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SUMMARY:Morey\, C. (BMEB) - Innovations in Interdependence: Genomic and Functional Evolution in Invertebrates and Their Intracellular Symbionts
DESCRIPTION:Intracellular symbionts are microorganisms\, such as bacteria\, that live within host cells. These associations are widespread throughout the invertebrate tree of life\, and can perform a diversity of key metabolic\, immune-response\, or other functions that the host is dependent on for survival or reproduction. Intracellular symbioses allow both the host and the symbiont to occupy new ecological niches\, and thus can have profound impacts on their evolution. Recent and rapid growth of available sequencing data provides new opportunities to investigate the genomic alterations underpinning functional and morphological changes during the evolution of these relationships\, and how they reshape both host and symbiont biology. \nHere\, I propose investigating unique mechanisms of genomic innovation across three levels of host-symbiont evolution: symbiont genome evolution\, host-symbiont regulatory co-evolution\, and host genome evolution. In aim 1\, I will investigate how mobile genetic elements drive episodic genome expansion and functional innovation in obligate chemosynthetic symbionts of deep-sea clams\, further challenging the notion that reductive genome evolution is an inevitable or linear fate for host-restricted lineages. In aim 2\, I will explore the potential for symbiont-derived small-RNA molecules to participate in cross-kingdom gene regulation of their hosts across a diversity of host-symbiont systems using publicly available genome and RNA-sequencing data. In aim 3\, I will explore the convergent evolution of gut loss across independently derived marine bivalve lineages that depend nutritionally on chemosynthetic symbionts\, identifying host genomic changes associated with the transition to a symbiotic lifestyle. Together\, these aims leverage the expanding wealth of genomic data to illuminate how host-symbiont relationships reshape the genomes of both partners and generate novel adaptations across evolutionary time. \nEvent Host: Camryn Morey\, Ph.D. Student\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics \nAdvisor: Shelbi Russell and Russ Corbett-Detig \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92296748824?pwd=kabPBvby5xZbAHBbxBX6IIHNka8sLX.1 \nPasscode: 153631
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/morey-c-bmeb-innovations-in-interdependence-genomic-and-functional-evolution-in-invertebrates-and-their-intracellular-symbionts/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences Building\, 575 McLaughlin Drive
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Career Opportunities at Institute on Aging
DESCRIPTION:Join us for snacks and to meet program leaders and recruitment specialists and learn about the opportunities available for careers at IOA! Institute on Aging is a nonprofit that was formed in San Francisco over 40 years ago and expanded into Santa Cruz & Monterey in 2024. \nWe are constantly growing our team thus looking for Care Managers to serve older adults and adults with disabilities in Santa Cruz & Monterey. \nWe also have programs in many other counties across the state for those who don’t call Santa Cruz their permanent home. \n  \nIf you need accommodations please email slugtalent@ucsc.edu \n  \nYOU BELONG HERE\nPrograms and services are open to all\, consistent with state and federal law\, as well as the University of California’s nondiscrimination policies. Every initiative—whether a student service\, faculty program\, or community event—is designed to be accessible\, inclusive\, and respectful of all identities. To learn more\, please visit UC Nondiscrimination Statement or Nondiscrimination Policy for UC Publications.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/career-opportunities-at-institute-on-aging/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 2\, College Ten Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences
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DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Sai Teja Peddinti\, Google \nAbstract: As the digital landscape expands\, traditional models of threat mitigation and user support are failing to keep pace with the unprecedented security\, privacy\, and safety challenges. Fortunately\, the rise of large language models (LLMs) offers a powerful new paradigm for defense. This talk explores how LLMs are being leveraged to improve digital privacy\, security\, and safety from the network layer down to the individual user. We will examine how LLMs are opening new frontiers in cybersecurity and solving complex challenges\, such as: inferring device identities through semantic analysis of network traffic\, mapping global privacy trends by distilling over a decade of app reviews\, and analyzing user help-seeking behaviors across millions of social media interactions. Ultimately\, this talk will demonstrate how AI is evolving from a technological novelty into an essential foundation for scalable\, proactive\, and human-centric digital defense. \nBio: Sai Teja Peddinti (https://www.saitejapeddinti.com) is a Staff Research Scientist at Google\, where his research focuses on the intersection of Privacy\, Security\, Artificial Intelligence\, and Data Mining. His research employs a multidisciplinary approach\, blending qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate user and developer privacy preferences and translate those insights into scalable privacy/security features using LLMs and large-scale data analysis. Sai Teja holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the NYU Tandon School of Engineering (2014). His research has garnered industry recognition\, including the IAPP SOUPS Privacy Award and finalist placements in major applied research competitions. Throughout his education\, he has been honored with numerous accolades. \nHosted by: Professor Ram Sundara Raman \nDate and Time: Wednesday\, June 3\, from 11:00 am – 12:15 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/93445911992?pwd=YkJ2TQtF79h0PcNXbEcpZLbpK0coiY.1&jst=3
