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

Engineering 2 Engineering 2 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

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 […]

AM Seminar: Using Math and Experiments to Study the Control of Cell Metabolism

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Denis Titov, Assistant Professor, University of California, Berkeley Description: Cells run thousands of chemical reactions simultaneously, and these reactions must be precisely controlled—like a thermostat that prevents overheating. When […]

Statistics Seminar: From Random Walks to Planning-Ready World Models: A Normative Model of Place Cells

Jack Baskin Engineering Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz

Presenter: Deqian Kong, PhD student, UCLA Description: How does the hippocampus turn experience into a cognitive map that is not just a passive record of space but a representation ready for planning? In this talk, I will present a normative model in which place cells emerge as a non-negative population embedding whose inner products approximate […]

International Grad End-of-Year Celebration

Graduate Student Commons 420 Hagar Drive, Santa Cruz

What a remarkable year it has been for our international graduate community! To celebrate your hard work and achievements, ISSP and the International Grad Peer Mentors invite you to join us for one final gathering before the academic year concludes. Stop by to enjoy a catered lunch from Fusion Fare, connect with fellow peers, and unwind […]