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SUMMARY:Baskaran\, D. (CM) - More than Just Fun: Exploring Meaningful Play\, Communities of Play\, and Relatedness of Play
DESCRIPTION:Play is often seen as a form of entertainment\, leisure\, or childhood development. However\, it also acts as a meaningful experience that shapes how people connect with others and interact with the world around them throughout their lives. Prior work on meaningful play and communities of play has mainly focused on individual experiences and participation\, giving less attention to how meaning is socially co-constructed through playful interactions and to how these experiences contribute to relatedness\, or the human need to feel connected to and belong with others\, across physical\, digital\, and hybrid environments. \nUsing qualitative methods\, this dissertation proposal explores how meaningful play is collectively constructed within communities of play and how it shapes relatedness among members. This work positions meaningful play as a socially and technologically embedded relational phenomenon rather than solely an individual experience. Across case studies of PlayStation trophy hunting\, Pokémon Nuzlocke\, LEGO\, and theme park communities of play\, this research explores how meaningful play within these communities contributes to relatedness among members. Ultimately\, this dissertation proposal aims to advance a more holistic understanding of play as a process through which people build shared meaning\, connection\, and belonging in increasingly digital and hybrid social spaces. \n  \nEvent Host: Derusha Baskaran\, Ph.D. Student\, Computational Media \nAdvisor: Kathryn Ringland \n  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96290198842?pwd=xtoEw1aIa2fciTbhr6eB9s3PqbWGdF.1 \nPasscode: 404425
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/baskaran-d-cm-more-than-just-fun-exploring-meaningful-play-communities-of-play-and-relatedness-of-play/
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SUMMARY:Tu\, H. (CSE) - From Evaluation to Adaptation: Building Reliable Multimodal Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) are rapidly becoming general-purpose AI systems\, yet their capabilities are advancing faster than our ability to evaluate\, improve\, and validate their reliability in realistic use. Standard benchmarks mainly measure in-distribution final-answer accuracy\, leaving critical gaps in safety\, robustness\, fine-grained reasoning evaluation\, and reliability in real-world agentic settings. My research proposes an evaluation-to-adaptation framework for building reliable multimodal intelligence: developing rigorous evaluations that expose failures beyond conventional benchmarks\, learning feedback models that guide inference-time reasoning\, and studying how multimodal systems can adapt through experience. We instantiate this agenda through two completed works and two proposed directions. Unicorn evaluates safety and robustness under out-of-distribution and adversarial conditions\, revealing substantial vulnerabilities across 22 vision-language models. ViLBench studies vision-language process reward modeling as both an evaluation challenge and a mechanism for inference-time improvement\, showing that process-guided reasoning selection can improve reliability. Building on these foundations\, we further study test-time experience accumulation and explore reliable multimodal agents for GUI and computer-use tasks. Together\, my research aims to move beyond capability-driven progress alone\, toward multimodal AI systems whose reliability can be evaluated\, improved\, and tested in realistic deployment settings. \nEvent Host: Haoqin Tu\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Cihang Xie \nZoom: 964 1355 0550 \nPasscode: zWxU8A
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/tu-h-cse-from-evaluation-to-adaptation-building-reliable-multimodal-intelligence/
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SUMMARY:FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the final talk in the FINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories seminar series featuring Lisa Uttal. \nFINS: Fisheries Insights Narratives and Stories Seminar Series \nLisa Uttal\, Marine Biologist for Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary \nTitle: Science Unlocked: Translating Research into Public Stewardship \nWhen: Wednesday\, May 27th from 11am-12pm \nWhere: Ocean Health Building Rm 118\, 115 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA 95060 and on Zoom \nAgenda: \n\n10:30 am – 11:00 am – Professional Networking Session (in person only – light snacks and refreshments provided)\n11 am to 12 pm – presentation followed by Q & A\n12 pm – 1pm – student lunch with the speaker in OHB courtyard → sign up here\n\nZoom Meeting Registration: https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/NwH0_qUbSeuIm3A76DY-Dg
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/fins-fisheries-insights-narratives-and-stories-seminar-series-featuring-lisa-uttal/
LOCATION:Ocean Health Building\, McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars,Social Gathering
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium - Learning to Image: Computational Microscopy for Dynamic Systems
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Laura Waller\, UC Berkeley \nAbstract: \nComputational 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. \nIn this talk\, I will show how end-to-end learning is reshaping the design of imaging systems\, from programmable illumination with LED arrays to compact\, lensless cameras built from Scotch tape. By combining physical models with neural networks\, we can jointly learn how to capture data\, reconstruct images\, and self-calibrate systems that would otherwise be too complex to model. However\, many computational methods rely on multiple measurements\, limiting their use for live\, dynamic samples. I will introduce new space-time algorithms based on implicit neural representations (INRs) that jointly recover structure and motion\, correct artifacts\, and enable high-resolution imaging in regimes where traditional approaches fail. \nBio: \nLaura Waller is the Charles A. Desoer Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at UC Berkeley. She received B.S.