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/12348/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:22nd Annual Graduate Research Symposium
DESCRIPTION:This event celebrates and highlights the work of UCSC graduate students in all academic divisions. Enrolled graduate students will present either a poster\, talk\, or mixed media presentation. Judges will select and award a top prize for each academic division. This event is free and open to the public. \nLocation : Science Hill\nResearch talks will be scheduled in BioMed 200\, BioMed 300 and PSB 240 from 1:00 – 2:30 PM\nThe poster session will be outside on the Plaza between PSB and the Science & Engineering Library\, 2:30 – 4:00 PM
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/22nd-annual-graduate-research-symposium/
LOCATION:Physical Sciences Building\, Physical Sciences Building\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Xu\, D. (BMEB) - Interplay Between CENP-A\, DNA Methylation\, and H3K9me3 in Defining Centromere Identity
DESCRIPTION:Centromeres ensure proper chromosome segregation during cell division\, yet the organization and regulation of centromeric chromatin within satellite DNA arrays remain incompletely understood. Here\, we leverage the complete diploid human genome benchmark (T2T-HG002) to provide a detailed study of centromeric sequence and chromatin architecture on individual haplotypes. Using adaptive-sampling-enriched\, ultra-long-read DiMeLo-seq\, we achieve single-molecule chromatin profiling across all centromeres\, revealing that along single chromatin fibers\, CENP-A\, the histone variant specifying centromere identity\, forms multiple discrete subdomains within hypomethylated centromere dip regions (CDRs) that are flanked by H3K9me3-enriched heterochromatin. Despite underlying sequence variation\, CDRs localize to sequence-homogeneous domains and maintain relatively balanced CENP-A dosage and aggregate length across all chromosomes and between haplotypes. Further\, we show that bidirectional changes to centromeric and pericentromeric DNA methylation are accompanied by changes to centromeric chromatin architecture. In passaged cells with centromeric hypomethylation\, subdomain boundaries are eroded\, and adjacent CENP-A domains tend to merge and expand. Conversely\, in pluripotent stem cells with centromeric hypermethylation\, CDRs are fundamentally reorganized\, such that discrete hypomethylated domains are frequently consolidated into broader contiguous tracts. These methylation-associated CDR restructuring events suggest that DNA methylation acts as a principal regulator of human centromere organization\, with implications for understanding centromere plasticity\, epigenetic inheritance\, and chromosomal instability in development and disease. \nEvent Host: Daniel Xu\, PhD Candidate\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics  \nAdvisor: Karen Miga \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/99197563825?pwd=meEWoi4ffdZ0K4Syo09Jr0ZbpPThMk.1
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/xu-d-bmeb-interplay-between-cenp-a-dna-methylation-and-h3k9me3-in-defining-centromere-identity/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou
DESCRIPTION:Anthropology Colloquium with Nellie Chu\nWednesday\, 6/3/2026 @ 3:30\nSocial Sciences 1\, Rm. 261 or Zoom \n\n\nTalk Abstract: This presentation takes the audience through the maze of dark alleyways of Guangzhou’s urban villages\, where small-scale\, unregulated jiagongchang sustain the “just in time” delivery of fast fashion worldwide. With an ethnographic focus on the Wongs\, a migrant family from neighboring Guangxi Province\, the talk elaborates the paradoxical condition of stalled mobility\, whereby migrants describe their labor as “free” even though they struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of fast fashion production. \nAs migrant bosses\, migrant bosses remain caught in the double bind of evading exploitation by clients and competitors while also exploiting other migrant laborers. Their experience demonstrates that accumulation by exploitation is a relational and dynamic practice that involves uncertain assertions of discipline and uneven power. Over time\, the freedom of physical and social mobility they experience wears off and transforms into a sense of freedom deferred. Stalled mobility highlights how migrant entrepreneurs like the Wongs\, and the temporary migrant workers they hire\, must negotiate the contradictory dynamics of mobility and immobility\, as well as freedom and unfreedom. These paradoxical conditions leave migrants vulnerable to the interests of multinational corporations like SHEIN that mobilize migratory labor power to serve the e-commerce platforms for global fast fashion.\n\nSpeaker Bio: Nellie Chu is Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Duke Kunshan University. Her ethnographic and interdisciplinary research focuses on transnational and domestic migrant entrepreneurs across the global supply chains of fast fashion in southern China. Her teaching interests include transnational capitalism\, migration (domestic and transnational)\, gendered labor\, fashion\, and commodity culture. \nShe is the author of the book\, Precarious Accumulation: Fast Fashion Bosses in Transnational Guangzhou (Duke University Press\, 2026). She has papers published in leading academic journals\, including Cultural Anthropology\, positions: east asia critique\, Modern Asian Studies\, Culture\, Theory\, and Critique\, and Journal of Modern Craft. Her work can also be found in Made in China Journal\, Youth Circulations\, and Noema Magazine. She has served on the editorial board of the flagship journal\, Cultural Anthropology (2022-2025).
