AI CoP Spring Symposium 2025 | Office of Teaching & Learning

AI in Action: Insights from the UCSB Community

AI CoP Spring Symposium | April 28 – May 2, 2025

The week-long symposium explores 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. It features daily keynotes, spotlight sessions and digital posters featuring insights from campus AI scholars, students, and practitioners.

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.

Explore the Program and Presentation Recordings

Time (PT)	Session Type	Presentations (on Zoom)
		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
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
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
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
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
12:00-1:00 pm	AI for Workplace Productivity	UCSB's Storkie the AI Chatbot Building Autonomous AI Agents: The Future of Intelligent Automation
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
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
12:00-1:00 pm	AI for Applications Development	AI-Enhanced Retrocomputing GitHub Copilot for Application Development: What We Discovered
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
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
		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
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
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

Explore the full AI CoP Spring Symposium program here.

Symposium Posters

flyer for leveraging ai for learning

Leveraging AI for Learning: Insights from a Course on Media & Children
Kylie Falcione and Veronica Wilson - Department of Communication

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flyer for using a random forest algorithm

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)

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flyer for HR initiative using gemini for google workspace

Gemini for Google Workspace: Pilot with UCSB Human Resources
Ben Price, ITS
Heather Heyerdahl, HR/FARM

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flyer for an ai enhanced content management system

Iris: An AI-enhanced Content Management System for Accessibility
Wong Zhao (CS - Student), Tianle Yu (CS - Student), Maryam Majedi (CS - Professor)

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flyer for ai-assisted question recommendation system

AI-Assisted Question Recommendation System for Equitable Evaluation
Brian Kim - CS Undergraduate Student; Tianle Yu - CS Undergraduate Student; Maryam Majedi - CS Assistant Teaching Professor

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flyer for SnipDue

SnipDue: AI-Powered Academic Deadline Management
Sammy Lesner - UCSB CS undergrad student, Jasmine Lesner - UCSB CS grad student

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flyer for agentic ai rag bot

Agentic AI RAG Bot
Christian Montecino - ITS

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flyer for stereotyping in scholarly discourse

Stereotyping in Scholarly Discourse: A Computational Semantic Analysis of Classical Scholarship using Word Embeddings
Cypris Roalsvig, Classics

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flyer for teaching ai ethics

Teaching AI Ethics: Ethical and Societal Implications of AI-Powered Search
Samantha Lesner CS Undergraduate Student - Maryam Majedi CS Assistant Teaching Professor

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flyer encouraging teachers allowing students to use ai

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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Past Events

AI CoP: AI Spring Symposium, 2024 (recordings)

Questions?

For questions, contact Dr. Lisa Berry (lisa_berry@ucsb.edu) or Deputy CIO Joe Sabado (joesabado@ucsb.edu).