access\, Belonging\, and Equity invite you to join us for a series of in-person workshops over two afternoons this winter quarter to come together as a community of workers and develop our skills in collaborative communication\, conflict navigation\, and empathic leadership with communications coach & expert Aimee Ryan.  \nAimee has over 15 years of experience in mediation\, conflict resolution\, and team development. Her training and teaching will seek to offer a transformative learning experience designed to develop the communication skills of our faculty\, staff\, and researchers\, to support our thriving community.  \nWorkshop Goals: \n\nStrengthen empathy and active listening: Learn how to listen deeply\, recognize emotions and needs in conversation\, and respond in ways that foster understanding rather than division.\nEnhance conflict-navigation skills: Gain practical tools to engage in difficult conversations with more connection and collaboration.\nPromote inclusive dialogue and depolarization: Develop a “both/and” mindset that embraces multiple perspectives.\n\nWorkshop Details  \nWe will hold the workshops at the serene and beautiful UCSC Arboretum. Lunch will be served. \nDay 1: Thursday\, February 5\, 2025\, 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm\n\nFoundations of Collaborative Communication\nGiving & Receiving Authentic Feedback\n\n  \nAuto-add this session to your calendar \n  \nDay 2: Friday\, February 6\, 2025\, 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm\n\nMoving from Polarization to Collaboration \n\n\nCollaborating Across Power Differences\n\n  \nAuto-add this session to your calendar \n  \n\nWho should attend? \nThe workshops are open to all Baskin Engineering faculty\, staff\, researchers\, and postdocs who are interested in strengthening leadership\, communication skills\, team dynamics\, synergy\, and making our work environment even better than it already is!  \nHow to participate\n\nRSVP here before Friday\, Jan 30.\nSave the date now! Add to your Google Calendar using the links above\nThe sessions are designed as a full course. Attendees are encouraged to attend both sessions. The Day 2 workshop will only be open to attendees of Day 1.  \nAttendance at both sessions is required to earn the Baskin Engineering Collaborative Communication Certificate.\n\nSeats are limited \nDue to limited space\, we will close registration when we reach maximum capacity.  \nDon’t miss this opportunity to learn how to lead with clarity\, empathy\, and confidence! \nPlease direct your questions about the workshop to Richard Raygoza at riraygoz@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/collaborative-communications-workshop-with-aimee-ryan/2026-02-05/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
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SUMMARY:Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers
DESCRIPTION:The Office of Risk Services has partnered with OHSU’s Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Services to provide mental health support training to UCSC supervisors and managers. \nThis evidence based program teaches leaders: \n\nTo identify employee mental health struggles\nAppropriate ways to respond to employee warning signs\nPractical strategies to reduce employee stress\n\nEmployees whose managers and supervisors were trained in this program report: \n\nReduced anger and loneliness\nImproved feelings of support from manager\nIncreased feelings of team cohesion\n\nThis training is open to all supervisors and managers at UCSC. Our next training session will take place on Thursday\, January 15\, and will comprise the following: \n\nA self paced online training session\nA live\, virtual one hour session\nA two-week voluntary virtual check in\n\nIf you would like to participate in this training on Thursday\, February 5 from 12:30 PM – 3:00 PM please fill out this form. Please note that space is limited. Folks added to the waitlist will be given priority for our next training session. \nTo learn more\, please visit the Workplace Mental Health Training for Supervisors and Managers website. \nIf you have any questions about this training\, please reach out to Jessica Bulleri\, Campus Health and Well-being Manager\, at jbulleri@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/workplace-mental-health-training-for-supervisors-and-managers/
CATEGORIES:Training
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SUMMARY:Info Session: Global Seminar Mediterranean France in Marseille
DESCRIPTION:Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Thursday\, February 5\, 2026\, from 2:00-3:00 p.m. via Zoom. \nRegister Here  \nEarn 10 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar Mediterranean France in Marseille this summer. This program is taught by Muriam Davis\, Associate Professor of History\, and Thomas Serres\, Associate Professor of Politics.   \nQuick Facts: \n\nLocations: Marseille\, France\nCourse:\nHis 170 C: France and its Empire in the 20th century (5 credits)\nPOLI 166: Politics of Migration (5 credits)\nLed by: Muriam Davis and Thomas Serres\nEligibility: Good academic and disciplinary standing\, Min Age: 18\, Minimum GPA- 2.3 cumulative GPA or higher at the time of application and every quarter prior to departure\, 45 units completed by the time of departure\nDates: Summer Session 1 (Exact dates to be announced)\nFinances: Financial aid applies\, and scholarships are available! Budget will be posted on the website when it is available.\nHow to apply: Visit here for instructions. Applications open on December 1 and close on March 2.\nGet in touch: Email your questions to globallearning@ucsc.edu.\n\nProgram Description: Students will study French history and politics in Marseille\, a port city that has a rich tradition of immigration\, activism\, and cultural production. By meeting with urbanists\, musicians\, activists\, historians\, and filmmakers\, they will reflect on how the diverse communities have shaped French culture and politics. They will also study the lingering effects of French colonialism and immigration policy through visits to the many museums and archives located in and around Marseille. Read about Marseille here or watch this Anthony Bourdain clip here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/info-session-global-seminar-mediterranean-france-in-marseille-3/
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SUMMARY:UC Santa Cruz NAI Chapter: From Campus to Commerce Winter Event
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging gathering at the intersection of breakthrough science and real-world impact featuring: \n\n​A fireside chat with accomplished inventor and NAI Fellow David Schaffer – UC Berkeley Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering\, Director of QB3\, and Director of Bakar BioEnginuity Hub – with a conversation exploring translational research and commercialization successes as well as approaches to lab management and mentorship that encourage a culture of innovation impact\n​Induction of new chapter inventor and honorary members\n​Networking with chapter leaders and fellow campus inventors
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/uc-santa-cruz-nai-chapter-from-campus-to-commerce-winter-event/
LOCATION:Merrill Cultural Center\, 200 McLaughlin Dr\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Meetings & Conferences
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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:Safety Planning for ICE Raids at Work
DESCRIPTION:February 5\, 2026 | 6PM-7:30PM *ONLINE* \nHow can workers stay safe on the job amidst increased immigration enforcement and raids that target our workplaces? \nRegister below to join UC Berkeley’s Labor Occupational Health Program and UC Santa Cruz’s Center for Labor and Community for this hands-on\, interactive workshop to develop a worker-led safety plan for ICE raids at work. A calendar invitation and Zoom link will be sent out prior to the event. \nIn this workshop you will: \n\nHear directly from rank-and-file teachers and nurses about the steps they took to make a safety plan with coworkers to prevent ICE access to their workplaces and protect targeted workers and community members.\nTalk through steps to create a safety plan for your workplace.\nLearn how to enforce workplace health and safety laws and immigration laws (AB 450\, etc.)\nPrepare to act even when your employer will not.\n\nRegister Here. \nPlanificación de Seguridad Ante Redadas de ICE en el Lugar de Trabajo\n5 de febrero de 2026 | 6:00-7:30PM *EN LÍNEA* \n¿Cómo pueden los trabajadores mantenerse seguros en el trabajo ante el aumento de las redadas y la intensificación de las operaciones de control migratorio en nuestros lugares de trabajo? \nRegístrese a continuación para participar en este taller práctico e interactivo\, organizado por el Programa de Salud Ocupacional Laboral de UC Berkeley y el Centro de Labor y Comunidad de UC Santa Cruz\, donde desarrollará un plan de seguridad liderado por los trabajadores para hacer frente a las redadas de ICE en el trabajo. Se enviará una invitación de calendario y el enlace de Zoom antes del evento. \nEn este taller usted podrá: \n\nEscuchar directamente a maestros y enfermeros sobre las medidas que tomaron para crear un plan de seguridad con sus compañeros de trabajo para impedir el acceso de ICE a sus lugares de trabajo y proteger a los trabajadores y miembros de la comunidad afectados.\nHablar sobre los pasos para crear un plan de seguridad para su lugar de trabajo.\nAprender a hacer cumplir las leyes de salud y seguridad laboral y las leyes de inmigración (AB 450\, etc.).\nPrepararse para actuar incluso cuando su empleador no lo haga.\n\nRegistrese Aqui
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/safety-planning-for-ice-raids-at-work/
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SUMMARY:Info Session: Global Seminar Food Study\, Field Study in London
DESCRIPTION:Learn more at our upcoming Information Session: Friday\, February 6 at 10:00-11:00 a.m. via Zoom. \nRegister Here  \nEarn 12 units on a summer program on the Global Seminar: Food Study Field Study in London this summer. This program is taught by Melissa L. Caldwell\, Professor of Anthropology and Anthropology Instructor Rikki Brown. It is a great opportunity to fulfill Anthropology requirements and/or units towards graduation! \nQuick Facts: \n\nLocation: London\, United Kingdom\nCourses: ANTH 161 Anthropology of Food – 6 units (satisfies PE-H); and ANTH 151 Workshop in Ethnography – 6 units\nLed by: Professor Melissa L. Caldwell and Instructor Rikki Brown\nEligibility: Open to students from any major who have completed 45 units by time of departure and have a minimum of a 2.3 GPA\nDates: July 27-August 29\, 2026\nFinances: Financial aid applies\, and scholarships are available! Budget will be posted on the website when it is available.\nHow to apply: Visit here for instructions. Applications open on December 1 and close on March 2.\nGet in touch: Email your questions to globallearning@ucsc.edu.\n\nProgram Description: How do anthropologists learn about a place? Using contemporary ethnographic methods\, they cultivate their senses to see\, hear\, touch\, smell\, and taste the stories and worlds around them. In this dual course summer program taught by a UCSC Anthropology Professor\, London will become a living laboratory to learn how anthropologists study and practice ethnographic methods\, with a focus on how and why food is an especially important gateway to understanding culture\, power\, exchange\, memory\, identity\, histories of colonialism\, and postcolonial futures. Immersive learning activities will provide exceptional opportunities to experience London’s multicultural food traditions firsthand. Discover more here.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/info-session-global-seminar-food-study-field-study-in-london-2/
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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:Waste Fest: a Sustainability Office event
