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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming year\, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics\, 2002)\, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2021)\, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2025)\, and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nSept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd\nOct 25: The Pale Horse\nNov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage\nDec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nJan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nFeb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nMar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nApr 25: TBD\nMay 23: TBD\nJun 27: TBD\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-christie-mysteries/2026-09-27/
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SUMMARY:Grad Path Week: from Exchange to Graduate Studies
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis is a wonderful opportunity for faculty members to showcase their labs and available research opportunities for international students to pursue in the future. The week will include: \n\nLab Visits\nApplying to Graduate School Workshop\nReal Talk – Navigating Grad Life Session with our International Grad Peer Mentors\nFaculty & International Exchange Mixer\n\n Click here to visit our website and learn more about our programs.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/grad-path-week-from-exchange-to-graduate-studies/
LOCATION:Classroom Unit\, Classroom Unit\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, Select a Country:
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support,Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Dave Shaw (Santa Cruz\, USA): Planet Local Sharing Circle
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Local Futures \nIn our next Planet Local Sharing Circle\, we’ll be joined by Dave Shaw\, founder of the Right Livelihood Center at UC Santa Cruz and Santa Cruz Permaculture. The Center serves as Global Secretariat for the international Right Livelihood College network\, which spans eight campuses plus the Global Campus of Human Rights across five continents. \nCalifornia is a place of sharp contradictions: Silicon Valley\, Hollywood and industrial agriculture on one hand\, and on the other a dense\, often invisible landscape of grassroots\, local and community-based initiatives. Dave and his team have been working to make that second California visible\, mapping localisation efforts across the state and looking for the connections between them. \nThere’s a natural circle here. Helena Norberg-Hodge\, who founded Local Futures\, is a Right Livelihood Laureate\, and the Center is now working alongside Local Futures to build the California localisation movement and to host a Planet Local Summit at UC Santa Cruz April 26-30\, 2027. \nDave will share what he’s finding: who is doing this work in California\, where the energy is\, and what he’s learned from running a permaculture education farm of his own. Together we’ll explore what helps local initiatives find each other\, sustain themselves\, and build the collective power that wider systemic change requires.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/dave-shaw-santa-cruz-usa-planet-local-sharing-circle/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Grad Path Week: Real Talk - Navigating Grad School Life
DESCRIPTION: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. \nPanelists will share their firsthand experiences\, insights on adapting to campus culture and life in Santa Cruz\, strategies for balancing academics\, and tips for making the most of your time at UCSC. Bring your questions for an interactive Q&A! \nZoom Link | Passcode: ISSP26 \n\nThis session is part of Grad Path Week\, hosted by International Student Services and Programming (ISSP). Designed for international exchange students\, these events connect you with UCSC faculty and staff to explore returning to UC Santa Cruz for graduate school. \nQuestions? Contact us at iprogramming@ucsc.edu.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/grad-path-week-real-talk-navigating-grad-school-life/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Drop-In Support,Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Archaeobotany of an Ainu Kotan: from Ethnographic Trope to Empirical Data
DESCRIPTION:Anthropology Lunch Talk with Emanuele Guglielmini — October 21st at 12 noon in Rm 261\, Social Sciences 1. \nAbout the talk:. Located at the northern edge of the Japanese archipelago\, the island of Hokkaido is often framed as the country’s untouched natural frontier. Its Indigenous inhabitants\, the Ainu people\, have long been a source of fascination in Western anthropological discourse\, in large part due to their distinct way of living that\, at the onset of Japanese imperialist expansion\, set them apart from the mainland Japanese. Despite decades of research on Ainu ethnography and history in Japan and in the West\, the image of the Ainu as a primitive\, non-agrarian society has solidified into scientific truth — they are one of several textbook examples of complex hunter-gatherers. \nThis talk takes an opposite stance to the characterization of Ainu subsistence\, rooted in a growing body of archaeobotanical evidence that tells a different story\, centered on farming and intentional ecosystem engineering. Recently acquired data\, in the form of macrobotanical remains from a kotan\, an Ainu village (ca. 1600–1800 CE)\, are presented and their ecological significance\ndiscussed. The case study offers an example of the value of plants in archaeological scholarship\, while also delving into the difficulties associated with identifying species from a fragmentary record. \n  \nAbout the speaker: Emanuele Guglielmini is a doctoral candidate in archaeology at the University of California\, Berkeley’s Anthropology department. Trained in archaeobotany and plant science\, he investigates the subsistence history of the Ainu\, the Indigenous people of northern Japan. His dissertation focuses on the study of macrobotanical remains\, wood charcoal and seeds\, from the sites of Karinba and Karinba-1 in central Hokkaido. One of the central questions he explores at these sites is the relationship between human subsistence and external social and environmental disturbances\, including climate\, demography\, and the pressures of settler colonialism. His work has been generously supported by the University of California\, Berkeley’s Center for Japanese Studies\, Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, and the United States National Science Foundation. At Berkeley\, he enjoys teaching archaeobotany to undergraduates alongside conducting his research. He is expected to complete his PhD in the spring of 2027.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/archaeobotany-of-an-ainu-kotan-from-ethnographic-trope-to-empirical-data/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 1\, Social Sciences 1\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Zhang\, R. (CSE) - Towards next-generation infrastructure for agentic AI
DESCRIPTION:LLM workloads are shifting from chat to agents: one task becomes tens of model calls\, dispatched along a graph the harness holds and repeating the same instructions. This execution is structured and predictable\, yet the serving stack discards that structure at every boundary it crosses. I argue that agent infrastructure should treat execution semantics and state as first-class abstractions. My completed work recovers them between harness and engine: a policy-driven runtime layer and CacheSage\, which predicts when each agent returns\, cutting time to first token by up to 45%. Proposed work extends this across machines\, shared retrieval\, and reinforcement learning. \nEvent Host: Rui Zhang\, PhD Student\, Computer Science & Engineering  \nAdvisor: Liting Hu  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/4646537931?pwd=aJHaERqBaST4DTj2SMJg22HgFeEjuN.1#success \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/zhang-r-cse-towards-next-generation-infrastructure-for-agentic-ai/
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CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — Ganja and Hess
DESCRIPTION:UC Santa Cruz\, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund\, Inc.\, presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon\nAward-winning composer\, actor\, lecturer\, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone\nFree film screenings and discussions \nWednesday\, October 21\, 2026 at 7:00 p.m\nCommunications Building\, Room 150\n“Ganja & Hess”\n‘…one of the ten best films of the decade!’ Written and Directed by Bill Gunn\nThe ONLY American Film selected for screening during Critics’ Week at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/an-evening-with-dr-samuel-waymon-ganja-and-hess/
LOCATION:Communications Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T114000
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SUMMARY:BME 280B Seminar: Valery Ortiz and Joseph Cruz
DESCRIPTION:Welcome to the 4th week of our BME 280B seminar series\, a weekly seminar covering topics of current research in computational biology and bioinformatics. \nOpen to all\, food is provided. Class enrollment is not required. \nPlease join us this week to learn more about our two speakers\, Valery Ortiz and Joseph Cruz: \n  \nTitle: Structural Insights into the Infection Mechanism of Mycobacteriophages Using Cryo-Electron Tomography \nPresenter: Valery Ortiz\, 4th Year Ph.D Candidate in the Chemical & Biological Science Program\, Scripps Research Institute \nDescription: Mycobacterial infections\, including tuberculosis (TB) and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) diseases\, remain a major global health threat\, worsened by the rise of multidrug-resistant strains. This study investigates the potential of therapeutic phages\, particularly Fionnbharth (FB)\, to target drug-resistant Mycobacterium infections. Optimizing phage therapy requires a basic understanding of phage structural and mechanistic properties. Using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc² 155 (M. smegmatis) as a model organism\, we used cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize phage-host interactions in near-native conditions\, focusing on attachment\, intracellular replication\, and structural organization. Samples were prepared at a multiplicity of infection (MOI) of 300 for attachment studies and MOIs of 3–15 for replication time points ranging from 30 minutes to 2 hours post-infection. Cryo-focused ion beam (cryo-FIB) milling generated ~200 nm-thick lamellae\, enabling visualization of the bacterial interior. Tomographic imaging revealed a temporal progression of intracellular replication intermediates\, including procapsids\, empty capsids\, and DNA-filled capsids\, demonstrating capsid formation and maturation over time. Organized arrays of tail filaments were also observed\, providing direct structural evidence of the FB replication cycle inside M. smegmatis. Subtomogram averaging of ~500 FB particles revealed two major tail-tip conformations at the bacterial surface: a rounded tail-tip positioned near the membrane at various angles and a flat\, tightly aligned complex perpendicular to the membrane. These preliminary data suggest distinct pre- and post-attachment states. Together\, these results highlight the power of cryo-ET to investigate structural changes in therapeutic phages throughout infection\, advancing our broader understanding of the structural virology underlying phage-host interactions. \nBio: Valery Ortiz is a 4th year PhD candidate in the Chemical and Biological Sciences Program at Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla in the Department of Integrative Structural and Computational Biology\, where she conducts her doctoral research in Dr. Raphael Park’s lab. Her research focuses on therapeutic bacteriophages that infect mycobacteria and uses structural biology approaches\, including cryo-electron tomography and single particle Cryo-EM\, to understand how phages interact with and infect bacterial cells. Through this work\, she hopes to contribute to the development of phage-based therapies for difficult-to-treat mycobacterial infections\, including tuberculosis. \nValery earned her B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from UC Santa Cruz\, where she conducted undergraduate research in Dr. Needhi Bhalla’s lab studying meiosis and chromosome biology in C. elegans. During her time at UCSC\, she was also a MARC Scholar through the STEM Diversity Programs\, which played an important role in her development as a researcher and in her preparation for graduate school. \nValery is a first-generation student who began her academic journey at Monterey Peninsula College before transferring to UC Santa Cruz. While attending community college\, she participated in the ACCESS summer research program at UC Santa Cruz\, where she gained her first hands-on research experience. This opportunity introduced her to scientific research and ultimately helped shape her path toward transferring to UCSC. Valery is deeply committed to mentorship\, outreach\, and creating supportive pathways into STEM. She is an NSF Graduate Research Fellow (NSF GRFP) and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)  Gilliam Fellow and is the founder and president of the Scripps Research Institute SACNAS Chapter\, where she helps lead efforts focused on community building\, mentorship\, professional development\, and increasing access to opportunities in science.\n  \nTitle: Structural Characterization of HCV Entry-Fusion and Neutralizing Antibody Epitopes for Immunogen Design \nPresenter: Joseph Cruz\, Ph.D Candidate in Chemical & Biological Sciences\, Scripps Research Institute \nDescription: Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infects liver cells through a multistep entry process that has remained a major virological and immunological challenge for three decades. HCV first attaches to the host receptor scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SR-BI) via the E2 HVR-1 region\, then binds a second receptor\, CD81\, before being internalized through clathrin-mediated endocytosis in a process that also involves the entry factors claudin-1 and occludin. Despite this established sequence of events\, the molecular structures underlying these interactions and how they physically drive viral entry remain undefined. Once inside the cell\, fusion occurs within endosomes\, where low pH triggers a poorly understood structural change in the viral envelope glycoprotein complex\, E1E2\, that allows the virus to merge with the host membrane. While E1E2 was originally thought to resemble fusion proteins found in related viruses like dengue and Zika\, recent evidence suggests it instead represents a unique class of fusion proteins. This further supported by the newly resolved structure of E1E2 as a dimer of heterodimers showing a envelope organization different from Zika and Dengue virus. However\, this structure’s appearance on intact viral particles remains unconfirmed. HCV’s ability to evade the immune system and resist neutralizing antibodies has made vaccine development equally difficult. One promising strategy for addressing both challenges is to define the molecular structure of E1E2 during entry and fusion\, alongside the epitopes and mechanisms used by broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) capable of blocking many different HCV strains. I am currently using cryo-electron tomography and single-particle cryo-electron microscopy to structurally characterize E1E2’s interactions with host entry factors\, its pre- and post-fusion states\, and in complex with bnAbs. Together\, these structural insights will provide a mechanistic understanding of antibody neutralization to guide rational vaccine design. \nBio: Joseph Cruz is a Ph.D. candidate in Chemical and Biological Sciences at Scripps Research Institute\, where he studies entry-fusion mechanisms and broadly neutralizing antibody responses against Hepatitis C Virus\, working under the mentorship of Dr. Mansun Law and Dr. Donghyun (Raphael) Park. As a first-generation college student\, Joseph began his scientific training in biochemistry at Mt. San Antonio Community College before transferring to the University of California\, Santa Cruz (UCSC)\, where he completed his B.S. in Biomolecular Engineering and Bioinformatics. While at UCSC\, he was involved with the SACNAS chapter and the STEM Diversity Programs’ MARC program\, where he trained under Dr. Rebecca DuBois’s mentorship\, focusing on the structural characterization of Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive Antigens (COBRAs) for Influenza A virus. Joseph’s research has consistently focused on the intersection of structural biology and virology\, and his current work aims to inform the development of more effective vaccines against Hepatitis C Virus. \n  \nHosted by: Professor of Biomolecular Engineering\, Rebecca Dubois\, and Director of STEMDIV Research Programs\, Yuli Ortega
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/bme-280b-seminar-102226/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Rioters: Unruly Images and Freedom Experiments with Patrícia Freitas
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFleeing Firminas features moments of women inside the Women’s Penal Complex of Salvador in Bahia\, Brazil participating in the creative writing workshops . \nFleeing Roquelina follows writer Dona Roquelina’s release from prison. \nRioters is an in-production feature-length documentary that begins in the Lemos de Brito Penitentiary in Salvador and tells the stories of Black women from the post-abolition era in old Bahia to the present day; women who dared and continue to dare to occupy spaces that\, though still hostile to them today\, allow their art\, knowledge\, and ancestral power to resonate. \nPatrícia Freitas\, documentary filmmaker\, holds a master’s degree in literature and culture from the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)\, and is an associate researcher at PAVIC—Researchers in Audiovisual Media\, Iconography\, and Content. In over two decades of work\, she has directed documentaries such as Ira (2004) on religious racism\, which received an honorable mention at Cinesul (2005) and the Ibero-American Film and Video Festival (2005) and was screened at the Ethnographic Film Festival (2005)\, Negros em Movimento (2005)\, about Black theater in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro; and Enquanto te espero\, a luz coalhou (2018)\, a poetic documentary screened at the Arqfilm Festival in Santiago\, Chile\, and Puebla\, Mexico\, among others. In recent years\, she has worked as an assistant director on the series Enredos da liberdade (dir. Luis Carlos de Alencar)\, currently streaming on Globoplay\, and as a researcher for the series Histórias submersas (dir. Paulo Alcântara) and Todos os sonhos (dir. Sofia Federico)\, both aired on TVE Bahia\, among others. She also served as an assistant to Joel Zito Araújo and Hermano Penna\, leading figures in Brazilian cinema.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/rioters-unruly-images-and-freedom-experiments-with-patricia-freitas/
LOCATION:Institute of the Arts and Sciences\, 100 Panetta Ave\, Santa Cruz\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261022T190000
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SUMMARY:An Evening with Dr. Samuel Waymon — The Amazing Nina Simone (Venue Change)
DESCRIPTION:UC Santa Cruz\, in collaboration with The African Connections Research and Education Fund\, Inc.\, presents two very special evenings with Dr. Samuel Waymon\nAward-winning composer\, actor\, lecturer\, arranger and brother of the legendary Nina Simone\nFree film screenings and discussions \nThursday\, October 22\, 2026 at 7:00 p.m\nDigital Arts Research Center (DARC)\, Room 108\n“The Amazing Nina Simone”\nA Documentary Written and Directed by Jeff L. Lieberman
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/an-evening-with-dr-samuel-waymon-the-amazing-nina-simone/
LOCATION:Digital Arts Research Center\, 407 McHenry Rd\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T144000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261023T154500
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SUMMARY:CSE Colloquium: Relational Attention for Data-Efficient Language Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Title: Relational Attention for Data-Efficient Language Modeling \nPresenter: Adrian Brasoveanu\, UCSC Linguistics (Joint work with Ece Takmaz and Jakub Dotlačil) \nAbstract: We present Relational BabyLM\, a system submission to the BabyLM 2026 challenge that combines two cognitively motivated inductive biases in a single decoder-only Transformer. Architecturally\, we replace standard self-attention with a Dual Attention Transformer (DAT)\, which separates the routing of object-level (“sensory”) lexical features from structural/relational information (Altabaa and Lafferty\, 2025; Altabaa et al.\, 2024; Webb et al.\, 2024; Kerg et al.\, 2022; Webb et al.\, 2021). Relational attention (RA) disentangled from self-attention greatly increases data efficiency and out-of-training-sample generalization on purely relational tasks\, but language modeling requires object-level and relational information to be integrated as well as disentangled\, and RA-based LMs have remained largely unexplored. BabyLM’s data-constrained training and comprehensive evaluation is an ideal testing ground for whether that data efficiency transfers. As a training intervention\, we add a Next-Latent Prediction (NextLat; Teoh et al. 2026) objective that encourages hidden states to compress history incrementally into a dense belief state. Architecture is the dominant factor for structural linguistic generalization; the objective is secondary but still significant. DAT’s three relational attention types (full RA vs. the simpler RCA and DisRCA variants) are largely interchangeable at 10M words; full RA pulls ahead at 100M. We also introduce a novel symbol-retrieval mechanism (RoPE-based\, as opposed to learned\, relative symbols) that matches learned symbol libraries while adding no parameters. On the strict (100M-word) track\, our best model ranks 6th of 55 overall and 3rd of 55 on the leaderboard’s NLP-task subset at the time of writing; our two strongest models outperform the GPT-2 baseline on most benchmarks\, with one attaining the highest EWoK score among strict-track entries. \nPaper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.20530 \nCode: https://github.com/abrsvn/babylm_dat_2026 \nBio: I am a  professor in computational (psycho)linguistics focusing largely on natural language semantics and pragmatics at UCSC. I was also associate campus provost (tout court for 2 years\, then of strategic initiatives for 1 year) in the UCSC EVC office between 2021 and 2024.  For some more of my recent work\, see https://github.com/abrsvn/. \nHosted by: Professor Daniel Fremont and Professor Leilani Gilpin \nDate and Time: Fridays from 2:40 – 3:45 pm \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room E2-180 (Refreshments such as fruit\, pastries\, coffee\, and tea will be provided.) \nZoom Option: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/95300285113?pwd=62tnEPUtRrsmbW7SHTavaRbaF2afSr.1
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/cse-colloquium-relational-attention-for-data-efficient-language-modeling/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Performing Anarchive
DESCRIPTION: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 sound\, image\, and memory\, shaping the world around them as the performance unfolds. Performing Anarchive brings body and technology together in a live exploration of memory\, movement\, and possibility. \nAbout the Artist: \nCHARI (Dr. Chari Smith\, Film and Digital Media) is an NY Emmy-nominated composer\, interdisciplinary artist\, humanities scholar\, and new media archivist. Their practice explores alternative archival methods through and with a Black lens\, building immersive worlds through sound\, installation\, and performance while critically engaging technology as subject\, tool\, collaborator\, and adversary.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/performing-anarchive/
LOCATION:Colligan Theater\, 1010 River St\, Santa Cruz\, 95060\, United States
CATEGORIES:Concerts,Dance,Exhibits,Lectures & Presentations,Performances
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261025T130000
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SUMMARY:Santa Cruz Pickwick Club presents: Christie Mysteries
DESCRIPTION:Over the coming year\, Dickens Universe readers and Pickwick Club members will meet for discussions focused on these novels and their lasting influence on the mystery genre. This year’s reading series brings together four landmark works of crime fiction: The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens (Penguin Classics\, 2002)\, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2021)\, The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2025)\, and The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie (William Morrow\, 2011). Join Dickens enthusiasts and Pickwick Club members on Zoom for a series of discussions about these beloved books. \nRegister via Zoom \nReading Schedule:  \n\nSept 27: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd\nOct 25: The Pale Horse\nNov 22: The Murder at the Vicarage\nDec 27: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nJan 24: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nFeb 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nMar 28: The Mystery of Edwin Drood\nApr 25: TBD\nMay 23: TBD\nJun 27: TBD\n\nRecommended Edition: We recommend the Penguin Classics edition of the novels for its appendices and notes\, but other versions are fine. First-time readers should avoid the Introduction if they don’t want spoilers. Download the novels to read at Gutenburg.org or listen at LibriVox.org. \nThe Santa Cruz Pickwick (Book) Club\, a branch of the Dickens Fellowship\, is a community of local bookworms\, students\, and teachers who meet monthly to discuss a nineteenth-century novel. The Santa Cruz Public Libraries provide support for the reading group.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/santa-cruz-pickwick-club-presents-christie-mysteries/2026-10-25/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:ECE 290 Seminar: "Learning Dexterous Manipulation: From Simulation to Human Demonstrations"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Joe Dong\, Co-Founder & CTO @ Chestnut Robotics \nDescription: “Learning dexterous manipulation requires robot hardware\, training environments\, and data to work together. This talk explores two complementary approaches to making robotic hands learnable: training in simulation and learning from human demonstrations.\nFirst\, I will present Aero Hand Open\, an open-source tendon-driven hand developed with a simulation and reinforcement learning stack. I will discuss its design\, transmission modeling in MuJoCo\, the actuation mapping between simulation and hardware\, and experimental validation\, including an in-hand cube rotation policy transferred to the physical hand without policy fine-tuning. \nSecond\, I will introduce the newer Aero Hand and Aero UMI\, a robotic hand and wearable demonstration interface developed as a matched pair. I will discuss how co-designing the hand and capture interface connects human demonstrations to robot actions\, with particular attention to motion\, contact sensing\, calibration\, and data alignment. Through experimental results and demonstrations\, the talk will examine the engineering tradeoffs and open research questions in connecting robot embodiment with the simulation and data used to train it.” \nBio: Xu (Joe) Dong is cofounder and CTO of Chestnut Robotics\, where he develops robotic hands and the data\, simulation\, and learning infrastructure for physical AI. He previously worked on autonomous driving at Waymo and XPeng Motors\, including learning-based motion planning and production end-to-end driving models. He holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and an M.S. in Computer Science from Virginia Tech\, and a B.S. in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. Personal Website: http://joedong.ai/ \n  \nHosted by: Professor Zhicong Yu\, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department \nWhen: Monday\, October 26th from 10:40 to 11:45 AM PST \nLocation: Classroom E2-194
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/ece-290-seminar-learning-dexterous-manipulation-from-simulation-to-human-demonstrations/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Morgan Gilmour and James D. Jacobson\, NASA Ames Earth Science
DESCRIPTION:In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946\, Passcode: 454736).  \nIf 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. \nHost: Bo Yang \nSpeaker:  Morgan Gilmour\, NASA Ames Earth Science \nTitle: NASA’s Internet of Animals project: Biologging reveals global insights \nAbstract: NASA’s Internet of Animals project uses biologging to study Earth system processes and inform biodiversity. Working with a team of scientists and engineers\, we aim to create a forward-looking approach to improve our ability to monitor the Earth\, animal ecology\, and remote environments. I will highlight case studies in which we used biologgers to quantify protections of a marine protected area\, estimate tuna-fisheries interactions\, and develop sensors that contribute to the validation of satellite measurements.  \nSpeaker:  James D. Jacobson\, NASA Ames Earth Science \nTitle: Introduction to EPIC Lab & Using MASTER over Wildfires in the Continental US \nAbstract: This seminar will introduce the Earth and Planetary Instrument and Calibration (EPIC) Lab at NASA Ames Research Center and highlight its role in advancing airborne remote. I will first provide an overview of the laboratory’s research activities\, instrumentation\, and capabilities\, with an emphasis on how airborne imaging systems are used to investigate environmental processes at spatial and spectral scales that complement satellite observations at home and beyond. \nThe second part of the seminar will focus on the MODIS/ASTER Airborne Simulator (MASTER)\, an airborne imaging spectrometer that measures reflected and emitted radiation across the visible\, near-infrared\, shortwave infrared\, midwave infrared\, and longwave infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. I will discuss how MASTER observations can be used to detect and characterize active fires\, quantify their thermal and spectral properties\, and map fire impacts across the landscape. \nExamples from the recent NASA INjected Smoke and PYRocumulonimbus Experiment (INSPYRE) mission will illustrate MASTER’s capabilities for observing wildfire behavior and its interaction with the atmosphere. These observations provide a unique perspective on intense fire events and demonstrate how airborne measurements can connect processes occurring at the fire and landscape scales to their broader atmospheric impacts. \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/environmental-studies-seminar-series-morgan-gilmour-james-d-jacobson/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar:  Calibration Methods for Generative Models with Application to Protein Structure Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Brian Trippe\, Assistant Professor\, Stanford University\, Department of Statistics \nDescription: Generative models frequently suffer miscalibration\, where the statistics of their generations deviate from desired values. Protein structure diffusion models\, for example\, produce highly realistic samples but often underestimate the probabilities of important modes. These deviations are not addressed by existing fine-tuning methods for image and text generation. We frame calibration of generative models as a constrained optimization problem that we seek to solve by fine-tuning. Because the natural objective is intractable\, we introduce two surrogate objectives for which we can compute low-variance gradient estimates amenable to stochastic optimization. The resulting procedures reduce the majority of calibration error across hundreds of simultaneous constraints and models with up to nine billion parameters. Lastly\, we describe an application for assimilating thermodynamic measurements to calibrate a generative model of protein structure Boltzmann ensembles. \nAbout the speaker: Brian Trippe is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at Stanford. Previously he was a visiting researcher at the Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington where he worked with David Baker\, and a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University. He completed his Ph.D. in Computational and Systems Biology at MIT in 2022. His recent research has developed statistical machine learning methods to address challenges in biotechnology and medicine\, with a focus on generative modeling and inference algorithms for protein engineering. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Yunyi Shen.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/statistics-seminar-calibration-methods-for-generative-models-with-application-to-protein-structure-modeling/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261028T173000
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SUMMARY:Reshaping representation: Midterm elections and emerging district map battles
DESCRIPTION:Congressional elections are central to American democratic representation. Their importance underpins recent concerns about partisan gerrymandering in the states and makes civic participation even more critical given the narrow majorities in Congress. Indeed\, the outcome of congressional elections has significant consequences for whose voices are reflected in state and federal policymaking\, especially when both parties have used redistricting strategically to improve their electoral prospects. In advance of the 2026 midterm elections\, this event will contextualize past redistricting efforts and explore some of the most pressing threats to today’s electoral process. Our panel will discuss the long history of redistricting in the United States\, differentiate between racial gerrymandering and partisan gerrymandering\, discuss the intersection of race and partisan objectives\, highlight the role of recent state independent redistricting commissions and California’s Prop 50\, along with exclusionary changes to the Voting Rights Act and recent actions taken by the Supreme Court. You will not want to miss this informative discussion as you prepare to participate in these important elections. \nThis event is the first in a series of 2026-27 Resilient Democracy events brought to you by the Institute for Social Transformation. \nFree and open to the public with registration: RSVP HERE to attend in-person or virtually. Questions? Contact transform@ucsc.edu. \nModerator \n\nMelanie Springer\, Associate Professor of Politics (UC Santa Cruz)\n\nPanelists \n\nSonal Shah\, Board Chair of Consumer Reports and Senior Advisor for Results Prism Advisory\nElspeth Wilson\, Assistant Teaching Professor in Politics/Legal Studies (UC Santa Cruz)\nErik J. Engstrom\, Professor of Political Science (UC Davis)\n\nStudent Q&A Moderators \n\nAngela Navarro\, double major in Legal Studies and Politics (Stevenson College ’28). Angela interned for THE-TEAM as a Social Impact Intern\, and founded Women in Law\, the first women-focused pre-law organization at UCSC.\nNidhi Bhat\, politics major (Cowell College ’28). Nidhi interned with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage this past spring and summer and participated in the UC Washington DC (UCDC) Program.\n\nCo-sponsored by: UC Santa Cruz Institute for Social Transformation\, Politics Department\, Legal Studies Program\, Chancellor’s Office\, Merrill College\, Office for Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion\, and The Humanities Institute. \nRegister to vote! On November 3\, 2026 there will be a General Election. Make sure you are registered to vote. You can get more information on the California Secretary of State website or the Santa Cruz County Elections Department. UCSC students\, click here for information on how to vote on campus.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/reshaping-representation-midterm-elections-and-emerging-district-map-battles/
LOCATION:Namaste Lounge\, 615 College Nine Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:The science of life in the neighborhood—and beyond
DESCRIPTION:UC Santa Cruz is bringing Science in the Neighborhood to South County! Join us for our first event in Aptos.\nAre we alone in the universe? Answering that question begins surprisingly close to home. Earth has been many different planets over its long history\, offering clues about how life begins\, evolves\, and ultimately transforms the world around it.  Beyond Earth\, the question leads us to the icy moons of the solar system where hidden oceans may harbor environments suitable for life. And if alien moons weren’t enticing enough\, the galaxy beckons with billions of planets orbiting other stars. For the first time in human history\, we are developing tools that could search nearby worlds for signs of life. Connecting these questions—how life begins and where else we might find it—is the science of astrobiology. In this talk\, we’ll explore these questions and meet the researchers at UC Santa Cruz turning age-old speculation about alien life into a scientific search for evidence. \n  \nNatalie Batalha is a professor of astronomy & astrophysics and the director of the Santa Cruz Center for Astrobiology\, which aims to advance interdisciplinary research and academic opportunities focused on the origin\, evolution\, and distribution of life in the universe. \nThe presentation will be followed by a live Q&A. Free and open to the public. The event is in-person only.  \nRegister to attend. \nLocation:\nCommunity Foundation Santa Cruz County\n7807 Soquel Dr\, Aptos\, CA 95003 \nParking and capacity:\nArrive early for best seating. Seating is available for 50 guests\, with additional standing room. Carpooling is recommended\, as there are only 30 parking spaces in the main lot. Overflow parking is available at the Rancho Del Mar Shopping Center across the street. \n  \nScience In the Neighborhood is a public lecture series hosted quarterly by the UC Santa Cruz Science Division.\nJoin the mailing list to be notified about upcoming Science in the Neighborhood speakers\, dates\, and event details.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/science-in-the-neighborhood-and-beyond/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:ECE Special Seminar: "Bilevel Optimization for Agentic AI: From Theory to Retrieval-augmented Agentic Reinforcement Learning"