\, M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004\, 2005 and 2010. After that\, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer of Physics at Princeton University from 2010-2012. She is a Packard Fellow for Science & Engineering\, Moore Foundation Data-driven Investigator\, OSA Fellow\, and Chan-Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. She has received the Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award\, OSA Adolph Lomb Medal\, the SPIE Early Career Award and the Max Planck-Humboldt Medal. \nHosted by: Professor Alvaro Cardenas \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.) \nZoom Option: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/cse-colloquium-learning-to-image-computational-microscopy-for-dynamic-systems/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Film Screening—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean's Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Audiences are invited to Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—a conversation and panel discussion with filmmaker Akira Boch and Quetzal members Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores. Introduced by Interim Dean and Professor of Film and Digital Media Lawrence Andrews. Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 p.m.) with reception (6:00–6:30 p.m.) immediately following the panel.\n—\nABOUT THE SERIES\nThis event is presented as part of the “Arts Dean’s Speaker Series\,” an annual event focused on bringing together scholarship and practice related to critical issues of our time in the Arts\, in order to expand our students’ imaginations on what is possible\, the importance of ambition and aspiration and tackling real structural problems and exclusions in our society and in the arts.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public.\n– REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE here for the 4:00 p.m. panel event due to limited venue capacity.\n– Attend in person in the Dark Lab (DARC 108) at the Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz.\n– Doors open 30 minutes prior to the scheduled event start time.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nnoon–1:30 p.m.: Film screening of Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal (no registration needed for the screening)\n4:00–6:30 p.m.: Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 p.m.) with reception (6:00–6:30 p.m.) immediately following the panel.\n\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by UCSC permit or ParkMobile.\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– 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://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/panel-deans-speaker-series-2026/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations,Performances,Reception,Screening
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SUMMARY:Zheng\, Y. (CSE) - Extending eBPF Beyond Kernel Extensions: Verified Interfaces for Runtime System Extensibility
DESCRIPTION:Modern system software increasingly needs runtime extensibility: userspace applications need safe ways to expose domain-specific extension points\, GPU resource management needs workload-specific memory and scheduling policies\, and kernel eBPF JIT compilers need different runtime optimizations as workloads and hardware vary. However\, built-in policies are safe but difficult to specialize across rapidly changing workloads and hardware environments\, limiting efficiency\, while code modifications are flexible but difficult to deploy safely. This dissertation argues that verified eBPF interfaces can turn eBPF from a kernel-extension mechanism into a general substrate for safe runtime extensibility. In this model\, trusted mechanisms expose narrow\, constrained programmable hooks; extensions declare their requirements; verifier-enforced checks preserve safety; and execution remains low-overhead. \nI develop this thesis through three systems spanning userspace applications\, heterogeneous GPU subsystems\, and the kernel eBPF compiler itself. EIM\, implemented in bpftime\, applies verified eBPF interfaces to userspace applications\, allowing application behavior to be extended through explicit constraints and efficient userspace eBPF execution. gpu_ext extends the same idea to heterogeneous systems by exposing programmable resource management hooks for GPU memory and scheduling policy across driver and device. BpfReJIT with kinsn makes the eBPF JIT compiler itself extensible: it enables runtime-guided optimization through dynamic recompilation and extends eBPF bytecode to express diverse hardware capabilities. Together\, these systems show how verified eBPF interfaces can support safe programmability\, separation of policy and mechanisms\, and runtime specialization across applications\, GPU subsystems\, and the kernel JIT infrastructure. \nEvent Host: Yusheng Zheng\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Andi Quinn \nZoom: 504 350 0245 \nPasscode: 521336
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/zheng-y-cse-extending-ebpf-beyond-kernel-extensions-verified-interfaces-for-runtime-system-extensibility/
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion—Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—Arts Dean's Speaker Series
DESCRIPTION:Audiences are invited to Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal—a conversation and panel discussion with filmmaker Akira Boch and Quetzal members Martha Gonzalez and Quetzal Flores. Introduced by Interim Dean and Professor of Film and Digital Media Lawrence Andrews. Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 p.m.) with reception (6:00–6:30 p.m.) immediately following the panel.\n—\nABOUT THE SERIES\nThis event is presented as part of the “Arts Dean’s Speaker Series\,” an annual event focused on bringing together scholarship and practice related to critical issues of our time in the Arts\, in order to expand our students’ imaginations on what is possible\, the importance of ambition and aspiration and tackling real structural problems and exclusions in our society and in the arts.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public.\n– REGISTER ON EVENTBRITE here for the 4:00 p.m. panel event due to limited venue capacity.\n– Attend in person in the Dark Lab (DARC 108) at the Digital Arts Research Center at UC Santa Cruz.\n– Doors open 30 minutes prior to the scheduled event start time.\n—\nFULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS\nnoon–1:30 p.m.: Film screening of Let the City Speak: The Sonic Journey of Quetzal (no registration needed for the screening)\n4:00–6:30 p.m.: Conversation and panel discussion with UCSC Professors Russell Rodriguez and Felicity Amaya Schaeffer (4:00–6:00 p.m.) with reception (6:00–6:30 p.m.) immediately following the panel.\n\n—\nPARKING\n– Parking by UCSC permit or ParkMobile.\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– 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://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/arts-deans-speaker-series-2026/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations,Performances,Reception,Screening