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/precarious-accumulation-fast-fashion-bosses-in-transnational-guangzhou/
LOCATION:Social Sciences 1\, Social Sciences 1\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Xie\, Y. (CM) - Crop Circles of Play: Forces and Formation in the Dyadic Magic Circle
DESCRIPTION:Cooperative two-player play produces distinctive social experiences between players: intimacy\, trust\, cooperation\, communitas. Since Huizinga\, the frame within which these experiences arise has been called the Magic Circle: a temporarily-set-apart space through which play does its social work. It has been a central organizing concept across game studies\, performance theory\, and HCI because it points to a basic human capacity: the way play transforms activity that\, on its own\, would mean nothing into shared experiences of intimacy\, trust\, and communitas. Yet a century on\, after generations of theoretical elaboration and equally vigorous contestation\, the Magic Circle remains theoretically rich but empirically elusive\, invoked by Huizinga\, Goffman\, Stenros\, and others but never located in observable interaction. Locating it empirically would let us observe what shapes any given Magic Circle and how that shape develops over the course of play: the game itself\, each player’s prior experience with games and streams\, the histories they bring to each other\, and whatever else is pressing on the shared frame. It would help explain why two dyads playing the same game produce different experiences\, a particular concern for educational games\, serious games\, and art games that aim to deliver a specific message or outcome to players. This proposal argues that the dyadic Magic Circle becomes observable when two players meet over a shared game and must negotiate their individual senses of “what this play is” into a shared frame. It treats this negotiated frame as a Crop Circle: a pattern pressed into recorded interaction by forces (player pulls\, designer prescriptions\, external audiences)\, reconstructable through close multimodal reading. The proposal therefore asks: where\, in the recorded interaction of dyadic play\, can the negotiated Magic Circle be caught taking shape\, and what does its observable form reveal about how a designed game becomes a lived experience between two people? \nThis proposal examines the dyadic Magic Circle through five connected studies. Study 1 conducts a PRISMA systematic review of two-player game scholarship in the ACM Digital Library\, showing that the field has already documented Magic Circle phenomena and closely related interactional dynamics without naming them as such. Study 2 applies Interaction Analysis (Jordan and Henderson\, 1995) to publicly available stream footage of two-player cooperative gameplay performed for an external audience. Study 3 conducts a controlled lab study of dyadic cooperative gameplay\, using multimodal recording and post-session stimulated recall to capture the negotiated Magic Circle under private play conditions. Study 4 conducts a comparative reading of the Study 2 and Study 3 corpora to examine how the audience-versus-private frame\, as an external force\, imprints on the dyadic Magic Circle. Finally\, Study 5 reads across Studies 1-4 to identify what gives the Magic Circle its “magic”: the configurations of force and trace that produce the distinctive social experiences a century of play scholarship has been chasing\, and to articulate “design for the Magic Circle\, not for the experience” as a generative principle for cooperative game design. \nEvent Host: Yi Xie\, Ph.D. Student\, Computational Media \nAdvisor: Elin Carstensdottir \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/94258671135?pwd=qEkTZAQKI5avLf060hOycY1hgER2tX.1 \nPasscode: 650205
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/xie-y-cm-crop-circles-of-play-forces-and-formation-in-the-dyadic-magic-circle/
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SUMMARY:Kordonowy\, S. (CS) - The Role of Circuits in Near-Term Quantum Computation
DESCRIPTION:As quantum computing transitions from theory to practice\, understanding which algorithms suit near-term devices becomes critical. Current quantum computers are severely constrained by limited qubit counts\, short coherence times\, and high error rates that quickly degrade computation into noise. This thesis addresses two interconnected questions: what non-trivial computational tasks can near-term devices execute and how should algorithms be implemented to exploit available hardware? We examine circuit design as the bridge between these concerns\, analyzing how gate choices determine algorithmic efficiency and computational hardness. By deriving explicit circuit constructions\, we obtain tangible cost estimates for practical quantum computation\, enabling precise comparisons to classical approaches and identification of break-even points in system size and error rates. Understanding these trade-offs is essential for near-term quantum computing\, where experiments are expensive and error-prone. \nWe apply these ideas to three domains:\n1. Streaming: we provide circuit implementations for the Boolean Hidden Matching problem\, a combinatorial problem which exhibits exponential space separation compared to classical algorithms. We give explicit resource estimates and experimentally validate on Quantinuum’s trapped-ion hardware. We demonstrate that quantum advantage persists even when accounting for error correction overhead. \n2. Variational eigensolving: We examine how gate set choices influence trainability of variational quantum eigensolvers and provide Lie algebraic decompositions for differing gate sets. These decompositions are in turn used as a warm-starting heuristic to overcome barren plateaus\, a common problem in quantum machine learning tasks\, and improve convergence. We apply this technique to three combinatorial problems with primary focus on portfolio optimization. \n3. Cryptography: We develop a digital signature scheme based on circuit learning hardness and classical shadows. Error detection plays a direct role in the circuits considered\, with a focus on practical implementation for near-term devices. \nThese case studies demonstrate how careful circuit design can either mitigate near-term\nconstraints or expose where error correction becomes necessary to achieve quantum\nadvantage. \n  \nEvent Host: Steven Kordonowy\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science  \nAdvisor: Alexandra Kolla  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/9524731001?pwd=MzdrNmhidVBsTXNFbktBcjEvNmZIQT09&omn=96338496668  \nPasscode: J29XGi \n  \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/kordonowy-s-cs-the-role-of-circuits-in-near-term-quantum-computation/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:Okamoto\, F. (BMEB) - Improving read-to-pangenome alignment in complicated genomic regions
DESCRIPTION:Many genetics pipelines start by aligning sequencing reads to a reference genome. Aligners attempt to find the position in the reference sequence which best matches the read sequence\, but this breaks down when the reads come from a sample with variation relative to the reference. A proposed alternative\, pangenome graphs\, is supposed to fix such “reference bias” by including known variation within the reference itself. Yet read alignment is still difficult in graph regions featuring certain complex variation. I will address specific known limitations of pangenome read alignment by developing better methods to align reads to pangenomes (1) in centromeres\, (2) in regions with cycles\, (3) when a “split”/supplementary alignment is required\, and (4) for RNA-seq reads. \nEvent Host: Faith Okamoto\, Ph.D. Student\, Biomolecular Engineering & Bioinformatics \nAdvisor: Benedict Paten \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/3543092299?pwd=5xbPfPhxvoJlx24tusiOwPuLSjzwzb.1 \nPasscode: 767376
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/okamoto-f-bmeb-improving-read-to-pangenome-alignment-in-complicated-genomic-regions/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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SUMMARY:BME 280B Seminar: Accelerating the diagnosis of rare diseases using multi-omics