DESCRIPTION:Presented by: Quan Xiao\, PhD Candidate @ Cornell University \nDescription: “Agentic AI systems combine large language models with system-level design choices such as post-training data selection\, retrieval\, tool use\, and memory management in augmented inference. Training these systems involves multiple coupled objectives beyond task success\, including safety\, retrieval quality\, and adaptation efficiency. Sequential tuning can cause catastrophic forgetting\, while direct objective mixing training can introduce unit mismatch and obscure credit assignments across components. \nIn this talk\, I will present bilevel optimization as a framework for jointly learning LLM parameters and agentic-system design variables. I will introduce an efficient first-order penalty formulation that replaces lower-level optimality with a merit constraint\, avoiding Hessian inverses and differentiation through full inner trajectories. By turning the bilevel problem into a penalized objective with analyzable structure\, this formulation enables landscape analysis that leads to global convergence guarantees. \nI will conclude with an application to bilevel retrieval optimization for tool-using agents\, where retrieval enables LLMs to access up-to-date information and manage external memory. In this setting\, landscape analysis also guides the design of memory-efficient variants of the penalty method tailored to the application. Experiments on multi-hop and medical question-answering tasks demonstrate the effectiveness of jointly optimizing retrieval and the LLM. Using only a 3B LLM backbone\, the proposed approach outperforms direct inference with GPT-5.6 Luna\, as well as methods based solely on agentic reinforcement learning or retrieval optimization.” \nBio: Quan Xiao (https://jenniferquanxiao.github.io) is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University. She received her M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2023\, and her B.S. in statistics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2020. Her research focuses on the theoretical foundations of bilevel and multi-objective optimization\, as well as their applications to generative\, agentic AI and hardware-algorithm co-design. Her work has appeared in leading machine learning and signal processing venues\, including NeurIPS\, ICML\, and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing\, with papers selected for oral and spotlight presentations. \nQuan has received several awards\, including the IEEE Signal Processing Society Scholarship in 2024 and the Belsky Award for Computational Sciences and Engineering in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2023. Her research has also received supports from industries\, including Google and Lambda Research. \n  \nHosted by: Professor Yu Zhang\, Electrical & Computer Engineering Department \nWhen: Friday\, October 30th from 10:30AM to 12:00PM \nLocation: Engineering 2\, Room 506
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/ece-special-seminar-bilevel-optimization-for-agentic-ai-from-theory-to-retrieval-augmented-agentic-reinforcement-learning/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Seminars
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SUMMARY:Asri\, M. (BMEB) - Genome Inference in the Pangenome Era
DESCRIPTION:Human genome references have provided unified coordinate systems for mapping genetic variation\, enabling numerous discoveries in genomics. However\, mapping to a single linear reference can be misleading or even impossible when a sample’s genome is highly divergent from the reference\, an issue known as reference bias. Recent advances in long-read sequencing technologies and computational techniques have made generating high-quality genome assemblies at scale more feasible than ever. This shift has paved the way for efforts such as the Human Pangenome Reference Consortium (HPRC)\, whose mission is to build a human pangenome reference that represents human genetic diversity and mitigates reference bias. In this dissertation\, I present methods I developed that contribute to building more accurate pangenome references and advancing their applications in variant calling\, ultimately enabling more accurate genome inference. \nFirst\, I introduce Secphase\, a tool for correcting read mappings with direct applications in fixing assembly errors. Secphase corrects mismapped Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) HiFi reads by leveraging long-range phasing information from Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) data. As a core component of the PHARAOH pipeline\, Secphase was coupled with DeepPolisher\, a transformer-based polisher\, to polish 230 HPRC assemblies\, reducing errors by half. \nSecond\, I present HMM-Flagger\, a reference-free tool for detecting structural misassemblies based on the coverage of mapped long reads. It models read coverage using a hidden Markov model (HMM)\, enabling it to classify coverage anomalies as erroneous blocks\, false duplications\, or collapsed blocks. HMM-Flagger has been used extensively in the evaluation and selection of genome assemblies for the HPRC releases. \nFinally\, as an application of pangenomes\, I highlight work on extending DeepVariant to build a pangenome-aware variant caller by augmenting sample-specific input data with pangenome alignments. Using Element Biosciences reads\, pangenome-aware DeepVariant generated call sets with up to 46.5% fewer errors than existing methods. \nEvent Host: Mobin Asri\, PhD Candidate\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics  \nAdvisor: Benedict Paten \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/91210219698?pwd=HA0b0by9HcKlKiBua7anVBZ7ZfSfJu.1 \nPasscode: 594980
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/asri-m-bmeb-genome-inference-in-the-pangenome-era/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Environmental Studies Seminar Series | Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams\, Loss\, and Everyday Immigrant Practices
DESCRIPTION:In person and via Zoom (Meeting ID: 978 5545 8946\, Passcode: 454736).  \nIf 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. \nHost: Stacy Philpott \nSpeaker: Paolina Hwae Kyung Kao Yook Lu\, UC Davis \nTitle: Edible Insects and the Future of Food: Capitalist Dreams\, Loss\, and Everyday Immigrant Practices \nAbstract: In the 2010s\, edible insects emerged in popular discourse as a potential “food of the future.” Drawing on fieldwork and interviews conducted in the United States from 2019-2024 with entrepreneurs\, farmers\, and food producers\, this talk traces how insects became a hopeful response to anxieties about ecological crisis\, food security\, and changing ways of life. I bring one Southeast Asian American family’s enduring practice of foraging for grasshoppers into conversation with the emergence and transformation of the insect agriculture industry. Doing so reveals two distinct relationships to insects: one shaped by the anticipation of future loss and the desire to secure against it\, the other by losses already lived through displacement and relocation. Attending to these differences while listening for what they share\, the talk asks what an affective throughline of loss can reveal about the ways people imagine futures\, develop relationships with other forms of life\, and work to make and sustain lives through food. \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/environmental-studies-seminar-series-edible-insects-food/
LOCATION:Interdisciplinary Sciences Building\, 7487 Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Statistics Seminar: Sliced Optimal Transport: From Acceleration to Bayesian Modeling
