LSD Seminar Speaker Self-Nomination

Are you interested in giving a talk at the UC Santa Cruz Languages, Systems, and Data Seminar (https://lsd.ucsc.edu/lsd-seminar/)? If so, suggest your name here! The Languages, Systems, and Data Seminar meets weekly to discuss interesting topics in the areas of programming languages, systems, databases, formal methods, security, software engineering, verification, architecture, and beyond. Our goal is to encourage interactions and discussions between students (grad and undergrad), researchers, faculty, and the broader community with interests in these areas. We generally meet on Fridays at noon (PT) during the academic year. Our meetings are hybrid: attendees can join either on Zoom, or for those on the UCSC campus, in person in the LSD Lab (Engineering 2, Room 398). A talk is usually around 50 minutes long, followed by Q&A. Most speakers give their talks remotely via Zoom, but speakers who are physically nearby are encouraged to visit in person. Many of our speakers are graduate students working in one or more of the research areas listed above, but we aren't limited to grad students. Feel free to browse our talk archives (https://lsd.ucsc.edu/lsd-seminar/) to get an idea of the mix of speakers we've hosted in the past. We especially encourage talks from early-stage grad students. Filling out this form won't guarantee a response from us, but it will let us know that you'd like to be considered when we have available talk slots. **We are currently looking for speakers for October 2025 or later.** Thanks in advance!

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