DESCRIPTION:The UCSC Sustainability Office is excited to announce Waste Fest\, a fun\, interactive event focused on reducing waste on campus! 🌱♻️ Join us for free food\, tabling from campus organizations\, free thrifting\, and a book swap\, plus learn about waste sorting\, reuse\, and sustainable living at UCSC. Come hang out\, grab some goodies\, and discover how you can help make our campus more zero-waste. We can’t wait to see you there! \n⭐️ RSVP here: https://forms.gle/V63uVeKWsunrjy5XA \nFor any questions please email: dsanai@ucsc.edu or khallac@ucsc.edu
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/waste-fest-a-sustainability-office-event/
LOCATION:Porter College Quad
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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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SUMMARY:Interview Preparation Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Ready to sharpen your interview skills? \nJoin Career Success for an interactive workshop on Interview Best Practices\, followed by Mock Interview Practice! \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/interview-preparation-workshop/
LOCATION:Career Success Student Lounge (125 Hahn)\, 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260206T130000
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SUMMARY:International Grad Workers Chat Lounge
DESCRIPTION:Come by the Graduate Student Commons on Friday\, 2/6\, and Tuesday\, 2/10 afternoon to grab snacks and chat with fellow international grads. Join our grad peer mentors to discuss specific topics related to international workers\, such as informed decision-making through step-by-step information about bargaining\, voting (SAV)\, and striking. They’ll also hold space for questions and concerns you may have. \nTime: Friday\, 2/6 and Tuesday\, 2/10 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM \nPlace: Graduate Student Commons – Fireside Lounge & Room 204  \nRSVP here. You are also welcome to submit anonymous questions/concerns. \nRefreshments will be provided. Feel free to drop by individually or with friends anytime during these afternoons. Looking forward to seeing you there! 
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/international-grad-workers-chat-lounge/
LOCATION:Graduate Student Commons\, 420 Hagar Drive\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support
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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/
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SUMMARY:Lunar New Year First Friday with Santa Cruz Mahjong Club
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Year of the Horse on Friday\, February 6\, at the Institute of the Arts and Sciences for a night of student-led craft activities and (beginner-friendly) mahjong play hosted by the Santa Cruz Mahjong Club. Craft materials and light refreshments will be provided at this family friendly event.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Attend in person at the UC Santa Cruz Institute of the Arts and Sciences on the Westside in Santa Cruz\, Calif.\n—\nPARKING\n– The entrance to the Institute of the Arts and Sciences is on Delaware St. and has an accessibility ramp.\n– Free self-parking is available on Panetta Ave. and High Rd.\, immediately adjacent to the building.\n– Accessible parking is on High Rd.\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/lunar-new-year-first-friday-with-santa-cruz-mahjong-club/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:Blueberries for the Home Garden and Small Farm
DESCRIPTION:Learn about varietal selection\, site selection\, planting\, pruning and general care of blueberries in the home garden \nJoin UC Santa Cruz Farm Garden Manager Christof Bernau as he covers the fundamental information you need to know to successfully grow and harvest blueberries in the home garden. Beginning in the Hay Barn at UCSC\, Christof will discuss a brief history and origin of these crops\, their primary cultural requirements\, site selection and soil preparation\, pruning systems\, protection from bird predation\, varietal selection and sourcing. The group will then walk up to the farm and look at each of these crops in three dimensions\, using the living plants to illustrate key terminology and plant physiology and discuss seasonal care requirements and the specifics of winter pruning. Pre-registration is required for this workshop.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/blueberries-for-the-home-garden-and-small-farm/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Ben Verdery\, classical guitarist—with the UCSC Guitar Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Audiences are invited to Some Towns and Cities\, a concert with internationally-recognized classical guitarist\, composer\, and educator Benjamin Verdery. The concert includes original compositions such as “Ellis Island\,” featuring the UCSC Classical Guitar Ensemble\, directed by Chris Mallett\, and the world premiere of a composition called “Santa Cruz\,” with William Coulter and Chris Mallett. Learn more about Benjamin Verdery on his website here.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n– Open seating (no ticket required)\n– First-come\, first-served\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by permit\, ParkMobile\, or $11 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant\n– Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event\n– Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces\, Medical spaces\, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment\, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.\n– UCSC affiliates must purchase their permits before arriving at the event in order to receive their discounted UCSC rate. Attendants will only sell the non-affiliate-priced permits.\n– More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)\n—\nThis program is open to all members of the public consistent with state and federal law.
URL:https://events.ucsc.edu/event/verdery-2025-26/
LOCATION:Music Center Recital Hall\, 400 McHenry Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Performances
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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/
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