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SUMMARY:Your Next Degree: Graduate School
DESCRIPTION:Careers and academic interests often evolve over time\, and many people choose to pursue graduate education after gaining experience in the workforce or further exploring their fields. Whether you are considering a master’s or PhD\, in an academic or professional program\, graduate school can be a powerful step toward advancing your goals\, shifting career paths\, or deepening your expertise. \nThis UCLA Alumni webinar will explore what it takes to apply to graduate school across a range of disciplines. The application process can differ significantly from other advanced degrees and depends on your individual goals and motivations. You will gain an overview of the process and timeline\, hear from a representative from the UCLA Division of Graduate Education\, and learn how to evaluate programs such as those offered through the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. A UCLA Career Center representative will also share insights on how graduate education can help unlock future career opportunities. \nWhether you are actively preparing an application or just beginning to consider graduate school\, this session will help clarify the process and available pathways. \nThis program\, hosted by UCLA\, is open to UC alumni from all 10 campuses. \nWebsite for additional information \nRegistration link  \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/your-next-degree-graduate-school/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:“So\, There We Were...” – Celebrating the Untold Stories Behind the Discoveries
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate another year of profound discoveries\, uplifting unheard voices\, and opening up the world for the next generation of students\, the Academic Senate is planning a year-end celebratory event on Wednesday\, May 27\, 5-7:30 pm (week 9)\, at the Haybarn. But lest you think this is yet one more end-of-year academic event with mind-numbing presentations and hard-to-read powerpoint slides\, think again. This Scholarly Event is an excuse for us to do what we never get to do: come together to share the real stories behind our work and\, most of all\, HAVE FUN! In this spirit we are launching a celebratory event to feature the true but unknown\, the odd\, the awkward\, and just plain unbelievable stories behind our research: \n“So\, There We Were…”\nCelebrating the Untold Stories Behind the Discoveries \n \nThese might be the adventures\, misadventures\, revelations\, miscues\, or simply the “you would never believe it all worked out” moments that we have all experienced but rarely talk about (at least not in public). These are the stories that our friends\, neighbors\, and students want to hear\, but never would make it into scholarly publications or presentations. These are the stories we swap with our colleagues over drinks. While this event is intended primarily for faculty\, the campus community and community members will be welcome to attend (in other words\, feel free to bring your kids\, your partner\, your neighbors). \n \nWe are therefore soliciting applications (or nominations if you know someone—including yourself—who really needs to share that story) to regale your colleagues with details about “that time that…(fill in the blank)\,” while showing how those hidden moments shaped what finally came out of that research. This is meant to be a lighthearted and fun event\, so while having the audience learn something about what you do and why it is SO COOL is very good\, our focus will remain on humor\, fun\, and engaging tales. As the Ig Nobel Awards put it: “First make them laugh…then make them think!” \n \nPresenters will give a ~10 min TED style talk. Talks must begin with the phrase “So\, there we were” (or “So\, there I was” ) and they should feature the adventurous\, the bizarre\, and ideally the humorous in your research. Absolutely no tedious PowerPoints\, jargon\, or literature background review will be allowed.  \n \nA reception will follow. Or it may precede\, or even take place during\, the event. But rest assured\, we will be celebrating in style. \n \nNB: There may well be prizes. But we have not gotten quite that far yet.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/so-there-we-were-celebrating-the-untold-stories-behind-the-discoveries/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Build better chips
DESCRIPTION:Verify faster. Build better chips.\nSemiconductor Design Info Session\nExplore the fast-paced world of semiconductor design and verification\, and how advanced tools—including AI—are transforming the industry. \nAt this info session\, instructor Mandar Munishwar\, a formal verification architect at the Intel Data Center and AI Division\, will discuss his SystemVerilog Assertions and Formal Verification course which prepares you to write assertions\, create verification test plans\, and use simulation and formal tools to catch design issues early and improve first-pass silicon success. \nDiscover how this hands-on\, lab-based course builds practical skills in SystemVerilog\, assertion-based verification\, and formal verification using industry-standard tools like VCS and VC Formal. You’ll better understand emerging trends such as AI-assisted assertion generation and debugging. \nSee how this course in the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Semiconductor Design program can help advance your career in chip design and verification engineering. \nClaim your seat! \nYou might also be interested in: \n\nPhysical Design Flow From Netlist to GDSII | June 5\nPractical Design with Xilinx FPGAs | June 15\nSystem and Functional Verification Using UVM | June 18\nSystemVerilog Assertions and Formal Verification | June 22\nAdvanced Verification with SystemVerilog OOP Testbench | June 25\nComprehensive Signal and Power Integrity for High-Speed Digital Systems | June 25
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/build-better-chips/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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