DESCRIPTION:Presenter: Stephen Montgomery\, Endowed Professor of Pathology\, Genetics\, Biomedical Data Science\, Computer Science\, Stanford University \n  \nDescription: N/A \n  \nBio: Stephen Montgomery is an Endowed Professor of Pathology\, Genetics\, Biomedical Data Science and\, by courtesy\, Computer Science at Stanford University. He has trained in multiple countries including Canada\, Germany\, England\, and Switzerland. He is best known for his work mapping the effects of genetic variation to gene expression and authored the first publications that compared whole genomes and transcriptome data within a human population and pioneered the use of molecular outliers to identify impactful rare variants (Montgomery et al\, 2010\, Montgomery et al\, 2011). \nHosted by: Professor Karen Miga\, BME Department
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/bme-280b-seminar-accelerating-the-diagnosis-of-rare-diseases-using-multi-omics/
LOCATION:Biomedical Sciences\, Biomedical Sciences Building Red Hill Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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SUMMARY:Lietz\, R. (CM) - Reflecting on Failure: Designing and Evaluating Archetype Profiles as a Tool for Self-Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Self-reflection holds significant potential for learning\, behavior change\, and emotional processing\, yet designing technologies that effectively support it remains challenging\, particularly when reflection involves difficult experiences such as failure. Most current technologies avoid negative experiences altogether\, leaving users without support at precisely the moments when reflection could be most valuable.\nThis dissertation investigates how technology can better support self-reflection through three mixed-methods studies. The first examines how people experience and reflect on failure\, revealing how identity\, self-blame\, and emotional avoidance create barriers to productive reflection. These findings informed an iterative design process through which archetype profiles emerged as a promising reflective format. The second study evaluated archetype profiles against standard graph-based visualizations\, finding that the quiz-profile sequence effectively scaffolded reflection by supporting emotional re-engagement followed by cognitive reframing. The third study extended this work into a collaborative context\, examining archetype profiles derived from sleep tracking data as shareable artifacts for social reflection. Across these studies\, this dissertation contributes empirical insights into reflection on failure and design knowledge about archetype profiles as a reflective format. \nEvent Host: Rebecca Lietz\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computational Media \nAdvisor: Steve Whittaker \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/7855885795?pwd=RS9mWXhQOXNyNmRVSzQrd1MzamJVQT09 \nPasscode: 172404
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/lietz-r-cm-reflecting-on-failure-designing-and-evaluating-archetype-profiles-as-a-tool-for-self-reflection/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T153000
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SUMMARY:Imlau Dagostini\, J. (CSE) - Intent-Driven Orchestration for Scientific Computing
DESCRIPTION:The growing complexity of high-performance computing (HPC) systems poses a fundamental challenge for domain scientists\, whose primary objective is to obtain scientifically valid results rather than to optimize resource utilization. Modern leadership-class facilities combine heterogeneous CPUs\, GPUs\, and specialized accelerators across systems that simultaneously support traditional scientific simulations and AI-driven workloads. This creates a vast\, machine-dependent configuration space that even experienced systems researchers find difficult to navigate. In practice\, users must explicitly specify resources\, node counts\, and walltime estimates before submitting jobs to an orchestrator\, resulting in iterative trial-and-error that wastes both human effort and compute resources. \nThis thesis proposes an intent-driven orchestration middleware for scientific computing\, in which domain scientists express high-level computational goals rather than low-level resource parameters\, and the system assumes responsibility for identifying configurations that satisfy those goals efficiently. This thesis proposal builds on a completed study of the computational performance of pangenome mapping\, a representative workload of data-intensive pipelines increasingly common in modern science. We demonstrate that tailoring tuning parameters to specific inputs and architectures yields significant performance improvements while exposing the depth of the configuration search problem that motivates this thesis. We then present an in-progress user-aware\, intent-driven middleware that uses surrogate models to aid this exploration and map high-level goals to suitable configurations. We end this presentation by proposing a cluster-aware orchestrator that enables existing HPC resource managers to support intent-aware decision-making. \nEvent Host: Jessica Imlau Dagostini\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Abel Souza \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93851280425?pwd=v4ONi9N5UlfZmsMqiI4gSkxFXe0oaX.1 \nPasscode: 835985 \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/imlau-dagostini-j-cse-intent-driven-orchestration-for-scientific-computing/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Engineering\, Baskin Engineering 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T193000
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SUMMARY:POSTPONED—Celebrating Agroecology: A book talk with Author Bruce H. Jennings and Mayor Fred Keeley
DESCRIPTION:This event has been postponed. \nJoin us for a conversation with Author Bruce H. Jennings and Santa Cruz Mayor Fred Keeley about Jennings’ new book\, Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for Agroecology in the Americas. \nRSVP \nAbout the book\nAs the climate crisis becomes more urgent and issues of social inequality intensify\, Revolutionary Science: The Struggle for Agroecology in the Americas shows how agroecology offers hope rooted in a deeper understanding of ecology\, society\, and collective struggle. In the 1940s\, a US-backed campaign spread industrial agriculture across the Americas\, dismantling traditional farming systems that had sustained campesino communities for generations. The result was ecological damage\, cultural loss\, and deepened inequality. Amid this devastation\, a group of Latin American scientists chose another path. Working alongside farmers\, Indigenous communities\, and social movements\, they helped shape a new vision — agroecology: a science grounded in ecology\, cultural respect\, and political commitment to those most marginalized. Revolutionary Science tells their story and asks a vital question: Can agroecology thrive as both a science and a movement strong enough to advance livelihood for millions of campesinos and many others across the Americas?
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/celebrating-agroecology-a-book-talk-with-author-bruce-h-jennings-and-mayor-fred-keeley/
LOCATION:Hay Barn\, 94 Ranch View Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260604T190000
DTSTAMP:20260520T212250Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260520T212250Z
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SUMMARY:Business Administration in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to build practical leadership\, finance\, marketing\, and management skills for today’s dynamic business environment. \nReynold Lewke\, M.S.\, M.B.A\, LLB\, a corporate attorney\, litigator\, author\, and business advisor\, will explore how AI is reshaping business operations\, decision-making\, and strategy\, and how emerging technologies are being integrated across the field. Attendees will gain insight into upcoming courses\, evolving career pathways\, and the skills professionals need to drive performance and adapt in today’s rapidly changing marketplace. \nKeep learning this summer\n\nSupply Chain Operations Management | May 30\nBusiness Communications | June 17\nFinance I\, Fundamentals | June 22\nFinance for the Business Professional | July 9\nManaging Global Supply Chains | Aug. 8\n\nExplore our course catalog to see the full course lineup. \nClaim your seat!
