Events for UCF Researchers and the UCF Research Community

Upcoming Events

  • Applied Data Science Program for Educators (Recurring Event)

    Rosen College: Room 102R

    This four-part, practice-oriented series focuses on turning hospitality and tourism data into actionable insights for teaching and research.Dates: Jan 28, Feb 18, Feb 25, March 4  (Wednesdays) Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm (lunch will be provided for registered participants; bring your own laptop) Registration Deadline:  Jan 23rd Participants who complete the training will receive a certificate.Open to Rosen College …

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  • Building AI Chatbots and Agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio

    Virtual

    Learn how AI-powered agents can be designed, built, and deployed using Microsoft Copilot Studio in this demonstration-based workshop. The presenter will walk through the creation of a conversational agent, configuration of basic conversation flows, and publishing the agent both within Copilot Studio and to Microsoft Teams. The session will also introduce foundational concepts including the difference between chatbots and agents, …

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  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Event Leadership (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

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  • Rosen Student Success Series (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Rosen College advising presents Rosen Student Success Series. These group advising sessions cover the tools, policies, and strategies students need to stay on track and graduate with fewer surprises. Feb 27    9:00 AM    Plan to Graduate Without PanicMar 12    3:00 PM    Registration Strategy: Build Schedules That WorkMar 27    9:00 AM    GPA, Academic Standing & …

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  • CREOL Spring Colloquium: Alexander Cerjan, Sandia National Laboratories

    CREOL: CROL-103 and Virtual

    Title: An operator-based approach to classifying topology in open and nonlinear systems Abstract: In this talk, I will provide an overview of some of the outstanding problems in the classification of topological materials in physical systems, and I will discuss how many of these problems can be addressed through the spectral localizer framework. For example, the chiral edge states that are guaranteed …

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  • Overleaf Beginner and Intermediate Features

    Teaching Academy: 304

    If you are starting your Overleaf journey and looking for a clear, beginner‑friendly introduction to LaTeX, this workshop is designed for you. Overleaf is a collaborative, cloud‑based platform that streamlines the process of creating professional documents using LaTeX—an essential tool for producing research papers, theses, posters, and technical reports.The workshop will include a range of the topics such as:- Background- …

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  • Rosen Hotels & Resorts Day

    Rosen College: Darden Auditorium, Room 101

    Enjoy learning about Rosen Hotels & Resorts with a workshop facilitated by the Rosen Hotels Training & Development from 10:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., followed by games, activities, and meet and greet with Rosen Recruiters from 12:00p.m. to 1:30p.m. in the Rosen College courtyard

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  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Hospitality and Tourism (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

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  • Applied Data Science Program for Educators (Recurring Event)

    Rosen College: Room 102R

    This four-part, practice-oriented series focuses on turning hospitality and tourism data into actionable insights for teaching and research.Dates: Jan 28, Feb 18, Feb 25, March 4  (Wednesdays) Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm (lunch will be provided for registered participants; bring your own laptop) Registration Deadline:  Jan 23rd Participants who complete the training will receive a certificate.Open to Rosen College …

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  • 2026 CREOL Industrial Affiliates Symposium

    FAIRWINDS Alumni Center

    CREOL's annual Industrial Affiliates Symposium brings together members of the CREOL Industrial Affiliates (IA) program in an intentional fusion of academia, industry, and government. Students and faculty are encouraged to take advantage of the many networking opportunities the program creates. Thursday 3/5 (CREOL Building) Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair hosted by CREOL. Separate Registration - sign up on Handshake: https://ucf.joinhandshake.com/edu/career_fairs/64073/ …

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  • Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair

    CREOL: CROL-103

    Get your resume ready for the Spring Optics and Photonics Career Fair, hosted by CREOL. Open to students studying optics and photonics, engineering, and physics. Thanks to CREOL’s stellar international reputation, optics and photonics companies and national labs are hiring UCF students and alumni across all science, math, and engineering majors. If you want to help create the future of …

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  • Rosen College Spring 2026 Career Fair