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Enter the speaker’s name\, title\, and institution at the top of the event \nDescription: Optimal transport (OT) provides a principled way to match\, compare\, and interpolate distributions\, but its computational cost limits its use at realistic scales. I will present our recent work on reducing that cost and on using OT for statistical modeling and inference. In the first part of the talk\, I will briefly introduce optimal transport and sliced optimal transport (SOT). I will then present sliced-regularized OT\, which uses a cheap sliced plan as an informative prior for approximating the full plan\, yielding an efficient approximate OT solver. In the second part\, I will show how SOT enables new applications in statistical inference. In particular\, I will introduce distributional determinantal point processes\, which use SOT geometry to place repulsive priors on distributions\, giving a Bayesian model for clustering distributional data. Applications include image processing and the clustering of single-cell and epilepsy data. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Khai Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from the University of Texas at Austin and his B.Sc. in Computer Science from Hanoi University of Science and Technology. His research develops computational optimal transport\, particularly sliced methods that make large-scale transport tractable. He brings these tools to problems in machine learning and geometric data processing\, as well as to Bayesian approximate inference and nonparametric models for distributional data. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Yunyi Shen.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/am-seminar-sliced-optimal-transport-from-acceleration-to-bayesian-modeling/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261102T170000
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SUMMARY:AM Seminar: Data Analysis Workflow from Low-Code Tools to Generative and Agentic AI
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Reza Fazel-Rezai\, Senior Science and Education Application Engineer\, MathWorks \nDescription: Please join us to learn how to accelerate data analysis using a workflow that spans low-code tools\, Generative AI\, and Agentic AI. Through live demonstrations and practical examples\, you’ll see how to import\, explore\, visualize\, model\, and process data using interactive tools that require minimal coding. The session will demonstrate how these tools can automatically generate reproducible MATLAB code\, how Generative AI can assist with code creation\, explanation\, and troubleshooting\, and how Agentic AI workflows can help plan\, execute code\, validate results\, diagnose issues\, and iteratively refine outcomes. Highlights: – Build a data analysis workflow using low-code and interactive tools. – Use Generative AI to support code generation\, explanation\, and troubleshooting. – Explore how Agentic AI can plan analysis steps\, run code\, test results\, diagnose errors\, and iterate toward reliable outcomes. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Reza Fazel-Rezai\, with a Ph.D. and MS in Biomedical Engineering and a BS in Electrical Engineering\, brings over two decades of experience in both industry and academia. As a senior research scientist\, research team manager\, and the founding Director and tenured full Professor of Biomedical Engineering\, he has extensive expertise and background in the field. Dr. Fazel-Rezai has authored more than 200 scientific publications\, edited and published seven books\, and pursued diverse research interests in biomedical signal and image processing\, particularly through machine learning and deep learning methods. Passionate about leveraging and sharing his skills to help others achieve their goals\, he currently serves as an ABET PEV for Biomedical Engineering\, works part-time as an instructor at UC San Diego\, and is a full-time Senior Science and Education Application Engineer at MathWorks. \nThis seminar is hosted by Professor Pascale Garaud.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/am-seminar-data-analysis-workflow-from-low-code-tools-to-generative-and-agentic-ai/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261103T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261103T110000
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SUMMARY:Rondoni\, N. (AM) - Inverse Problems and Control of Nonlinear Systems with Applications in Biology
DESCRIPTION:Steering living systems toward a desired behavior is a central goal in synthetic and quantitative biology. Levers of control range from electric fields and optogenetic stimulation to engineered gene circuits\, chemical dosing\, and tuning the adhesive attraction and repulsion between cells. Biology makes it hard to know how much each lever should be pulled\, or even to discern the current state of the system. Dynamics are nonlinear\, and observations are noisy and indirect. Models are often incomplete\, as exact replication of dynamics requires an immense number of parameters. This dissertation solves inverse problems and develops control methods within this setting across three biological testbeds. Here we take steps toward more reliably engineering tissues to form patterns on demand\, cells to manufacture therapeutics to desired specifications\, and neural experiments to respond to activity in real time. \nIn the first chapter\, we invert the forward mapping between the firing of a neuron and the noisy calcium indicator traces actually recordable in high throughput imaging. This work utilizes model predictive control on a novel mechanistic set of ODEs\, competes with the state of the art\, and is the first of its kind to our knowledge able to provide real time inference of this type with no variable backtracking. While other methods may edit their answers based on future information\, ours operates with 60ms of lag\, then leaves predictions fixed. \nIn the second chapter\, we suppose direct control of the forward mapping\, a nonlinear model representing production of thyroxine by engineered cellular factories\, and ensure the measured output tracks a desired value even when the plant and observations are confounded by stochasticity. We use a radial basis function neural network for online function approximation\, and introduce numerous modifications to this classic architecture to empirically track setpoints stably even in the presence of immense delays in the forward model’s output. We show the median steady state error in terms of normalized root mean square error to be 12.5% or less across setpoints in a Monte Carlo study. \nIn the final chapter\, we again solve an inverse problem\, this time in spatial cellular patterning. Treating a black box agent based model as the forward map\, we recover attraction and repulsion rates that reproduce a target pattern up to rotation\, using an objective defined only on summary entropies of the pattern\, rather than on target cell positions or the true parameters. We show convergence from 100 initial layouts\, for two different target patterns. For a layout where convergence is marginal\, we show that converging and nonconverging initial rates have statistically distinct centroids\, then build a classifier that predicts which initializations are likely to succeed under this iterative intervention strategy. \nApplications such as engineered spatial patterns\, bioelectronic interventions\, and closed loop neural experiments each depend on three tasks. The first is deriving a forward model\, potentially black box or explicit in equations. The second task is computing the input that drives the biological system to a target\, while the third is recovering hidden inputs from what observations are actually available. More broadly\, this dissertation advances control of living systems that are only partially observed and partially understood. \nEvent Host: Nicholas Rondoni\, PhD Candidate\, Applied Mathematics \nAdvisor: Marcella Gomez  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97002422471?pwd=BarPJkyaLcJ6OUA1a2Za74GyrAb274.1 \nPasscode: 970 0242 2471
