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  • Reza Ramezan

    Statistics Seminar: A Latent Factor Multivariate Point Process Model for Inferring the Neural Code

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

    Presenter: Reza Ramezan, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream (Research Active), University of Waterloo Description: Neural spike trains are electrochemical signals that are localized in time and serve as the primary means of communication among nerve cells. The analysis of simultaneously recorded spike trains from multiple neurons presents substantial statistical and computational challenges. In this talk, I […]

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    CSE Colloquium: “From Syntax to Taste”

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

    Presenter: Titus Winters, Adobe Abstract: Computing education has long emphasized intelligence, knowing how a thing works, over wisdom, knowing when to use it. We teach syntax, functional correctness, and the internals of classic data structures, while giving students little guidance on tradeoffs, quality, and judgment. Generative AI makes this old critique urgent: source code is […]

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    Festival of Monsters: A Devilish Discussion

    Festival of Monsters 2026
    Museum of Art & History 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    The Festival of Monsters presents “A Devilish Discussion,” 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, at the Museum of Art and History in Downtown Santa Cruz. Authors Kiersten White (The Fox and the Devil) and Clay McLeod Chapman (Devil Inside) will talk about their latest books, why they write devilish fiction and the horror of it […]

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  • Grad Path Week: from Exchange to Graduate Studies

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    International Student Services and Programming is excited to partner with UC Santa Cruz faculty members and graduate departments to highlight Ph.D. and Masters programs to international exchange students interested in returning for graduate school. This is a wonderful opportunity for faculty members to showcase their labs and available research opportunities for international students to pursue […]

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    Kawano, S. (STAT) – Model Validation and Dependent Shrinkage Priors for Small Area Estimation

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

    This dissertation addresses two questions in survey methodology: How can we produce granular, reliable estimates? And how can we validate them without ground truth? We develop three methods: (1) Gaussian data thinning enables out-of-sample model validation using only direct survey estimates and their sampling variances. We characterize its bias–variance tradeoff to guide model comparison. — […]

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    ECE 290 Seminar: “Photon Counting CT: How Counting X-Ray Photons Enables a Major Advance in Medical Imaging”

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

    Presented by: Adam Wang, Assistant Professor of Radiology @ Stanford University Description: “Computed tomography (CT) is a mainstay of medical imaging, but its capabilities are constrained by radiation dose and the information captured by conventional x-ray detectors. Photon-counting CT (PCCT) measures individual x-ray photons and their energies, creating new opportunities for high-resolution, low-dose, and quantitative imaging. […]

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    CM Seminar: Professor Jim Whitehead – “Sides Taken: Generative Artists Made by Generative AI”

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

    Welcome to the second Computational Media seminar of the fall quarter. Open to all, class enrollment is not required. Food will be provided. Please join us in-person at E2-280 or via Zoom to learn more about the works of Professor Jim Whitehead: Title: Sides Taken: Generative Artists Made by Generative AI Presenter: Dr. Jim Whitehead, Professor of […]

  • Roman Alcala

    Environmental Studies Seminar Series | North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

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

    In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946, Passcode: 454736).  If you are unable to stream the talk live and need to access a recorded version, please contact Stacy Philpott at sphilpot@ucsc.edu. A UC Santa Cruz email address is required to access the recording. Host: Stacy Philpott Speaker: Antonio Roman-Alcala, CSU East Bay […]

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    The Dominican Wake: Contradictions of the Human and Human Rights in the Dominican Republic with Dr. Génesis Lara

    Sovereignty and Solidarity Fall Speaker Series
    Charles E. Merrill Lounge Rutherford House, Santa Cruz, CA

    As a part of the Sovereignty & Solidarity Fall Speaker Series, the Huerta Center is thrilled to host Dr. Génesis Lara from UC-Irvine to speak on topics related to her upcoming book.  The May 1961 assassination of dictator Rafael Trujillo propelled the Dominican Republic into the center stage of Cold War Caribbean geopolitics. This presentation […]

