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Here’s the full 2025 ICS Commencement Ceremony at UC Irvine, featuring speeches from student Leyna Nguyen and alumni Punit Shah!
Watch it here: bit.ly/462qycA
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Meet our 2025 Commencement speaker, Punit Shah! 🎓✨
Shah is an entrepreneur, researcher, consultant & ICS Hall of Fame inductee who earned his Bachelor’s degree in 2003 from the School of ICS.
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Congratulations to the ICS class of 2025! 🎓✨
Don't forget to complete the ICS Graduation Survey, which was emailed to graduating students, by June 30 to receive your free ICS license plate. 💙💛
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ALT Two illustrated anteaters in graduation regalia. One is holding a bouquet of flowers and making a "Zot!" hand gesture while the other is holding a diploma. The text reads "Congratulations ICS Graduates."
Informatics and education professor Bill Tomlinson thinks AI can do better. 🌟👩💻
His project "An AI That’s a Better Friend" isn’t just another chatbot. It’s designed to form synthetic social relationships.💡
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Senior Spotlight: Ella Chung ✨
When Ella Chung first came to UC Irvine as a biological sciences student, she never imagined that she would one day call herself a software engineer. 🧬👩💻
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Congratulations to Cyber @ UCI's CCDC team for winning first place in the recent @NationalCCDC, the largest college-level cyber defense contest in the United States! 🏆
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On April 26, 2025, students in grades 9-12 and educators gathered at UC Irvine for the Regional Affiliate Aspirations in Computing Awards for the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing program.
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Applications are open for the @ucfreespeech's 2025 - 2026 VOICE Initiative!
Students, faculty and staff can apply for up to $5,000 in funding for research or programs exploring free expression, civic engagement or democratic learning.
Apply here: freespeechcenter.submittable…
Congratulations to our 2025 ICS Hall of Fame inductees Jagannathan Thinakaran, Ken Anderson, and Punit Shah!
Rina Dechter, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean for Research at the Donald Bren School of ICS, is one of three UCI professors elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2025. 🎉
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Since earning his Ph.D. from ICS in 1997, Ken Anderson has built an impressive research resume, yet his true passion lies in broadening participation in computing. It’s no surprise Anderson is a 2025 ICS Hall of Fame inductee. 🌟
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One campus tour changed everything for Anthony Cusimano. He had always enjoyed studying computer science and statistics, and during a visit to UCI, he discovered a field that combines them both: data science.
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What if your smartwatch could send an alert when you’ve had too much to drink, warning you not to drive? Asahi Breweries and UCI are collaborating on research into a smartwatch-based application for detecting alcohol levels. ⌚️🚗
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Congratulations to TJ Thinakaran for being one of three 2025 ICS Hall of Fame inductees!
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The UC Irvine Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program is hosting information sessions in April on participating in the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Visit urop.uci.edu to learn more about research opportunities.
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ALT UROP 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium information session flyer. The Symposium Presenter Overview is on April 2, 2025 from 3 to 4 PM in-person. The Symposium Abstract Writing Workshop is on April 3, 2025 from 3 to 4 PM in-person. The Drop-in Hour for Presenter Registration is on April 7, 2025 from 3 to 4 PM on Zoom. Learn more at urop.uci.edu.
UC Irvine’s Donald Bren School of ICS is pleased to be hosting two Fulbright Visiting Scholars: Leila Nasraoui and Sarvesh Pandey. 🇹🇳🇮🇳
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Women's History Month spotlight: Debra Richardson, the founding dean of the School of ICS. 👩💻
“I’ve spent a lot of time being one of only a few women in the classroom or workplace,” she says. “We women always had to prove ourselves.”
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The UC Irvine Donald Bren School of ICS is excited to announce the establishment of the Hasso Plattner Endowed Chair in Artificial Intelligence, thanks to a $2 million gift made by SAP. ✨
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Do you have a high school student looking to get a head start in tech? UC Irvine's ICS Summer Academy 2025 offers hands-on learning in cutting-edge technology fields. 🚀💡
Registration closes March 23rd: summeracademy.ics.uci.edu.
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ALT Summer Academy 2025. Session 1: July 7 - 18. Session 2: July 21 - August 1. Visit summeracademy.ics.uci.edu
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Beyond the data | @UCIrvine language science and data science double-major Ky-Vinh Mai tackles big questions in ethics and AI
socsci.uci.edu/newsevents/ne…