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/rondoni-n-am-inverse-problems-and-control-of-nonlinear-systems-with-applications-in-biology/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Campus to Career: Job Talk with Director of Programs Faith Delgado
DESCRIPTION:Are you curious about careers in education? Join us for a job talk with Faith Delgado\, an alum who completed both a BA in Modern Literature and a Master’s in Education at UC Santa Cruz. Faith will share her professional story\, from starting her career as a teacher\, to working in her current position at an accessibility-oriented education nonprofit\, to how her time at UCSC informs what she does now. You’ll learn how to apply your skills and passion to work in the education field\, including in jobs outside of the classroom. \nHosted by UCSC Career Success and the Humanities Division \nRegister here \nLearn more about Faith: \nFaith Delgado is a Director of Programs for The Shadow Project\, a non-profit dedicated to making schools more accessible and engaging for children with learning differences. She graduated from UCSC with a BA in Literature in 2013. She also received her teaching credential and MA in Education from UCSC in 2014. Faith has spent part of her career as a classroom teacher in grades K-3\, and now works in the non-profit sector\, providing resources and training for schools\, teachers\, and families to support neurodivergent students. While attending UCSC\, she was a part of John R. Lewis College\, taking the themes of social justice into her work in making education a more equitable place for all learners. \n  \nYou Belong Here: The programs and services described here 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. \nTo learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-director-of-programs-faith-delgado/
LOCATION:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/campus-to-career-job-talk-with-director-of-programs-faith-delgado/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261103T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261103T160000
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SUMMARY:Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Optional Practical Training (OPT) workshops are MANDATORY for all F-1 students who will apply for OPT\, and you MUST have attended the OPT workshop within 9 months of applying for OPT. You must attend the full workshop to receive credit. Be sure to arrive on time and stay until the end\, or you will not receive credit and will need to attend another workshop. \nZoom Link \nTo learn more about OPT\, visit the ISSP Optional Practical Training webpage.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/optional-practical-training-opt-workshop-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261104T143000
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SUMMARY:Skate for Change: Norma Ibarra's Photography and Indigenous Skateboarding as Decolonial Praxis: A Brown Bag with Miguel Fernandez
DESCRIPTION:Norma Ibarra\, born in Hermosillo\, Sonora\, Mexico\, photographs underrepresented and marginalized skateboarders such as female-identifying skaters across Mexico for her photobook Para Ti (2021)\, and self-fashioned Indigenous skaters for the Museum of Vancouver 2021-22 exhibition\, Skate for Change. This presentation focuses on the latter\, articulating how Ibarra’s collaboration with her participants circulate the decolonial potential of Indigenous skateboarding. Grinding down handrails\, launching over benches\, skateboarding is a cultural practice that actively challenges the settler-colonial regimes of property and ‘proper’ use of space\, inspiring new ways of imagining the infrastructure that corrals us. Ibarra’s photography plays a crucial role in these possibilities\, yet is complicated by photography’s settler-colonial legacy of subjugation\, especially towards Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. This presentation explores these tensions and complications\, revealing possibilities towards a decolonial praxis. \n  \nMiguel Fernandez is a Ph.D. Student in the History of Art/Visual Culture Department at UC-Santa Cruz and a Lionel Cantú Memorial Awardee (2025).
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/skate-for-change/
LOCATION:Huerta Center Conference Room (Casa Latina)\, 641 Merrill Rd\, Santa Cruz\,\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T183000
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SUMMARY:Protect Your Soil in Heavy Rain: Actionable Strategies for Wet Weather
DESCRIPTION:With El Niño expected to bring significant rainfall this season\, safeguarding your garden’s foundation is more critical than ever. Join the UC Master Gardeners and the UCSC Center for Agroecology for a timely\, practical workshop dedicated to protecting and preserving your garden soil during severe wet weather. \nIn this fast-paced\, FREE online session\, three experienced Master Gardeners will deliver actionable strategies to help you manage your landscape. We will quickly cover key topics to maximize our time\, leaving plenty of room for your specific questions. \nCore Topics Covered \n\nImproving Drainage: Practical methods to prevent waterlogging and keep roots healthy.\nDirecting Water Flow: How to safely channel excess runoff away from vulnerable areas.\nProtecting the Soil Surface: Effective techniques to shield your topsoil from heavy impact.\nPreventing Erosion: Strategic solutions to stop runoff from washing your valuable soil away.\n\nRSVP
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/protect-your-soil-in-heavy-rain-actionable-strategies-for-wet-weather/
LOCATION:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/protect-your-soil-in-heavy-rain-actionable-strategies-for-wet-weather/
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261106T170000
DTSTAMP:20260623T205606Z
CREATED:20260623T205606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260623T205606Z
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SUMMARY:23rd Annual Graduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Any enrolled graduate student is welcome to present either a poster\, talk\, or mixed media presentation. The event is free and open to the public.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/23rd-annual-graduate-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261107T120000
DTSTAMP:20260910T181642Z
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SUMMARY:First Saturday Tour at the Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:First Saturday Tours are a wonderful way to introduce yourself to the Arboretum or to deepen your knowledge of the Arboretum’s plant collections. Each tour is a little different depending on the time of year\, the interests of the tour guide\, and the people who join in. For example\, you might learn about the birds and mammals that make this land their home or about the amazing physical adaptations that plants have evolved to better deal with our extreme weather and climate conditions. Tours are free with paid admission. Admission is always free for current UCSC Students and Arboretum members.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/first-saturday-tour-at-the-arboretum/2026-11-07/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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