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SurfAid Cup Santa Cruz 2024

The SurfAid Cup is the signature fundraiser for SurfAid. This year’s event will be held on April 28, at Pleasure Point. Put together a team to compete and provide aid to those who need it.

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Remarkable AI Fireside Chat with Guy Kawasaki

In an enlightening Fireside Chat (13MAR2024)captured on video, moderator Guy Kawasaki orchestrates a compelling discussion with a distinguished panel of tech luminaries: Sam Schillace, Deputy CTO at Microsoft and the visionary founder of Google Docs; Lila Tretikov, the transformative former Executive Director of Wikipedia and recent Deputy CTO at Microsoft; Jim Whitehead, esteemed Professor of Computational Media at UCSC's Baskin School of Engineering; and Claire Delaunay, the innovative CTO at farm-ng, with a formidable background at NVIDIA.

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ProductOps Streamlines Customer Service with AI

ProductOps embarked on a pioneering project with a leading global bicycle manufacturer, leveraging AI technologies to enhance customer service via a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application.

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Save the Santa Cruz Mile Buoy

The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to remove the Santa Cruz Mile Buoy and are only accepting comments until April 3. Help save the Mile Buoy by using this bar code to automatically generate a letter to Save the BUOY!

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2024 Career Fairs for Santa Cruz County

Cabrillo College is excited to host two Career Fairs this April, presenting an unparalleled opportunity for networking and career advancement. These fairs offer a unique platform for employers seeking fresh talent and job seekers on the hunt for their dream roles.

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SignSight: A Computer Vision ASL Translator

At CruzHacks 2024, students created SignSight, a mobile phone application that interprets American Sign Language (ASL). It allows the user to record and translate someone's ASL gestures using a computer vision-based action recognition model.

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