AI in Action: Insights from the UCSB Community
AI CoP Spring Symposium | April 28 – May 2, 2025
Join us for a week-long symposium exploring the applications and implications of Artificial Intelligence at UCSB. Connect with campus AI scholars and practitioners, engage in meaningful discussions, and discover the latest research and AI innovations.
Hosted by UCSB’s AI Community of Practice, Office of Teaching and Learning, Office of the CIO, and the Department of Communication Rupe Conference, with support from the College of Letters and Science.
Reasons to Attend
- Learn: Attend the daily keynotes and spotlight sessions, or peruse the digital posters featuring insights from campus AI scholars, students, and practitioners.
- Rupe Conference Sessions: Dedicated sessions featuring Research on University Students' use of Generative AI and its Effects.
- Discover: Explore practical AI applications in education, research, and workplace environments.
- Network: Connect with faculty, researchers, students and staff interested in AI.
Register Today
Let us know which sessions you’ll join to learn more about AI at UCSB and connect with our vibrant community.
Explore the Program
| Time (PT) | Session Type | Presentations (on Zoom) | ||||||
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| Monday, April 28 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 am | Keynote | The Future of AI at UCSB: Focusing Attention through Mission and Strategy with Associate Vice Chancellor Linda Adler-Kassner and Chief Information Officer Josh Bright |
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| 10:30-11:30 am | AI for Research | The Algorithmic Gaze: AI and the Construction of Identity The Blue Marble – Expert designed, AI-supported Roadmaps for Navigating Environmental Science |
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| 12:00-1:00 pm | AI for Teaching & Research | The Agony and the Anxiety: Creating an AI Research Guide as Non-Experts Using AI in Qualitative Analysis |
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| 1:30-2:30 pm | Rupe Conference Day 1 | Using GenAI to Summarize and Present Research on Students’ Use of GenAI and Its Effects Ask UCSB: Lessons Learned from Conversations with UCSB Students about Using AI Learning Hooked on ChatGPT: Unraveling the Campus 'Aholic' Phenomenon and Its Impact on Student Life |
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| 3:00-4:00 pm | Tea and Chat (in-person) | Social: Posters, conversation and refreshments in SAASB 4th floor lobby | ||||||
| Tuesday, April 29 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 am | Keynote Rupe Conference | An Overview of Generative AI in Education and Research with Abdullahi Yusuf |
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| 12:00-1:00 pm | AI for Workplace Productivity | UCSB's Storkie the AI Chatbot Building Autonomous AI Agents: The Future of Intelligent Automation |
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| 1:30-2:30 pm | Rupe Conference Day 2 | Without Coaching, AI Access Can Impair Creative Thinking Longitudinal Trustworthiness in Generative AI: A Comparative Study of Individual Assessments and Collaborative Settings |
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| 3:00-4:00 pm | Tea and Chat (in-person) | Social: Conversation and refreshments in the Office of Teaching and Learning, Library room 1576 | ||||||
| Wednesday, April 30 | ||||||||
| 9:00-9:45 am | AI for Teaching - Rupe Presentation | ClassChat: UC Irvine's AI-Powered Instructional Assistant | ||||||
| 10:30-11:30 am | AI for Teaching | AI-Driven Immersion: Roleplaying the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Learning and AI in Clinical Medical Practice: The Cottage Hospital-UCSB Collaboration |
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| 12:00-1:00 pm | AI for Applications Development | AI-Enhanced Retrocomputing GitHub Copilot for Application Development: What We Discovered |
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| 1:30-2:30 pm | Rupe Conference Day 3 | Beyond Brainstorming: The Impact of Generative AI on Student Creativity Learning Together: The Role of Generative AI in Inclusive Research and Evolving Pedagogy |
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| 3:00-4:00 pm | AI for Workplace Productivity | Uncovering Customer Insights: Leveraging LLMs to Decode Support Tickets Navigating Process Improvement Challenges with AI Coaches |
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| Thursday, May 1 | ||||||||
| 9:00-10:00 am | Keynote | AI in Academia: Transforming the Future of Higher Education | ||||||
| 12:00-1:00 pm | Featured Student Presentations | At What Cost? Enabling and Accelerating Parameter Inference in Cosmology with Neural Emulators One Brain to Reconstruct Them All: Generalizing Visual Decoding of Brain Signals Across Subjects and Modalities |
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| 1:30-2:30 pm | Rupe Conference Day 4 | College Students’ Literacy, ChatGPT Activities, Educational Outcomes and Trust from a Digital Divide Perspective LLMs are Biased Teachers: Evaluating LLM Bias in Personalized Education |
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| 3:00-4:00 pm | AI for Teaching | Teaching Artificial Intelligence in a University Classroom: Experiences in the Field with an Eye Towards the Future | ||||||
| Friday, May 2 | ||||||||
| 1:00-3:00 pm | AI Symposium Reception (in-person) | Social: Poster Session and catered reception in Loma Pelona 1108 |
Symposium Posters
Leveraging AI for Learning: Insights from a Course on Media & Children
Kylie Falcione and Veronica Wilson - Department of Communication
Using Random Forest Algorithm to Understand Drivers of Biological and Hydrological Processes in Earth System Modeling
Sloane Stephenson & Naomi Tague (Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)
Gemini for Google Workspace: Pilot with UCSB Human Resources
Ben Price, ITS
Heather Heyerdahl, HR/FARM
Iris: An AI-enhanced Content Management System for Accessibility
Wong Zhao (CS - Student), Tianle Yu (CS - Student), Maryam Majedi (CS - Professor)
AI-Assisted Question Recommendation System for Equitable Evaluation
Brian Kim - CS Undergraduate Student; Tianle Yu - CS Undergraduate Student; Maryam Majedi - CS Assistant Teaching Professor
SnipDue: AI-Powered Academic Deadline Management
Sammy Lesner - UCSB CS undergrad student, Jasmine Lesner - UCSB CS grad student
Stereotyping in Scholarly Discourse: A Computational Semantic Analysis of Classical Scholarship using Word Embeddings
Cypris Roalsvig, Classics
Teaching AI Ethics: Ethical and Societal Implications of AI-Powered Search
Samantha Lesner CS Undergraduate Student - Maryam Majedi CS Assistant Teaching Professor
A Study Buddy, Not a Shortcut: An Asset-Based Approach to Cultivating Ethical Use of AI
Damhee Dee Dee Hong, Gevirtz School of Education
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Questions?
For questions, contact Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu).