Talks and presentations

Warning: Talks associated with research projects may or may not be listed below. Go to the 'Publications' tab to see talks corresponding to particular research papers. In addition to the talks mentioned below, I am also the presenter for the LLM Logic Reading Group at the AIEA Lab, UC Santa Cruz.

Plastic-fantastic? A domestic blueprint for fighting plastic pollution

December 10, 2023

Talk, Loews Bay Coronado Resort, San Diego, California

My award-winning documentary for C-SPAN StudentCam, selected among thousands of entries across the nation. Here, I focus on domestic approaches to the plastic pollution problem. I also got the chance to showcase my documentary at Taco Bell’s Live Mas Conference at San Diego, California

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The Importance of Computing in Sustainability Efforts

December 10, 2023

Talk, University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, Washington

I was invited as a guest speaker to Principles of Sustainability (ESRM 300), a class at the University of Washington taught by Professor Lisa Graumlich. I spoke to students about the work I was doing with the CESA club on campus, as well as how computing can impact the fields of environmental and social advocacy.

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Oceans are Listening: Our Foreign Policy Must Speak

October 01, 2021

Talk, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina

In this TEDx speech to faculty and students at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, I lay out a novel 3-point foreign policy proposal and the foundations of an international agreement to combat plastic pollution. Many of my proposals coincided with the positions adopted by the countries at the UN Nairobi Conference a few years later.

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