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/business-administration-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T100000
DTSTAMP:20260527T160819Z
CREATED:20260527T160819Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260527T160819Z
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SUMMARY:Chen\, Z. (CSE) - GPU Subgroup Semantics for Portable High-Performance Kernels
DESCRIPTION:Modern high-performance GPU kernels increasingly rely on subgroup-level execution\, including subgroup-level communication\, subgroup operations\, and matrix operations. These features are essential for workloads such as matrix multiplication and FlashAttention\, but their language-level guarantees remain difficult to reason about. Existing programming models often leave unclear which threads participate in subgroup operations\, when subgroup threads are required to execute together\, and what synchronization is implied by subgroup-level operations. This ambiguity becomes especially important in portable GPU programming\, where the same kernel may run across devices with different subgroup sizes\, compiler stacks\, browser backends\, and hardware execution behavior. \nMy research studies how precise subgroup semantics can support portable and correct high-performance GPU kernels. SIMT-Step\, my main completed work\, develops a formal and flexible operational semantics for GPU subgroup execution. It introduces dynamic blocks to specify converged subgroup execution and subgroup-operation participation\, classifies instructions as independent\, synchronous\, or collective to express a spectrum of candidate subgroup semantics\, and validates these models through a TLA+ implementation and an empirical fuzzing study across real GPUs. My systems work studies how subgroup-dependent kernels behave in practice\, including WebGPU FlashAttention kernels for LLM inference\, tunable WebGPU kernels for performance portability\, and Vulkan-based execution for heterogeneous SoCs. Building on these foundations\, my proposed verification work develops data-race-free checking techniques for ML kernels that rely on subgroup operations and matrix operations. Together\, these projects aim to clarify the execution guarantees that optimized GPU kernels can rely on and to support portable GPU programming systems whose performance and correctness can be reasoned about across diverse hardware. \nEvent Host: Zheyuan Chen\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Tyler Sorensen \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/92175288480?pwd=jGajtqerVbKuW1FPNr3awqOYoxATsp.1&jst=3 \nPasscode: 693354
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/chen-z-cse-gpu-subgroup-semantics-for-portable-high-performance-kernels/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T132000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T142500
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SUMMARY:BME80G Seminar – Sheril Kirshenbaum\, "Science in Policymaking"
DESCRIPTION:Please note: Following this lecture\, the Genomics Institute’s Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Committee will host a reception on the Baskin Engineering Lanai with Dr. Kirshenbaum where we can continue the discussion on how to effectively engage lawmakers and the public to value and support genomic science. \nPresenter: Dr. Sheril Kirshenbaum \nAbstract: Science shapes our world\, but meaningful policy engagement and understanding of research and innovation are critical if new advances are to reach their full potential. Dr. Sheril Kirshenbaum will share her research on science in policymaking and reflect on her experiences serving as a science advisor in Congress. The talk will explore effective strategies for engaging policymakers and staff\, countering misinformation\, promoting evidence-based decision-making\, and strengthening the role of science in the policy process. \nAbout the speaker: Dr. Sheril Kirshenbaum is an Emmy Award-winning scientist and author in the Office of Research and Innovation at Michigan State University\, and an assistant professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences. Her research explores how senior policymakers in the U.S. government make decisions about science and she has worked in the U.S. Senate with Senator Gary Peters (MI) and Bill Nelson (FL). She also hosts and writes the PBS series Serving Up Science with WKAR about the global food system and its impact on the environment and our health. Kirshenbaum is the author of The Science of Kissing and Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future (with Chris Mooney)\, and co-founded the NGO Science Debate. \nHosted by: Professor Karen Miga\, BME Department
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/bme80g-seminar-sheril-kirshenbaum-science-in-policymaking/
LOCATION:Jack Baskin Auditorium\, 191 Baskin Cir\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Seminars
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260605T193000
DTSTAMP:20260317T184453Z
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SUMMARY:Science in the Neighborhood: The earthquake problem
DESCRIPTION:Science In the Neighborhood\nA public lecture series hosted quarterly by the UC Santa Cruz Science Division \nThe earthquake problem\nPresentation by Emily Brodsky\, Professor\, UC Santa Cruz\nQ&A with Stefano Profumo\, Associate Dean of Science\, UC Santa Cruz \nRegister here. \nEarthquake prediction has simultaneously remained both the central\, unsolved problem in seismology and the issue that communities care about most—especially here in Northern California. Earth & Planetary Sciences Professor Emily Brodsky will discuss what we do and do not know about when earthquakes will happen. She will explain what we understand about the basic mechanics of faults and how drilling into faults has transformed our understanding of how earthquakes happen. Her talk will also explore how the machine learning revolution is powering a transformation in forecasting aftershocks\, as well as look ahead toward the kind of instrumentation and approaches that offer the most promise for the next big advances. \nThe event is in-person only. Register here. \nFriday\, June 5\, 2026 | 6:00–7:30 p.m.\nCoastal Biology Building. Rm. 110\nUC Santa Cruz Coastal Campus\n130 McAllister Way\nSanta Cruz\, CA 95060 \nThe screenshot below shows where to find the entrance of the Coastal Biology Building.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/science-in-the-neighborhood-the-earthquake-problem/
LOCATION:Coastal Biology Building\, 130 McAllister Way\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95060
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260606T120000
DTSTAMP:20251211T171734Z
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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.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/first-saturday-tour-at-the-arboretum/2026-06-06/
LOCATION:Arboretum\, 122 Arboretum Road\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T190000
DTSTAMP:20260526T184640Z
CREATED:20260526T184640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260526T184640Z
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SUMMARY:AI Trends in Project Management
DESCRIPTION:Build the skills organizations need most\nSkilled project and program managers remain in demand across many industries as organizations seek professionals who can plan strategically\, manage risks\, and deliver results on time and on budget. \nLearn what drives successful teams and projects\nDuring this interactive online session\, you’ll learn about key roles in project and program management and the essential skills—leadership\, communication\, and Agile practices—that help professionals stand out in today’s fast-moving workplace. \nYour speakers\nTim Bombosch and Bhawna Dua of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Project and Program Management program share their industry perspectives and highlight program courses that are designed to build practical project leadership\, communication\, and career advancement skills. \nClaim your seat today. 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/ai-trends-in-project-management/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260519T215012Z
CREATED:20260518T230831Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T215012Z
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SUMMARY:June Slugs and Steins with Distinguished Professor Andrew Fisher
DESCRIPTION:Opportunities to enhance groundwater recharge with net metering and levee setbacks\nAs climate change\, population growth\, and changing land use put increasing pressure on groundwater supplies\, communities are searching for smarter and more sustainable ways to manage water. One promising approach is “managed recharge” — guiding stormwater and excess surface water back into underground aquifers to replenish vital water reserves.\n\nIn this talk\, we’ll explore how managed recharge works\, why it matters\, and how it can benefit communities\, agriculture\, ecosystems\, and long-term water resilience. We’ll look at how heavy rain events and stormwater runoff — often viewed as problems — can become valuable opportunities to restore groundwater supplies when managed effectively and responsibly. \nThe talk will also highlight emerging research on where and how recharge projects can succeed without causing unintended environmental impacts\, along with a new incentive program designed to support landowners and tenants who help maintain these systems on their properties. We’ll consider how groundwater recharge efforts can connect with flood-risk reduction and river restoration strategies\, creating multi-benefit solutions for the future of water management. \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/june-slugs-and-steins-with-professor-andrew-fisher/
LOCATION:
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T130000
DTSTAMP:20260526T194445Z
CREATED:20260526T194326Z
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SUMMARY:Shen\, G. (CSE) - Library-Level Choreographic Programming
DESCRIPTION:Modern software increasingly relies on distributed systems to provide accessible\, scalable\,\nand reliable services. Choreographic programming brings a global perspective to distributed\nsystem development: programmers write a single program that describes the behavior of a\nwhole system\, and a compiler projects that global description into local programs run by each\nnode. By making distributed control flow explicit\, choreographic programming can rule out\nimportant classes of errors\, including deadlocks. This dissertation investigates library-level\nchoreographic programming\, an approach that embeds choreographic abstractions in existing\nhost languages rather than implementing them as standalone languages. The central claim\nis that the library approach can retain the safety and global reasoning principles of chore-\nographic programming while taking advantage of the host language’s features\, tools\, and\necosystem. First\, we present HasChor\, a first-of-its-kind library-level choreographic program-\nming language in Haskell\, built using freer monads. Next\, we generalize the design underlying\nHasChor to algebraic effects\, giving library-level implementations in Agda and OCaml. Fi-\nnally\, we present Parkour\, a backward-compatible extension to HasChor that adds a construct\nfor expressing parallel behavior in choreographies. Together\, these systems show that chore-\nographic programming can be implemented\, generalized\, and extended at the library level\,\nmaking global programming techniques available within practical host-language settings. \nEvent Host: Gan Shen\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science & Engineering  \nAdvisor: Lindsey Kuper  \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/93790633483?pwd=Jg8JlISsrwjLBaQIi1KdHk36bNMIv7.1 \nPasscode: 902041 \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/shen-g-cse-library-level-choreographic-programming/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260609T130000
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SUMMARY:Kim\, C. (CSE)- Toward Adaptive Graph Processing and Fault-Tolerant Agentic Inference on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
DESCRIPTION:Edge computing and distributed AI systems increasingly operate under heterogeneous resources\, dynamic workloads\, and frequent failures\, requiring both adaptivity and fault tolerance for efficient execution. In heterogeneous edge clusters\, nodes differ significantly in CPU throughput\, memory capacity\, and network bandwidth\, while modern distributed GPU clusters supporting agentic LLM inference must recover large amounts of runtime state under routine failures. This dissertation addresses these challenges through two systems: Zsiga\, an adaptive distributed graph processing system for heterogeneous edge clusters\, and Forte\, a fault-tolerant KV cache recovery system for distributed agentic LLM inference. \nZsiga improves connected component computation through capacity-aware graph partitioning and runtime-adaptive boundary migration\, reducing execution time by up to 90.9% while eliminating out-of-memory failures under heterogeneous resource constraints. Forte addresses KV cache recovery for long-running agentic inference workloads\, where failures can erase accumulated reasoning trajectories and tool interaction histories. Forte exploits the observation that not all KV blocks are equally critical\, introducing criticality-aware erasure coding\, domain-diverse placement\, and prioritized foreground recovery to enable efficient recovery under correlated failures. Experimental results show that Forte is the only evaluated scheme that successfully resumes execution under correlated domain failures\, reducing foreground stall by 89.7% and end-to-end recovery latency by 50.6–58.9% at 2.0$\times$ memory overhead. Together\, these systems demonstrate how adaptivity and fault tolerance can improve the efficiency and resilience of distributed systems in heterogeneous and failure-prone environments. \nEvent Host: Chaeeun Kim\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Chen Qian & Liting Hu \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/9863615188?pwd=kTka0aZXJ070tor1EKvrt3X6AveBRp.1 \nPasscode:  cG5SL8 \n  \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/kim-c-cse-toward-adaptive-graph-processing-and-fault-tolerant-agentic-inference-on-heterogeneous-distributed-systems/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260610T190000
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SUMMARY:What can you do with data?
