Week of Events
Monday, August 10, 2026
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Hybrid EventAugust 10, 2026Zhao, Z. (CSE) – TOWARD VERIFIABLE REASONING IN LLMS
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Virtual EventAugust 10, 2026August Slugs and Steins with Professor Barbara Rogoff
Zhao, Z. (CSE) – TOWARD VERIFIABLE REASONING IN LLMS
Chain-of-thought (CoT) prompting can improve final-answer performance, but it does not guarantee that intermediate reasoning steps are faithful, valid, or checkable. This proposal studies how formal methods can make natural-language reasoning more reliable by translating CoT rationales into Lean artifacts, checking the resulting theorem statements and proofs, and using compiler feedback to diagnose and repair […]
August Slugs and Steins with Professor Barbara Rogoff
Learning to be Community-Minded How do children learn to be part of a community, attentive to what’s going on around them and pitching in to help out? Barbara Rogoff builds on her 50+ years researching and participating with a Mayan community in Guatemala to make the case that people everywhere can learn from Indigenous cultural […]
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
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Wednesday, August 12, 2026
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August 12, 2026Chat with the AI Chair
Chat with the AI Chair
AI is advancing faster than ever. Join Praveen Krishna, chair of the AI Program Advisory Board, for a discussion of the latest developments shaping the field, from Agentic AI and AI orchestration to enterprise deployment, emerging regulations, local AI models, and breakthrough innovations. This is a monthly conversation series. Each session highlights timely trends and concludes […]
Thursday, August 13, 2026
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August 13, 2026Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career
Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career
Working Hard Isn’t Enough: The Unspoken Rules That Shape Your Career With Ricky Koo Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026 | Noon PT Virtual via Zoom Hosted by UCLA Alumni Association, open to all UC alumni As a first-generation immigrant, career coach Ricky Koo was taught to work hard, stay humble, and let results speak. Sound familiar? […]
Friday, August 14, 2026
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Saturday, August 15, 2026
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Sunday, August 16, 2026
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