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Join a community of more than 1,000 doctoral and master’s students who are driven by curiosity and a passion to make a positive impact to our world through advances in computing.

Faculty Recruiting

ICS is recruiting for multiple tenure-track faculty positions. We are seeking candidates, individuals or in groups, with a passion for research, teaching, and real-world impact.

Upcoming Events

November12

AI/ML Seminar Series

Prediction, Confidence, and Calibration in the Age of Deep Learning

Padhraic Smyth

Distinguished Professor, Hasso Plattner Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, UC Irvine

11:00 AM

4011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: A natural question in the deployment of modern machine learning models (such as LLMs) is whether they can accurately self-assess confidence in their predictions…

November12

Statistics Seminar Series

Statistical Attribute Alignment for Black-Box Generative AI

Jason Klusowski

Associate Professor, Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE), Princeton University

4:00 PM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Generative AI offers a powerful way to create synthetic data for simulation, training, and evaluation. But what if a model generates outputs with an…

November12

Alumni Event

Connect the Zots: Seattle

Apella by Alexandria

1150 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98109

6:00 PM

Apella by Alexandria,

Connect the Zots is back, bringing UC Irvine alumni together in cities around the world for one night of networking, nostalgia and community. Seattle-area alumni…

November13

ACO Seminar Series

The Value of Errors in Proofs (a fascinating journey from Turing’s 1936 R != RE to the 2020 breakthrough of MIP* = RE )

Avi Wigderson

Herbert H. Maass Professor, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

11:00 AM

CAL IT 2, Auditorium, Calit2

*This talk requires no special mathematical background. Abstract: In the year 2020, a group of theoretical computer scientists posted a paper on the Arxiv with…

November19

Statistics Seminar Series

Rating Competitors in Games with Strength-dependent Tie Probabilities

Mark Glickman

Senior Lecturer on Statistics, Harvard University

4:00 PM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Competitor rating systems for head-to-head games are typically used to measure playing strength from game outcomes. Ratings computed from these systems are often used…

November20

CS Seminar Series

LLM-Based Auto-Formalization for Trustworthy Planning

Harry Zhang

Assistant Professor, Drexel University

11:00 AM

6011, Donald Bren Hall

Abstract: Despite recent efforts in using large language models (LLMs) to plan as agents, their hallucination and lack of verifiability undermine executability and trust, preventing…

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