    Rosen College: Darden Auditorium, Room 101

    Race into your future at the Rosen College Career Fair! Network with employers, explore career opportunities, and receive free headshots to enhance your professional development. Looking to volunteer? Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1V8aOSgqVlVm6f3qJ2lWuCx-0KJJQBteYLmDn4-jN37w/edit?usp=drivesdk 

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  • Foundation Models for Research: Hands-on with Amazon Bedrock

    Virtual

    Unlock the potential of generative AI for your research with Amazon Bedrock, AWS's fully managed service providing access to leading foundation models from AI21 Labs, Anthropic, Cohere, Meta, Mistral AI, Stability AI, and Amazon. This hands-on workshop introduces you to the fundamentals of large language models, demonstrates how to build intelligent knowledge bases using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and shows …

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  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Event Leadership (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

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  • Rosen Student Success Series (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Rosen College advising presents Rosen Student Success Series. These group advising sessions cover the tools, policies, and strategies students need to stay on track and graduate with fewer surprises. Feb 27    9:00 AM    Plan to Graduate Without PanicMar 12    3:00 PM    Registration Strategy: Build Schedules That WorkMar 27    9:00 AM    GPA, Academic Standing & …

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  • CREOL Spring Colloquium: Minjoo Lee, University of Illinois

    CREOL: CROL-103 and Virtual

    Title: A study in contrasts: epitaxial integration of III-Vs with dielectrics for novel lasers Abstract: This talk will highlight our recent progress in molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) regrowth of laser structures that harness the contrasting properties of III–V semiconductors and dielectric materials to realize new device architectures. In the first part of the talk, I will describe efforts to integrate …

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  • Registration Rodeo

    Rosen College: 216

    Drop‑in event where the Rosen Academic Success Coaches will assist students with Summer and Fall registration

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  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Hospitality and Tourism (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

    Office of Research
  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Event Leadership (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

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  • LaTeX Basics for Academic and Scientific Publication using Overleaf

    Partnership 2: Room 141

    LaTeX is a software for document preparation and is used frequently in academic and research communities for scientific writing e.g., journals, theses, presentations, etc. This is a hands-on workshop that will cover basic material suitable for audience that have little or no prior experience with LaTeX.The workshop will use Overleaf which is a freely available online LaTeX editor. Participants are …

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  • Rosen Student Success Series (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Rosen College advising presents Rosen Student Success Series. These group advising sessions cover the tools, policies, and strategies students need to stay on track and graduate with fewer surprises. Feb 27    9:00 AM    Plan to Graduate Without PanicMar 12    3:00 PM    Registration Strategy: Build Schedules That WorkMar 27    9:00 AM    GPA, Academic Standing & …

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  • Managing Research Data and Writing Data Management Plans

    Virtual

    Healthy data management provides a foundation for strong research. This session will introduce participants to the components of a data management plan, data management processes, the DMPTool, and data repositories. Topics include data expectations, data and metadata standards, access and sharing considerations, and data storage and preservation. Presented by Sarah Norris

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  • From Prototype to Production: Building AI Agents on AWS

    Virtual

    Experience the complete journey of AI agent development using Kiro's AI-powered IDE for rapid prototyping through "vibe coding", then transition to production-ready systems using spec-driven development with Strands SDK. This hands-on workshop guides you through building intelligent agents with custom tools, connecting to Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for enhanced capabilities, and deploying secure, scalable agents to Amazon Bedrock AgentCore …

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  • Graduate Program Info Session: MS in Hospitality and Tourism (Recurring Event)

    Virtual

    Join us for a graduate program information session to explore your future at UCF Rosen College. Learn about degree options, program structure, career outcomes, and the value of a Rosen College graduate education, along with a clear overview of the admissions process and requirements. Discover how our programs prepare you to lead, innovate, and advance in the global hospitality and …

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  • CREOL Spring Colloquium: Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University

    CREOL: CROL-103 and Virtual

    Title: Inverse designed, densely integrated classical and quantum photonics Abstract: Recent breakthroughs in photonics design, along with new nanofabrication approaches and heterogeneous integration play crucial roles in building photonics for applications including optical interconnects and quantum technologies. This design breakthrough is named photonic inverse design, and refers to efficiently searching through the space of all possible photonic device geometries, within fabrication …

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