  • Speaker J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz

    Statistics Seminar: Advancing Science on the Sea and Stars with Modern Statistical Techniques

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

    Presenter: J. Xavier Prochaska, Professor, UC Santa Cruz Description: I will present two current and challenging research problems from the domains of astrophysics and oceanography which are leveraging standard Bayesian methods. After describing the datasets, scientific goals, and currently methodology, I will welcome a discussion on ways to improve, advance, and/or replace the current approaches. […]

  • Seminar speaker Kelli Gutierrez

    AM Seminar: Analysis of Flagellar Gait Changes Across Fluid Viscosities

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

    Presenter: Dr. Kelli Gutierrez, CSU Monterey Bay Description: Many microswimmers propel themselves using flagella, which are thin, threadlike filaments that beat in a periodic wavelike motion. The flagellar beat emerges from the coupled interactions between the surrounding fluid and the active and passive responses of the flagellum. Previous studies have observed the qualitative shape of […]

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    North Stars of Emancipation: Navigating Movements and Institutions to Change Food Systems

    Hay Barn 94 Ranch View Road, Santa Cruz, CA, United States

    Dr. Antonio Roman-Alcalá has been participating in food and farming movements in California for over two decades. He’s founded urban farms, taught organic horticulture, and made documentary films about why food systems continue to be unsustainable.  More recently, he’s turned towards participatory, movement-based research to develop an understanding of what “emancipation” might mean for those […]

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  • Grad Path Week: Applying to Grad School (for International Students)

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    Thinking about returning to UC Santa Cruz for your graduate degree? Join the Division of Graduate Studies and International Student Services and Programming (ISSP) for a virtual workshop tailored specifically for international exchange students navigating the UCSC graduate application process. In this interactive Zoom session, you’ll learn key application strategies, important timeline considerations, and tips […]

  • Grad Path Week: Real Talk – Navigating Grad School Life

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    Wondering what it’s really like to be an international graduate student at UC Santa Cruz? Join our International Graduate Peer Mentors for an informal, candid conversation about navigating grad school life as an international student. Panelists will share their firsthand experiences, insights on adapting to campus culture and life in Santa Cruz, strategies for balancing […]

  • Archaeobotany of an Ainu Kotan: from Ethnographic Trope to Empirical Data

    Social Sciences 1 Social Sciences 1, Santa Cruz, CA

    Please join us for an Anthropology Lunch Talk on October 21st at noon in SocSci1, Rm 261. Emanuele Guglielmini, a PhD candidate in archaeology at UC Berkeley’s Anthropology department, will present “Archaeobotany of an Ainu Kotan: from Ethnographic Trope to Empirical Data.”

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    An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — Ganja and Hess

    Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone Free film screenings and discussions Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “Ganja & Hess” ‘…one […]

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    Rioters: Unruly Images and Freedom Experiments with Patrícia Freitas

    Visualizing Abolition
    Institute of the Arts and Sciences 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, United States

    The Institute of the Arts and Sciences invites you to a screening of three short films by Patrícia Freitas about women and incarceration in Brazil, followed by a conversation with the filmmaker. Fleeing Firminas features moments of women inside the Women’s Penal Complex of Salvador in Bahia, Brazil participating in the creative writing workshops . […]

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    An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — The Amazing Nina Simone

    Communications Building 7487 Red Hill Road, Santa Cruz, CA

    UC Santa Cruz, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund, Inc., presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon Award-winning composer, actor, lecturer, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone Free film screenings and discussions Wednesday, October 22, 2026 at 7:00 p.m Communications Building, Room 150 “The Amazing Nina Simone” […]

  • Performing Anarchive

    Colligan Theater 1010 River St, Santa Cruz, United States

    Through motion capture, immersive sound, and real-time digital systems, CHARI performs alongside Harriet, a life-scale avatar carrying a living archive of Black cultural memory. Together, they move through fragments of […]