Events

May

United Nations Re-boot the Hackathon

When: May 8 and  9 2026
Where: San Diego Super Computer Center Auditorium (on campus)
Registation opens April 8, 2026

UC San Diego is collaborating with the United Nations to bring the Reboot the Earth Hackathon to Southern California for the first time.

Reboot the Earth hackathons are focused on local climate issues and artificial intelligence (AI). The San Diego event will focus on the locally relevant challenges of wildfire detection, response, and impact.

Registration opens April 8, 2026

April

When: Thursday, April 9 2026, 5 -7pm
Where: Classroom 3 (Wong-Avery Library)
Who: Students (First time to veteran contributors)

Rick Wagner, a member of the Jupyter Executive Council, will speak about Jupyter AI. Jupyter AI is a project that connects generative AI with Jupyter notebook and is currently under incubation. Rick will share strategies on how to meaningfully engage with the Jupyter community and how to contribute.  He will answer questions and offer office hours to help students get involved. 

Rick is Director of Operations at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and a Project Jupyter Executive Council member. He was previously the CTO of the San Diego Supercomputer Center.

Register Here.  Registration is not required, but is helpful.

March

SCaLE is an annual open-source technical, business and users conference held in the Southern California area. Held annually since November 2002, SCALE features an exhibit hall, community events, and tutorial sessions. The conference is designed to show users of all skill levels what Open Source can do and how to do to it.