DESCRIPTION:Data Analysts Are Still in Demand\nAs organizations across industries rely more on data-driven decision-making\, skilled data analysts continue to be highly sought after. While the job market is more competitive—especially for entry-level roles—professionals with in-demand skills like SQL\, Python\, data visualization\, and AI-assisted analytics stand out. \nYour speaker\nJoin Parthasarathy Padmanabhan\, M.B.A.\, principal software engineer at one of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies\, as he offers insights into the field and his upcoming courses: \nDashboards and Data Visualization | June 22\nPython for Data Analysis | July 25 \nKeep learning\nExplore our course catalog to see the full course lineup. \n  \nClaim your seat. 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/what-can-you-do-with-data/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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SUMMARY:SocDoc M.F.A. Thesis Screening
DESCRIPTION:The Social Documentation M.F.A. Thesis Screening is a yearly event held by the Film and Digital Media Department. This event is part of the Social Documentation M.F.A. program\, and involves second-year students presenting a 20-minute documentary film they have produced while in the program. Films are screened sequentially at the Del Mar Theater\, with a Q&A with the student filmmakers at the end.\n—\nADMISSION\n– FREE and open to the public\n—\nPARKING\nNearby Parking Lots\n– Lot No. 3: The Cedar/Church Garage 800 Cedar St (270 feet W)\n– Soquel Front Garage 601 Front St (444 feet SE)\n– Lot No. 8: The Pearl Alley Parking Lot 710 Cedar St (525 feet SW)\n– Lot No. 16: The Sentinel Parking Lot 204 Church St (575 feet W) \n—\nEVENT POSTER \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/socdoc-mfa-thesis-screening/
LOCATION:Landmark’s Del Mar Theatre
CATEGORIES:Film Screening,Lectures & Presentations
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SUMMARY:Where Hardware Meets Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Embedded Systems: Build the Intelligence Behind the Hardware\nJoin Juergen Kienhoefer to explore the foundations of embedded systems and how firmware powers the devices we use every day—plus get an introduction to how AI is transforming the field. \nLearn how the Embedded Firmware Essentials course prepares you to develop low-level software\, interface with hardware components\, and build reliable real-time applications for microcontrollers and embedded platforms\, while gaining insight into emerging trends like AI at the edge. Discover how this hands-on course can help advance your career in embedded systems engineering. \nYour speaker\nJuergen Kienhoefer\, instructor of the Embedded Firmware Essentials course\, also teaches Embedded Linux Design and Programming\, which kicks off June 26. \nKeep learning\nExplore our course catalog to see the full course lineup. \n  \nClaim your seat today. 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/where-hardware-meets-intelligence/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260615T150000
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SUMMARY:Tang\, M. (STAT) - Bayesian Modeling and Scalable Inference for Count Time Series in Infectious Disease Surveillance
DESCRIPTION:Real-time monitoring of infectious disease outbreaks calls for statistical models that recover interpretable quantities such as the time-varying reproduction number from noisy count data\, track posterior uncertainty\, and run on time scales compatible with daily updates. Existing methods address these aims through separate model classes. Discretized Hawkes processes\, Poisson autoregressions\, and distributed lag models each capture self-exciting transmission through alternative parameterizations of the same conditional mean structure\, but they have been developed across separate software packages with model-specific inference routines\, which makes structural model comparison cumbersome in practice. This dissertation develops a unified Bayesian framework for count time series in disease surveillance\, organized around three threads. First\, a class of dynamic generalized transfer function models places the three modeling families inside a common modular state-space class built from six independent components. A hybrid variational algorithm combines sequential Monte Carlo on the latent trajectory with stochastic gradient ascent on the static parameters. Second\, a multivariate extension to spatially connected regions\, a Bayesian network Hawkes model\, jointly estimates time-varying source-specific reproduction numbers and a sparse transmission network learned from data through a regularized horseshoe prior. The observed reproduction number at each\nlocation is decomposed into a local component and an imported component. Posterior inference proceeds through a blocked Markov chain Monte Carlo sampler\, with a particle Laplace variational counterpart developed for routine refits at larger spatial scales. Third\, an R package implements the unified univariate framework through a compositional specification interface aligned with the six modular components\, with the two inference engines available behind a single entry point. The methods are illustrated through simulation studies and applications to daily COVID-19 case counts from Santa Cruz County and from ten California counties. \nEvent Host: Meini Tang\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Statistical Science  \nAdvisor: Raquel Prado \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/97990210796?pwd=e59WbsNrYgYSITmMw0OIT5f1SQThEN.1 \nPasscode:  479460
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/tang-m-stat-bayesian-modeling-and-scalable-inference-for-count-time-series-in-infectious-disease-surveillance/
LOCATION:Engineering 2\, Engineering 2 1156 High Street\, Santa Cruz\, CA\, 95064
CATEGORIES:Ph.D. Presentations
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260616T100000
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SUMMARY:Just-In-Time (all-majors) Virtual Career & Internship Fair
DESCRIPTION:Undergraduate and graduate students and recent alumni interested in pursuing careers in all industries are welcome to attend. Get the chance to meet recruiters from all industries/firms seeking to fill internship\, full-time\, and part-time roles. Connect virtually and take essential steps toward laying the foundation for your future career and potentially even land an interview! \nHelpful Resources: \n\nHow to Prepare for the Fair\nHow to Prepare (video)\nGuide from Handshake\nSigning up for Sessions\nCheck Video Requirements\n\nNeed support during the fair? Career Success is here to help! Please login to “Ask a Peer” \nYou will receive registration and additional information via Handshake emails. Please make sure to check your junk/spam folder if you are not receiving the following information. \nHandshake is committed to building an accessible product\, as well as an ongoing\, sustainable process for maintaining accessibility. Please contact slugtalent@ucsc.edu if you need accessibility support at least two weeks prior to the fair date. \nWe will not cancel an event due to a power outage. If your power goes out during the fair\, please email slugtalent@ucsc.edu. \nCareer Fair registrations are made without endorsement\, direct or implied\, by Career Success or UCSC. Career Success educates students about various opportunities and ensures equity of access to campus recruiting activities for all employers who abide by our Employer Policies. Individual students are encouraged to determine which employers align with their diverse talents\, values\, and interests. \n  \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. \n 
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/just-in-time-all-majors-virtual-career-internship-fair/
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SUMMARY:Carrión\, H. (CSE) - Deep Learning Algorithms for Medical Image Representation Learning and Understanding
DESCRIPTION:AI-assisted clinical decisions in medicine\, and particularly in dermatology\, demand fine-grained understanding across diverse skin tones\, body sites\, and disease types\, yet expert-annotated datasets are scarce\, demographically imbalanced\, and almost devoid of rare presentations. This dissertation develops four deep learning systems for this low-label\, low-coverage regime. We introduce HealNet\, which learns wound healing stages from longitudinal photographs without any human labels\, reaching 90.6% downstream stage-classification accuracy on a small longitudinal cohort. The Fair\, Efficient\, and Diverse Diffusion (FEDD) model then leverages powerful diffusion-model embeddings to build a skin-tone-fair\, data-efficient classifier for skin lesions\, matching or exceeding state-of-the-art performance while using only 5-20% of available labels and contributing explicit skin-tone-stratified fairness evaluation of the work. Next\, Controllable Generation of Diverse Dermatological Imagery (cgDDI) re-tasks this diffusion model to controllably synthesize skin-tone-balanced dermatological imagery\, growing a small biopsy-confirmed dataset by over 400x and reaching state-of-the-art 90.9% accuracy and improved fairness in malignancy classification\, with a +13.9% cross-dataset gain on the Fitzpatrick17k benchmark. Finally\, we introduce D-Synth and DermDepth: a synthetic dermoscopic dataset with pixel-perfect 3D ground truth and a metric-scale foundation model that closes the loop into 3D dermatology\, correcting metric scale error from over 16x to under 1.1x on real dermoscopic data and enabling single-photograph measurement of lesion reconstruction: size\, area\, and volume without specialized hardware. All data\, code\, and models are released openly to support reproducibility and ongoing fairness research. \nEvent Host:  Héctor Carrión\, Ph.D. Candidate\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Narges Norouzi \nZoom: https://ucsc.zoom.us/j/96678782408?pwd=71f0ObEnUMNgkZ9NYnpbFLMlg1Pdm0.1 \nPasscode: 0FMVtz
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/carrion-h-cse-deep-learning-algorithms-for-medical-image-representation-learning-and-understanding/
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SUMMARY:Wang\, Z. (CSE) - From Static Alignment to Adaptive Safety: Toward Reliable and Capable AI Systems
DESCRIPTION:Modern AI systems are rapidly moving beyond static text generation toward capable models and agents that reason\, use tools\, store memories\, and update persistent state\, yet safety methods still often assume a fixed model whose behavior can be controlled by output-level refusal. This leaves critical gaps in understanding why aligned models fail under adversarial pressure\, how to align reasoning models without suppressing their useful capabilities\, and how to preserve safety once capability and control are externalized into editable agent state. My research proposes a static-to-adaptive safety framework for building reliable and capable AI systems: studying the mechanisms that shape behavior inside models\, using reasoning capability as a substrate for safety alignment\, and governing persistent state as agents learn and adapt over time. We instantiate this agenda through two completed works and three proposed directions. AttnGCG studies adversarial failures in aligned language models\, showing how jailbreak attacks can manipulate model attention and expose limitations of output-level safety analysis. STAR-1 studies safety alignment for large reasoning models\, showing that policy-grounded reasoning data can improve safety while largely preserving general reasoning capability. Building on these foundations\, we further study when editable agent harnesses meaningfully affect future behavior\, how persistent state creates new safety risks\, and how adaptive agents can safely update state while preserving useful learning. Together\, my research aims to move beyond static alignment alone\, toward AI systems whose safety remains reliable as their capabilities expand through reasoning and adaptation. \nEvent Host: Zijun Wang\, Ph.D. Student\, Computer Science & Engineering \nAdvisor: Cihang Xie  \nZoom ID:  962 8317 0929 \nPasscode: 687715
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/wang-z-cse-from-static-alignment-to-adaptive-safety-toward-reliable-and-capable-ai-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260622T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260622T190000
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SUMMARY:Designing for Today's Digital World
DESCRIPTION:Design digital experiences people love to use.\nIn today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape\, organizations need professionals who can combine empathy\, usability\, and aesthetics to create interfaces that engage and delight users. Learn how UX and web design specialists use research‑driven methods\, prototyping tools\, and inclusive design principles to build seamless digital experiences across platforms. \nSpeaker\nJoin Nicole Sharratt\, chair of the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension User Experience & Web Design program\, for an inside look at how our courses equip you with the skills to lead user‑centered design projects—whether you’re shaping websites\, apps or digital products. \nCLAIM YOUR SEAT TODAY.
URL:https://live-events-ucsc.pantheonsite.io/event/designing-for-todays-digital-world/
LOCATION:Silicon Valley Campus\, 3175 Bowers Avenue\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations,Meetings & Conferences,Training
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